Improves on DMC 1 in literally every way. There's actually a plot this time and the characters are all greatly depicted. The action cutscenes and voice acting are unironically great now. Dante's move list was essentially tripled and they somehow made it all naturally flow into one another. The game itself actually feels content complete too, as the first two games could feel incredibly bare and unpolished at times. Only real downside is that a couple of enemies are just not fun to fight against, but those battles still end pretty quickly and they aren't used too often. While I've played some character-action games that have an overall better combat system, this is still one of the best games I've played and I'll never get tired of it.