Devil May Cry bores me...

[Gwen]

Goemaer, don't be so presumptuous. I went into the demo expecting awful cutscenes but gameplay that would probably impress me (i had low expectations, so really competency and a mild amount of ingenuity was all that was required) but even that couldn't hold it. The only thing that I was pleasantly surprised by was the charge wave the sword can do - I thought that was neat.

But the fact of the matter is, the game is as stupid as its cutscenes; the combat is slow and clunky. And the way the controls are laid out on the controller are awkward - there are two dodge buttons. that do the exact same thing.

the enemies are dumb and exist as nothing but inanimate objects to combo off of, and the style system is broken.

Having played through the demo again last night taking into mind your criticisms I really have to disagree with them. Combat flowed at a nice pace, where I'd slice and dice, having a pretty comfortable handle on the controls. Also I don't see how two dodge buttons are a bad thing, I saw it as a preference thing, and being left handed my hand usually went to the left bumper. Enemies did not seem like dolls for me that just took it, they responded to my attacks with attacks of their own, and I really liked their designs, particularly the enemy with the chainsaw, who until I figured out his schtick I was deadlocked against, and even then future ones provided fun combat against. Cutscenes weren't that bad either, I mean you only saw flashes of various cutscenes but none of them looked bad. The boss battle was also pretty fun.
Different strokes for different people I guess.
One thing I love about Dante's design is his hair. We have the same hairstyle, which is radularness.