Late last week, the PC port of DmC: Devil May Cry, Capcom's reboot of the action franchise, released on the PC a little over a week later than it's console brethren. Typically, PC ports of console action games of this type are not really marketed well or paid much attention to due to the need of a console controller in order to even properly play it. Most gamers would simply just buy the console version and call it day. Well if you are both a PC and console gamer, buying the console version may have been a huge mistake.
The PC port of DmC: Devil May Cry is actually pretty spectacular. Even on mid-range builds, most PC fans should be able to run this game at 60 frames per second easily, and even a high possibility of running it at 100 frames or more! Due to the fast-paced nature of the gameplay and the need for quick button presses, the console's barely 30 frames per second framerate was kind of a letdown. Not only will the PC version run beautifully on most modern video cards, but a slew of graphic configurations like higher resolution textures, anti-aliasing and shadows will make the console version look like a PS2 game. The difference the higher framerate makes on the gameplay is quite an eye-opening experience, and I highly recommend players with good PC rigs play the game in this manor rather than on a console.
Developers Ninja Theory and QLOC really knocked it out of the park with DmC's PC counter-part, and may easily be one of the best PC ports of a console game I have ever seen. I myself am not a big fan of this series, but I ended up enjoying the console demo and wanted to see how Ninja Theory portrayed the story and character of Dante. Love it or hate it, DmC exists and I for one really enjoy what Ninja Theory has done with the series. It may not be as difficult or over-the-top as the previous entries, but the game plays great and boasts from fantastic art work and level design. Give the game a shot, PC gamers!
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