«As well as the iconic Rebellion sword and Ebony and Ivory pistols you've got access to demon and angel weapons, activated
by holding the relevent modifier — right trigger for demon stuff (a massive axe and a
fiery set of gauntlets) and left trigger for the angelic (a scythe and a set of lighting fast shurikens» They go on to say that Dante's new arsenal is both, «powerful and a
blast to play with», also describing the overall combat as, «characteristically balletic».
The immediate feedback makes it easier to experiment and figure out what's working, whereas before you had to rely on simple blood splashes; World's complex environments enable a wider variety of attacks, and it's useful to know exactly what's happened when your target is hit
by a falling rock or a
fiery blast from a rival monster.