The best word to describe Devil May Cry 4 in the current gaming landscape is ‘anomaly.’ Even over a year after its release, the game delivers an experience that is welcome and necessary in a gaming world dominated by first-person shooters, slower paced action offerings and two-bit puzzle games. The frenetic, non-stop sword and gunplay action in Devil May Cry 4 will take some players by surprise, especially if they’ve never played a Devil May Cry game before, as it will provide a refreshing change of pace to their normal gaming diet.

While it reuses a lot of content along the way, as well as using time-consuming puzzles and secret missions to artificially create more playtime, Devil May Cry 4 is a distinctly old-school third-person experience that action gamers would be remiss not to investigate further.

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