Guys, what happenned, for a while we all talked about how much we loved the series and our respective incarnations of it, but now some of us do nothing but complain about it and talk about how much we hate DMC or DmC. Have we become so hostile and hopeless that almost every week we see a "Dante vs Dante" or "my opinion beats your opinion".
Now I feel that because we have nothing worth talking about, we do nothing but nit pick, which is sad because we used to talk about so much more.
You know what, for the majority of people it's just easier to focus on the negative and forget about looking for the positives.
I'll tell you the story about how and when things went wrong:
Once upon a time the fandom shared a love for the series .There were the minor disputes from time to time about which Dante was preferred in which game in the series, but
all in all the love was shared and most of the time peace was had.
The fandom had some concerns about the franchise, and where it may be going, based on Dante taking a backseat in 4, some were in favour of a new protagonist, others were in favour of having Dante back in the spotlight. At the end of the day,
everyone had high hopes and expectations for the next installment of the series.
Along came NT and Capcom and released a trailer of what we could expect from the next DMC.
Only,
it wasn't what anybody had been expecting.
(Don't lie, nobody expected the drowned rat!)
This is where the divide in the fandom was created. The loyal devoted fans who were
outraged about this radical change, and the loyal devoted fans who wanted to give this change a
fair chance. One side ganged up against the other for even contemplating ruining the image of Devil May Cry. They spat at the change, and they spat on whoever supported that change. It no longer mattered that a few days prior, we were all on the same page (or at least in the same book) about the series.
And so came all the insults of not being true fans of the series, being stuck-up, etc etc (this is from both sides to both sides at times).
Finally DmC is released to the public. Some people love it. Some people like it. Some people hate it
. Are there any people here who haven't played the game themselves yet? There is no general consensus anymore. You're judged for hating the game, you're judged for loving the game, you're judged for being neutral on the game. People who try to talk highly of the game are often met with either negatives of said game or by comparisons of previous titles.
Why are people doing this? Why has the fandom gone to ****?
Is it really just because Dante no longer had his silver locks?
Is it really just because 'old' Dante was in need of an 'upgrade'?
No. C'mon, people. We've had our squabbles in the past about the series itself and it
never resulted in WW3 before.
........
I've said it before and I'll say it again (in summary this time):
people need to learn how to respect each other's opinion. That's the issue. I don't know why this has been taken out of the equation. Everyone has always been entitled to their opinion, that hasn't changed, but it seems nobody cares that there is a time, and there is a place, and then there are some things you.JUST. DON'T. SAY.
Common decency and respecting other members' likes and dislikes have become a taboo.
Thanks to the trolls who used to sign up simply to create a thread declaring their undying hate for DmC. And thanks to the older members here who took a nose dive between the troll's butt-cheeks and lowered themselves to the same level. I know, it's disgusting. It was pretty horrendous how some of the mature members threw tantrums that made our younger members look like the adults, too.
Well, that's my bit on it.
With all that said, it's never too late to flip the coin. It's up to you guys.
