I want to dot the i's and cross the t's from the very beginning. Devil May Cry 3 is a true masterpiece not only in the series itself, but in my opinion the best slasher game in general. And having started writing a review of the reboot first of all, this is solely due to the fact that you, like me, perceive this game absolutely separately from the original parts. Having done this, you will realize how good this game is, and how much it was simply unlucky because of the terrible advertising of Capcom, which seemed to want to renounce the original games of the series, which caused a huge gap between fans.
Ninja Theory are real heroes who went through real hell to ultimately give us an exemplary slasher with a more elaborate level design, and smooth gameplay with new mechanics in terms of attracting opponents, or attracting to opponents, using a convenient way to change weapons to heavy-powerful (demonic) and light-hardy (angelic).
The plot, if you abstract from the original concept of the old games, is interesting in its own way, where the world is a corporate dump in the power of demons hiding on the other side of reality, called Limbo. There are also angels, but they seem to have decided to forget about everyone, because they are not mentioned here at all, unless you tell us that Dante is now half-demon half-angel (Nephilim), and not half-demon half-human, as it was originally. This is the moment I especially did not like in the plot due to the fact that the concept of angels is not developed in the game at all, and is empty noise to the ears. Perhaps all this was postponed for the sequel, but we will definitely not get it, to my regret. Dante himself goes through absolutely the same path of development as Dante in the third part, without losing his essence, but losing his appeal. In the end, you come to terms with the current Dante, and understand that he still has room to grow.
The bottom line is this: the developers' task was not carried out in a creative enough way because of the fans, who were not correctly conveyed the thoughts regarding this reboot in the provocative advertising campaign of Capcom, but in terms of gameplay, narrative and, most importantly, productivity, the game turned out to be very good enough to look at the story from a different point of view without losing that same depth, but on the contrary, expanding new boundaries of what is permitted.
