While the game is definitely an upgrade compared to Chapter 1, it still has a lot of problems.
I am an easily scared person, horror games are my weakness, and when I play them, I end up finding myself shaking from the slightest threat. With this game, I only got mildly scared (which is saying a lot), but I ended up feeling bored at the end. It just ends way too quickly. The monster is constantly being shown and talking to you throughout the whole game, and it kinda ruins any mystery they have. When I see Mommy watch me through a window, telling me how to play the minigame, I do not see her as threatening at all. It feels like she's trying way too hard to be scary, but she comes off as annoying half the time.
The minigames were very easy, and they felt like chores I had to do to complete the game. I like the ideas for them, but I just don't vibe with how they were executed. The whole time, you know what's going to happen, and when it's going to happen, you can see the jumpscares come from a mile away.
I also had a bad experience with softlocking myself in 2 different occasions, which in an 8-hour game wouldnt be that bad, but this game took me an hour to beat. I spent almost a fifth of my entire playthrough dealing with softlocks, and with the nedless padding that the minigames provided, this game felt like a bore to playthrough.
I was definitely scared, but I just didn't have that much fun, completing the game just feels empty.

The only DMC game I've ever played before this was the 2013 reboot, so I'm not gonna pretend like i understand any of what's going on in the story. What I can say I understand is the absolutely engaging gameplay. This game just doesn't let you take a breather; it's constantly introducing new characters and weapons way before you can get used to the previous ones you got (using the void was necessary for me). It was definitely overwhelming at first, but once I was able to get a hold of the controls and learned how to string my combos correctly, I had the most fun I've ever had in a hack'n'slash game. The soundtrack goes so hard too, you can tell each part of this game was made with love and care. My only complaints with this game are that the camera kinda does what it wants sometimes and it messes with my combos a lot. Also, playing this game with a controller is REALLY recommended. I played it with mouse and keyboard the whole time, and I could tell I should have used a controller. It's not unplayable by any means, but you should definitely dust off your controller if you're getting this game on pc. I did not expect to have this much fun with this game, but I will definitely check out the rest of the franchise since it's all available on Steam.

I just love the huge amount of builds you can make in this game. You can edit every single bit of your character and play however you want. the story is really fun and i wish the gameplay was just a bit less rpg like. but there is just so much to do in this game and getting all the different endings is enough of an excuse to sink like 100 hours into it. The game is still buggy though, i've ran into a few softlocks and i had to reload a save from 2 hours behind at one point, but if you can get through the occasional glitch you will find one of the most immersive and fun games there is right now.