First DMC4 review - NeoGAF

German GamePro

Score: 85/100 (for comparison: DMC3 SE got a 87/100 from GamePro, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma got 81/100).

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Laydown:

Graphics:
+Characters
+Beautiful animations and effects
- flickering shadows and edges
- sometimes too bright

Sound:
+ A good mixture of Rock and Classical music
+ directional/ambient effect
+ Good (English) synchro
- often repeating tracks

Controls:
+ Good controls
+ Camera
+ Lock On system
- A bit chaotic

Game design:
+ Non-stop action
+ Upgrade system
- Backtracking!
- No innovation
- Can become tedious

Story/ Game world:
+ Beautiful Setting
+ Cool cutscenes
- Story somewhat chaotic
- Bland main villain

Overall:
+ Main Game
+ Two Characters
+ Many side missions
+ Additional Goodies



Motion Sensing support

You tilt the Sixaxis controler to move the camera.



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