It plays mostly the same as 3 which is a plus. Nero's demon arm is a lot of fun as a weapon and an actually effective gap closer. The game takes a dip in quality when you start controlling Dante, whose more complicated weapons and style switching system don't really add much to this very short game. Other flaws seem to be series mainstays such as camera angle induced control awkwardness and the insistence on designing some encounters around the unfun spamming of otherwise superfluous ranged weapons. It's still a good game, but considering its obviously limited development resources it probably would have been better if they focused entirely on Nero.