Well, kiddies, the day has finally come. The Devil May Cry 4 demo has arrived on Xbox Live Marketplace. 612 megabytes of "Stylish Action," the demo promises both "advanced gameplay" and "cutting edge graphics." We're itching to try the demo out for ourselves, and if it doesn't deliver on both fronts, then we're calling shenanigans. As we mentioned Tuesday, the demo will allow players to take Nero for a test drive -- complete with sword revving action -- and even includes a good old-fashioned boss battle. Expect our impressions of the demo later today.
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1-24-2008 @ 9:15AM
bigmac375 said...
hey richard, the email for is tips [at] xbox360fanboy [dawt] com, correct?
cuz i just sent that email a bombshell
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1-24-2008 @ 9:19AM
Richard Mitchell said...
Actually, it's a tip form. Find it here:
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tips
1-24-2008 @ 9:18AM
nerrrrrrd said...
queued up the demo this morning... sloooooow. After 15 minutes I was still sitting at 3% so no early morning joy before work for me :(
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1-24-2008 @ 9:24AM
Mike said...
lol - I started downloading it an hour and a half ago and I'm at a whopping 15%. At this rate, I might just as well wait til tomorrow to play it.
1-24-2008 @ 9:19AM
SadisticHam said...
Got it downloaded on my 360, not played it yet will do later was really excited about this one.
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1-24-2008 @ 9:20AM
Imhotep Taylor said...
Got mine, I love it. I heard a rumor that you can unlock Dante for some hack and slash fun, anyone care to comment on that one?
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1-24-2008 @ 9:45AM
Matt said...
I thought Dante was a playable character at one point, kind of like Master Chief and the Arbiter?
1-24-2008 @ 6:13PM
SnesR0X said...
Well Dante will be playable for about 40% of the game, with four basic fighting styles Trickster, Royal Guard, Gunslinger and Sword Master, which can be switched at will. :)
1-24-2008 @ 9:20AM
ronaldmonster said...
Also, anyone find it much harder to get an S on this game?
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1-24-2008 @ 9:33AM
andre silva said...
Half hour, still downloading .. 25%.
Hope I can finish downloading before I have to work D:
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1-24-2008 @ 9:45AM
HazyCloud said...
So far I love it. I think I will be grabbing this on Feb. 5th. Great game.
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1-24-2008 @ 10:16AM
Knight Marquise said...
Downloaded this morning in 20 minutes. Tried it out, and I'll be picking it up.
Personally, I prefer Ninja Gaiden, but this is definately fun.
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1-24-2008 @ 10:58AM
leftisim said...
Hmmm first time i have played any devil may cry game and i have to say not that fussed about picking it up boring hack & slash
for so long have had ps players saying you have to check these games out there awesome maybe about 3 years+ ago but i just does not cut it in todays market for me
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1-24-2008 @ 10:58AM
john paul said...
very slooooow
and i think this is the smallest demo I've seen
i turned off my 360 to see if the download will go any faster....
does that work?
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1-24-2008 @ 10:58AM
Tony said...
Demo is awesome. I was really hoping you'd get to do a boss fight, and you do. Game looks great, runs beautifully. It took me a while to get used to the controls (using RB for lock-ons as opposed to RT seemed a bit unusual and you use every face button), but once I understood some of the movesets (particularly how to throw enemies in the air again) it was great. Throwing them up, shooting at them, ripping them back down with your demon arm extension... it was great.
Was really surprised by the loading, they've definitely optimized the hell out of it. I know it's on the HDD, but even considering that it's just instantaneous. If the full version is even remotely near that, wow.
Looking forward to it.
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1-24-2008 @ 1:41PM
ryan said...
you raise a curious question in the loading time on the HDD as in the PS3 version it is mandatory to load it onto the HDD.
Since demos are loaded onto the HDD does that make them faster than their retail version? Shouldn't we have the right to install the full game like the PS3 HDD can, to reduce load time as well?
1-24-2008 @ 11:08AM
Drewtlo said...
I can't wait to play this tonight
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1-24-2008 @ 11:18AM
Christopher said...
Button Layout=Garbage.
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1-24-2008 @ 11:30AM
Dead Insomnia said...
Thought the game Looked awesome. Will have to play it a few time to get the controls down but they make sense. The boss battle was too easy, the baddy just kinda walked around at times and didn't even take note that I was there. I killed him by shooting him in the a$$ several times...lol.
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1-24-2008 @ 1:45PM
ryan said...
LOL, Itagaki said about the same exact things when he played DMC4.
Ninja Gaiden is truly superior to DMC in every way.
I'll be checking this out, but I won't expect a challenge like Ninja Gaiden. I'm still playing Black afterall, haha.