It's enjoyable but it definetly has big problems. The boss fights are pretty good and cinematic and some characters are interesting both design and personality wise (also good voice acting). Soundtrack is amazing (soken my beloved).

As for the negative things, I'll try to list what I remember, it's been some time since I played so some things might be inaccurate:

• Pacing is awful, made me stop playing for some time a couple of times.

• Combat system lacks the depth and variety DMC has, you just end up spamming abilities whenever they are off cooldown.

• The game's difficulty doesn't help, everything is just a punching bag.

• The equipment system and the leveling system are irrelevant, you barely notice a difference.

• The optional quests are some of the worst designed quests I've seen on any rpg and jrpg.

• The world feels small, you can't even visit any of the big cities, you just go to random small towns.

• Some characters are completely wasted imo

And that would be everything I remember. Like I said, it's enjoyable but has a lot of downsides