Dante is nothing like himself, the game is not as funny as DMC 3, story is quite bad and characters you already know are MEH at best here. Combat has been improved though, so get ready for some ridiculous chaining combos.
+ much easier to pull of combos, compared to previous DMCs
+ nice variety of weapons, you'll like at least some of them
+ completely new enemies with a decent variety to them
- Dante and Vergil are nothing like themselves, horribly butchered characters
- bosses are actually very easy, compared to previous games
- exploration is punished by time rating at the end of each mission and often you can't reach certain secrets, because you didn't unlock the specific power yet...and then you get bad rating for exploration and for time at the end
- some combinations of enemies are a pain to deal with all at once
- you barely get to use Devil Trigger and for some reason, it makes enemies float when you activate it...so they're often very hard to reach to even attack
- the weapon upgrades, most of them you'll never even use, I wish there was something more meaningful to upgrade
- lack of humor and over the top silly cutscenes, like in DMC 3
- why is Dante's mom suddenly a redhead...she looks nothing like Trish
- overall a very forgettable game, especially when you play DMC 1 or 3
- Vergil is ... a complete weakling, it's criminal how he's portrayed here, ffs he walks around with a cane

Dante is nothing like himself, the game is not as funny as DMC 3, story is quite bad and characters you already know are MEH at best here. Combat has been improved though, so get ready for some ridiculous chaining combos. + much easier to pull of combos, compared to previous DMCs + nice variety of weapons, you'll like at least some of them + completely new enemies with a decent variety to them - Dante and Vergil are nothing like themselves, horribly butchered characters - bosses are actually very easy, compared to previous games - exploration is punished by time rating at the end of each mission and often you can't reach certain secrets, because you didn't unlock the specific power yet...and then you get bad rating for exploration and for time at the end - some combinations of enemies are a pain to deal with all at once - you barely get to use Devil Trigger and for some reason, it makes enemies float when you activate it...so they're often very hard to reach to even attack - the weapon upgrades, most of them you'll never even use, I wish there was something more meaningful to upgrade - lack of humor and over the top silly cutscenes, like in DMC 3 - why is Dante's mom suddenly a redhead...she looks nothing like Trish - overall a very forgettable game, especially when you play DMC 1 or 3 - Vergil is ... a complete weakling, it's criminal how he's portrayed here, ffs he walks around with a cane