Date : Sunday, July 13, 2008
Time : 5:52 AM
Title : Devil May Cry 4

Devil May Cry 4 for PC version is out!!! I got it the moment I saw it... Urm... Somewhere... Haha!! It's like one of the coolest game I've ever played!! Made for the PS3 originally, with its high-definition graphics, this game should be played only with computers that have built-in high-end graphic-cards with directX 10 and no more directX9, it is like so last generation now! Been a long time a long time since I did a game review of a game that's worth mentioning... Err, I mean playing! I give this game a 4.5 out of 5, yes you heard me right, why you ask? That's because of the fast and action-packed gameplay with solid graphics and moves. Nice environments and possibly the best Devil May Cry out of the whole series.

Well, I know you're probably wondering why I'm blogging right now at 5am in the morning on a weekend. Well, to tell you the truth, I've been up all night trying to figure out a way to play the game!! Why? Not because I don't know how to play the game but after the game loads up, I'll always end up with a blue screen and I am dying to play this game no matter what it takes!! I always end up with a blue-screen or better known in RP as the BSOD (Blue-Screen-Of-Death) with a nvd4_disp.dll error. It's an infinite-loop error for those that study coding in IT and understand what I'm talking about. Go Google it like I did to only end up in misery as it was actually a graphic-card-related error with no cure found so far. Since I'm in RP where we are taught through PBL (Problem-Based-Learning), I researched even deeper to find a cure on my own. Some say to re-install the graphic-card and its drivers, alternatively, I could get a better graphic card for my laptop but that would cost cash which I don't have currently, haha!!

After 3 hours, I decided to try each method, re-installed and updated my my graphic card, tweaked, modified and experimented with my graphic card settings a little here and there and in the end, all I had to do was actually reduced the screen resolution and play the game in a 640 x 360 window which is like 1/4 of your full-screen but what the heck, I got to play it smoothly with NO blue-screens!! Amazing!! If I did play it in full-screen mode, I'd be playing a game in slow motion like those slow motion scenes in the movie Matrix. chuckles* Anyways, glad I can play it and I have to say with all settings at low, the graphics and gameplay is still really cool!! SO for those whose PCs are not powerful enough to run this game, do what I did. Hey, at least you got to play the game! Be thankful!!! ^^