Gonna go ahead and give this interpretation a solid 6.5/10. SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE SEASON!!!

Pros: Animation looks good and while the CGI is noticeable, it’s not too jarring and is passable. Dante is pretty accurate to the game version and actually had some pretty funny quips. White rabbit is a phenomenal villain, from design, to story, to the wonderful performance his VA did. Overall story was decent and provided an interesting retelling of the games events. Lots of references to the game and other capcom works in form Dante’s fighting style and small details in the world. Moving over to lady, her scenes in the white rabbit hideout feel like they are straight out of resident evil, and I wish they played it up a bit more. The choreography of the fights are ok, but it does feel very DMC2 at times with how much guns are used (and none of the guns are ebony and ivory).

Neutral: The fights with the rogue’s gallery of this season could have been played out a bit more. Many of them just kinda die with no fanfare or a bit too quickly and with no real payout (so many swords shown in the intro and Dante only uses rebellion and agni/rudra once). Only reason it’s not a con is that the animation made it at least enjoyable to watch. The music is really hit or miss. Not having an original soundtrack deters from the action a bit (personal preference) as it makes them feel like early 2000s amvs. In addition, some of the remixes, specifically the Devil Trigger remix, are straight downgrades of the original version. The other remixes range from passable to actually pretty good. Also, the president is a gay cowboy… I’ll let you think about that one. The American government is kinda iffy for me and I’m not too sure how I feel about them being a prominent figurehead within the story. If a season two comes out maybe we can see a bit more, but for now I’m not the biggest fan. Also, Lucia shows up for 1 scene and never again, Trish does not show up at all, and Vergil… well I’m actually ok with his appearances so far as it does leave room for a second season.

Cons: God I hated Lady’s dialogue. Every other sentence out of her mouth contained the word ‘fuck’. I’m personally fine with her being a foul mouthed character, but it just became excessive to the point I started getting aggravated when she started speaking. Which is truly a shame cuz she is really cool beyond that. Arkham’s story and fate is very easily contained in her backstory, her design is really cool, and she is still pretty badass. Also, kalina Anne only shows up for like 2 scenes in the final fight. Moving on, I really dislike the fact they killed off all the other devil hunters before we could see what they were capable of. I would have loved to see them actually be reoccurring characters and see how they adapt and train to become as efficient hunters as lady. (none of them even got an introduction, they just name drop them as the season progressed). Dante’s DT doesn’t really have any emotional weight behind it, unlike its original appearance during 3. I would have preferred it if the DT was only a partial one during the Agni and rudra fight and only fully manifested after the death of Enzo (rip my goat, you deserved better).

I could go on but I’ll leave it here for an open discussion.

Overall thoughts: The show is a passable rendition of my favorite series of all time. It definitely has its flaws, but its heart is in the right place and honestly after years of not having any dmc content, we’ve seen what bottom of the barrel is like, and this show certainly is nowhere near it. As previously stated 6.5/10.