I would rather be part of a "hate" brigade that has legitimate reasons than part of the apologisers that are responsible for enabling these bad decisions.

"Speaking with VG247 at gamescom last week, Jones discussed the way fan reaction to Dante’s revamp seems to have cooled considerably over time, “Yeah, now it’s fine, but I could have done without having to fear for my life [laughs]. There was always going to be people who saw new Dante and who didn’t want it, and that’s fine. We understand – I understand – that people are passionate about it, so this isn’t a bad thing."

This is further proof that Capcom are living in their own world, further enabled by poor excuses for journalists. I wasn't aware that fan reaction has "cooled down." Where has it cooled down? On capcom-unity? Maybe people have just stopped trying since Capcom ignores everything they say? Maybe they delete all the complaints, which wouldn't be surprising. The complaints haven't stopped, you're just used to them now and you don't care. You still think it's "just about the hair." Well, hopefully bombing sales will show you that the real DMC fans didn't go anywhere.

"Jones added, “Being angry about it – yeah I get that – but we always said, ‘when you see the game and you play it, trust me, you’re going to understand that we were doing the right thing’. Now that’s happening, so yeah it’s vindication, but it’s not like smugly sitting back and going ‘ha ha’."

You're trying to tell us we enjoy slowed combat with easy combinations that even the noobiest of noobs can perform? You're saying that we like the predetermined city walls moving in to kill you stuff? You're saying we like the use of an incredibly overused and outdated engine? You're saying we like VERGIL?! Mr. Jones, STFU. Capcom and Ninja Theory have been all about smug arrogance with this game. You absolutely would go HA HA. Except your game sucks. Don't let the idiot media fool you into thinking your game doesn't suck, they are looking to suck up to you. We aren't.

“It’s more like, ‘We understand why you guys had doubts, and we knew that we had to prove this to you, and we were happy to do it.’ That was our responsibility.”

And you didn't.

"On the subject of new Dante’s brash demeanour, finger flipping and numerous f-bombs, Jones commented, “One of the things about making a western game, we wanted to make the tone a little less campy, and a little more darker. It’s still got a sense of humour, but it’s just more appropriate in the world Dante is now in, where’s it’s less acceptable to make corny jokes and better to make darker ones."

Brash demeanor, finger flipping, and f-bombs aren't dark humour. It's douchebaggery. New Dante may as well be on Jersey Shore because he's certainly a douche like them. And as it was mentioned below, fighting demons is pretty much as dark as DMC needed to be. Having a light hearted cocky hero provided a unique and fun contrast to the tone of the game. You took that away in favour of Douchebag Dante who looks, sounds, and acts like such a douchebag that you can sympathize with the demons wanting to kill him.

“He’s still irreverent, he’s still – at the end of the day – the guy who will kick your ass and drop a cool one liner afterwards.”

Except for the part about the cool one-liners. He's more likely now to get lucky and win a fight, then go "ha ha i beat your ass" and walk away. He's exactly the kind of guy everyone wants to beat the hell out of.

"We understand why you got mad"

Don't you mean...

"We understand why YOUR STILL mad"

Do they think that everything is fine now, being ignorant and ignoring people.

If they knew we would get mad why did they still continue with it instead of making it into a new IP or spin off.

Most of you just proved Acquiescence's point