I still think it's insulting to imply that everyone who doesn't like DmC and prefers DMC is a 'hater'. Or even implying that ''people can't grow up''. It has nothing to do with maturity, it simply has to do with personal feelings and preferences.
The topic is about hate, not haters. Hate is a natural thing, and it's not the same as actively *hating on* something, because 'hating on' implies that you think your opinion is worth more than others', and that you badger people with it and flame about it often. Hating is fine -- 'hating on' isn't. Many people have been called haters even though they gave valid criticism of the game. Much of the criticism in this thread was either ignored completely, or attacked. So... do you genuinely want to know why there's hate toward DmC, or did the question just supply a means for you to bash people with opinions different from yours? Because that's actually what happened in the first few pages of this thread.
Is criticism often personal, as in, subjective? Yeah, of course -- why would you get angry about the fact that people have opinions? Seriously, there were a few people from the 'pro DmC side' who called everyone who vehemently disagreed with them 'haters'. What, are we allowed to dislike something ONLY if it's based on *objective* reasoning? Bullsh*t. The whole nature of arguments is a mix of objective and subjective points. The same goes for reviewers: do you really think reviewers are 100% objective? Of course not; if that were true, there would be no need for them. There would only be journalists.
It's just so stupid... both sides were being ridiculous, acting like five-year-olds being forced to play together on a playground. Some DMC fans sent death threats to Ninja Theory, for crying out loud. There were some very vocal haters on the DMC side, in the beginning. Then it died down, and once it was revealed that DmC didn't sell well, DmC supporters blamed DMC fans... even though they are DMC fans themselves! :facepalm: In essence, they wanted revenge, and started hating on the people they suspected were haters. They even started projecting their anger towards people who weren't haters at all. Basically, many DmC supporters went ''Hey! He insulted me!'' and tried to beat the insulter to death. Way to handle a hostile situation :banghead:. See, this is why revenge doesn't lead to anything good: it just causes things to escalate further (just like in this thread and old locked threads).
Everyone should just keep an open mind, take a class of logic 101, or otherwise suck it up. Don't get angry at people for having opposite opinions and/or different standards -- for once, just break free of that juvenile mentality. I mostly disliked DmC, for many good reasons, which I explained on page one, I think. I personally don't even feel that it qualifies as a Devil May Cry game, even though it carries the name. Just because some people might not agree does not mean my opinions, or anyone else's, are invalid. You can't disprove an emotion-based opinion.