Devil May Cry 4
 

http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/

Week to go from now, great teaser.

It seems the power of devil is consuming Dante.

I seriously can't wait.:aargh:

Update: Now the tears also flow to Xbox 360 and PC!

I smell Vergil. And Liquid Snake.

As usual, looking forward to anything Devil May Cry oriented. Can't wait for the inevitable gameplay footage to be released next week.

The anticipation! Thanks for reminding me, hehe. I'd heard it mentioned but never kept a solid eye on the news. Sad that I haven't even finished DMC3 yet, but I think I suffered a hard blow after DMC2.

Will be keeping an eye on that link and any future videos of DMC4.

God, I so wish they don't limit this for the PS3. Maybe a toned down version for the PS2, and I'll be damn happy.

Hehe just like the PS2, Devil May Cry will be the only reason for me to get a console from Sony.

Whoa. You have that kind of disposable income?

Capcom had better release either a Wii or 360 version of this. Unfortunately, I don't think I'd be willing to play a DMC game on anything BUT a Playstation. The controller suits the gameplay far too nicely.

They need like, some kind of controller converter for the other systems.

It's okay, after the PS3 fails, all of its cool games will be rereleased for 360.

Lol like that's gonna happen....

Well the 600 price is still gonna be a turn off for alot of gamers, but god forbid, that teaser flash site is HOT, and DMC 4 has a cool logo too.

Can't wait! I just hope they changed Dante's look from the initial scans I saw, I mean god I thought he was bleh.

Well yeah the price is a lot but for a system to fail would take A LOT, it will just take longer for the sales to get high this time and some price drops. Anyway on topic I really liked 3 so I am looking forward to this one and it's new evil arm thing.

Not everybody is willing to blow 600 dollars on a machine with games that are, without a doubt, going to charge people in excess of 60 bucks. I sure as hell ain't.

I seriously think this big price tag will hamper the PS3's sales, especially with all of the backtracking Sony's doing with the hardware lately.

can you just shut the fuck up about the ps3! there's ps3 thread for that... this is a dmc4 thread... and the discussion about the price tag has been made a douzen time >.>

so on topic, I really like the logo!, and the 4 being blue make me believe that the game will be in a "winter area" like they show before ^^

but I really hope that they will change that ugly butt face they show in some CG trailer before, GOD he was ugly!

I want it to be closer to this look from this artwork, which suit well if the game is in cold area

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumb...scan9zj009.jpg

I agree with you there, and in case people here forgot about or didn't see the old famitsu scans, this is all you need to see.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/KairiKH2/DMC4.jpg

Ick.

What the hell. That drawing of Dante looks way too much like Tom Cruise for my liking. Imagine slaying demons left and right while your arm praises the tenets of scientology.

That target render isn't great either. Definitely isn't in line with Dante's appearance in the previous games.

He only looked bad in some of those shots. I think it had more to do with his facial expression than his actual model. Does this game take place immediately after DMC3 or DMC1/2? I mean is he still pretty young or is he older now?

older if I'm not mistaken, it will be after DMC2. Probably not a direct sequel of dmc2, well I hope not...

Thats a unfinished Dante, they said so when they showed those pics last year.

Can one even write a sequel to Devil May Cry 2? It doesn't even have a plot. Hopefully the game will be a sequel of sorts to Devil May Cry 3, but take place after the (random, disjointed) events of Devil May Cry 2.

Capcom apparently made some explanation for the events in DMC2. The cover story was that "Dante" in that game was actually Enzo, his friend. Sounds like BS, but I remember it clearly.

So, according to Capcom, we haven't seen Dante since DMC.

And technically DMC3, but that's a prequel so :megaman:

Yeah, I was assuming that everyone knew that DMC3 was a prequel. Heck, they could even have Vergil come back easily if you've seen the extra cutscene in DMC3's ending. With Mundus out of commission he could be on his own again, looking for more power maybe?

Yeah, assuming death doesn't mean anything in games or anime (lol Bleach). I'd definitely like for Vergil to return with his own storyline this time. The single extra cutscene in the DMC3: Special Edition wasn't enough.

That Enzo thing is whack; was that for real or just a joke? Hmm.
I heard somewhere that DMC4 features an older Dante who is slowly being consumed by his Devil side. Can't wait to see the mind-blowing action the PS3 can only deliver.

The PS3 can only deliver? lol.

But yeah, it's supposed to be an older Dante. Capcom also made a statement somewhere that the Dante featured in the E3 trailer is a test model and will not be the final product. They were 'merely' testing facial expressions using the PS3's hardware. I think the article's somewhere on IGN.

Yeah guys cool down,the producer said that Dante will look really good.

Capcom knows well that Dante is, what makes the game appealing,so they will definately make him really hard ass looking.

Don't go on the first trailer render of his face,Capcom has reputaion of changing the Protagonist models even in the last hours of development.

like
Onimusha 2,
Dead rising,
Dante and Trish in DMC1 etc.

Regarding the Enzo thing, that was from Viewtiful Joe when you played as Dante. It was a more gag, than anything. Just the original producers/creators making fun of DMC2's failure, or creating a scapegoat of sorts.

That flash was pretty cool too, I'm guessing the blue 4 is hinting at the return of Vergil.

I really wonder when this game's taking place. In the early concept arts I remember seeing images of Nelo Angelo, Lady, and Trish. So maybe between 3 and 1...

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3595/f1bigxe1.th.jpg

Eh, with the way this is going they really should have just named DMC3 DMC0 instead. As the numbering for the series is only going to get more out of whack if the chronology is gonna be all over the place. Heh, if only DMC2's existence could have been erased.

I can't wait till TGS! Hopefully Dante's face will be significantly reworked.

It's after DMC1 & 2. :)

We'll probably end up finding out alot more about DMC4 this week if Famitsu PS2 hits stands.

Confirmed??

Finally a PROPER sequel. But damn you "PS3 exclusive" ;_;

I'm pretty sur that it will be after dmc2, but there's really nothing comfirmed...

all we know is that, the very first video they show about dmc4 you see dante in a winter area with a dark castle in the horizon... and there's those scan artwork which show Dante new look with a "fur coat"...

so they don't really say when in the DMC timeline it will take place, but I think I heard that they wanted to show a more mature Dante in this one...I don't really have an objection, but really don't bring back the silent-boring-Dante from DMC2 >.<

That "arm" thing reminds me of Yeah it seems very unlikely that he's been affected by that, but I can't get my mind off of it.

A shocker from famitsu

The hero is Nero. Dante also emerges, but whether he will be playable,is unclear.

Devil May Cry 4 in the series: 3 > 1 > 4 > 2.

60 fps.

Tokyo Game show-playable Devil May Cry 4, and there is a surprising announcement.

Who in the world is Nero? The white-hair-dude is Dante right?

Nero/Nelo Angelo AKA Vergil.

Whoa, whoa whoa. Where did you guys get this information?

The new issue of Famitsu. duckroll over at GAF confirmed the information given he's located in Japan. :)

Hmm. Hope it's true. I guess we'll just have to wait three days for the good news.

Nope, it's true alright. Duckroll was the one that broke out quite a bit of the FFXII news/spoilers/etc when the game hit in Japan. The question is, what could this all mean?

Maybe Vergil's still looking to become more powerful, and his arm is a manifestation of that desire? Or he isn't fully "Vergil" after having spent so long as Nero/Nelo Angelo under Mundus.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...dmc4bigho3.gif

Well, Vergil wasn't exactly evil so much as ...you know, the typical "I want power by any means to protect people!" type. His arm's probably wiggin' out or something, like a manifestation of that desire (Metal Sphere). He could still be Vergil, but if he was somehow freed, then his arm could be a remnant of what Mundus ''promised" him.

It'll probably be awesome if they made Dante an unlockable. First Dante appearance on PS3 and we can't use him. =\

[edit] Sounds awesome; must be some super cool visual effect.

Sounds like he summons demons or something, that would definitely be a neat visual effect. Like a massive feeding frenzy, with massive amounts of motion blur, effects, etc..

Looking at the gif, it doesn't seem like he's using the sword from DMC3. His arm matches what it looks like when he was in full Nelo Angelo regalia. Kurado, that sounds like a clever twist. A remnant of Mundus' promise, or at least the power Mundus gave Vergil to stay in devil form permanently.

Holy crap! Sweet, we get to play as Nelo. The positive fan reaction to playing as Vergil in DMC3 SE must have really affected the decision. Haha, also the 4 in the title actually gave it a clear hint that Vergil had some role. Heh never really paid much attention to it, but if you look closely the character looks like Vergil or Nelo.

So I'm guessing Vergil and Dante will be partnering in the business, with Dante probably being playable on some level. Naturally assumed, I mean why else would they keep the title if Dante or his company isn't involved?

Guns? That seems rather out of character for Vergil. Perhaps the guns part of it is directed more towards Dante, even though it isn't confirmed.

Story wise this should be an interesting, cause I assumed that Nelo/Vergil died after Dante's 3rd battle with him. Hmm, perhaps he's trying to find himself now... I'd imagine his mental state is unstable, as it always seemed to be the case whenever he saw the pendant/amulet that he and Dante had. And he seemed shattered at the end of the 3rd battle.

Man, the numbering for the series is all out of whack now. You can't play the games in numerical order if you intend on following the stories chronologically. Technically DMC4 really should be DMC1.5. Then again, I guess this really effects new comers more than vet's of the series, though still annoying. Heh, DMC2 really fucked it up.

Ahh, can't wait to see some footage and screens!

http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmaster...5630_2_big.jpg

Guys, remember Super Corrupt Vergil? These bits of concept art kind of have the same hair. Basically, it looks like what I'd imagine SCV would be when not in DT.

great I doN,t mind to play either of them ^^

but I really don,t think that it will take place after DMC1 in the timeline because



I think it will be like juste before dmc1 happen, like in the "secret ending" you see Vergil running to Mundus.

It will probably be this story or maybe like a parallel story of DMC1 (like you play the story of Vergil in dmc1)

or i'm totally wrong and this come after dmc1 >.> anyway, any of those scenario is fine with me XD (well I would perfer a new story than the side story of dmc1)

Some low res images courtesy of neo2046:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3...21lonj1.th.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7...12logu6.th.jpg http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9...28lops8.th.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2...59loor9.th.jpg

wow that look so nice!!!

but Vergil look too much like Dante in those screen...

I know they are twin bother, but he look too much like Dante too me.

maybe they will do like dmc3 special edition, you'll have the choice to play the game with Vergil or Dante.

well anyway it's look prety cool and now I really like his face XD I just wish they will not just turn Vergil in a Dante copy...they are twin brother but they sure are different...(and in those scan he doesn't seem pretty different from Dante)

Cool, so it does look like we get to play as Vergil/Nelo and Dante. Looks like Nelo uses a revolver magnum, pretty sweet. Though, seems rather ironic that the blue clad Nelo would use a sword called the Red Queen.

The boss/enemy in the screen looks pretty cool too, though a lot like the Balrog (from LotR).

And man those new combo/style phases are even worse this time. Do it, Come on, Big up, All that... Heh, pretty bad. But hey, a least the facial models appear to be redone, a lot better than the previous ones. Though the graphics don't really appear to be next gen to me, then again it might be the low res scans.

Also, looks like I might right about the two brothers partnering up. As it certainly doesn't look like they're facing off, with Dante looking over his shoulder.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/9508/dmc4qs3.jpg

The combo/style phrases have always been intentionally corny so it's not a surprise they've only become more so. This is all VERY nice, I must say.

Some other details gathered from Famitsu thanks to duckroll at Gaming-Age:
When Kobayashi was asked about their plans for TGS, aside from revealing the info about a playable demo with Nero, Kobayashi mentioned how they'd be hold a key stage event to unveil a real time trailer along with a special announcement.

A completly new character, that's cool, though he does resemble Dante's look. (Glad they didnt go for the uglier model from the earlier shots, why they even bother rendering something like that is beyond me)

Looks like there may be some twists in the story too, hope the gameplay is still as solid as DMC3 and DMC.

I see so the guy we kill in DMC1 may not be Dante's brother but another demon (that could have of some way fight Vergil and stole his pendant or somthing like that XD)

I'm pretty sure that this Nero is Vergil, I don't see why they would make a new character that look exactly like Dante, or it's Dante son XD (but that would not make sens, if Nero got his entire unit slaughtered by Dante XD)

Nero better be Vergil. I'm up for another twin showdown. Also needs more Lady.

I really dig the idea of Dante slaughtering Nero's crew. Dante being an NPC, at least during Nero's possible scenario (hopefully there's another from Dante's perspective), sounds too awesome.

I seriously don't want a PS3 with that price tag, but goddammit not even MGS4 was able to sway me like this inkling of news did. I guess it helps that I'm one of the many DMCwhores.

Wow, they're not even indicating whether Nero/Nelo is Vergil or not. Heh, though I'm sure he is, just wouldn't be right if he wasn't.

The story sounds interesting, working for an Order that's out to release Sparda with Dante trying to put a stop to it. So I'm guessing this Sparda must be an imitator of sorts if Dante is trying to stop Nero/Nelo. I wonder when they're gonna start introducing our female supporting cast, who I'm assuming are Trish and Lady.

Perhaps this will utilize the PS3's motion detector thingy.

They're not trying to release Sparda but the seal Sparda put in place in the city of Fortuna. Sparda at one point must of defeated all the demons and whatever big bad was there and sealed them away in hell which is why the people look upon Sparda as a "god" of sorts. The Order now wants to break the seal and unleash whatever was sealed away.

Some of the plot reminds me of MGS2 as if Nero (Raiden) is seemingly carrying out his missions with no real knowledge of who Dante is or the Order's goals other than what he's been told or supposed to know by the Order. Dante (Solid Snake) naturally has all the answers and clues Nero in as to who he actually his and what he's trying to unleash. All you'd need is Vergil to possess Nero's right arm and we'd have Metal Gear Cry.

I hope the TGS special announcement is online co-op.

Ahahahaha that is awesome ='D
If only Hideo will direct DMC.

Speaking of Nero, from what it seems, Nero doesn't seem to be Virgil or Nelo Angelo. Totally a new character but I hope they don't screw it up by making Nero some sort of "long lost/half brother of Dante" or some bullshit that makes the plot cheesier than it already is.

Oops, kinda misinterperated the info. Bleh, now the basic plot sounds like all the others. Stop the baddies from unleashing hell onto Earth, except this time we help unleash it and realized we were wrong. Probably end up teaming up with Dante to seal up the portal.

Heh, good point, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. The difference this time is that we're told ahead of time about the change in main character.

Can't wait to see how beautiful this will look at 60 FPS

Why wait!
http://www.gameinformer.com/images/m.../gi-3-dmc4.jpg
Clearly it's Dante in this shot so he must be playable at some point.

http://www.gameinformer.com/images/m.../gi-1-dmc4.jpg

http://www.gameinformer.com/images/m.../gi-2-dmc4.jpg

Game Informer has the NA exclusive:
http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/rdonl...964/162cov.jpg

The last two pics are clearly this Nero guy. But damn. Look great. I can't wait to see a final product.

Damn those look nice, can't wait for this game!

Look at Nero's coat. It looks like a really dark blue, which to me is another indicator that he's Vergil.

can i said that... Nero is so HOT!!! <3 damn I love his look, is face is exactly like we use to, expecialy in the second picture ^^

graphic are great but they are not exactly what I would call next-gen, maybe halfway ps2 and next-gen, but it's still damn good,. well there's only 4 shot so will see, and it may change till the release to. Anyway the first batch of games in a new console a not the one that will use the console full potential...

we still not sure if dante is playable the first screen let me believe more like a cut-scene then a gameplay shot...

Sweet! The environments look great! But I gotta say I'm underwhelmed by the graphics. They look more like current gen graphics than next-gen, like its on the GC or Xbox. I mean, I was expecting about the same quality as the prerendered Nero they have on the cover of GameInformer or from the TGS videos.

Not exactly significant, but did anyone else notice that Nero is left-handed?

Also, I know I'm nitpicking, but, ugh, Dante's sword still goes through his coat. I figured they would have fixed that by now, or made it less noticeable.

I am dissapointed with graphics,but there is time to soup up it up.

I waited for whole week only to find out that the site is not opening

http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/

Anyone else having problems? and if it opens for you, please post info and images.

Here's some tiny fucking screens from Famitu:

http://www.famitsu.com/interview/art...741_d3.jpg.jpg

http://www.famitsu.com/interview/art...741_d4.jpg.jpg

http://www.famitsu.com/interview/art...741_d2.jpg.jpg

Apparently, these are all Dante, given his attire.

The site works fine for me. Some music too, new version of the choir piece from DMC3, got an opera style vocal for it.

Here are some images: Main Page, Page when you click on the lower left window thing, Nero's Page when you click on the small arrow pointing at him, Cg Image on Nero's Page, Conceptual Image on Nero's Page, Dante's Page when click on the small arrow pointing at him from the main page or "Dante >>" on Nero's page, and cg image when you click on the link on his page.

Ah, I'm getting excited. :)

I agree with everyone's said about the graphics; they look on par with the previous installment, rather than a huge improvement. Maybe a little better, but just a stretch. Still, all these pictures are getting me worked up. Especially Nero, hahaha. He looks a little chubby in the second picture, but just for that cover, I'm going to have to pick up the next issue of Game Informer. :D What's up with the double zippers on the coat, though...

So does Nero use a revolver instead of two handguns? I love revolvers, but they're not quite as fast as a semi.

More HQ PIC goodness:
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic1.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...0344/pic10.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...0344/pic13.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...0344/pic14.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic9.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic3.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic4.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic7.jpg
http://www.strangereaction.com/image...10344/pic8.jpg

Nero is sexy as hell, sorry. Very aesthetically pleasing character. Interesting to make a new kid on the block that doesn't suck.

I think the graphics are fine. They probably could be better, but I can't look at them and say they're bad or that they're not a big step up from DMC3. The scans are pretty grainy so it's not easy to tell. I honestly could care less; the gameplay makes the game more than the graphics do. I want to play :O Still not buying a damn PS3 though.

DMC is about Style and gameplay for me.
I have no problem with present boots of Dante,they look cool.

Hantei and Freddy:
Thanks for images and feedback.

One more thing,its confirmed that Nero is not Virgil.

Care to supply a source with that claim?

Go to gaming age forums' DMC4 thread. That's where these scans and info are from. Nero =/= Vergil, currently 60fps, Nero is the main characters, Dante not focused on as much, No DT for Nero, etc...

Does it explain how Nero isn't Vergil? Like, that "Nero" isn't in referrence to Angelo, or what? Because they could just say that Nero is a new personality of Vergil's, and that would be just a retarded way of saying it's a new character. It's stupid that they would introduce a new lead that looks exactly like Dante but not be him or Vergil.

And has anyone brought up the fact that Dante is wearing chaps and cowboy boots yet?

No, Kobayashi basically said that Nero isn't Vergil. Full stop. I wouldn't be surprised if Nero is somehow connected to ole V, or maybe he's a remnant of him, or so on. But as it stands now, what we know is tha he isn't Vergil. One of the pieces of art has him with his glowing demon arm and Red Queen with a blue demon aura. ;)

And Dante seems to be wearing his black and red ensemble from the first game. He also looks a tad bit older considering when this takes place (before 2, after 1) with that stubble and slightly aged appearance.

Nero isn't Vergil? What a shit refrree call.

If he's a remnant of Vergil, I guess that's fine. I'd still rather play as the true Vergil, though.

Here ya go peeps. More pics!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118243

Wait. NO DT? WTF. I sure hope that demon arm will make up for it.

Well, there's another thing stacked against Nero being Vergil unless it's explained away: Look at Dante and Nero. Vergil is Dante's twin, he'd look as old as his brother (see DMC3).

Nero is clearly much younger.

Yeah, no DT. That's for demons, and from what we've been told, he's not a demon (or at least not one that can use DT). Devil Bringer draws enemies towards Nero, dragging them into your combos and possibly throwing them about.

Oh my god. What is DMC without a boost of power/speed along with cool looking transformation with new move set and health regeneration? Devil Bringer? More like "Grappling Hook". DISAPPOINTMENT.

Don't count it out just yet. There's already 2 pieces of art with Nero in them with that demon aura behind him. Who knows, maybe as the game goes on he gets more access to his demon abilities. Going back to the original teaser, his arm thirsts for more power. =)

Here's a treat for you guys, which is the artwork with the aura:

http://www.kakusha.com/capcom/dmc4/0dmc4br.jpg

http://www.strangereaction.com/image...02/dmc4box.jpg

Damn, Dante really does look older. Looks like they went through the idea of giving him an unshaven/gruffy look, as you see little facial hairs. I like it. I'm guessing Nero maybe some sort of reincarnation of Vergil, I mean the blue and the name Nero really are teases if he's in no way connected to Vergil.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1148/dmc4pic5hi6.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3404/dmc4pic6im9.jpg

Bah, and no DT? I guess we should have caught on that sooner, as you can't really see a DT bar/characters. BTW, gotta say Nero's right hand/arm is kinda like Samanosuke's Oni gaunlet. Well from a design perspective anyway.

So which means he's turning into a demon, or semi-demon then. Why isn't Nero a demon or has demon blood if he wants to release Sparda's seal in the first place? I'm expecting the "DT" trigger this time to trigger a huge "demon aura" that is able to attack enemies physically, adding extra range, power and defence. Something like an invisible armour, get my drift? At least I hope this is the least they could do..

The non-grainy screenshots I saw confirm that the graphics indeed do not suck ass, which is awesome.

And then the PS3's price comes to mind, which is not awesome ;______;

Yeah sure it's expensive, but if I'm going to have as much fun as I did with PS1 and even more so with PS2 then it's worth it to me. BTW sweet avatar and sig I'm currently playing the game =]

Wow? Was this guy part of any earlier DMC game? Either way, that's fantastic. Versus is one insane movie and if the action scenes are anywhere near that I'm gonna go crazy!

From the waist up, yeah, but look:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...dante_cg01.jpg

lol

Maybe he's going out to meet some demon ladies? =/

He did the cutscene choreography for DMC3.

As long as DMC4 doesn't follow the trend of it's disowned bretheren (DMC2) this game is gonna be the coolest demon killing game to date. But my question is has anyone heard a official or unofficial release window for this game? It was one of the first games to be announced for the PS3 so I hope it makes it for launch.

No where near launch. Announcing early =/= released early. Heavenly Sword was announced way back (it was once and Xbox then 360 game) but from what I hear, it won't be a launch title.

From what I've heard from two or three magazines they seem to believe that Heavenly Sword will be a launch title. Not that their word is the law or anything though.

As for DMC4, I didn't think it was going to be because Capcom is usually pretty good about their release dates, so I thought that if I hadn't heard anything by now that it probably wasn't going to be, but I guess one can hope ^^;

heavenly sword was suppose to be a launch title, but it got push back recently to march 2007 I think...

As close to the launch window as possible, at least that's what Sony wants but the game still has a year of development to go yet.

I guess most of you've already found out, but for those who haven't there's some new stuff up on the official website. A section called "What's DevilMayCry" and a bunch of new pics on Nero and Dante. Nothing we haven't already seen though.

http://www.gamespot.co.kr/videos/0,3...095963p,00.htm

Here. Thought some of you would like to get some pre DMC4 action. Exciting!

It's a short video, but sweet ;)
Thanks for the psot.

You folks need to peep this link:
http://www.playsyde.com/news_3492_en.html

I also posted some more DMC goodness in the AnimeSpot...:)

Ohh, looks like the marionettes are back in a new form, harboring a much more twisted look to it. The ingame graphics also appear to be much crisper/better than from what we saw in the scans. The environments are also incredible, on par with the pre-rendered stuff we've seen in previous Capcom titles (ie: Resident Evil, Onimusha).

The animation is soo fluid, and the gameplay mechs for the Nero appear similar to Dantes. Looks like he fires his revolver at the same rate as Dante does with his autos. The sword swinging (though a little slower), and combos also appear to be similar style to Dante's (in a way). The Stinger move he uses is a little different, its a dash forward jab with a horizontal slash to finish (which is proving to be very effective for combat).

The new Devil Bringer/Arm thing is a really nice touch to gameplay. Like it adds a fire element to the attacks and comboing. He does an upper cut and grabs the head, then smashes it into the ground, really cool. He can also grab in the air and toss em down. It's kinda like having the ability to combo with an Ifrit gauntlet at the touch of a button and sword with a touch of another, nifty. It's a nice change, instead of switchin' weapons you just press a different button for the sword and Devil Bringer/Arm.

Too bad there wasn't any sound in the vids, as I would have loved to have heard what the BGM and VA was like.

Haha, though, kinda sad that there's still a "Now Loading" screen for the game. I thought we'd be finished with those by this coming generation.

Also check out the diary page on the offcial site, along with the updates Zukan mentioned already, as there are some nice hidden images (well, non official/released images) in there that deal with the making of aspect for the game.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/main.html

EDIT:
Oh, and some really high res images at ruliweb.

http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/data/rul....htm?num=14991
http://ruliweb2.dreamwiz.com/ruliboa...e_ps04&main=ps

Also, IGN has hands-on impressions, as well as footage. One of them being the demo screen video, or TGS trailer itself. Very cool, showed Dante with blood all over his face, plus Nero (appears to be pre-Devil Bringer/Arm) and Dante dualing. Also, it looks like Nero can surf on enemies as well. Oh and I just realized that Nero's Revolver is double barrelled, meaning he actually fires two shots at once!
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/734/734174p1.html

I like the very church like music in the back. the site layout is really nice. Makes me sort of want a s3.....BUT NOT FOR $600!!!!!!!

Gametrailers has quite a few trailers up:

Enjoy

Some gameplay footage, the moving of the camera seens much more fluid. A short clip of the boss battle against that fiery boss, Balrog if you will, who can destroys homes with just a swing of his sword (noticeable slow down during the fight though). Plus the TGS trailer, which you can actually make out the sound, music and voices.

BTW, the fire boss' name is Variel. He looks like a mixture between Balrog and Beowulf from DMC3.

Variel, eh? Guessing it's probably a name from Dante's Inferno, or some other mythology.

BTW, from the TGS trailers, it sounds like the games theme song has operatic vocals with rock.

It's more then likely going to be done by the same people that did the DMC3 music (which was awesome) based on the sound of the DMC4 music I've heard.

Also the graphics are frick'n amazing, which makes the PS3 worth the money I'm paying, more so then my 360... what a waste.

I REALLY like the sound of the music in that trailer. It's one of those things I'm always looking forward to whenever a new DMC game is announced.
Graphics were a bit hard to make out from the off-screen footage but like many of you said, the animations are top-class. And from the looks of it, the cinematics are going to be more than awesome, which is great concidering they're going to play a much bigger role in this game.

Here's a small direct feed video of the game, without sound though.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/6178

DMC4 gifs:

http://users.pandora.be/tieno/denied.gif

http://www.strangereaction.com/image...0393/dmc4a.gif

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...-gaf/dmc4f.gif

I am reminded of Kung-Fu Hustle when I look at that first GIF.

I'm impressed with the lighting and particle effects, but the surroundings themselves look really bland. I hope to see some more varied environments, at least.

Here's some more. One of the flame boss, Variel with his flame whip destroying a house and another with Dante making his dramatic entry:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...-gaf/dmc4e.gif

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...-gaf/dmc4g.gif

Generic Badass: If you watch the 2 gameplay trailers at gametrailers.com you'll be able to see the detail in the enviroment alot easier. And in my opinion everything looks solid and amazing, the FPS could use an improvement, but taken from other Capcom titles like RE4 and Dead Rising, framerate is the last thing Capcom does, and it usually turns out well.

is it me or the Nero sword is like a gunblade? in the trailer you kind of see hom pierce a monster and twist the handle and you kind fo hear like a gun shot sound.

anyway that look so awesome! can't wait to see a direct feed of that trailer in HD XD

The demo is running at 60fps but I mean if it dips here and there that's still not bad for a demo to a game only 5% complete and over a year away. Capcom did say though that they can render DMC4 at 100fps on the PS3.

I don't see why people though nero was virgil o_0
Anyways I just saw the trailer. Action looks really awsome especially with that gunblade put into play.
Still looks like the same dmc action as the previous games exept with better graphics and such. I hope they bring a new system like they did with dmc3 style to put in some depth into it.

Why is his shadow going towards the big flame monster? FOR SHAME CAPCOM.

i'm still buying it.

Nero Angelo was the name Vergil assumed when he was under Mundus' control in Devil May Cry 1.

Random guy (Nero) has trademark white hair. Too coincidental, even for Capcom.

Nero wears a mostly blue outfit.

He might not be Vergil but a remnant of him (like ...eugh, Kadaj from FF: AC) or his arm could be Vergil's spirit, hence his obsession with power.

Other than that, yeah, I can't imagine why anybody would assume Nero's Vergil.

This is after DMC1. Nero Angelo is dead.

This has been adamantly denied by Capcom and Kobayashi himself. Nero =/= Vergil. He mentioned Vergil plays a part in the story, but not that the new guy is some sort of reincarnation.

His uniform is mostly red with what looks like a dark blue vest and some dark colors elsewhere. Nonetheless, his entire doesn't look anything like Vergil's.

Your first guess is probably what's going to happen. The order he belonged to managed to get ahold of Vergil's piece of the amulet, Dante slaughtered them looking for it and Nero got a hold of it and something happened. Before he gets the demon arm, it's broken. So maybe he uses it's power to fix it and it heals him?

Saying Nero Angelo is dead is like telling Capcom Zero died for reals. I know it's very likely, but it's very possible for Vergil to be Zero Positive.

He wears red beneath the dark blue jacket. In earlier scans I thought the colors were reversed, but after watching the TGS trailer I've found that that's not the case. Different shade, yeah, but still blue.

I heard about Capcom/Kobayashi denying rumors that Nero is Vergil. I was actually just answering whatshisface's question about 'WHY' people keep thinking he's Vergil. It'd be nice if Verg returned, but for now I'm satisfied with just the Ocelot thing going on right now.

Aye, I don't mind the hand at all since it'll probably lead us into an interesting direction. Will it take over Nero? What will it's desires mean for Dante? Etc..

BTW, his jacket is red, but everything else underneath it is either red or dark red (or black). That's why people confused him more with Dante than Vergil at first.

Oh, really (on the color of his jacket)?

...Fuck me tenderly, I think you're right. I guess wearing my glasses is something I should've considered doing today.

Also, is there ANY way I can play Region 2 DVDs on my PS2? I'm thinking of ordering one of those Sound DVDs Capcom's released. I already have Sacred Heart (ordered it at gkworld.com), but I want Raise the Dead and the new Trinity of Fates DVD.

Just watched the 2 IGN trailers too. Graphics are as good as it gets for the style of gameplay presented I reckon. More effects could really spruce it up a bit more, but overall everything is finally crisp & clear! It looks just like a visual upgrade of DMC3 but that's enough for me; tis what I like about the franchise anywho. I just hope the platforming sections don't appear too out of place.

A modchipped ps2 can run region-free. And I think there are special discs placed prior which allow it too. Sorry, not too knowlegdeable here.

I have a HD on my PS2 with an HDloader. Will that allow me to BURN the dvd to my PS2 and play it from there? I haven't heard of such a procedure but it seems kind of possible.

Kinda..?

Yeah that works, one of my mates does that. I think you just burn the image onto your HDD and run it from there.

The official site now has the trailer up:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/main.html

Take not but it seems both Dante and Vergil's VAs from DMC3 are heard in the trailer along with the actor voicing Nero...

I just saw the trailer from the website and just notice that when Nero fight Dante, Nera has his "arm in plaster"(I'm not sure if it's the good expression in english)

and he say something like: now I know this hand was made to send back guys like you back to hell!
and Dante say something like : Return it to me and I'll let you go.

So I think the arm thing might be about Vergil and Dante want it back.

but anyone feel weird about Dante? he really seem to be the bad guy, I don't know his attitude is kind of different then in the other dmc...

anyway still look awesome and can I say that I love that opera song! ^^

and I hope there will be a girl as badass as Lady was or Trish ^^

Dante = Same VA from DMC3, deeper voice now

Nero = Johnny Yong Bosch

Vergil's VA is also heard intermittently throughout the trailer.

Is there a downloadable version? I hate streaming videos.

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1671

Download the HD version up top. It's off the screen, but it's the same trailer.

His arm in a cast seemed to be there to hide the fact his arm is possessed. Dante being portrayed almost as if he's the enemy seems like the Order's intentions may not be so good so they're trying to misinform Nero as to who Dante his, ala similiar to MGS2 where Snake seemingly is supposed to be enemy in Raiden's eyes.

Wild hypothesis but maybe the Order forced the spirit of Vergil/Nelo into Nero's arm to ultimately serve as a key to open a door to the underworld to "resurrect" Sparda.

If this artwork is any indication then it looks like both Trish and Lady will be making a return:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4...conceptwk8.jpg

....Looking back on that art you can clearly see Nero in the background and the large face looks almost like the statue you see in the church during the TGS trailer...

Oooh, nice one Simo. BTW, did you guys notice the girl was consoling Nero about his "being human. More human than anyone she's ever met"? Sounds like something's happening to him and it may be that Simo's right.

BTW here's my impressions on the voices:

Dante - Solid and appropriate for an older, vengeful demon slayer.

Nero - Bosch absolutely nails the young, naive characters. We've seen it before with Renton and it works here too.

Priestess - Sounds like Stephanie Sheh, Eureka's voice in the dub.

=D

Fuck Trish. If Lady returns, I'll be making cream puffs.

EDIT: Sorry, just found out Metal beat me to it. I'll just leave all the pic posting to him.

A little ...late there, eh?

He even missed the best one:

http://users.pandora.be/tieno/denied.gif

Just saw the official release on the game's site. Looks great, the voice acting is pretty good. Though it was kinda had to distinguish between Dante and Vergil's (I know I've heard it in there). Also, Dante sounds so out of character, maybe Vergil's impersonating him (though impossible), or is this Capcom's approach to a more mature Dante?

I miss Dante's cocky attitude and load mouth...

Oh and the music is pretty good too, though oddly reminds me of Nightwish (ew). Overall, I still think DMC1 had the best soundtrack, with the most memorable themes. I'm sure that'll still hold true even after DMC4 releases.

DMC anime WTF

http://dmc-tv.com/

BTW,Hantei can you post .swf filfe of tht trailer on official site.

Hey, as long as it's done right I have no objections.

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/an...ut-2007-a.html

Here's the SWF file:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/flash/tgs2006.swf

well there was a comic book about DMC too, so I'm not that surprise to see an anime now, as long as it stay true to the game...

and thx simo for the swf file ^^

I thought Dante still sounded kinda cocky, even when being a cold-blooded badass in the church.

Sweet, thanks Simo! I was having a hard time finding it.

I dunno, that slaughter in the church, something that Vergil would be more inclined to do, seemed out of character for him. The way he spoke too, just felt like something was missing... though his lines kinda sounded like something he'd say. Perhaps DMC4 will explain why Dante was so damn quiet in DMC2, haha, I wonder if they're even gonna bring in the coin that he used.

BTW, great ava and sig combo Inhert!

IGN has the official trailer for download, but the free version looks like complete ass. Anyone have access to the HD version from their site?

C'mon, does anyone have the HD trailer?? Because I would love to get it myself. Sorry SOLDIER for leeching off your request, but DMC and MGS were the two games that got me into gaming hence my interest in DMC4 ^^

It's not the trailer but here's a HD video of gameplay courtesy of RuliWeb, the best quality and video so far:
http://rapidshare.de/files/34218493/...c4_hd.wmv.html

I'm kind of disappointed. The trailer didn't really impress me that much. The graphics are excellent, but the animation is still very PS2-esque. I guess I feel another layer of believability is due, the movement should be more realistic, even slightly random. Ideally the game would play something like a cutscene... I can't say for sure what I feel is missing, but I feel there's something missing. And this is the same impression I got with other trailers like Metal Gear Solid 4. Perhaps it plagues all next-gen games.

I guess what I mean to say is that the motion of everything during gameplay is so seamlessly repetitive that it lacks a certain amount of realism.

I was kind of expecting that too, just look at Assassins Creed or Gears of War.
Of course those games aren't nearly as fast paced as DMC but still, the smooth animations are there.

The difference between something like Gears of War and Devil May Cry is that DMC requires accurate control of the character, so if your character were to sway or change posses like people do in real life then it could lead you to being hit by things that you had no control of, or knew was going to happen all because your character decided to crouch or lean on a different leg or something. In DMC, uniform animation and predictability of what the effect of each button will do is imminent to playing the game.

However in games like Gears of War or Assasin's Creed, the game isn't as fast or require as much control as DMC.

Some people may argue this, but I know when I play DMC, my techniques requires to have the same animation to perform the exact same every time. Otherwise I'd be screwed.

Finally this is the beginning of next gen, you can't expect this, that and the other thing to all be in every game right off the bat. It takes time for games to evolve and slowly assimulate all the new techniques brought to the table by other developers at the same time.

*This post has not been spell checked*

The trailer looked good, I'm hoping we can play as both Nero and Dante.

Nero if the main character for about 70% of the game. Though Capcom hasn't said exactly how much you're going to get to play as each, they have said that Nero is going to be the REAL main character.

Well, well, looks like i finally have enough reasons to buy a PS3. Final Fantasy being the big one, but there are a bunch of titles that intriguied me at E3, and now that i'm helplessly hooked on Devil May Cry, looks like i'm getting a PS3.

I like the screenshots up on the official site. I sorta hope this game isn't as hard as DMC3, cause that game was sorta ruined for me. I'm playing DMC 1 right now, and on normal that's a good difficulty for me. I'm gonna buy and finish DMC3 before next gen starts up, hopefully.

I read that the game was originally supposed to be easier, but the fans complained, and Capcom changed their mind. I dunno, if DMC is really as hard as i remember it being, i'm not sure this franchise is gonna stick with me that long after DMC 1.

This marks my first post in the Sony Forum.

That was because of DMC2 which lacked any challenge whatsoever and all you basically had to do was hold down the square button. DMC3 was a return to old, and better, form but it also depends on which version you play as the Japanese original was fair and balanced while the US release took out the unlimited continue system that was carried over from DMC1 and bumped up the prices on the items making the game unbalanced and unforgiving should you make the slightest mistake.

Thankfully Capcom rectified this with the Special Edition release IIRC.

These are the same videos shown before at TGS, only that they're filmed at 50fps. Since this is a 60fps title already, we can begin to see how smooth the action/animations are.

too easy!
 

I actually liked the changes made in the original US version of DMC3. I loved how challenging it was. you actually had to be skilled to beat a lot of the bosses. although you're right, it wasn't very forgiving. it wasn't TOO hard on the player. games are way too easy these days anyways...

ninja gaiden black on master ninja... that's the only way to go.

I agree. Games become easier and easier every year because either A) They want to make it appealing to more people or B) Because reviewers cry and complain because a game is hard an makes it difficult for them to review in time because they have to keep on continuing (Ex. IGN's review on God Hand).

Capcom is one of the few maintainers of CHALLENGING games from Resident Evil to Devil May Cry. If you were to get rid of Capcom and fighting games there would barely be any challenge left in the gaming industry.

Apparently this is from the Game Informer issue where DMC4 was the cover story, article is an interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi. Someone actually took the time to type it out...

There's a new video up on the official website, showcasing gameplay this time. (Thank god for direct-feed)
Looks like aerial action will take on a bigger role than in the previous games. You can pretty much stay up in the air forever by just pulling enemies towards you and slamming them to the ground.

That was the point of adding the Devil Bringer system. Kobayashi mentioned that they wanted to preserve the combat system from DMC3, but emphasize combos/chaining and this is what we got. That means more juggling, wall-play, possibly even mob-control to some degree.

Hell, it even works well in the story too.

Just saw the video, gameplay looks pretty fun, though more or less the same (just using your Arm/Grab for O instead of a Style). The visuals for some of the moves look fantastic, like anytime you use the Devil Bringer or the new Stinger move. Not too fond of the battle music though, hopefully it'll improve as you progess. However, IMO they need to back bring Masami Ueda for the OST, he gave the series (well first game, anywya) some of most memorable themes (eg: Devil Sunday (Sparda's Theme), Ret-Hot Juice (Phantom's Battle Theme), Ultra Violet (Nelo Angelo Battle Theme), etc.). The style ranks for this installment are kinda "meh" this time as well. Though, it was rather clever of them to try and get the number of S's in the name to reflect style rank.

Do it!
Come on!
Big up!
All that!
Slammin' Beat!
SmaSh Hit!!
StyliSh Showtime!!!


Some new info, as well as character art (well to me anyway), was up on the page too. The new girl's name is Kyrie, some info about her there but no idea what it says. Also Nero's dual barrel revolver is called Blue Rose.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2...lustff9.th.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2238/neroillse5.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4356/danteillgw4.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6...riess03dw6.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3...erozesszg8.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7991/bluerozezx5.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2...dqueen2bb8.jpg

that gameplay video was awesome! I really like the effect of the big swing that hit multiple enemies XD

and like Hantei said, his gun is called Blue Rose and I think his sword is Red Queen (if I remember correctly i think the sword as like a trigger a little like a gunblade)

anyway I'm really curious about the story. I wonder how Dante will turn out.

The sword has a motorcycle handle thing as well as a brake that lets him use that gauge over on the side. I forgot the name of the mode, but it's like DT in that your attacks are much stronger, you attack faster and you move much more swiftly. That's Nero's mod to his Red Queen, the standard sword of the demon institute.

Makes it sound like we'll fight a few students of said school, each with their own little mod and whatever possession it is they have.

The date is apparently this autumn.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157266

Also, the official site is in english now!
http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/eng/main.html

STORY
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http://i16.tinypic.com/3zr5fsh.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/455rjox.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/2ec45lz.jpg

RED QUEEN
http://i13.tinypic.com/48wf50j.jpg

BLUE ROSE
http://i12.tinypic.com/2qch7ps.jpg

DMC4 for the Xbox360 and PC?

It's more likely than you think!

Although I can't speak moon-language, I saw 360 and PC, so it looks likely. Anybody (coughultimacough) wanna verify?

EDIT:


Capcom (English)

I'm not sure what to think about this... I can't say I wasn't expecting this, after Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil going multi-platform it was just a matter of time or title before Capcom decide to do the same with Devil May Cry...

the weird thing is the PC announcement...all I know is most console game like this that have a PC port tends to not be really good...


(woops I just realized that I made a mistake... mgs is from konami not capcom XD)

Not too surprised with the PC version, or the 360 version. DMC3 came out on the PC and after you've got the game running on the PC there's not much difference to get it to run on the 360. DMC3 probably would have went to the Xbox1 too if MS didn't cut the bastard child off before Capcom had a chance.

On the other hand though, ports tend to suck no matter the destination property and with a series I treasure as much as DMC and the fact that frame-rate kind of matters in this game I think I'll stick with the PS3 source version thank you. Also DMC was made for the PS controller and the 360 controller isn't very good for anything outside the sport and shooting genres. SFII was enough of a nightmare on the 360 controller for one lifetime thank you very much.

What are you talking about? The controller layouts are identical, aside from placement of the left analog stick and D-pad which is moot at best. Trying to play Street Fighter games on either controller is a nightmare.

I have to say that after getting used to the 360 controller, I think I'd be able to play a DMC game just as well as I do on the PS3.

Haha, it's Resident Evil 4 all over again. Might as well chuck this into multiplatform section land now! And why are there no spaces between the words in the thread title, my eyes implode. Infernal may cry. ;_;

I never even played this series but maybe I actually will play this if it turns out to be good since its on 360 now.

Haha, wow, this actually surprised me. Also just heard of AC6 being a 360 exclusive, makes me wonder how long it'll be before Konami announces MGS4 for 360 as well.

Can't be a good thing, Sony losing it's console selling games to multiplatforming.

Shit, now I'll have to either get a new PC, or a 360 at some point. Perhaps I'll do the Wii60 thing.

One thing I'm curious about: Where in the game's chronology will DMC 4 take place?

Earliest to Latest:

DMC3 -> DMC -> DMC2.

Well, since I have all three games, I'm pretty excited that I'll have more options in getting a chance to play the game. I just hope they don't botch the PC port, as those are usually the worst versions: Resident Evil 3, 4, Grandia II, Metal Gear Solid 2, Onimusha 3, etc.,. All bad ports =\

Any new trailers or videos up for the game?

It's between DMC and DMC2 (mentioned in Famitsu if I remembered correctly). So:

DMC3 -> DMC -> DMC4 -> DMC2

Heh, the chronology is all messed up compared the series numbering. They really should have just called DMC3 DMC0 instead.

How many exclusives has Sony lost?
-Guitar Hero
-Devil May Cry
-Virtua Fighter
-Katamari Demacy
-Final Fantasy XI
-Armored Core
-Grand Theft Auto
-Assassin's Creed
-Fatal Inertia
any else? Again, as with the XBOX exclusives, I'm sure I've forgotten a few here, too.

So this leaves Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy 13 (only 13) as exclusive third party games left for the PS3. This does not bode well. Sony is shooting themselves in the foot.

I like how MGS4 also has a good chance of going on 360 too.

Well...
Final Fantasy XI
GTA
Assasin's Creed
These were all already multi-platform games or were originally intended to be. (Assasin Creed on PS3 was just the source copy). And Koei hasn't EVER made anything better then a sub-par game so no one cares about Fatal Inertia or that other game they're making. As for the rest I don't think that any of thoes are any real surprise.

-Guitar Hero is a sold property
-DMC already made the move to PC
-Virtua Fighter with the failure of the last one, they need to find money somewhere
-Armored Core, along the same lines of VF seiing as how when was the last good one anyway?

However the PS3 and 360 seem to each be at par with BIG exclusive titles now. But then again with the facts that the beginning of every new gen goes like this and that there are actually two other good systems other then just Sony's machiene for once, I think that this gen will see the creative juices flowing for the first time again in 10 years.

Just to be somewhat on topic I hope that the series will get a little more acknowledgement now in the NA market. The series has been HUGE in Japan and Europe, but not quite as large in the NA market. Making the move to the 360 also was definatly the way to achieve that goal for Capcom.

NOTE
MGS4 is highly unlikely to come to the 360. Konami wants to bring it over, but Sony owns half the product seeing how they gave Konami their dev kits and funding extremely early, which is why MGS4 was the first GOOD looking title shown for the PS3. Konami already cancelled like 10 projects including Gradius 6 in hopes to get the $$ they needed to buy Sony out of the title with little more then a financial scratch to what they owe Sony. Anything can happen still, however even if they do manage to buy Sony out, it'll take another year or more to port it to the 360 from that point anyway.

okI'll let you have that, you have geeked out :tpg:

Sony released a promo for Devil May Cry 4 today lol, perfect timing, but it looks awesome!

http://www.xboxyde.com/news_4119_en.html

Its all about exclusive FIRST PARTY titles like Ratchet, gow2 and Drake's fortune etc vs Fable2,Masseffect and Toohuman etc.

These third parties can't be trusted.

Also above all Sony has one trump card and that is FF13, one ring to rule them all.
Plus all Jap RPGs will make thier way to PS3, i have full confidence in Whiteknight too.

the only thing that bothers me in this is yeah Sony losing some good exclusive but still we are still in the first years of the next-gen console... let's just wait a little and everything will come in their place. The things is now multi-platform seem the way to go for most game since you can reach more gamer so make more money...

I don't really care since I'll still get it on ps3, but like already said, I prefer to have it on the console it was originally made for...

oh and for the chronology, i think they are just skipping dmc2 or acting like it never existed XD

Hrm. If you recall, Phil Harrison sort of gives us the idea of that most games of this year will more than likely be multiplat. Specific on GTA4. Can you blame a company right now for making PS3 games multiplat this early in the game though? I have no doubts that by the next year or two, we'll be seeing game named games going back to exclusive only to a console.

Guuuuys, this is still a Devil May Cry thread. High profile third party games switching or going multiplatform is nothing new. Keep the console exclusive list warzzz out of here. Please!

New scans from the latest Famitsu!

Some of Nero's moves are named/listed such as Snatch, Charge Shot, Exceed, and Hellbound. Oh and it looks like the Frost mosters from DMC1 is back for DMC4.

Dante is playable (should be no surprise, but a relief to hear)! Plus it looks like there's real time Style switching now too! Also a look at the snowy castle local. Oh and little note, looks like they've changed the "Do it!" on the style meter to "Deadly." Which is a relief, as the other one was stupid.

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http://www.playsyde.com/news_4126_en.html

There was a Q&A session with Reuben Langdon (Dante), Dan Southworth (Vergil), and Johnny Yong Bosch (Nero) at ToA (Tales of Anime, it's a convention). Link to the footage of the 31 question session below.

http://www.livevideo.com/DivineDescendant

Heh, it's pretty entertaining (Southworth is a real goofball, heh), some of the stories they have were great. Plus incite on their experiences on making the games. Oh and Bosch revealed that his character, Nero, is actually in love with Kyrie (the heroine), which was something he might not have been supposed to have revealed given Southworth and Langdon's reactions.


Also here's a bit of transcript of another session they held, with more info on the making of DMC3. Interesting to note is that, contrary to popular belief, Stephanie Cheeva did not voice Lady whom she motion captured for. Though, the writer said they forgot who Langdon/Southworth said it was.

More info on the event and the trio at the event in the source below.

http://devils-lair.org/toa.php

New DMC4 footage, courtesy of some site I'm not familiar with:

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/dgu/dmc4trial.wmv

I'm uploading it on my youtube account now for those who don't want to download. Nero's moves are frickin' amazing -- especially the way he manhandles the boss towards the end.

Updates to the game's site!

- Dante Special Report: talks about features exclusive to Dante
- Devils page: info about Berial and the returning Frost devils + images (screens & concepts) of both
- Gameplay footage for both Dante and Nero: showing Nero face off Berial and the Frost devils, as well as footage of Dante in action. Sounds like Dante will be getting the classic DMC1 soundtrack, or rather a remix of it (a little hard to tell, though I'm thinking it's the latter). Oh and in Nero's footage we're treated with a new vocal battle track, sounds like the same vocalist from DMC3.

Anyone else liking the new style ranking bar? Smokin' Atomic Brutal Carnage Deadly. The one word styles work much better IMO.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/eng/main.html

Here's hoping a downloadable demo is available in the next months.

EDIT:

Also something interesting to point out (as hinted in the Dante Special Report) is that if you look at the letters to the left of Dante's health bar you'll notice a T S R G. No doubt that the letters represent Trickter, Swordmaster, Royal Guard, and Gunsingler, giving us a clear indication of the styles that'll be available/returning to Dante for DMC4.

Thanks for the update, Hantei. I've seen the Nero footage floating around for a while now, but Dante's was a more than welcome surprise. The remix of Dante's original battle track was awesome, even though that wasn't one of my favorite tracks from back in the day. I came.

Shit. Gonna have to pick this soundtrack up too.

Hiroyuki Kobayashi speaks on why they went multiplatform. It was basically so everyone could enjoy the game and that the series was a big name overseas (in NA) so they couldn't just ignore 360 owners. Oh and interestingly, they only started development on the 360 version after the announcement, so hopefully that won't delay the game's release since both versions are supposed to be simulatenously released. They also mentioned that content wise the game will be the same, so it makes little difference on which version you buy (therefore there is no better version).

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/793/793662p1.html

Yeah I saw this announcement when it came out. Just like any choice to go multiplatform it was for marketing and $$ reasons, so I don't think that an explination was really required. However I guess for thoes who couldn't figure that out on their own now know Capcom's reasons for their choice.

As to which one is better, if there will be one. Seeing how I do have a PS3 I'm just going to get it. Because the PS3 version is the source version, and the 360 version was started late in the project, if Capcom decides that meeting release date is more important then a good port, the 360 version could very well be buggy (or at the least have more bugs then the source). However the key thing for me is that I've played 1 -> 3 on the PS controller, so why would I want to re-learn a new controll setup?

Anyhow I don't think that DMC4 on 360 will sell too well with Bioshock, Mass Effect, Halo 3 and GTA 4 all surrounding it's release so I dought that DMC4 will make a splash in that market between that and the fact that X-box fans have missed the last 3 games. However time will tell all.

Man, the only reasons i now have to buy a PS3 are Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts.

Hearing this, along with Bioshock, Resident Evil 5 being on 360 (i think), and many others, i think i'm going to have to go Wii60 pretty soon. Only problem though, is that i'm going to have a very hard time not having Final Fantasy on the console i own (although if they're too much like XII then i think i'll be done with the series)

Final Fantasy XIII is looking nothing like XII. In fact FF XIII is looking like a FFVII time set and probably field encountered battles, but the system is turn-based that then creates a fight scene using the inputed commands from both the player and the AI. For more info check out trailers for it on www.gametrailers.com and developer interviews scattered around the net for more info.

Final Fantasy: The Last Remnant for PS3 & X360 on the other hand is similar to FFXII and is currently the only FF game heading to the 360 also.

I will stop here to keep from taking this thread too far off topic.

Please if anyone else gets wind of new DMC4 info post it here.

Thanks

The last remnant has nothing to do with final fantasy beside being made by Square-Enix. the game is only call "the Last Remnant" not final fantasy the last remnant...

even if it can hurt Sony to lose some exclusive, I'm not has made has I was before. If I can still have the game, I don't care much now if it multi-platform. What I don't like now is that they are going: " there will be exclusive content on this version but not on that one"... or "that version will have online but not the other"...

I don't see why they can't make the same content on all console version. The only thing I can see different is in term of graphic...

That's because either the developer of a game is asking too much for exclusive rights or because MS/Sony is too cheap to fork over the cash for exclusives. Either way, content is cheaper then properties which is what it comes down to.

I don't like the way the industry is going right now either, however it is something that happens every generation. I reffer to this as the fog of the console war, after the opening shots of each new generation the industry is sent spiraling into chaos of allegiances and legal jargan. As far as the consumer goes, the only thing we can do is choose a console (or two) and stick to our guns till the dust clears.

Also I apologise for the Last Remnant thing, just goes to show that with Final Fantasy, outside the name there's not much to bind the series together in realtion. ^^; However it's probably still the closest thing that the 360 will see to a Final Fantasy game from Square as of now.

Yes, yes yes!
I love that it will be for the PC as well.
Just... please, pleaseplease... do not let Ubisoft handle the PC version.
DMC3 is a UTTER MESS... you cant get 90% of joypads to work with it.... :/

LMAO, you think that DMC3 for the PC was a mess... you should see RE4 for the PC. Let's just say that it's a por of the PS2 version, except with 1/4 res cutscenes, and all the menues are pictures instead of 3D gauges and what not. Also there's a whole community that's involved in retexturing the ENTIRE game. Yeah, Ubisoft knows how to make games, but they couldn't port a game if their funding and careers depended on it.

If the goverment wants to be productive, write a bill that doesn't allow Ubisoft to port properties. It's bad enough when they port their own.

Ugh... and I wanted to get RE4...
I guess that means I shouldnt bother?

Depends on how desperate you are to play it. It didnt even have Mouse support until some fans created a patch.

Well a bunch of people, myself included are making a whole slew of mods for this game that are SO needed. We've already upped the texture quality to that of the GC version as well as re-ripped the cinematics in HD quality.

Sometime around this coming monday one of the members is releasing a TOTALLY re-textured texture set for the game that makes the PC version of RE4 the BEST version.

ORIGINAL PC VERSION VS COMMUNITY RE-TECTURED VERSION
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4852/03lj4.jpg


I know that Leon is the same, but the re-texturing of characters is a seperate project for the time being.

If anyone wants to help making RE4 -PC better or just wants to check it out you may do so here -> http://z6.invisionfree.com/Resident_...php?act=SC&c=3

Now I'll try to leave this to the topic discussion. If there's enough interest I may create a thread for this RE4 -PC stuff.

Found some vids on GameVideos

Berial battle: http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/11152
Ice Stage: http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/11151
Stage 1: http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/11150

Some new info from Game Informer.
Point number 2 is interesting, hinting that Vergil may possibly return. Wouldn't doubt the return of Trish or Lady either, since they were in the original concept art. Not too fond of point number 3 though, since doing combat with the same moveset could get dull real fast (eg. DMC2 and it's three swords with the same combo set). Hopefully gaining the new Devil Bringer skills as you progress redeems this aspect.

Point #2 is interesting, however is not something that any DMC fan wouldn't have already dreamn't up, however it's nice to hear the developer keeping the dream alive.

Point #3 just means that there won't be new weapons. But there most likely will still be levels for the weapons that he does have which will elaborate on the current move set I would imagine. Along with his Devil Bringer upgrades.

Point #4 is hit or miss. As long as Dante still has DT, that's all that REALLY matters to me.

Point #5 is no big deal since they always tend to have umpteen dificulties per a game anyway.

The PS3 & 360 thing would be a good thing, but seeing how 2% of ported games manage to keep this promise in the performance area, I'm afraid that I'll have to see it to believe it.

interesting!

I think what they mean about both version being the same is in term of content. Like bothe game will be identical in term of gameplay, story and content of the game. Technically there might be some difference has the 360 will probably be a port, now we have to see how good this port will be.

Yeah, that's probably what they meant.

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_4696_en.html

Something totally new, finally.
Who says black chicks aren't hot.

Ahh, finally something new. Why couldn't they have just made a new trailer featuring the new characters, especially the hot chick (Gloria), for E3? I'm guessing all three of the characters are in league with each other, perhaps members of the Order of the Sword. Still hoping Lady and Trish make some sort of an appearance in the game. And wow, this is the first time DMC has ever had this many human-looking characters ever.

http://i15.tinypic.com/4m0e9v7.jpg
http://i8.tinypic.com/4vphmif.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/4yu2cxv.jpg

http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/main.html


No doubt the person holding the weapon in the pic below is Gloria.

http://i15.tinypic.com/6ftqohs.jpg = http://i7.tinypic.com/681i6f7.jpg

Hey! Same outfit as Le Blanc!

What's better then Assasin's Creed you ask... Credo and his army of Altairs in the background, lol.

New characters are always cool in DMC, though Agnus is definatly a freekazoid.

Lastly, I'm pretty sure that I remember in a designer interview that it was said that Trish, Lady or both will return in DMC 4. I'll try and look it up and post a link when/if I find the source again.

http://www.jeux-france.com/news21071...e-precise.html

Famitsu scans plus new pics, maybe from site.

I just hope that trish would be in it, i want to see her rendered in this engine. Game is looking full of content.

I heard that game is delayed till feb 08, it makes me sad, really capcom is taking too much time for both DMC4 and resi5(2009).

Looks like they run through three scenes from the game. It appears that Dante is the first boss, which shouldn't come as a big shock. I wonder if it'll be a must win or else game over battle, or if it's a win or lose story continues battle. Hmmm, actually from the screens looks like you have to knock at Dante's hp till there's one notch left, then the story continues.

According to the article expected to release in Japan before the years end. Maybe that Feb 08 delay is in respect to the NA release. If that is indeed the case, I'll be importing my copy (region free PS3 games, score!).

If the NA versions is delayed, that's just simply inexcusable, what do they have to translate? menues? C'mon, that still shouldn't require a Feb '08 release. What BS, especially when all the voice acting is already in english.

Expected is what again makes me sad, developers aren't sure themselves.
Even Dec is a long wait i was expecting oct or nov, but dec end or jan start:confused: ..., but years end got lots of other titles, its better to have DMC later alone wihtout any other games to bother.


High res pics

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...70721/dmc4.htm

I love this one totally bad ass:D
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...70721/dmc4.htm

I wanted dante to be like this, good they are working equally hard on dante's character . I don't want Capcom to make deliberately Nero cool enough that he overshadows dante.
Dante has his own stature and Capcom should keep/maintain it.


BTW, this chick gloria, her knockers has got polyedges, not so next gen.
Deadrising engine showing its colors:p.

Gamespy interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi. I think the highlight of it was the announcement of no Vergil in DMC4. Also mentions ratio of playtime with Nero and Dante is like 60/40. Oh and he wouldn't confirm that Trickster and Royal Guard are back, but does say that there are other styles that can switched to in real time.

http://uk.ps3.gamespy.com/playstatio.../809520p1.html

This is one badass frick'n overlord... I mean trailer. ^^;

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23903.html

WATCH IT NOW OR DIE!!!

Awesome! I gotta say Langdon really stepped up his performance for Dante, giving us a much deeper/mature sounding Dante. Now, I wonder if that was the PS3 build or the 360 build that was shown.

New Famitsu out revealing Trish and Lady! :D

Damn THIS IS WHAT i call TOTAL FAN SERVICE.
Can't be happier, Trish and LAdy bothe looking SEXY as hell.
Now i want DMC4 more than MGS4.

Capcom has another platinum hit.

omg! Trish is Awesome! not sure about the look of lady though, yes she look more sexy but she look like she lost that "boyish" that I really liked (I'm probably the only who understand what I just said >.>) anyway it's only one scan so I hope she still got the same attitude ^^

I don't remember but is DMC4 after DMC2? If so I wonder if the "Devil never Cry" still exits XD I'm curious to see how's the interaction between Lady and Trish (maybe will see some jealousy?)

... Trish looks the same, which, as it was before, isn't good. Lady is looking even better (sluttier), so this is about what I expected. I mean, shit, Trish hasn't changed a fucking bit.

Capcom: "We're going with the obvious winner here."

@Inhert
DMC4 does take place after DMC 2 but it sounds like Capcom is totally pretending that DMC2 never happened, which is a good thing. Also Lady and Trish already met in the Anime which had them fighting for 3/4 of the episode before Trish went back out on her own. (Trish and Dante kind of split up, but they're still friends)

@Rotorblade
Trish changed her clother once in the Anime before going back to her original attire. Oh well, guess devils don't need to change their attire much, i don't know. lol

Speaking of, the final 12th episode comes out today. It came out last week in japan, but the subbed version by AonE & Conclave comes out today, can't wait.

that's what I though and is probably a good thing because I think gamers too are acting like DMC2 never existed XD

as for Trish and Lady fighting, I sure hope it will happen again in DMC4 :p

now that someone mentioned it, yeah they could at least make a little change in Trish outfit :\ as for the more "sluttier" style of lady, that's what i don't like about her new look... I think that look would go better on Trish XD

Just watched the 12th and final episode of the Anime and it ends off in a way that I believe is supposed to be right before the start of DMC2. Apparently DMC2 is just a job for a rich client (being the old hag that never told me Sparda's story in DMC2). But that sounds like the only purpose and motive from the hint, it was simply for money, no real siginigance. However it still doesn't explain the retarted ending of DMC2 where he rides off into hell... for what purpose who the hell knows. Oh well, at least now I can just pass DMC2 off as, "meh, it was only a simple mission for coin, nothing else."

If i remember correctly developers said themselves in one of the interviews that DMC2 never existed.
Also remember that Enzo scoop, part 2 dante is not really dante.

Whether they will link anime with DMC4 , its still about to be seen.
I wish they dont and trish fights with lady on first encounter would be cool.

I prefer Trish in her old clothes , she looks much better in nextgen. Her black outfit is her trademark believe me.

Who knows we could might get chance to play as trish as unlockable character and then her unockable new clothes.
Its capcom they do it often.

No disrespect, but there's a million ways to try and sugar coat it and all I can really say is that Trish is fucking ugly. Old and Busted, that's Trish. New hotness, that's every new female. I don't know what the obsession with DMC1 is past the fact that it had "Zeitgeist." I can understand and grasp that, yes it was new at the time and basically established the 3D action genre. Thing is that a billion other better games (HYPERBOLE) have been released and they all excel past DMC1. Yes, I give it its innovation due, but it isn't the gold standard.

That being said, fuck Trish.

Uhhh... the only other 3D hack&slash action game that is even as hard or deep as DMC is Ninja Gaiden, and even that doesn't have as cool of characters or cinematics as DMC so I don't quite know where you're coming from.

If you want to go into what you enjoyed more as a game, sorry, I'm not going to entertain that. Yes, people view God of War as better for some reason. They view other games that specialize in risk reward style as better, so if I define my terms to my advantage then I get to play "back and forth" internet game with you and I just don't want to do that.

Fine, you don't know where I'm coming from. I am okay with this.

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Edit:

In fact, what are you saying? That the only good action game since DMC1 is Ninja Gaiden? That nothing surpasses DMC1? Or do you mean the series? I'll bite.

Yeah I mean the series because DMC 3 beat the snot out of 1. The only reason why I don't group GoW and the like with NG and DMC is because you can mash your way through GoW and still beat the game. Sure you may die more, but that strategy isn't going to work in DMC or NG. So while they're in the same genre... it doesn't mean that they're on the same level. (or at least from where I stand) It's like saying Ghost Recon(PC) and Halo are similar... where other then that they're FPSs, they're nothing alike. But I'm just speaking on a gameplay level, not a presentation level or anything.

I think it's fair to make the comparison on the basis that they're all 3D action games, and they both have similarities. We're not talking about drastic differences between something like Doom 1 and System Shock 2 or Thief, believe it or not. And that's what I thought you would get at. I'm not going to deny that DMC has a penchant for flexible combat system or even touch on that whole argument of "mashing through God of War." I wasn't a convert for either series (though I have a respect and love for DMC3), I view Ninja Gaiden as superior in gameplay.

I get what you're trying to say here and all I can say is that my comments focus on DMC1 and not the series. Because, honestly, DMC2 might as well not exist and every good thing in DMC3 had to eventually come to a reminder of Devil May Cry 1 and its generic as fuck setting and now surpassed gameplay.

DMC3 might as well be Devil May Cry 1 to be quite honest, it stands by itself and embarrasses the fuck out of 1.

About time they showed Trish and Lady, we all knew they were returning (those of us who saw the concept art anyway). Now they just need to confirm the return of Nelo Angelo.
Eh? Wasn't it said in a previous famitsu that the chronology went DMC3 , DMC1, DMC4, and then DMC2. Seems to make the most sense to be seeing as how Lucia has had no mention.

lol, that it does, that it does. It's at least good to see Capcom moving forward with the gameplay at least. Like if you look at everything you could do in DMC3 with the different fighting styles and everything compared to DMC1 that's a big difference over 1 1/2 games ;) I know that it's not the same genre, but even the RE series from RE0 to RE4 what a change that was. This kind of leaves me a bit disappointed even though I'm excited for NG2 because something new to how you played the game would have been nice then just more weapons that you'll individually will use a small amount compared to the dragon blade. But that's a whole nother topic.

But yeah, I get where you're coming from now.

Additional Spam:
@Hantei
They probably said that because they know that they really can't pretend that DMC2 doesn't exist because people played it (unfortunatly). However at the same time they don't want to touch it with a ten-foot pole. Therefore we'll probably never going to know when DMC2 really took place because they're never going to acknowledge it. (but of course it's after 1). I still say though that after watching episode 12 that the hint was directed towards DMC2. Because if DMC 2 took place after 4, then that would mean that Nero and everything in DMC 4 will have to have been erased from Dante's mind MIB style after DMC 4. That is depending on how 4 ends of course... which I'm sure won't lead to every character's demise.

Heh, I guess we won't really know till we beat DMC4. But till then, I'll just be sticking with what the developers said in terms of chronology.

Oh and you can download the GC trailer on the Live Marketplace or Japanese PSN, plus a Nero wallpaper on the J PSN. The short version of the TGS trailer can be viewed the updated DMC4 website (new BGM, sounds like credits music, assuming something sung by Kyrie, can anyone rip it?). The trailer shows the gauntlets in action, plus a first look at these Spardan looking enemies...

http://i8.tinypic.com/4u91nw4.png

I wonder if it's possible that Nero ends up turning into one of those Spardan looking things (perhaps even Nelo? as he seems to be slowly consumed by the arm), and is the reason why we get control of Dante?!?

DEVIL MAY CRY 4 | ƒfƒrƒ‹ ƒƒC ƒNƒ‰ƒC 4

http://www.gamevideos.com/download?v...D_1280x720.wmv

This is not best quality but definatley BEST action sequences ever to grace videogames.
These cutscenes puts MGS4 into shame, kojima may cry.

Be objective and judge yourselves.

And BTW it might be my taste but trish and lady both, in trailer above sure looks hot.

And again it might only be me but for me DMC4 >MGS4 and NG2.
Capcom is Capcom no match.

Nooooo, gamevideos is currently messed up, godamnit. And I wanted to see something that tops MGS4, lemme see, lemme see, lemme see... DAMN!

Comparing the action cutscenes of MGS4 to Devil May Cry - a game whose sole purpose is to entertain with over-the-top action - is stupid. Both are awesome for their own reasons, but comparing the two is like trying to compare my penis size to that of LeHah's itty bitty boat (no big deal).

Edit:

So I just watched the extended, 3-minute long trailer Sexninja linked, and while I was glad to finally see old characters like Trish and Lady, I was a bit put off by the lame new theme song. Trailer starts off awesome and it's the battle music we've heard from the last trailer released, but then at the halfway point it breaks off into a gut-wrenching Creed-esque pop song more suitable for a Disney Channel drama than a game involving ...well, you know.

'Devils Never Cry' or whatever from DMC3 sounded ten times better (lolyoko) but I'm probably just jumping the gun. There'll probably be some remixed version of the song in the game or soundtrack better suited for DMC, but so far this romance drama between Nero and Kyrie is kind of annoying.

God I feel like Elixir right now.

Also: Uploaded the TGS trailer from the official website to youtube:

YouTube Video

Devil May Cry 4 Screenshots Gallery (Xbox 360)

I pity those who dont like trish.TSK TSK.

Lady's DMC3 costume was better.

Although it's probably available as a secret costume.

I agree with Megalith (oh god .. >.<)

btw, what's the release date of DMC4 again?

I pity those with shit tastes.

Although I did prefer Lady's original costume from DMC3, I'm fine with this redesign.

Trish still looks like a recovering crack whore.

@Inhert
We don't know an official US release rightnow. JPN release is late November. So if it goes the way of DMC 3, we'll see 4 around March.

If that's true, then I'm just gonna import it (thumbs up to the region free games feat. for the PS3). I'm assuming it'll have dual language options just like DMC3.

And here's a much better quality version of the showfloor TGS trailer at Game Trailers. Heh, I just noticed that there's a nice shot where the camera is panning down and past Gloria's butt.

Gametrailers.com - Devil May Cry 4 - TGS 07 Showfloor Trailer

Sure you can import it. And the game's VO is in English ONLY. However all the menues are in Japanese ONLY, so be warned. US release date is February according to IGN. I might as well wait and play it with the DualShock 3.

Also looks like that tranformation thing with Nero in the new trailer is just a weapon.

Galerie Devil May Cry 4 - Images Gilgamesh - 2007-09-27 19:47:59

Its Dantes weapon, if i am getting you correctly not Neros.
Nero's deviltrigger or transformations isn't shown yet

It's not that. It's jsut that some people like Hantei thought that Nero's arm looked to be consuming him based on footage in the TGS trailer where Nero had what we know now to just be a weapon. That's all.

But yeah, it's probably just something like Beowolf.

I knew the VO would be english only, but I was wondering if the there's an english option for the menus seeing as how there appeared to be one available in DMC3 (they even gave you the option for korean menus). Be nice if there is, I wonder if the reason why it's being released later for NA is because they're going to tweek the difficulty settings again for our version.

Uhh I'm pretty sure those are Dante's new gauntlets, besides the fact that it's Dante who has them equipped, it's been said that Nero wouldn't be getting new weapons. I'm willing to bet you get the Gilgamesh after defeating that plant/snake boss we saw in the TGS trailers, heh seeing as how the gaunlets have stingers on them. Makes me wonder what kind of weapon Dante will be getting from Berial.


An interview with Kobayashi.
Game | Life - Wired Blogs

Something that caught my eye:
Interesting to hear that DMC4 is about 10 years after DMC3. This probably makes Lady about 28 maybe even 30 in DMC4 (this is of course assuming she was at least 18 in DMC3), heh I certainly didn't expect that. I'm guessing that means DMC4, with respect to DMC1, is probably 7 or 5 years after it.


Here's another interview with Kobayashi:
TGS07: Kobayashi Gives Lowdown On DMC4, 360, More

Interesting points:
Heh, just cause he said Vergil doesn't mean Nelo Angelo won't make an appearance. Gonna stick with that belief till I play the game myself.

So, it sounds like you'll occasionally be swapping between the 2 characters throughout the game (which makes more sense story wise, I guess). So that flushes out the possibly of Nero taking a hike half way through, which I thought might happen (eg. was thinking Nero would get consumed by the arm's desire for power).

Heh, what I'm getting from this comment is that the 360's version is to blame for DMC4's delay.

IGN: Devil May Cry 4 Preview

New details sound really cool.
I wish to check the complete demo they showed.
New dante weapons=plain badass.

PS3 version will have some sort of sixaxis support, alos game is slated for Feb 2008.
Demo is also planned.

Videos
IGN: Devil May Cry 4 Trailer, Videos and Movies

HD of previous TGS bad ass trailer is also avaiable in HD on GT.

Ooo, the trailer actually has english subtitles this time.

New weapons sound interesting, from what they described, Lucifer kinda sounds like Vergil's phantom blades, and Pandora's box sounds like it's a multipurpose gun.

Sounds like my prediction was correct afterall. The story starts with Nero but finishes with Dante. That must mean something happens to Nero at the end of his part (arm's desire for power consumes him? transforms/possessed by Nelo Angelo??). This is relieving news, as I had feared that we would have to constantly switch between the two, especially if Dante plays as well as it appears.

Another interesting note, looks like Japan isn't getting this one early, it seems that they're planning for a simultaneous worldwide release as all 3 regions say Feb 2008. Hopefully the demo pops up on the PSN and/or Live Marketplace by December or earlier.

The actors/actresses are revealed.

Nero - Johnny Bosch
Dante - Reuben Langdon
Kyrie - Laura Napoli
Credo - Daniel Southworth
Agnus - TJ Storm
Gloria - Danielle Burgio
Sanctus - Liam O'Brien

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Oh and the short version of the TGS trailer is available for download on the NA PSN and the Live Marketplace. Here's hoping the long version (aka Gamer's Day trailer) becomes available in the coming weeks.

http://i24.tinypic.com/2sbodb9.jpg

Yeah I've been looking for a downloadable version of the Long TGS trailer for some time now. Even the GT one isn't downloadable and is in Flash format.

Heh. Nero's actor is the same guy who did Vash in the Trigun anime and Ichigo in BLEACH

Dante's actor is the same as DMC3.... SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! ^^

UPDATE!!!
I was looking around the net when I stumbled on the obvious. Devil May Cry Main Site The site has been TOTALLY reworked to serve as the series' archive of everything for the series. I'm not kidding. From every character, enemy, weapon to entire game storyline outlines, including the endings. Also they have all the currently released info on DMC4 nicely collected on the site too.

If you've been wanting to quickly brush up on your storylines or what have you. Definately check out DMC's new main site.

It even helped me place the timeline of the DMC anime. Because Trish and Dante changed the shop name to "Devil Never Cry" at the end of DMC1, that means that it takes place right between 3 and 1. Making 4 most likely taking place after 1 but before 2.

I smell gloria as unlockable character not trish or lady.
I also smell boss fight with gloria at some point.

I didn't follow the anime, cause it was kinda boring, but what was Trish and Dante's relationship in the anime series? Were they allies? Or just strangers? If they were allies then that doesn't make too much sense for the shop to be still named Devil May Cry in the anime, as they both didn't meet till DMC1. Seeing as how the shop's name changes to Devil Never Cry at the end of 1, then that would mean the shop's name should be still as such in the anime. Heh, this is of course running on the assumption that Trish and Dante are unacquainted in the anime series.

Meh, I doubt the playable Gloria. If Lady wasn't playable in DMC3, then can't see Gloria being playable in DMC4 (if she was, then I'm sure everyone would be asking, why not Trish, why not Lady). Though, I do agree with there possibly being a boss fight with Gloria, perhaps as Dante?

Actually lady can't be a playable character, she doesn't has any weapon to make combos.
That heavy launcher is not creative stuff for developers.
Trish again lacks any weapons.

Gloria looks like souped up lucia version, much better.
She is athlete, moves fast, doing tight moves in cutscenes, she can be a decent character with decent MOVESET.

Prducer didnt mention the anime in timeline(gameinformer interview or gamespy one).
he said 3,1 and then 4 not even 2 is mentioned.

Yes , they knew each other b4hand in anime.
actually they make fool of lady.
I think anime is canon.

I'm sitting here at work where it's dead reading the latest issue of PLAY. The magazine has an interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Producer of DMC4.

In the interview it is asked what the timeline is.
Answer: "DMC3, DMC1, DMC4."

Next PLAY asked why Trish and Lady appear to know one another in the TGS trailer.
Answer: "They actually meet eachother for the first time in the DMC anime which takes place after DMC1 but before DMC4.

So there's the chronology. For thoes who don't know in the anime Trish and Dante take "a break" from one another. Trish can't handle Dante's lack of responsability eating Piiza and Strawberry Sundaes all the time. And Dante can't handle Trish on his back all the time. So I guess Dante changed the shop name back to Devil May Cry after Trish left, lol. (who knows)

As for Lady's age. In the interview the Producer sais that Lady had no official age in DMC3, but they figured that she was in her late teens (uhhh... I'd say at least 19). And in DMC4 she's in her late 20s.

Apparently Nero as a character is a laid back, hot blooded, direct sort of person. So he won't have the amount of humour as Dante. As well as you won't see him missile surfing yelling "YEAH!", or rocking a guitar beating up baddies. However Dante still maintains his character of 3.

When asked about his opinion of the new Ninja Gaiden 2 Hiroyuki responds simply, "It looks like Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox". When asked about his position about Itagaki and his dislike of the DMC series Hiroyuki responds, "He does what he does, we do what we do. (laugh)".

Hiroyuki ends the interview with a short paragraph. To sum it up. The game has Nero at the beginning and Dante at the end because Dante is already a hero and to start the game with him you'd be dropped right into the middle of the game. So with Nero being a rookie you have to build him up while starting with only the basics. This mechanically allows them to round the curve more so then it was with DMC3 while maintaining the games difficulty when you get to Dante in DMC4.

That's it. Done. What a great interview. Made the magazine worth while, lol. Sorry for the broken format of the post.I was basically adding the parts as I read to make it as accurate to the interview as I could. Still can't wait for the game. ^^

P.S.
He also sais in the closing comment that DMC4 will hit American shores at, "...the very beginning of the year".

LOL NG remarks are soo right, NG2 really looks like expansion pack.
So the very beginning is FEB?

*Cough*
While it seems some of you dont like the second song of the trailer, I personally like it a lot, and think it fits the whole storyline that is presented.
Anyone know the name of the song or will we have to wait for the release of the soundtrack in December?

Actually if Lady was available via AI in DMC3 (boss fight, credits), then it's possible for her to be playable too. Heh, just wouldn't be as much fun as Dante. If you remember from DMC2, Trish was playable and wielded dual pistols (I think they were Luca & Ombra, Sparda's guns) and Sparda's sword. Heh, and her style was identical to Dante's. So no she doesn't lack weapons.

Heh, Gloria definitely looks like she'll play pretty much just like Lucia, if she were made playable. Though again, I don't think it'll happen. Story's main playable heros are limited to Nero and Dante, with no option to play as either one for the whole game, and I just don't see Gloria being playable unless she's got a significant impact to the story (like Lucia did, I guess).

Ahh, so complications in their relationship is what caused the shop's name change. How unfortunate, heh cause in my eyes a true sequel to DMC1 would be when they name the game Devil Never Cry. Heh, and I also placed Lady's age 18 or 19 too, there's no way she looks over 30 (cause supposedly DMC4 takes place 10 years after DMC3) in DMC4.

Haha, I gotta agree with Kobayashi's comment on NG2. Of course that'll probably all change once they show something more than a pre-rendered teaser and a handful of screens.

"Very beginning of the year" = first week of January to me. But yea, that kinda contradicts his recent comment at Gamer's Day about a simultaneous worldwide release in Feb 2008. But whatever, the sooner I get to play the game, the better. Getting tired of all these delayed announcements.

Heh, it's actually grown on me. Seeing as how no one knows the name of the metal song though, it isn't likely that info on the TGS trailer's song is available either. So yes, pretty much no info till the soundtrack's release in December.

1/31/2008

Jap release announced, finally!

With that date announced, a US release date won't be very far behind (i.e a couple of days difference or weeks but not longer).

Ohh, nice, we finally get a date, well the Japanese do, but we can derive ours from it now! If they hold true to their simultaneous worldwide release, then the NA and Euro releases should either be on the Tuesday of the last week of January (29th) or the following week's Tuesday (Feb. 5th). Hmm, this may mean we'll seen a demo on the PSN and/or Live Marketplace in the coming months (hopefully mid Nov).

Also, according to IGN, people in Japan who purchase early get a special DVD, which apparently has two versions: Nero and/or Dante (assuming it's just the cover and not content). I think this might be available with the NA release, as I've seen SKUs for a DMC4 Collector's Edition (which I'll definitely be buying) on EB Games and Gamestop's sites.

IGN: Devil May Cry 4 Dated in Japan


The interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi from the Play magazine.

Although Kobayashi's constantly says Vergil has no involvement with DMC4, he doesn't deny the possibility of, at least, Nelo Angelo's connection to the game (*cough* Nero's devil bringer *cough*). Oh, and straight from Kobayashi's mouth, only Nero and Dante are playable killing hopes of a playable Gloria, Trish, or Lady (heh, can't I didn't expect that, cause I did, and knew it would be the case).

Really good interview, as long as they are putting more stuff for nero or dante, i dont mind trish or gloria.

Nero sounds like vergil son, or his reincarnation or something.

UPDATE:
Devil May Cry 4 pulverizes in images - Gamersyde

Now i can't wait a single bit. I want to fight this boss!
Badass and sexy every bit of DMC4.

It makes me wonder about how good will be unseen stuff in the game.

Famitsu scan

That snake/woman devil is named Echidna. And the devil that looks like the blade devil from DMC1 is called Assault. Interesting to note that L'Arc~en~Ciel is doing that game's theme song.

Assuming if the second song in the TGS trailer is indeed the theme song, then it doesn't sound like them, as Hyde's vocals got an evident japanese-english accent and the vocalist in the trailer sounds american. It's definitely not the first song in the TGS trailer (which is the same song in all the previous trailers), as that one was clearly performed by ShootieHG (the guy who did metal vocals for DMC3's songs).

I like Laruku, but I dunno, this could be bad, heh. If the second song in the TGS trailer is indeed performed by Laruku, and Hyde doing the vocals, then I'm very impressed.

Hmm, I think I might have to slap me down a pre-order for the special soundtrack now.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2..._122_441lo.jpg

A hand full of demo scenes, the Gloria one was soo.... arrousing, me like. Heh, looks like she's got some of Chun-Li's moves too, like the Spinning Bird kick and Sen'en Shuu (or a least a variant of it).

Heh, also nice to see that Dante retained much more of his DMC1 attitude/personality. In the Echidna fight, it looks like you can actually scroll through all your weapons, like the player was switching between Rebellion, Gilgamesh, and Lucifer. Oh and Lucifer does indeed appear to act like Vergil's phantom blades, to some degree.

BTW, I wonder where the hell all this footage coming from. Are reviewers already getting their copy or something?

YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 1: Dante vs Nero
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 2: Dante vs Nero Aftermath
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 3: New power
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 4: Nero's encounter with Berial
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 5: Aftermath of Nero's fight with Berial
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 6: Meet the Frosts
YouTube - DMC4 Demo Scene 7: "I'm new, Gloria"
YouTube - DMC4 Echidna fight
YouTube - DMC4 Jungle Fight

EDIT:
Release date and info about the collector's edition

Official NA release date is February 5th! Assuming the 4 episodes from the anime are dubbed in english. The other disc sounds alright, the only thing worth while is the making of featurette, as I've already slapped down a pre-order for the Special Soundtrack. The concept art, wallpapers, icons, and screensavers probably aren't anything special, and most likely will become available online the week of the game's release.

Heh, though, I'll still be buying a copy of the CE for memorabilia purposes.

Devil May Cry 4 goes premium - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot

I love the interview.
Very well done.
About the music, any information when we'll learn about what tracks will be on the soundtrack CD?

I really want to get my hand on this >.<

Did they publish any informations about the minimum requirements for the PC version yet?
Seeing as I dont have any console currently, that will be choice for the game...

It's using the same engine as Dead Rising and Lost Planet. So refer to the Lost Planet PC requirements and I'm sure that DMC4's won't be too far off in either direction.

Damn, that means my laptop isn't good enough again. Ok, that's my reason to grab an X360 now! Woahyeah!

X360 or PS3. Remember when choosing to ALWAYS base it on the exclusive games to make a choice that's easier to live with. ^^

I'd reccomend a PC upgrade, but you could buy both an X360($450) and a PS3($400) for what it would take to run the PC version.

Playable Demo in Early 2008 for PS3 and Xbox360.

This most likely means the first or second week of January, seeing as how the game's release is on February 5th (NA). Apparently the demo will demonstrate the game's many locations and gameplay mechanics. Hopefully it doesn't reveal too much, I do want some surprises left before I play.

There's also screens for Dante's new weapon Lucifer, which looks a lot like Vergil's phantom blades in DMC3SE. Heh and for some reason he's got a rose in his mouth when the weapon's equipped. Also they revealed a new boss, One Winged Dark Knight.

Devil Demo: Devil May Cry 4 Demo In Early 08
Devil May Cry 4 images - Gamersyde

DMC4 Developer interview
Gametrailers.com - Devil May Cry 4 - Cutscenes and Accessibility Interview HD

Here's a piece of information that I'm sure Breakable will appreciate the most.

Tracklist to the special soundtrack that's being released on the 19th this month.

Heh, I had a feeling that "Shall Never Surrender" would be the name of that song (from the TGS trailer) and that it'd be the credits song too. Kinda surprised that they didn't include the Laruku song, whatever that'll be. Also curious to hear "Lock and Load (Blackened Angel mix)", I wonder if it sound anything like the DMC1 version of "Lock and Load".

Heh, they really amped up the number vocal songs, and different artists too. Though, I kinda wish they had waited till at least the game's release to release a soundtrack (normally game soundtracks are week to month after the game's release..), doesn't seem right to know the game's cues before you get to experience em first hand.

Anyway, can't wait till my copy ships, and if I'm interperating the description correctly it sounds like the DVD the soundtrack comes with has some scenes from the game, including trailers.

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I love you, in the totally safe kind of way (safe word, that is...).
Now we have a name for the song, at last.
Hm, still 4 days off, wednesday.
I cant wait for this soundtrack <3

Thanks for the Information, Hantei, its appreciated ^^

WTF?
soundtrack before game release?

anyways that locknload theme remix is in jungle video(dante) gamevidoes.com.

Alos do upload the if you are getting it.

An interesting trailer just showed up at gamersyde, I don't know if this is an official one, the editing gets a bit suspicious towards the end. And I would label a lot of scenes in there as spoilers for those who'd rather have a clean experience when playing the game.

Final (?) trailer of DMC4 - Gamersyde

I am speechless, no other game comes close.
Definatley better than DMC1.

Also up on Game Trailers. Pretty sure the official one will be available on the game's site on Friday, as that's supposed to be when it gets its next update.

Gametrailers.com - Devil May Cry 4 - Final Japanese Trailer 2007

Exciting as it is, I do agree that they revealed a bit too much with that trailer.

I've never considered DMC4 to be a technical showpiece before. Like sure it looked great, always did. But after seeing the GTHD videos of the opening tutorial, I'd have to say that this is definately a top runner for game with the best graphics to date.

It manages to combine realism, artstyle and colour all in one. Where most games these days seems to be missing one or more of thoes traits.

Sure the gameplay looks great and the story, but thoes are things that I've come to expect from true DMC games. However not so much graphics. Though, thinking back I do remember DMC looking pretty spetacular when it came out too.

Well, I'm just happy about all the attention DMC4 is getting in the industry. It's about time peope outside the niche started paying attention to this great franchise.

Was DMC4 really built from the ground up on PS3?

No. It's foundation is that of the DeadRising/Lost Planet engine. So while the tech is based off of the 360 code, the source build of DMC's assets are coded for the PS3 architecture. Which is then reworked for the 360 build. Which isn't hard because they've already got the 360 code built from the earlier mentioned games, they just have to copy the content for the most part.

They seemed to imply that was why it got pushed back so far was they started 360 development long after the PS3s.

yeah if I remember correctly they announced the 360 version mid way into the ps3 version development.

This is very true. The DMC does tend to point that out in what seems to be every interview. However in the odd interview when the expand on it saying that it's not hard to get it to work on the 360 (due to earlier mentioned reasons) however it does take extra time.

So what are supposed to be the heavy spoilers...?

I can't believe Capcom did a trailer that revealed so much plot twist >.> iot kind of killed the hype for me :\

and for BlueBomber

I don't really think they're spoilers. Any good story requires to be told for it all to make sense. So if just flashing a few scenes with next to no explination ruines the game, then the story didn't have much to offer to begin with.

However I feel that none of that is the case. And I'm more excited to see how things go down and Dante's new lines then for the actual story itself.

Does anyone even care about Nero? Judging from the trailers, he's just another whiny emo pretty boy.

I can't believe I have to rush through half of the game just to play as Dante.

It pretty much seems like Nero is going to be the main boss at the end of the game with the power taking over him.
And yeah no one cares about Nero. And speaking of no one cares, what the hell ever happened to the red haired girl from dmc2. I only beat the Dante part of that game and seeing that Trish and Lady are in part 4 did they just kill her off @_@

dmc2 is happening after dmc4 in the time line, so we are not suppose to know her yet >.> but in the same time Capcom is acting like dcm2 never existed since it's just that bad...

what really? I don't have a next gen console yet i so don't even bother researching the games but dmc4 is before dmc2? So they'll probably do prequel after prequel until they release a remake of part 2 ~_~?
It's not like it matters. dmc4 is the first game actually linking characters from different games (part 1 and 3) and the story is just another "take over sparda/demons underworld power"

The story looks more to be about Nero and Kylie to me; so it's quite a bit different than standard DMC fair.

The story is that of Nero and Kylie but when things get out of hand it's left up to Dante to clean up the mess.

And NO, DMC2 will never be linked to the series because the lead director of DMCs 1,3 & 4 had nothing to do with 2 and therefore has no use for the game and it's random events. He doesn't even acknowledge it as cannon in interviews like the one with him and PLAY.

Not really directed to anyone here, it's more the mentioning that reminds me of this then a response. But this "Emo" labeling crap is really starting to piss me off. If a character has spikey hair and a persons doesn't like then they simply call it "Emo".

I like how's it just become some misc. bin of random objects. Sure characters like Cloud "could" be called Emo because of how he actually acts. But... (Megalith, this is just an example cause I know you weren't being serious or could probably care less) a character like Nero, (looks aside) acts NOTHING like the Emo steriotype dictates. If anything he's more a pissed off teen with minor angst issues. Not some cry baby that listens to Coheed & Cambria 24/7 and makes blog posts every few hours every time their parents yell at them and they break down crying.

Nah, that's not the case as we see Nero at the end of the trailer confronting the colossus (who seemed to have a broken right horn). If anything I'm thinking Nero probably passed out on the colossus, with the Yamato jabbed into his arm on it, hence why Dante is shouting towards/at the thing. I'm thinking we'll either we'll be finishing that fight with Nero, or there'll be another neat little co-op bit with Dante and Nero.

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@hantei
Did you get yr copy of OST
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here some samples

Mine shipped on Monday, but I chose airmail (since it's cheaper) so I could see it in the mailbox as early as tomorrow or by Jan 1st the latest. Hopefully I get it before Christmas.

The Japanese PSN has the final trailer up for download, along with it being available on the games official site.
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Oh and some scans showing off Nero's DT. Sure does look an awful lot like Vergil/Nelo Angelo.

http://ruliweb2.empas.com/ruliboard/...k4/83125_4.jpg
http://ruliweb2.empas.com/ruliboard/...k4/83125_5.jpg
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*EDIT* Oh the trailer is also on the NA PSN. It's under the "Newest Video's" folder. Heh, interesting to note that in the english trailer, english subtitles of course, Nero's line "Give me more power!" is actually in quotes, which is most likely indicating they're not Nero's word but those of his possessor..

Devil May Cry 4 Special OST DDL

Credits go to Hareil0079 for ripping and uploading it. He rocks!


Mirror

Sweet! Thanks for the OST upload. Gonna have to check it out once it's done downloading.

Awesome! Thanks for the share! Still waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail.

Ueda brought charm to DMC1, which is clearly missing in this one.
Extremely generic stuff, DMC3 approach but still music is big part for me in games and this game lacks , atleast against DMC1.

I know it will not be so bothering and fit in game, but they could have made melodiuos tracks.

It doesn't seem to be any worse than the music in 3, plus for those playing on the 360 you can just replace the music anyway if it bothers you so much.

The only track I really liked from that special soundtrack was The idol of the “Time and Space”. Sounds like the kind of music you hear while browsing the divinity statue thing.
Hopefully the full soundtrack has some more pleasant surprises for us.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.
Thank you very much.

I really like the "Shall never surrender" song, and its the one from the trailer.
Yes!

thanks for the share! Looking forward to playing this game when it comes out. Now I just need to decide if I should get this on PS3 or 360. Those achievements are drawing me to the 360 version.

Most previews says that the PS3 version has the slight graphical and performance edge however. As well if you've ever played DMC before you'd already be used to the PS controller. But in the end they're not all that different so I don't suppose it matters all that much.

Still I myself always buy the source build of the game for maximum everything.

From the latest Famitsu article:

Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)

* HDD install is 4900MB (4.9GB) @ around 21 minutes of install.
*This feature NOT available for the 360 version, on any 360 SKU.
* Save files are 3392KB (3.3 MB).
* Some variety of PSN support.XBLA will have it's equivalents as well.
* 5.1 LPCM audio. This also is only supported by the PS3 version since it's a feature of the Blu-Ray disc.

LPCM?

PS3 version for me.

That's great and all. But sometimes the HDD installation doesn't increase anything (VF5 is just as fast on the 360 as installed on the PS3). Othertimes it makes a huge difference. Therefore I'd like to see a video comparison of the load times or at least a testimony as to whether it makes a difference. But seeing how it's only out in Japan right now and that only like 2 people own a 360 over there it seems, I probably won't find out till the game comes out here.

As to the LPCM thing I'd be excited more if I knew how all the 200+ audio formats ranked amongst one another. More specifically the order from best to worst of the following;

Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS 5.1
LPCM
PCM
Bitstream

My personal ranking:

1. LPCM/PCM
2. DTS-HD MA
3. TrueHD
4. DTS/-HD
5. Dolby Digital/+

Theoretically, there is no difference between the first three, because they all result in an uncompressed/lossless audio track, but when we figure in practicality, that is the definitive order...in my opinion, anyways.

And bitstream isn't a format, it's a method of stream transport.

Bizzare then is it not that my 5.1 system supports LPCM and DD but not DTS? I really don't know which is why I ask.

Man, that's a huge install, I only have, like, 4gigs left on my drive. Better clean out the older trailers, and pointless demos.

Uhh, it's not released in Japan yet. It's January 31st for them, with the NA release Feb 5th and PAL release Feb 8th, so technically they are still meeting the worldwide simultaneous release they're aiming for.

HDD Install = NO loading times

That's right, it doesn't just cut down on loading, it removes it completely.



It's been confirmed by Kobayashi and Shane from 1up who played the game on the PS3 with the HDD install.


So yeah, it does make a difference.

That's great and all. But sometimes the HDD installation doesn't increase anything (VF5 is just as fast on the 360 as installed on the PS3). Othertimes it makes a huge difference

read this gain dude, he said 2 things that you should notice before replying
let me help

But "sometimes"
Othertimes it makes a "huge difference"


and yeah "sometimes" it really dont make difference play folklore and VF5 on PS3 for homework.

If a HDD installation doesn't offer any advantages, I think it is pretty safe to assume a poor implementation or the game just don't need it... in any case, let's wait and see.

We're gonna trust the development team on everything but the differences between the two console releases? Come on, I'm pretty sure the PS3 version is going to be the definitive version of the game. It was probably meant to in the first place. Shit, I'm considering getting one at the moment because of it.

I have to agree with everything. However, when we are dealing with ports It's had to know how much weight the development team has on the final product. (Think in something like Unreal Tournament III vs Orange Box)

This kind of stuff is all just one big PR event anyway, it sells games and magazines and gives sites large amounts of traffic. Developer's words in an interview are always going to be marked by the final quality of the game and that's why you're absolutely right Tafer.

And it's fucking annoying. *grumpy frown*

The poster's links aren't working and his review leaves much to be desired. Just because he's first out the door doesn't always mean it's going to be worth much. Guess I'll wait for redirects or working media links.

That's not MY review, it's from a German magazine called GamePro. And the links work fine, check again.

Dave, when I did say "The Poster", it certainly wasn't meant to be referring to you as if you weren't in the room for lack of a better term. In plain english, I meant "The Poster" at the GAF thread you linked to, which I will point out goes to page 3 rather than the actual beginning of the thread. However... I'm assuming YOU'RE the thread creator there and in that case... mah bad, dawg.

Anyway, the scans aren't loading for me, if they're working for other people it's just my loss. Don't mean to cut any of your steam on this.

Thank god, developers are starting to make good use of the PS3 standard HDD. With some luck, we'll never see a Suikoden V or Tales of Abyss on the PS3.

But at 5 gigs a game it looks like I'm going to be upgrading the 60Gb drive sooner than later.

Packed all the scans in a .rar:

FileFactory.com - free file hosting

According to the review, one of the negative aspects of the game is that it is "too bright"...are they kidding?

You shouldn't be allowed to review anything unless you are literate with technology...is it Capcom's fault that the moron probably had his set torched at factory settings?

*in reference to my impressions post on the back-up forums, too lazy to give another mini review*

After playing the game some more, I gotta say Swordmaster style is awesome this time around. The Over Drive skill is the greatest fix they did for Drive, there's much more incentive, as well as ease, to use it now. Heh, and plus it's a style booster. Pandora's box is pretty sweet too, sort of an all in one.

BTW, anyone manage to get past level 20 in bloody Palace? Heh, I can't seem to beat Berial. Though, I place the blame on Blitz on level 18, that bastard either chews up my HP bar or my remaining time.

I've gotten to Level 37 on Bloody Palace. But I'm selling my copy to a friend, so that's kind of an empty venture to me. Best thing I can recommend for Nero since he doesn't have Dante's firearms is Charged Shot 3 on the Blitzes and a Full DT Gauge. When you knock the electricity off, use Buster 3 times and then just shoot the crap out of the Blitz.

Well, so far I've been pretty satisfied with DMC4. I know a lot of the stuff that you could do in DMC3 is no longer available here (Quicksilver, running along walls, etc) but it still feels right once you play. And the hdd installation was no big deal really.

The story is okay as far as DMC stories go, but the characters are pretty cool and I really enjoyed playing this game. If only they cleared up some of the mysteries surrounding Nero and that Devil Bringer...

Seeing Trish and Lady in the game was an added bonus but it would've been cool if they were playable as well or more involved in battles. I guess we'll see what Capcom comes up with in DMC5.....

:D

There are a few tricks you can use on the Blitzes with Dante. Pandora with a little bit in the disaster gauge can immediately disable the electrical shielding with it's final attack and apparently if you can time Royal Guard well you can smack them and then counter the electrical discharge (I've yet to try this way but I saw a youtube video of it earlier).

Zipping through DMD rather easily too. This game is definitely no where near as difficult (or cheap) as DMC3 was, and it's still a bit easier than the original I feel like too. (DMC1 had some rape bosses on DMD like nightmare 3 but otherwise it was decent)

I still really like the game, but I have to admit I was surprised when I started up DMD and zipped right up to mission 15 with minimal effort. I could say it's cause I'm used to the games now (dmc1 and 3 make good practice I guess) but I still honestly believe the game is just generally easier too.

The Royal Guard with DT Real Imact method actually works really well against Blitzs. The only thing is that I suggest getting a fully charged disaster gauge for Pandora and unleash Argument on him when he goes red.

Still working through DMD mode, and the only real frustrating part I found was the stupid chess board in mission 6. Bleh, I hated how Dagon was one of fights if you landed on either the red or purple. It was also annoying how if you overshot the amount of steps to the exit they force you to step back by the amount you overshot. And man, Frosts are so much more annoying in DMD (launching projectiles every chance they get).

I found that it's pretty much a 100% success for whatever number you want to land on if you just wait until it's on the top and simply swipe at it with the standard devil bringer so the dice doesn't actually move away from where it's rolling. I never landed on a tile that I didn't plan out beforehand that way, so mission 6 and 19 really weren't that bad.

I'm trying to work my way through Hell or Hell now (well, after my LO break at least) and 19 is probably the only mission that sort of scares me. The first Agnus fight wasn't very pleasant either but I managed through it anyway.

Edit: In case you didn't notice the numbers on the dice follow a coordinated/set pattern so say, 4 will always be right after 1, etc.

The dice alternate between number sets 1 through 3, and 4 through 6. Most often, you'll see it pop up 1, then 4, then 2, then 5, then 3, then 6. Anything else is just a mix of that group. No matter how many times you hit the dice, it'll always be the number that was face up when you struck it. It's not really difficult... just inane and tedious. I hate the level design because of shit like that, but certainly isn't the toughest thing you'll run into during the game.

I know I'm kinda late to the thread, but to clarify any confusion. The actual storyline goes from DMC3 to DMC to DMC4 to DMC2. Because if you have seen any of the new trailers and ads (since the game is for sale), you can see that Dante has already met Lady and Trish (in that order, chronologically) but he never once mentions arius or lucia or matier. This hints that those events haven't happened. And Virgil may not be coming back as of decisions now because if you remember, he floated into the air, there was a small explosion noise and his half of the amulet dropped to the ground. Therefore, it is believed that he is dead, but he could very well be part of the demonic soul that consumes Nero's right arm.

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And to elaborate more above, since DMC3 was a prequel to DMC, the special cutscene at the end was supposed to explain how Virgil became influenced by Mundus' power in DMC