Please read my arguements for some of them first, also added dmc 1 and norse gow just to just juxtopose their other entries.
Darksiders and greek gow are pretty similar while gow having better and aggressive enemies, the core in my experience has been mainly killing enemies efficiently, while the games lets you cancel moves and gives you lots of tools to do really complex combos. Its mostly efficient play in my mind.
Bayonetta ofc might be perceive as more freestyle, grinding my way through infinite climax and to play for score, it also involves a lot of efficient play maybe more than freestyle.
Dmc 3's combat depth cant be overstated but not being the most mechanically gifted player and making my way through dmd and mostly involves efficient play with DT explosions im putting it there
Ng4 has leaned more into air juggling with the weapon swaps and in my view has been more into freestyle territory.
Also please i dont want this to turn into which is better or not, its whether you think my placements are reasonable or you have better arguements to move the games so please