Graphically, this game is gorgeous. The movie sequences are top-notch, and really showcase the graphical prowess of both the PS3 and the 360. Gameplay is also a treat to watch, as it moves seamlessly, through each of the detailed environments with no stuttering or hiccups in the on-screen action. Capcom seems to have put their all into this game, and it really shows in the presentation and quality that this game provides.
Surprisingly, the voice acting is very good in this game. While the action on screen can get to be a bit ridiculous with the flying kicks and demons being sliced up, the dialogue between the characters is always engaging and seems realistic, never giving you the feeling that there was this bored voice actor crouched in his booth, with no sense of how to interact with anyone, recording all the dialogue.
If any fault lies with this game is that it is too short. This is one that could be breezed through in just a couple sittings, especially for the seasoned DMC fanatic. Anyone who has cut their teeth on the difficulty of DMC3 will be ready for anything that this game will throw at you.
While it is true that the game has a 20 minute install on the PS3, making any immediate demon slicing an impossibility, it isn’t that excruciating of an experience. The game does improve from this though, as it hardly suffers from any load times and is faster than the 360’s by comparison. It isn’t a giant leap, as the 360 still only falls in the 3-5 second range on any load screen, but it still makes enough a difference to possibly justify the 20 minutes of your life that is gone. Hopefully all of you have sprung for a 60 GB or higher PS3, because if more games follow this trend you may be running out of hard drive space faster than you ever could have anticipated.
So while Dante may not reign supreme in this outing, this still is an awesome pick up for any fans out there of hack-and-slash with a bit of sex appeal and demonic overlords thrown in.
Posted 02/12/08


















