Worse than you may think.

Nero has only 1 blade and weapon which makes him really boring to play. He also has a demonic arm called "Devil Bringer" but still sucks.

Then you get to play as Dante. The enemies were clearly designed for Nero, so It is a pain in the ass while trying to kill those, such as the flying ghosts, and the bosses are really easy to kill with Dante.It still is a DMC, so better than most of the games.