So DmC is not a terrible game at all. It's not as good as Devil May Cry 1, 3, or (to a lesser extent) 4, but that's mostly because of the combat.
Although his new character design is pretty bad compared to his old one. His normal, douchey outfit fits the game's gritty new tone, which is also lame. Taking the Devil May Cry story seriously instead of making it campy and nuts ruins what little Devil May Cry story there was. And there's an incredible overabundance of cursing to go along with it, which just gives the already unpleasant tone a twinge of mean that it really didn't need.
DmC isn't great, huh. But it's not BAD. It's good, just not very good.