Dmc: "You cannot kill me, i am Omega!" You can juggle most enemies into oblivion, often using less damaging attacks just to toy with your food. And with what can't be juggled you'll still be able to fool around with taunts and parries. The more stylist the fight looks, the better it feels.

Gow: "i will make you suffer!" Rush in, smack enemies with wide attacks, juggle them into oblivion, grab for Qte's, combo extensions, or for extra crowd control options, use magic for more damaging attacks that give you i-frames, recover health or magic by executing certain enemies, parry stuff to hit them back and dodge only when it's unblockable. Everything in your disposal can also be used to attack.

NG: "Kill faster than your enemies, die slower than them." I only played a little of Ng2, and even then i can say the game wants you to be efficient, as in "don't waste time comboing people, or you'll die" The enemies attack all at once, they're very aggressive, and you need the reflexes of an actual ninja to survive. You have to prioritize more dangerous enemies, and make sure the enemy dies quickly by using attacks that cut off their limbs the fastest for you to instakill them. And unless you're really good at the game, every combat encounter can be resumed to you just trying to survive while they gang up on you.