Edited sentence: Accusations has widely been made against Kobayashi for the games downfalls.Complaints include the apparent existence of glitches, the low standards of difficulty, the lack of evolution in the combat, and unintuitive gameplay on Dante's mechanics.Dante himself has been criticised for being 'clownish' unlike his maturer DMC1 self.Plot complaints included weak writing, loss of the general mood and atmosphere found in the previous instalments, poor plot in general, and also of major holes in the plot (although previous instalments did contain them, but not to such an extent).Unfortunately fan reaction has been quite negative (or at the least divided), citing inferior gameplay, mood and atmosphere when compared to its predecessor