It's like a idiot convention over there
No, that would be YouTube.
Many fans hated that game at first because Dante looked like a homosexual heroin addict, rebooting a series that was yet to be completed, with nothing else in store.
I was one of them. But like many people I'm open minded, they tweaked Dante and made him human looking again, gave him some charm and his iconic smile, then revealed interesting new takes on the story ( Nephilim, Vergil ).
I also liked the concept of having a Dante that is "excellent" nowhere, but has an incredible polyvalence. It makes you wonder what THIS Dante could do at his full potential.
Though to be entirely fair, the gameplay has many flaws, which I don't care about, but it's still a bit annoying. Because they're technical.
So now, there's open minded fans, newcomers ( I see quite a lot ), skeptical, biased " pro DMC players ", people who really cant like it, and retards full of hate ( and most of them admit they could like it.. ) .
I think the Vergil announcement made many people realize it was a modern retelling ( like the amazing spiderman ) and they got hyped for it ! In no way does it retcon the saga, DMC 5 wasn't happening on this generation, so this is just " bonus ". It didn't take its place.