Really fun. Like I know I say that a lot but this time I mean it. The combat system is fluid and exciting, each character has great levels of depth to them. Nero returns from DMC 4, with his Devil Breaker system being his claim to fame (along with his exceed and his charged Blue Rose gauges). The DB systeem is incredibly fun, with a whole range of A R M S for you to play around with. My personal favorite is Gerbera but that's probably because mobility is my favorite thing in any action game - I practically never blew up any of my A R M S except for when I was grabbed by da enemy. Exceed is very fun, especially when it's fully upgraded, and so are his charge shots. The grappling hook is also an insane addition - it's insanely fun to extend combos using it and is great for his mobility.

Of course I love Nero, but Dante is where I had the most fun in this. His styles are back and they're also expanded upon really well. For most of DMC 3 I ended up using Trickster exclusively (but I wasn't playing the Switch version so welp) but this time around thanks to the D-pad I could switch them around on the fly....yay (I briefly touched DMC 4 but for the lack of knowledge I'll avoid talking about how it changes from there to here). Anyways his new weapons are incredible as well. Motorcycle is veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery fun (I'll stop soon I promise). Cerberus is back and with even more depth (yay) and Balrog (actually Beowulf) is back but with even more depth (double yay).

V is new here, and I'll be honest, I didn't find him super fun. Like, he was still fun to use, but Nero and Dante are still much more fun. I thought his combat had way less depth than either Nero or Dante, and it got repetitive pretty quick. Teleporting to enemies and smacking them with your stick is still fun tho and he doesn't detract from the game too much as he's still fun at the end of the day and doesn't show up too frequently.

The stages are no slouch either, with them containing loads of depth, and it might be me, but the secret missions are really fucking hard to find. Like, I only found 2 (but maybe I wasn't looking too hard). How the game handles items is pretty cool as well - I didn't find the game to be really difficult - I played on Human mode and only died once, on the Vergil fight. The soundtrack is also great (but not as good as DMC 3's), although unfortunately the only tracks that really stuck out to me were Devil Trigger and Bury The Light.

The only real detractor for me was the story. It didn’t jive with me too much but it was still enjoyable for the most part - I thought the ending was kind of rushed but at the end of the day DMC is a game where the gameplay matters much more than the story (and the gameplay is really, REALLY fun) so all is well.

At the end of the day, it's still some of the most fun I've ever had with a game. Go play this shit!