Those who are in favor of this game and keep using the "it's the hair" argument as a massive straw men to defend it against any criticism are in no way better than the "haters" they criticise.

By the way, at the end of the day, wouldn't it had been better for all of us if this game wasn't called "Devil May Cry" ? What if Capcom had just published this game as its own IP, giving Ninja Theory the freedom to create whatever they wanted without "competing" with the old Devil May Cry universe ? Without needlessly dividing your fanbase ?

It's entirely possible that they let Ninja Theory know about the score when the review was finished and before they sent the magazine for printing.

Now THAT is how you troll!

You still doing reviews over on Metacritic?

Every now and then, you curious?

You're thinking about the game as it is now, not what it could've been as its own IP. If you read Tameem's interviews regarding the game then you know that he had little respect for what the old Devil May Cry games stand for. For that "over the top" Japanese-style action and visual design, focusing more on its gameplay mechanics than telling a "serious" story. This game is clearly the opposite. It sacrifices some gameplay elements (a big part of it done by Capcom Japan anyway) while putting more emphasis in the story; One which now includes parodies of real people/organizations as some sort of social commentary. Because of all this, I think that Ninja Theory would've been much more comfortable with having the freedom to create its own thing instead of being limited by the Devil May Cry name. And the result of this is that it ends up being neither one nor the other.

The game would've turned out much different than it did on this hypothetical scenario, which would've been closer to what Ninja Theory knows and wants to make instead of being stuck in some sort of limbo between one thing and another as it is now. And those who like the new elements would probably enjoy it, while those who dislike it would just ignore it and move on. Of course, this is pure speculation on my part, but you can't tell me that there would be just as much people complaining about it as they're now if the game were its own IP.

As far as the whole "fresh start" goes... That's clearly not the reason Ninja Theory was chosen, so it's no excuse for this. Obviously Capcom is capable enough to reboot the franchise by themselves if they wanted to, or create a spinoff, prequel, or anything that tries to make the series "fresh" again. In fact, it's not like Devil May Cry 4 didn't have new elements or sold poorly. They didn't have to go with the Western developer that has the reputation of making games with great narrative and poor gameplay. They had other options.

Finally, I'll just reiterate the point that what you're doing is no different than what you say the "haters" do. The whole "real fans" fallacy, generalizing a whole group of people and their arguments with straw men, ridiculing them, etc. There's plenty of valid arguments against the game and disagreeing with them doesn't make them any less so. If you want to prove you're better than them, then you'll acknowledge that.

classy response from 2 yr. olds

Ninja Theory has to be loving this controversy. I'll be honest, after the last couple DMC games, I pretty much lost interest, but all the buzz about this title has me paying more attention than I would otherwise. Thus far, every review I've read has made me want to play this game. It looks fun and it sounds interesting, both of which I wasn't sure I would be able to say about this series again.

Even the style has caught my interest. The original look was cool a decade ago, sure, but it had become dated and kind of boring. Even if they go back to original Dante, I hope he has a different style.

Its the only thing less trustworthy than official reviews!

a 10 eh? so you picked up the ps3 version then? :D