well, from what i've observed, people have hated NT's dante even before he opened his mouth. first it was the hair. then it was the smoking. then the cloths. and even after NT made tweeks to improve the character for the fan's backlash, he was catching heat. then the game came out and some of the anti-reboot people were like "i can deal with this" while some others kept hating him. i can't speak for devil may cry, but i have been a spider-man and a 007 fan all my life. when i heard that spider-man was getting a reboot, i didn't really bitch because i hate spider-man 2 and 3 but i saw some of the changes and thought "this is different but i'll give it a chance". same with 007. when casino royal was coming out i heard contradictory remarks against the character. like "i hate this new dark and gritty james bond. i want dalton back." or "007 aint blonde. where's roger moore?". and i see a lot of that in DmC. hate for it just because its a reboot or its changing the franchise.