I personaly see the things god of war does better than Devil May cry or Bayonetta. I do preffer better gamplay mechanics over presentation and shock n awe moments so I would take DMC/Bayonetta over GOW any day.
However I do not see anything that Dantes inferno brings to the table that is better than any of the other games its trying to emulate.
I think all criticism towards dantes inferno is justified in that reguard. And we didn't even get to the fact that the game is tedious, enemies are cheap, combat is slow and messy... even compared to God of War 1.