There’s the question of how good the game is on it’s own merits, which is fair enough, but there’s another question relating to what the game represents, and that’s a much bigger question, (the macro question, if you will) which goes to the heart of not just DmC, it’s origin and intent, but the very nature of how IP is being treated in certain quarters by the industry.



Staying with the Twilight/film analogy, just how many reboots are happening right now? It’s almost funny, almost, but kind of sad really. Some of them turn out well, but many are just heartless, cynical attempts at cashing in on an already established character or franchise.



Going back to the games, people forget, even Kojima (of MGS fame) himself has expressed concern over the nature of established IP’s being modified to hopefully appeal to a wider audience, almost regardless of what it does to the brands legacy.



In any case, it’ll be interesting to see how this does in real terms, retail wise. One way or another, that will decide the true significance and legacy of DmC.

Almost makes me wish I was still in college, would make for one hell of an essay subject!

However, with the Twilight franchise, as with the DMC franchise, we should not forget that there are already published/released material in existence. It’s NOT a new franchise, and therein lies the problem. Someone who is a fan of the books may find the film portrayal to deviate so far from what they cherished in the novels that they become immediately turned off and refuse to support the films. They don’t even need to watch the films for this. The trailer, the cast and crew, some clips, some synopses, etc. are MORE than enough to form such an opinion.

Similarly, I know what roast chicken looks and smells like, or at least the roast chicken that I like. If I come across a ‘roast chicken’ that smells like farts and looks like a slab of pork, I don’t NEED to actually eat it to form the opinion that I DO NOT WANT to eat it or to buy it, regardless of whether it is a culinary miracle.

In such instances, we are not forming an opinion on whether the gameplay is sound or good, but on whether we accept that this new product is part of an established franchise that we want to support. I strongly believe that if DmC had been made as a new, independent franchise instead of a DMC game, it would have garnered nowhere near the ‘hate’ it has. As a reboot or a spin-off title, the people who prefer the established franchise constantly have to worry whether what they enjoyed will get supplanted, and that is part of the hangup.

“This movie sucks, nice try Summit Entertainment, you won’t get a penny from me. I’m gonna go watch Nosferatu now. You know, the good vampire movie.”

Seriously, that is how a majority of the game’s detractors come off.

I’ve found that people do get upset when they get downvoted. I can understand it, often times it really doesn’t make sense. I’ve seen a post that had only facts in it get downvoted. Someone asked the release date for a game, the response gave the official date. Someone downvoted the response… It’s borderline trollish behavior.

Now, I understand that some will just say. This is the internet, if a downvote gets you upset, you should just leave, etc. I think people have a hard time relating to it as well. What is the big deal? — they might say.

I think its as simple as this. The downvote adds a bit of negativity to the comment. Many people take it that way, or they take it even more personal. Someone might put quite a bit of time into a comment, only to get no response, and to top it off, get downvoted.

I’ve seen a few users respond in disgust because that tends to happen quite often. It can even cause flame wars to start sometimes, someone might get accused of downvoting a comment, etc.

I’d love to see Disqus add some flexibility. Why not offer more choices? They still don’t even have spoiler tags for heavens sake. I’d like to see them allow this new build of Disqus to support the old like button set up.

Why did we switch to the new build? It could have been security related, it might have just been personal preference. That’s something @salromano:disqus would have to answer.

Likers gonna like.

In any case, I think the issue most people have with Capcom is that they are notorious for charging extra for on-disc, release-day ‘DLCs’. Day-one DLCs and on-disc DLCs understandably irk users more than other forms of paid DLC down the road, as it tells us that the content was ready at launch and on-disc, and the publisher/developer is refusing access unless the users pay extra for it.

I give out thumbs ups with reckless abandon, and only downvote obvious troll comments. This doesn’t appear to be the standard, though. Basically, I don’t think we should let downvotes bother us, as the system is corrupt.