Nerdtales

Mindless Fun

I didn’t have much time to play the last week, Work kept me busy most of the time, and when I wasn’t at work I wasn’t fond of serious gaming. So I looked for something mindless and found it in Devil May Cry 4. I rented it on Monday and played every day a couple of minutes and I am now in the 10th level, where I have to fight that Dante guy at the end.

I have mixed feelings about that game. It is undeniably fun. the controls are very responsive, the story is over the top anime style and the cutscenes are georgeous. But it often also feels bland, the graphics are sometimes butt ugly and the difficulty is very inconsistent.

Devil May Cry 1 was the only entry in the series that I played before. And I loved it. Not neccessarily because of the gameplay. But the game had style. It was the most stylish game I have ever played in a more emo-goth way. The 4th entry lacks this. And I miss it. The style made the simple hack&slash formula stand out. Devil May Cry 4 feels generic.

But it is still mindless fun and I haven’t finished it yet.