Prima Tips for Devil May Cry 4
Published February 12, 2008
Prima Games offers ten key tips for surviving the Gothic supernatural world of Devil May Cry® 4. Couple these with the Prima Guide sample pages and you'll be better able to confront the evil.
Familiarize yourself with the fighting moves.
Know Your Moves!
Each playable character has a unique repertoire of combination attacks. Open the Pause menu to view the character's abilities. Use the button combinations listed there to attack, evade, and explore with style.
Stay on the move.
Don't Get Comfortable
Enemies can hit a stationary player character more easily, whether he is on the ground or in mid-air. Avoid more attacks by moving continuously. Refrain from shooting while in mid-air when facing enemies that fire projectiles.
Roll to the left, roll to the right.
Escape with Side Rolls
Allow your right forefinger to hover over the lock-on button at all times, prepared to execute a side roll in a split second. When enemies suddenly leap in to attack from the sides, quickly press lock-on and jump while moving left or right to evade damage with a side roll.
Switch your lock-on.
Change Lock-on Frequently
Resist the temptation to lock-on to one foe and fixate on attacking them until they are destroyed. Even minor enemies can sustain a lot of damage and take many attacks to kill, leaving the character vulnerable to attack from other foes. By releasing and reinstating lock-on frequently, you can always defend against the closest threat.
The Devil Bringer Arm in action.
Isolate Enemies
Use powerful melee attacks like Streak and Stinger to send enemies flying in all directions. Separation makes defeating individual enemies easier and safer. Nero's Devil Bringer enables him to snatch enemies out of crowds and bring them closer for a dose of death.
Don't keep your feet on the ground.
Take it to the Air
One of the best ways to dispatch foes with little chance of counterattack is to knock the enemy into the air. By pressing lock-on and melee attack while moving away from the enemy, the character will knock the enemy sky high. Continue holding melee attack at the end of the move to rise into the air with them. Once aloft, you can repeatedly perform aerial melee combos against the helpless foe without fear of reprisal.
Raise your rank by fighting but avoid damage.
Raise Stylish Rank with Melee Attacks
Melee attacks are the best method of raising your Stylish Rank, displayed on the right side of the screen. Perform a variety of melee attacks to keep raising the rank. Nero's Devil Bringer can significantly raise Stylish Rank if used with the right timing at the end of a melee combo. Sustaining damage lowers Stylish Rank. Style Points accrued during missions help determine overall ranking.
Guns are good, too!
Maintain Stylish Rank with Gunfire
After defeating a foe, you may find that the next closest enemy is far away. If too much time passes, Stylish Rank may diminish. Maintain your current Stylish Rank by shooting distant enemies repeatedly with steady gunfire. Meanwhile, gradually move within melee attack range.
Bang their heads together.
Enemies Go Boom
When enemies collide, both suffer more damage than through melee attacks alone! Nero can throw certain enemies into each other using his Devil Bringer. Frost and Assault demons are especially susceptible to this attack.
Hulk smash … er, Nero smash!
Smash Everything!
The number of Red Orbs found determines part of mission ranking. Acquire orbs by smashing environmental objects such as chairs, benches, pews, iron gates, garbage cans, candelabras, mirrors, stone columns, crates, barrels, boxes, and more.
