Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

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The devs have said that the game had to be released before it was completed, so it's only 60% finished, and boy does it show. The last 40% of the game is among the worst things you could experience. You'd have way more fun playing DMC2 than playing the Dante sections, which is such a shame since DMC4 Dante himself isn't that bad (in spite of his severely limited moveset and terrible damage without abusing literal bugs and exploits) and would be quite fun in any other DMC game. Furthermore, the game has terrible flaws even in the good half. Normal video games have evasive enemies, flying enemies, tanky enemies with hyperarmour, enemies which attacks in groups, and enemies with shields to block your damage while dmc4 has enemies which have all of these qualities and it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess. Everyone always talks about the Blitz, but he's at least a mini boss that appears sparringly and there's always only one of him (with the exception of two specific rooms in two extra difficult challenge modes), but the two Angelo enemies are scattered around the entire game. They have shields which block all your damage from any attack, attacks with zero frame start-ups, they dodge you, they fly away, they teleport, they attack from off-screen (something which enemies are not supposed to do), and they always come in groups of 5+ and constatly dash around the screen and charge at you so that it's impossible to tell what is even going on. People say that the enemies in this game are designed for Nero, but these enemies are not designed for anyone, it's just that Nero has several ways to deal easy burst damage and would fare alright against any enemy in any action game. Then there are the chimera enemies... In a game series known for its stylish combat and air combos you have an enemy which attacks you while you're attacking it or are simply standing close to it. Chimera Assaults specifically might be the single worst enemy in all of gaming. Meanwhile, the bosses range from being painfully mid and having to be fought thrice each (Berial, Bael, Echidna), to being downright horrendous (Saviour, Sanctus, the god forsaken mission 6 window, and the input-reading Dante). The only good boss is Credo, but he ironically suffers from being too easy even on DMD. Speaking of which, I just S ranked the entire game on DMD and I feel no sense of accomplishment, it was nothing but a tedious chore. I wanted to give this game another chance after playing it once several years ago and it only cemented my opinion that it sucks. Play it only if you're already a fan of the series and want to experience the story or want to play as Lady and Trish... or if you're a combo wizard and can use the broken, buggy engine to pull off crazy tech which isn't possible in the actually finished DMC games.