Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

I love GOG for the DRM-Free experience, and will GLADLY PAY for making our good old game last longer. But this DMC4 SE is NOT WORTHY of GOG PRESERVATION PROGRAM Label. If anything, this is a bad example of preservation program not doing what it should. Startup issue, settings crash, exactly like the Steam version, need to manually hex edit the exe dan edit the config (4K Display here). I'm happy with the Game, I'm NOT Happy with the startup issues. Suggestion : Either fix the startup issue, or remove the GOG PRESERVATION PROGRAM label from this game.

Keeps crashing as you start it, the same as the steam version.

Very spectacular dynamic game with many fights, boss fights and puzzles. Very well-made tutorial and hints. Can recommend it for everyone.

If you had to refund DMC4SE on Steam like I did, because the game refused to boot (even after you downloaded a hex editor to try and fix the issue yourself), you'll be glad to hear - based on my testing - the GOG release does not have this problem. I'll go out on a limb and say this is the definitive way to play DMC4SE, now and forever. WORD OF ADVICE: The DLC is NOT part of the DMC bundle or the standalone game. The only content you should buy is the Trish & Lady costume pack; everything else is optional microtransaction/Early Unlock garbage.

First time playing DMC4 (Playstation 2 was the last console I bought), I find it smoother than previous games (although DMC1 and 3 are truly epic). In addition, the chance to (finally) play with Trish and Lady, with their own techniques, really adds value to the game: the only downside is that the same levels are repeated many times, as the only difference between them, Vergil and Dante/Nero is few more cutscenes. I find also the "fierce souls" mechanism a good one, as it is possible to avoid the trade-offs in previous chapter when everything was bought via red orbs (to buy a technique or an item? Tricky question when the item is a blue, purple or gold orb). Nero, the new main character and his devil bringer changes the usual "sword and guns" approach in a good way; the devil bringer attacks can be different for each enemy, increasing of variety of combos. I didn't face any crash issue on startup, but I understand that the game has been tweaked to a lower resolution until (hopefully) Gog will issue a patch (hope soon). This is also mentioned in the "Description" section. This is the same issue as the Steam's release and there is an already available fix, so my vote is mainly for the game itself and for GOG for having issued it DRM-free (this has to be taken into account). When GOG will have fixed the resolution issue I will be happy to increase my vote by one star.