Zero Punctuation: Devil May Cry 4

[sfried]

psychonauts is one of the most inspired pieces of western gaming since Grim Fandango.

It is also one of the most clunky platformers I've ever played: Collectathon shinanigans so hard to get it makes Banjo-Tooie's forgivable.

That's a slight exaggeration, but you are right. Psychonauts did have its weak points. It was certainly not perfect. It started off slow, the opening levels were average, collections were tough, it had many platforming cliches.

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The level designs were integral to the story, and felt like it belonged. No contrivances here. Milkman had a delusional paranoid, and warped, view of the world. Lungfishopolis had its fishy scaled view of humans (and its clever Godzilla twist). The Theatre level contained set changes instead of storeys (excuse the pun). It's completely inspirational design.

So it actually plays better later on? I might give it another shot.
I guess it's for those people who'd like to let style trump susbstance in awhile, like killer 7 and No More Heroes. They're not perfect games and can definately feel very rugged, but they have alot of personality going for it.

Still, couldn't hurt to ask for more polished gameplay. People nowdays are putting too much emphasis on thematics than fun.

 

[Inklings]

Finally, someone in view of the general public takes a stand and gives His Dark Materials a good whack on the tush. Pullman is so pretentiously arrogant and self-absorbed I think there's going to come a time when his blatantly atheistic head is going to rip open and there will be a portal into the effing cataclysm. For God's sake, he places himself above Tolkien and Lewis by calling them whimsical or "racist," but then he goes and does an alley-oop, blames the Christian faith for being overly-controlling (racist, but with religion), and completely emulates the feel of Lewis' prose while simultaneously trying to imitate the serious tone of Tolkien's prose, but fails. And when I say fail, I mean he manages to turn words into printed turd balls.

That is all.

Oh, and I enjoyed your ramblings Yahtzee.

 

[Zabadack]

Devil may cry 4 was the retarded ginger cousin of the family but I still enjoyed it, love the line about dante concentrating on wearing too many belts.

 

[ayoama]

You got Dante and Nero so right, Yahtzee.

 

[Mstrswrd]

Well, I liked the game (Combat, Combat, Combat), but I still thought that this was a great review. And the platforming sections aren't hard. I don't know why everyone seems to think they are. Even on "Dante Must Die" they're not hard. And as has been stated, the dice sections arn't that hard either, if you know how to manipulate the dice.

 

[RussDCA]

"Nero is a pussy, while Dante is more of a.. ****" LOVE the slight pause here. Kills it for me every time!!!

FuZion.

 

[john_deere_goat_girl]

Dude! That was awesome!!!! Keep up the great work

 

[justasameoldfan]

this review was my favourite

 

[TDK]

This review was excellent, if a bit plain wrong on some parts. A few things said don't even happen in the game (Some in other games in the series, some not at ALL.) Entertaining, though.

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

Well, as much as I love anime and the DMC series, Yahtzee is right that DMC4 is pretty much a list of all them most popular anime cliches.

And as a side note, if I wasn't terribly arachnophobic, I would totally to the Wasp v. Spider fight Yahtzee suggests at the end, lol.

 

[TheeSpongeman]

Hey, Yahtzee, I noticed that when you said that sequels were usually inferior (and I can agree to that) I noticed "Live Free or Die Hard" was one of your examples. I thought that movie kicked ass! Only thing it lacked from the others was the R rating. So what about the movie did you not like?

 

[Master.Ridley]

I myself found the Devil May Cry series rather entertaining (though there are the parts in the thrid one we're you actually have to stop dicking around and play). The Devil May Cry four though pretty much said to me that (as you said) the creators ran out of ideas. I give you twenty cookie points for this reveiw (and yes I did say cookie points who the fuck likes brownies that much).

 

[Viggo]

"And the weird girls who write erotic crossover fanfictions and smell like old meat"

damn yahtzee, that's a new low /:

oh well funny/entertaining interview that you can take seriously unlike those from your average gaming site i.e gamespot - as always.

 

[matsugawa]

Am I missing something potentially obvious, or does Yahtzee actually refrain from using F*** (and/or any of its variations) in this review?

 

[Manic Overkill]

I love DMC4 but this is still so funny!

 

[Eternal-Blood]

Totally agree with this review, though I've not played all of DMC4 yet I have seen enough cutscenes to be able to make my judgement on Nero. I was really not impressed by the fact that they basically made him a younger emoified version of Dante. I expected some originality from these games if no others. Also it seems whether by fanboy intervention I have no idea that they seem to be taking the DMC3 route, yes I did not like DMC3 that much either, and like it said replaying all the levels again in reverse order. I will admit I did buy DMC4 simply to add to my collection of current DMCs (that and for the art book, which may seem a bit fangirlish but I'm an art student so you'll have to condemn me for that). After watching cutscenes and seeing friends play it my enthusiasm for the game has gone down somewhat in the storyline but again as said the combat has caught my attention so I'm not totally giving up on it.

Okay so I ended up making my own review on this but as Yahtzee has pretty much stated all the quibbles I had about the game (and in case your wondering no I did not just watch the video and agree with all his points to make myself look good. Though I enjoy playing games myself am I not allowed to be a critic too?) I shake his hand for his excellent reviews and hope he keeps it up

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I'll be sure to test putting a wasp and a spider in a fight. I've already got some Slipknot and Gummi Bears.

 

[Blanks]

does Yahtzee know that the original devil may cry was a rejected resident evil 4

 

[Canadamus Prime]

It could be said that no movie or video game franchise can survive beyond a 3rd sequel. After the 3rd one it's starts to get monotonous. Possible exceptions being the Rocky series (IDK, I've only ever seen Rocky IV), Star Trek, Star Wars (maybe, opinions on the prequels vairy).

 

[avelmen1889]

the game envoced some of your cardnal sins of gaming

Thou shall not infinitlay re-spawn baddies

and thats all i can think of