Hard to imagine how do you follow up on DMC 3. DMC 4 is a very very good game by itself, but when compared to 3, it's just worse in every way, unfortunately. Nero is fun to play, but not as fun as Dante in DMC3. Dante is fun to play, but not as fun as Dante in DMC3.
I felt like a few of the enemy designs were better balanced for Nero with his grappling and grabbing mechanics than for Dante.
The level design was just way below what we see in DMC 3. Some encounters are just bad due to weird level geometry and camera placement.
There are very confusing moments on where you are supposed to go, some extremely awkward sequences with the grappling hook, the dice sections that only serve to break the pace if you make a mistake and the Dante missions felt like they didn't have much thought put on them.
I think DMC 5 has some of the same issues than 4, but I would much rather replay that than 4. I guess the list would be 3>1>5>4.
I felt like a few of the enemy designs were better balanced for Nero with his grappling and grabbing mechanics than for Dante.
The level design was just way below what we see in DMC 3. Some encounters are just bad due to weird level geometry and camera placement.
There are very confusing moments on where you are supposed to go, some extremely awkward sequences with the grappling hook, the dice sections that only serve to break the pace if you make a mistake and the Dante missions felt like they didn't have much thought put on them.
I think DMC 5 has some of the same issues than 4, but I would much rather replay that than 4. I guess the list would be 3>1>5>4.