Recent reviews by Skae (BACK 2028?)

Good if you're into the PvP aspect of the game, disappointing at best if you care about the PvE at all.

DLC starts out very strong, but by the time you've gotten in ankle deep, its already over. Yes, I understand that past Souls DLC have added the same amount of bosses, weapons, and spells, but those DLC's made sure that you got your money's worth in play time. The new area, while a bit more complex than most of what the base game has to offer, is kind of small. Getting through the DLC takes you about as long as it takes to get through the Cathedral of the Deep first time around.

The two bosses of the DLC were disappointing. One was basically just world enemies you fought just 30 minutes ago and an NPC, the other is a rehash of Maria from Bloodborne with a second phase that evokes Ornstein and Smough somewhat. I feel like they were almost ashamed of the former judging by how they made it a hidden boss.

I'm surprised that something this short honestly took 7 months for an experienced dev team to make. Hope the next one will be on par with the Old Hunters.

I bought it for a terrible joke. Buy it.

I'm a glutton for punishment and this is the game I whip myself with.

This game is a bit hard to recommend to a good number of people. The game recycles the same campaign three times (With five different characters), which already repeats itself twice. There's going to be a lot of repetition, so you have to love the gameplay in order to get any enjoyment out of this game.

And thankfully, the gameplay is really polished despite some hickups regarding enemy and level design. The two characters you could play as originally, Nero and Dante, are still as fun and complex as they were in the original title. The three new charcters, Vergil, Lady, and Trish are great additions to the game. Well, at least Vergil is. Lady is alright, but the gun gimmick doesn't click with me. Really didn't care for Trish. Her gameplay was so shallow I couldn't stand to play as her for too long.

A criticism I have with this game is the optimization. The original Devil May Cry 4 was notable for being one of the only good PC ports Capcom has made. The port was so good in fact, that it was considered the definitive version of the title due to it's low requirements and the edition of Turbo mode and Legendary Dark Knight difficulty. Unfortunately, SE isn't as well optimized as the original. There's a lot of unnecessary post processing effects that make the game chug and stutter. You can't turn these off through normal means, so you'd have to look up a guide on how to remove those with a hex editor. I'm hoping Capcom releases a patch that better optimizes the game and adds more graphics options.

As I've said before, you'd need to REALLY love these sort of games if you want to get any enjoyment out of this. If you're the type of person that's in to hack n' slashes and has a relatively decent PC and a gamepad, try this game out and see what you think.