Devil May Cry 4 is the second sequel to the original Devil May Cry game. This time the player gets cast as Nero, a member of the Order of the Sword who worships Sparda, in addition to playing as the previous games' protagonist, Dante. The game follows the story of Nero in which witnesses the assassination of the leader of the Order of the Sword, Sanctus, by no other than Dante. The murder causes chaos and Sanctus' deputy, Credo, orders Nero to go after Dante, who is heading for Fortuna Castle.
The gameplay with Nero is still hack-and-slash but with fresh attack styles and techniques. Nero's Devil Bringer arm gives him special abilities: pulling and pushing enemies, slamming them on the ground and zooming across areas. Overall, the gameplay stays mostly intact with some new elements. Dante joins later in the game for some levels of his own, with his usual four attack styles: Trickster, Sword Master, Gunslinger, and Royal Guard.
The Windows version adds the Legendary Dark Knight mode with a large number of enemies on the screen along with the Turbo mode at a faster speed. The cut-scenes run at 120 frames per second while the console sequences are run at 30. Network ranking is however, not supported.