"A true fan would know the answer."

No, only a single-minded fool would know the answer.

@vile
I agree with you on the supposed true fan feeling they know all and if you don't agree you were never a fan. Your right and "silly" is the tip of the iceberg, but what I'm saying is the term "true fan" has merit. Simply liking something doesn't make you a fan, it's the dedication and devotion that does. As has been said time and time again, if the name had been any other random thing, this whole conversation would never happen and the "true fans" would have nothing to complain about.

In your meaning "true fan" has no merit, what these fans are is disgruntled at a change, fans none the less than the ones who played the series since its birth to the point it is now and are excited. They aren't casual, what they are is fans with an open mind, and in its truest and purest form those are actually the true fans because they are willing to stand by a franchise that has had its fair share of highs and lows and mediocre moments and even the changes it has had to endure, even in the face of fans like you who are holding on to ire from 2010 announcement.

What ever your reasons for turning on the franchise because of REBOOT is your reason and that's fine, but please understand that your reason for hate doesn't negate that someone else can't have enjoyment out of it, and to try and disenfranchise a person from series because they like the change makes you look like a prick who can't have his way. You don't know their gaming history so you make crazy assumptions in trying to justify your own elitist way of thinking because they disagree with what you perceive as trash.

@sevir
When was "I hate" ever used to describe how I felt about the game? Never. Moving on. What I feel has no merit is your description of why " true fans" are angry. Change. Change is a double edge sword, on one hand it can be for the better, improving what was lackluster prior and implementing better ideas. On the other, it can degrade what was once great into something mediocre, tarnishing something that didn't need change in the first place. Change isn't the problem, but HOW it changed is. You think anyone would care if they changed and IMPROVED the design phiosophy of previous games?

Turn on the franchise? I don't like this one game that has no connection to previous entries and somehow I've turned my back on the earlier greater games. Hyperbole at its finest.