Combat is definitely fantastic, despite my preference towards playing as Dante. Nero still controls very well, although his tools are limited to one gun and sword along with his Demon hand that has a few moves of its own. My largest problem isn't the core gameplay loop however, it's everything else. Levels may be visually inspired sometimes but design-wise they were so simplistic or overly frustrating. The story also never gripped me with how bland I found Nero to be and the serious tone the narrative adopted. This also leads to how underutilized Dante was. His set of missions have him backtracking to previous areas with lame gimmicks. I could tell the game wasn't finished, and that's unfortunate. Fantastic base gameplay, weak foundation.