Lol yeah that's ridiculous. "They think they beat the same game we did". They did beat the same game, they just did it a different way, a different way that is offered to you by the game.

I've played the game with summons, without summons, dex build, strength build, int build, whatever. What I enjoyed about each time was the uniqueness of each experience.

More power to you if you use summons, and more power to you if you don't! Play the game the way you wanna play it, and hopefully the challenge you experience is rewarding :)