Which version did you play? I played the og version of pc release and it felt hard to enjoy the game due to awkward gameplay. I guess ı shouldnt care too much about story and characters but ı still dont like that aspect either.
Maybe if ı played the definitive version, ı could enjoy the gameplay more.
And what do you think about other dmc games?
I play it on PS3 and I didn't have a problem with gameplay because I came from Bayonetta (whose gameplay was very flawed), it's a different team but I felt it was an improvement with those types of games.
I've been familiar with DMC before the reboot, I played 4 a bit but the loading times kill it for me in ps3, but I liked some little things, I just never finish it.
I watched the anime, play DmC which I've had a lot of fun with, the news station anchor fight, Mundus and Lilith were my favorite boss fights, I also played Dante in Marvel VS Capcom games and Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, the re-design didn't bother me in the slightest, I'm very open-minded with that.
I tried the HD collection but the fixed camera angles killed it for me, didn't like 1, 2 I found 3 the most enjoyable and funny thing I felt it was the closest to DmC as a gameplay-wise.