I thought he was interesting at first but meh, later hes a whatever character, Also, Dante feels way to weighty in this game.
The story isnt important, say hello to Nero and then goodbye. This game also suffers from annoying puzzles that are just a drag, the pacing of this game just gets so bad as soon as you reach the castle, and after that it just drags on and on. The game drags too much, there are so many platforming sections and the lock on doesnt work well at all, so half the time bs having to do with these blue orbs that act like sonic orbs you hone in on work like crap, they fill like they just are there to bloat the gameplay. DMC4 is the weaker game in the series, apart from the questionable snore of a story direction and questionable character design changes, the combat is pretty good, not as good as 1 or 3 but fairly good, neros grab was fun, didnt care for the charge which was annoying.
