Janoosen
Dark Slayer
This.
The constructive criticism is greatly appreciated (as opposed to saying, "it's just plain bad"). I agree that DMC on DmC is much too easy, and that there should be a patch called, "Dante Will Die", so that the players who really want to challenge themselves, who really want to hone their skills, can download it and really appreciate what DmC has to offer.
However, I'm fine with the checkpoints. Checkpoints that are few and far between lessen the experience in my opinion, and can be compensated by bringing back Yellow Souls (instead of just Gold) and having the difficulty so ramped up in that mode, that even the players who are used to DMC3 DMD, would be grateful for it.
Or just remove checkpoints from DMD, problem solved. Although "Dante Will Die" has an almost eerily awesome ring to it.
Checkpoints are fine in my book but at least leave them out of the supposed hardest difficulty. In previous DMC games you just had to deal with it and be more careful. Or die and try again and be even more careful.