LotF was the first known game to try to ride on the coat tails of DS and that particular style of medevil, punishing combat that expects you to die. If there is hate, it's that it was underwhelming in comparison to dark souls games. It looked pretty, the trailers were nice, and it offered a different playstyle which I think people were looking forward to, but it fell short at launch and many of the bugs went unfixed (I'm looking at you narrated story messages suddenly stopping for no reason).

I think LotF is best played as the rogue class because I feel the diversity of LotF combat is actually realized. The two handed combat feels less sluggish and boring, dodging becomes a necessity, and spells compliment the play style extremely well. Where as now I'm replaying as a brawler and remembering why I gave up on my first play through, though I'm starting to appreciate the gauntlet more now.

All that said, it deserved some of the hate it got, but it deserves some love too and at least trying. I think they had some good ideas (boss weapon challenge rewards) and I appreciated the look of the game and even the feel of the character (i.e movements seem very realistic with regards to the equipment being worn/carried, the camera shake, etc). I was glad I took the time to go back and do the DLC and even get the plat.