It depends how your judging them. If your judging solely on live performance, then no doubt, they are not the best (by far). If your judging on their CD's/music, then its like any other band in the world....its all personal preference.

I personally do like their music and I have 2 of their CD's that I do not regret buying. I also know that they are one of the last bands I listen to that I look up to as guitar inspirations. Everything is done in the studio, and both Herman and Sam cannot actually play that good in a normal situation. Nevertheless, I like their sound, so I listen to them. For those who bash Dragonforce (like the poster above), its usually all based on the fact that they cannot actually play like they do on their CD's, or they don't like the singers voice/lyrics, or they just don't like their style of music.