I forgot about DMC1. But I meant DMC3 and DMC4 Dante did the whole anime cliche hero theme, and now DmC is doing the whole black humor, rebellious, tough as nails theme.
Personally, I like it when strong characters start off weak when they're younger. It shows a huge amount of growth both physically and mentally. But when they start off like DmC Dante, the weakness is more subtle and less understandable.