Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

lock on kinda sucks but Dante is the most fun to combo with in this game out of the rest of the series. Lucifer requires the patience of a saint!

game doesnt launch on modern computer without downloading old launch file and using a hex editor . . .
crapcom plz fix !~!!!

Jackpot! Good game but the port is so bad it literally breaks your computer while running it (can't alt tab, opening windows programs crashes them)

Simply don't buy. The game is completely unstable. You'll end up crashing more than actually spending time playing. I barely made it, and the ending was yet another crash.

DO. NOT. BUY.

Get DMC 5 if you want to play DMC!

The game runs at 10 fps, and ALL the models are invisible. I'm not going to run a hex editor to fix a broken port.

make sure you beat an entire campaign before quitting the game, otherwise the game won't launch back up the next time you wanna play it. shit port again capcom go fuck yourselves

Some very high points and some very low points. Nero is fun to play and feels good. The game is at its best when you are Nero. Then about two thirds through the story, you switch to Dante. While on its own good, The sections and enemies you fight while playing him, are not. reusing every area, while fighting enemies that were clearly made with mostly just Nero in mind it is not very fun to play as the Legendary Devil Hunter in this game. That being said, Dante is still Dante so its not that terrible. It can just get a little boring around halfway through his piece of the story. While it's very much overshadowed by the golden children that are DMC:3 and 5, and isn't the instant classic that 1 is. This game is still very much a great entry in the Devil May Cry Series. Vergil please, please, give me a son too. You can name him anything you want, you can leave after aswell! I'll be a single parent. Please

Amazing game, but it crashes frequently on modern PCs. Would love for Capcom to give a little support and fix that.

underrated gem of a dmc game, so peak i played through it like three times on different platforms (once on my xbox 360, then on my ps4, then the special edition on pc), if you like games like metal gear rising: revengeance, bayonetta and the classic god of war games you'll love this game and the entire series
anyway heres the lyrics for one of the battle themes

Bring the fables from thy tomb
Sporadic doom as knights loom
Does clergy support this passion?
Pure wrath of the winged assassin

A time of fate
Your spite sooths
Untold the stories
Of thy muse
Hour is late as
Kingdoms unfold
Signs in disarray
Your fight in loath

Move, when your
In the groove, in core
With the muse, is your
Light the fuel, with torch
Cues of silence spark the mastery
Knights revolt to demonic treachery

Can this seal be broken?
Has our fate awoken?
Who’s the antichrist?
Judgment waits on the test of time

Welcome the thoughts of a coward’s disband
Cuz now you’re in the shadow of the angel’s wingspan

Cleanse your cradle of filth
Discipline that I’ve instilled
Turn and face your sacrifice
As I revolve this lead of might

Immune to your parasites
Except the hourglass that grains the time
Try to find the antidote
Counting down towards the undertow

In my world only time is feared
Single handedly I draw your first tear
Sway strong to the truthful frequency
Spirits swim in the waves of history

If I could give this an "eh" rating instead of a thumbs up or down I would have. I liked the story (played in Devil Hunter Rank and finished the Dante/Nero Storyline) and the game itself, but holy hell this is not a PC port. Taking a game and uploading it is not porting it!! This and the DMC HD Collection are both just shameless "ports" that were not optimized for PC. I like playing with mouse and keyboard, really no option for that at all... Luckily it worked (sort of) on my steam deck so I was able to play it. The game would crash 50% of the time I went into a divine statue and when I started a quest. You have to finish a mission in order for it to save progress, luckily the missions are decently short, but when you crash enough it got annoying to start a missionn over lol. So yes, I do recommend the game itself but not how it runs and operates.

It's a good game, and very fun. And Nero's cool

Game crashes on start up. Can't recommend an unplayable game.

This game needs to be fixed. The game needs a hex editor to even function and then on top of that there's a large chance that a DXGI error pops up along the way which prevents you from finishing the game you started. And after you used that hex editor and played the game long enough, refunding will no longer work and you now have an unplayable waste of money. It's a shame because the game was actually quite good from what I was able to play.

Game has become un-playable in the last 6 months. I share the same start-up crash as many other customers. A black window screen pops up for half a second before closing and crashing the game. I havent finished all the content and find the lack of support for game repair is in bad spirit of business practice. For those that purchased this product. I sincerely apologize on behalf of steam and capcom. RIP gaming

You need to downpatch the game exe file by replacing new exe with the old exe

Just so that you could avoid random crashes despite having good rig. Otherwise? It's a great game but the pc port is shit

Truly a masterpiece, bought it again for my laptop after playing it on console... had to relive the experience. The story is sooo good (even if some parts aren't complete), Nero's attacks are some of my favourites and I love love LOVE the art direction/graphics of this game!!! Wish I could replay it for the first time.

i bought this, installed it, sat down for roughly 4 hours and played it without even realising how much time passed

pretty good game when it WORKS, wait for sales though

For anyone that's worried about the "The game won't launch" reviews, this has either been fixed or only applies to certain hardware, I'm using a Geforce RTX 4070 super and an Intel core I9 12th generation and it launches just fine for me.
If you have troubles launching the game please comment your specs down below for anyone interessted to be able to check if the game will run for them.

The game will not launch with out manually downloading a 2019 version of an .exe file from unverified sources, editing in a hex editor, and manually editing a Config.ini file. (You have to edit the Config.ini file EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO PLAY because it resets every time you try to play.) All of this needs a guide and I spent 3 hours figuring this out, unless you seriously love this game like I do, don't buy it. This port is completely broken on Steam for quite some time and Capcom refuses to fix it. It's sad because otherwise it's an excellent game.

Great game and good exp after the trilogy

Good game, but unfortunately in its current state it's unlaunchable for many people, including myself.

currently unplayable on my windows 11 PC unless you hack into the exe file and change decimals in editor but even then its almost unplayable, crashes on startup and gets stuck in load screens.

one of my favorite games ever but I can't play it :( please fix
edit: DMC4 works BEAUTIFULLY on the steam deck, which is great, but I wanted to play it on my PC, which is still, very very broken. any hours logged in play time will be from my steam deck.

game review itself: Nero is so hot Dante is so hot Trish is so hot Lady is so hot please play dmc4 it is so goofy and beautiful

would only play if your very into dmc. Game is overall fine but if you've played 5, there isn't much reason to come back to this one from a gameplay standpoint. 5 is just better in every way. Every frustration I have with this game is adressed in dmc5. Go play 5, and if you want to see how we got here, come play 4.

Its fun, though its probably not as good as 3 or 5. I liked playing as Nero better with the buster arm but switching styles on the fly as Dante can be fun too

I don't know what everyone is crying about, the game runs fine. It didn't crash for me on my Windows 11. Overall, DMC4 is a great sequel. I played it first around 15 years ago; It was a scary game for me that time.

The positives:
[+] Stunning visuals even though the game is very old (The characters look really great)
[+] Playing with Nero, Dante, Vergil, Trish and Lady is fun as they have their own unique move sets.
[+] Badass music
[+] Enough variations in enemies and levels
[+] Story is cheesy sometimes but it's still good.

The negatives:
[-] The second half of the game feels unfinished. Playing the same levels again was not fun and the enemies were not designed for Dante, so it's a little painful.
[-] The boss designs were much better in DMC3.
[-] Kirye needed more character development.

even though 5 was pretty good i still really enjoyed this one (is it because its the one they introduced Nero in? maybe maybe not) but it was still a really fun game!

This is probably when DMC started to really feel modern. Controls are familiar and snappy, the graphics from PS2 to PS3/360 looks great and still holds up today. Missions have more exploration, but aren't super convoluted, and the game is generally much less rage-inducing when compared to DMC3. Overall, solid DMC game.

As much as I like the game shits broken.

Must Have:
Black Screen on Alt+Tab requires NoMoreBorder to avoid.

This is a good blend between DMC3 and DMC5. Also, Nero is so much more fun in this game, compared to DMC5

Really a big fan of the series, but I'll try to keep this from influencing this review.

DMC4:SE added three very enjoyable characters, costumes and Legendary Dark knight Mode (Legendary DKM mode is only new for console).

Vergil:
+Moves and skills from DMC3:SE and teleporting trick from DmC are mixed with this character along with moves unrelated.
+Three weapons to choose from- Beowulf, Yamato, Force Edge.
+Concentration gauge. Gauge raised by standing still in combat and making hits, losing gauge by missing and running around.
+Teleporting is good for avoiding enemy attacks and is capable of cancelling most moves.
+Summoned Sword and various summoned sword techniques in place of guns.

Trish:
+"Two" weapons- Bare Knuckle and Sword of Sparda. (Bare Knuckle moves are used with "Y" and Sparda used with "B").
+Sword of Sparda is good for crowd controlling enemies, spins around dragging enemies in.
+Bare Knuckle combines lightning effect with powerful melee moves in combination with the Sword's crowd controlling.
+Pandora can be used in Bow, Bazooka, and Laser Cannon mode in place of dual wielded guns. The cannon uses some DT.
-Dual wielded guns are quite weak and cannot be upgraded to charge. However this is not a big issue since Trish is a melee oriented character.

Lady:
+A vastly different character than any brought into the series before. Completely focused around guns.
+Three guns to choose from- "Bazooka, Dual Pistols, Shotgun"
+All of the guns fully charged are insanely powerful. Fully charged shotgun blasts will shred normal enemies and focus down bosses with ease.
+Since Lady lacks melee weapons combos are focused with guns which she uses with the "B" button.
+DT releases a huge grenade blast which gives many invincibility frames along with massive damage to enemies.
-Melee is lacking since the only option is the Bazooka's Bayonete. A "YYY" and "forward Y" aerial attacks, "YYY" and "forward Y" ground attacks. Not much of an issue since you will not normally allow enemies to get close enough for melee to be required.

All characters are strong in their own right however Lady seems to be superior to all new and old characters in terms of firepower and damage output. However Vergil maintains more versatility due to his ability to switch between three weapons.

Costumes:
+Each character gets "EX" costumes which switches their color palette to their oposite character. (Trish swaps with Lady, Vergil swaps Dante, etc.) Obtained in game as a reward.
+Lady gets her old DMC3 costume and Trish gets her Gloria disguise. Obtained through DLC or preorder.
+Characters start out with customization. (Nero gets a skin of his original design, Dante gets a sparda costume and sparda DT, Vergil gets corrupted Vergil.)
+Vergil, Dante, and Nero get Super Costumes allowing them Infinite DT. Obtained through DLC or in game reward.
-Corrupted Vergil costume does not transform him into Nelo Angulus like it does in DMC3:SE. This bothers a few people.

Microtransaction DLC:
Some people make a big deal of this without realizing what it actually is. All this DLC is, is a time saver. Everything outside the Lady/Trish costumes can be achieved quite easily in game. No need to buy any of it unless you want to save a little bit of time.

Cutscenes:
+Vergil, Lady/Trish get opening and ending cutscenes which give them reasons to be where they are. Both ending cutscenes both tease information and are welcomed to the game.
-Vergil, and Lady/Trish do not get replacement cutscenes for story mode. Nero/Dante cutscenes do not even show which some have issues with. These issues do not bother me much, I'm in it more for the gameplay.

Controls:
This game has no mouse support, if you're a fan of the series and have played DMC3:SE and DMC4 on the PC then you'll know this ahead of time. I do not recommend this game to anyone who does not own a Controller. The only reason you should ever buy this game without a controller is if you wish to break every one of your fingers on the keyboard.

Play this with a controller.

Game optimization:
-Missing a few of the optimization options that the original DMC4 had.
-Motion blur and a strange screen effect are quite annoying and impact FPS and performance. Sadly there is no in game option to remove these effects as of the time this review is made. They must be disabled through hex editor, without them the game runs better and has better FPS.
-Some are reporting black screens and being unable to open the game, devs are looking into this but no fix as of this review.
-Performance seems to vary, the majority report that the game works fine while there is a minority who cannot seem to run the game very well. Check your specs before you purchase however the slightly worse optimization compared to the original may be at fault. Hopefully devs are looking into fixing optimization problems.
-For some reason FPS is slightly lower than the original. I assume this is due to the poor optimization.

Overall:
If you enjoyed the other DMC games (1,3,original 4) then you will assuredly enjoy this game. There are those that believe $25 is too much for a "re-release" of a game that they may or may not already own. However the price is fine for the amount of content they have added. On average when compared to other games the addition of 3 characters and 2 new game modes will cost more than 25$ along with the cost of the original game. Optimization is hopefully an issue that developers will fix however as of this review they have not.

I would have given this game a 10/10 however do to the optimization issues I will have to lower my score to 8/10. An extremely good game that will have to settle for a lower score until the optimization issues are cleared up.

Playing through the entire DMC series (minus DMC2) and this is the first one I was constantly running into things that annoyed me... that weren't part of the combat. So that part is better than ever, with QoL changes to DMC 3's core like changing Dante's styles on the fly. However, it's shocking and disappointing that they tried their hardest to distract you from the combat core with lame filler stuff like the beyblade puzzles, dice minigames and very awkward platforming sections. The secret missions are all centered around these and other annoying mechanics, so after a while I just stopped doing them.

And to make matters worse: when you're halfway, be prepared to backtrack to the start of the game. I knew this before going in (it's kinda what this entry's famous for) but it was still crazy to experience firsthand. There's not even that many cutscenes or twists along the way, you just run all the way back through levels that weren't all that fun the first time around. At least you have Dante's kit to explore. And even though his combat's more complex, you don't get that many missions with him.

Overall I just wasn't really vibing with this one, didn't feel like a worthy successor to 3. There could've been a great game here, they just kinda... self-sabotaged it.

Amazing game but it is currently BROKEN -- needs a sketchy internet EXE + a hex editor to run

CAPCOM PLS FIX

Its really good. It basically is just dmc5 gameplay with less moves and worse level design only play it if you really liked dmc5

It is good

Pretty good game 8/10
Cheers to the victory after dying hundreds of times in dmc games.😌
Nero's abilities and devil arm was coolest things to play with that we can dodge,perry and attack in stylish ways.
The story felt like a anime and it was well animated too.
the only bad thing was the repetitive Boss fight (like some bosses came 3 times in the main story) and they were so easy BUT THE FINAL BOSS was the hardest in this game!

While yes, Devil May Cry 4 never was fully finished and Dante's part of the game is repetitive. I still had a lot of fun killing demons with my devilbringer and enjoying style switching with Dante.

This is in fact the first game to include Nero, A kid with a demon arm. Even though he isn't Dante, he has his own movesets and own combos that make playing him fun and enjoyable. His gimmick DevilBringer, is really fun to use in combos and I think is the most badass thing to use in a boss fight, this game wasn't perfect but jeez its really fun and has really great gameplay, his track "The Time Has Come" is one of my FAVORITE battle songs in all of DMC.

The gameplay being fast and smooth the whole time playing it. Running through levels and killing demons fast and smooth was really nice. I loved Nero's gameplay and style that he has is also really fun. His "Red Queen" being his main sword looks really cool. It's gimmick being that you can rev it up to deal more damage and overall pack a punch, I didn't use it all that much but when I did, it dealt a lot of damage.

Dante being the complaint that I hear when someone talks about DMC 4. I didn't have that much of an issue playing through Dante's part, it felt nice playing him again after just getting done with DMC 3. He does have a repetitive backtracking which I didn't like all too much, his combos and the addition to style switching made up for it. The new devil arms he gets aren't all too great, I only really used Rebellion and his gauntlets. His boss fights are also repetitive and that got annoying to me a lot of the time but being able to use a "certain weapon" as him at the end of the game felt so fun and made up for the repetitive stuff.

While Devil May Cry 4 isn't the strongest out of 1, 3 and 5. It has it's bad parts and great parts! But I think that It certain does deserve more love and appreciation as it is a great DMC game and is very fun! (I also like it a lot more because I can play as Lady and I loveeeeee Lady)

I loved this game don't get me wrong, but its so broken and is in desperate need of fixing as crashes are common and while there are checkpoints for dying and continuing, there is NO checkpoints if the game is closed it seems, please fix the game CAPCOM. This was a great game but it NEEDS to be cleaned up, I literally cant progress past chapter 09 because no matter what it breaks after the bosses cutscene no matter what I try

Broken port after update (unless you fix it through fan file editing and downgrading).

Bad until fixed officially.

Good game, bad port. I've ran into so many issues with it. I will be honest and say that i do play on my Steam Deck via Desktop Mode, but it doesn't excuse how frustrating it is to deal with this game. DMC4SE has crashed my Steam Deck more than a dozen times. In Desktop Mode, I have to play in windowed mode, or else the game itself crashes. Even then, if I attempt to close the game manually, it freezes my entire system, forcing me to hold down my Steam Deck's power button to restart it. The ONLY WAY I can close the game without freezing is having to minimize the application before closing it.

If you don't care about mods, just get the game on PS4 or Xbox One until Capcom fixes this port... that is if they ever will considering how little they care about their ports.

game doesn’t launch stemming from a problem with newer hardware and capcom themselves send you to some random steam discussion from 2019 to fix it with some hex editor and downloading an old exe dont buy this unless you really want ig

A little easy/unbalanced. Dante here plays a little weird. The romance story of Nero is cringeworthy. But overall still good game, a plus for playable ladies 8/10

C'MON, CAPCOM.

The game is listed as unsupported on Steam Deck, but I've been playing it there just fine. However, on Windows it refuses to launch. Awful. Even if you have a Deck, it's still crap that you can't play it on a desktop PC, so I'm saying don't bother until Capcom fixes it.

Random update in 2023 broke the game and made it always crash on launch, rendering it unplayable.

This game is incredibly conflicting because as a dmc game, it's phenomenal. The opening is the best in the series, Nero quickly cements himself as a shot of life for the franchise, the music is exquisite and the story that perfect mix of pulpy gothic action. Even Dante's sections which are just Nero's missions in reverse, are absolutely carried by the writing and combat. Despite some missteps, the first playthrough is one of the undeniable high points of the entire series.

Where the game irreparably crumbles is later playthroughs on higher difficulties and subsequent run throughs. The dice game, which was fine in it's first appearance, overstays it's welcome to a comical degree. Dante's whole "once more with feeling" feels like old ground, the unlockable characters don't offer enough fresh experiences to justify all the misery, the final boss is inarguably the worst in the entire series and just gets worse on higher difficulties. A later boss locks themself into an unbreakable loop that WILL end your run. It's at these points where the game shows it's weakness and it's unfortunate because a Devil May Cry game should truly shine on that second playthrough, when the player has the basics down and can start refining their skills while the game ups the ante.

All in all, I do recommend this game. It's just hard to keep recommending it.

Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition was my 3rd game in the series. Going from DMC3, to 5, and now this isn't disappointing. Even with only 14 hours, this game is a blast, and I assure anyone who considers purchasing it: it is an experience.

Thus far, 9.5/10

Game crashes on steam deck every time you go to the upgrade screen.

Unless you are willing to troubleshoot it, i don`t recommend this version of the game on PC. The game crashes on launch, and you need modify the game`s executable to work. The performance is bad too, i was having fps drops on a 5800X3D with a 4060Ti. I heard that you need to modify the game`s hex values to disable effects to fix the performance too lol. Anyway play the console version ^^

In the past Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition was working fine for me but now I'm trying to launch it now & it does not want to work anymore! :( A game I've grown up with & now i'ts that time it does not want to work.
Capcome needs to fix this.

its been years since ive played this, you move a lot slower than I remember. I also forgot the items in the shop get more and more expensive. needlessly annoying. overall a fun game that i"d recommend to people who enjoy hack-n-slash fun.

capcom should spend less time taking down mods and more time fixing their games.