Oh, man...
I know you don't mean anything bad by starting this thread but with this subject matter things tend to get out of hand.
Can we try to keep this one civil, people? Say what you think and if you see something you disagree with try to not take it personally.
Personally I thought it was an ok game. It's actually a good game with a lot of small flaws and a small number of large ones. There have been worse games and I've played and like those, more flawed but with a little something that gives them that appeal that makes it memorable to me, like Lollipop Chainsaw. And yes, it might be that the game carried the title of DMC that gives it both a stigma and a curse that if it didn't have it might've not had to bear.
The game is someone else's take on the franchise and it certainly feels the part, which is why people say it's like official fan fiction, and that's what keeps it, in so many fan's eyes, from been a DMC game so I know where you're coming from and you're not alone with that opinion.