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Well in the old devil may crys Dante gets stabbed with a sword all the time even has moments where he gets beat up at some bosses in this one Mundus was the only one who hurt him and all he was doing was digging his nails in him -_- everyone looked weak compared to Dante
Well that's true for DMC's 1 and 3, but certainly not 4. Yea he got stabbed by his sword by Nero in 4, but it's made hideously clear that he was toying with Nero the entire time, and never has an actual challenge the entire game when he's dicking around with the Savior as he waits for Nero to win the day. With Mundus, I took it that he was digging into his ribcage and going for his heart and that he was going to die otherwise in that scene. Still, Mundus, though the execution sucked, he was at least established as someone they could not waltz in on and kick around, which is how most of the DMC's go down. And DmC Dante was shown taking Mundus for the most part seriously, more serious than usual for a DMC game that isn't 1.
Though I do agree that Vergil could have been better. He looked badass tossing around those astral swords, then it got neutralized when he wound up screaming for help the next minute. It really is jarring when we go from that to fighting him next and he's trying to act all badass there.