I agree it's not the plague of death as many labeled it as or the glorified holy savour of the namesake either.
I think it tried doing what TombRaider Reboot & others try doing & that's taking the namesake from one genre & moving it to other, & that doesn't always work because it's not always the best thing for the namesake.
DevilMayCry is in the Action-adventure, hack and slash genre
The Reboot tried moving it into Drama by adding more story & more character emotions.
And that would be fine IF DevilMayCry originated in that genre in the first place, but adding a dramatic story to a heavy Action-adventure, hack and slash is like toning down brute force & chaotic action because you want it to be romantic.
And the same for the reverse. lightning returns i've read alot of gamers don't hack/slash element.
Or ResidentEvil
Moving it from horror to Action-adventure.
It doesn't always work.