Though Capcom simply fell back on an established formula, the action in Devil May Cry 4 feels incredibly responsive, and I soon found myself falling into incredibly natural rhythms and racking up mega-combos without having to think too hard my next step. After a few hours with any Devil May Cry, it becomes a sort of zen-like experience as your thumbs and fingers begin to react instantly to the animations playing out on the screen. Once you develop a strategy for a particular foe, the real challenge comes in maintaining said strategy while you bounce from enemy to enemy and react to their changing behaviors on the fly.

Though the levels themselves range from creepy castles to idyllic forests, what you'll be doing in them doesn't really change: fighting handfuls of enemies within enclosed arenas. Like the three games preceding it, Devil May Cry 4 focuses on acrobatic, combo-driven action and a relentless appraisal of your performance. Yet, here we have its Special Edition, and though this isn't the best example of the 'stylish action' genre, that fact that we don't see many games of its ilk in our modern age helps temper the original Devil May Cry 4's shortcomings. That said, 2008's Devil May Cry 4 sits in a strange spot when it comes to next-gen remakes: It's not quite old enough to be considered a classic, and not quite new enough for people to have just missed it. Still, I'd be lying if I said these rereleases didn't have their purpose I missed out on 2013's Tomb Raider due to total apathy, recently grabbed the PS4 upgrade on the cheap, and got a chance to experience Lara Croft's umpteenth reboot in a moderately improved form. I'll admit, it's a bit annoying to see remakes show up just a year or two after the original release-for the most part, situations like this feel like a cynical solution to the Backwards Compatibility Problem. And while I'd much rather see developers put their efforts into making brand-new creations, the return of these old games hasn't been all bad news. I shouldn't need to tell you we've been caught up in a wave of last-gen rereleases.

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