Actually, the first DMC game I got was DMC2...yea, weird I know. Anyway, this was quite a while before talk of DMC 3 was goin round, and I was watching trailers for DMC1 and DMC2, at the time I was like "Damn, I wanna get the second one!" Mainly because of the multi directional shooting and acrobatics. So my bro ordered online for my B-day and needless to say I wasn't too impressed. I actually diddn't even beat it til AFTER I found DMC1 (thank god) and beat that, just in case there was any story I'd be missing....trust me, there isn't.
But, I agree with the whole "find out yourself" thing, thats kind of what happend with me, thought it'd be better and found out for myself.