@Vergilius Sturgeon's Law Bro, 90% of anything is crap. Doesn't mean you cant appreciate or enjoy it.
@Foxtrot94 one of the episodes had a demon mentioned that there was a power vacuum in hell(i think the first) so having them tie into that would have given their appearance and eventual death more weight.
There were other things i was more concerned like them not dealing with the fallout of Vergil's death but that was also a misstep to me.
@Gel I think we won't know if people would be ok with a more complex version of Dante till we see a succesful product with it. We have had attempts but they were poorly conceived (2) had production problems (4) or some other reason (the anime). The reboot might have been a good chance to try but they couldn't sell us on it so who really knows anymore.
I think Patty and Morrison didnt do much for me either so i think the problem is more they didnt do enough with the characters they had whether it be the new blood or the old favorites. Trish i like more as an idea than what i see on screen.
@tweese Yeah thats a probable yet bankable choice.
@absolitude making a whole new lead would be weird because Dante has a large shadow and making a new lead you might as well cut the cord and making a new IP.
Switching the lead role to Vergil or Nero might be easier. I think even doing the movies in a AU where Vergil was the hero and Dante was the villian might be a good spin. Hell the reason why people want vergil back is cause they see all this potential in him so maybe we could show that.