With a revamped combat system. It's still no DMC but it's more freeform than "press light attack a certain number of times before pressing heavy for different finishers".
Revamped combat system? How?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVnDX1qvWck It goes into it here. Basically four types of attacks that all flow into each other. But having said that, after reading reviews, it's not as good as it may look and the open world aspect just ruined any semblance of fun the game would have.
This is what I feared. I'll at least look into it nonetheless ---