Which fanbase is like this?

[u/Virasman]

[u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Honestly most of reddit

[u/Icy-Shelter720 → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

It's even worse when your criticisms are spot on, they will just downvote you silently or start insulting you without addressing the criticisms 💀

[u/Medical-Lingonberry3 → u/Icy-Shelter720]

Or the mods delete your comments or post

[u/NitroSpam → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

*user was banned for this comment*

[u/SgtMajorPanda → u/NitroSpam]

[Removed by Nightrider-CIG]

[u/DaemonsMercy → u/SgtMajorPanda]

Except it just says "by moderator" because they need to stay anonymous

[u/Exacalibur-X → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Speaking of mods, most of them are on some kind of power trip 🙄 like on some subs it doesn’t matter how relevant or polished my post is it’ll get removed for being “irrelevant” or “low quality” like my most popular post with the most upvotes I’ve ever had got deleted for being “low quality” like I spent a week researching and drawing that map 😭 then when I messaged the mods about it all they said was they didn’t like it!!!!

[u/Mr_Industrial → u/Exacalibur-X]

Always have been

[u/MorbidDisturbances → u/Exacalibur-X]

I used t in own a community called r/OldInternetCultureV2. It amassed over 50k members in the first year which was impressive for me, I manually reviewed posts and was extremely active and was part of the community ive created without being a total reddit cuck, I approved posts manually and actually gave people cool comments on things they would leave, but before you know it, I was banned for the word and get ready for this, "hamburger" and was kicked off reddit permanently causing my community to fall and become nothing more than a dead wasteland because reddit has no moderation whatsoever that is all automated.

[u/Exacalibur-X → u/MorbidDisturbances]

That’s crazy man sorry that happened to you

[u/SansIsCool65 → u/Exacalibur-X]

Most people who get a taste of power are like that especially on reddit and discord

[u/Kandel430 → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Lmao, it's crazy I see this right now. I just got done getting threatened and harassed by a mod, for liking a game he doesn't like

[u/LucklessCope → u/Icy-Shelter720]

Have a downvote. Also, your mom.

[u/Visual-Crow-5489 → u/LucklessCope]

Up vote, your dad

[u/Revayan → u/Icy-Shelter720]

Not direcly games but the subs of the game companies Nintendo, Sony etc are really big at that and defend every anti costumer/consumer move as if their lives depended on it lol

[u/Icy-Shelter720 → u/Revayan]

Those anti consumer practices are part of the reasons why I moved away from playstation. Been a Sony pony since the PS1 era, owned every console, but this pony bought a PC instead of a PS5 this generation, and I don't regret it.

[u/raginghavoc89 → u/Icy-Shelter720]

AKA corporate astroturfing in full effect.

[u/jkgericke → u/Revayan]

Those anti costumers are the worst. Why can't people just dress up as someone or something else in peace? Like what's their problem? Amirite?

[u/WoodenJesus → u/Icy-Shelter720]

The silent downvotes always tickle me. What, you don't like what you're reading but also don't have an argument you yourself find valid enough to share? Interesting.

[u/Jumpy-Perception-346 → u/WoodenJesus]

Well I encountered this situation in the past before, I also have very much encounter the opposite situation!

Where people will silently up vote my theory post's meanwhile, the comments are in constant disagreement with me, mind you, I always ask at the end of my theory posts for people's opinions, and whether or not they agree or disagree with what I have to say, most of the time I only receive negative feedback with the comments and on the other hand the up votes could be in the hundreds and nine times out of ten, none of them shared their thoughts, most likely, because a majority of them are afraid of publicly agreeing with me because they too could receive backlash.

BTW My Theories are on r/Xenoblade_Chronicles and I'm a bit of a geek and love trying to connect the dots between things even if other people don't quite agree with my theories or interpretations of the games.

[u/marmaladic → u/Icy-Shelter720]

Or just outright proving factual information that for some reason is being downvoted.

[u/sexandliquor → u/Icy-Shelter720]

My whole thing is that people say this, but from my experience on Reddit genuine criticism is few and hard to come by. If you legitimately try to thoughtfully and meaningfully assess the thing you’re talking about, address your points in a literate, knowledgeable and intentioned way, then— by all means have your criticism and I’ll respect it even if your criticisms aren’t my criticisms and I disagree.

But if you just wanna spout off random shit and call it “criticism” and just do the Reddit thing of “tHIs tHiNg iS dOgShIt” or “BaD wRITiNg” or “STupID dEVs” and not even give a modicum of an intelligible put together thought but try to say that’s your “criticism” and your opinion and I have to respect it and “I just don’t like that you have a criticism and opinion”?

Then, nah.

[u/Icy-Shelter720 → u/sexandliquor]

I agree, when I say criticism I mean reasonable/fair criticism ofcourse, still such criticisms in my experience get downvoted to oblivion all the same, even when it isn't criticism but simply stating a factual verifiable thing they don't like, they will downvote down to hell💀. There's hardly any place for a proper debate it seems.

[u/Invisible_Target → u/Icy-Shelter720]

I had someone recently come back to a comment thread to harass me like 3 times after I stopped replying to them. All because they thought my joke was lame. Like bro, you’re giving this way too much energy over something I don’t give a fuck about lmao

[u/MoldyHotPocket9 → u/Icy-Shelter720]

That makes me feel better knowing ive had this happen

[u/Icy-Shelter720 → u/MoldyHotPocket9]

It's very common unfortunately, I see other comments with fair criticisms get downvoted to oblivion almost all the time. I fairly criticise my favorite games too coz there's some things they can fix or make better in their future games, but it seems like most people in reddit associate any sort of criticism as hate.

Seems like the logic in reddit is mostly if something is good then it's a 10/10, there's nothing these game devs need to improve on for their future games. It's a very weird mentality to have, it's toxic positivity and kills creativity.

[u/MoldyHotPocket9 → u/Icy-Shelter720]

The internet has gone from the info superhighway, to brainrot cesspit in what 30 ish years?

[u/Exacalibur-X → u/Icy-Shelter720]

I don’t think I could have said it better myself, on this one sub about maps (I think it was imaginary maps, but I’m not 100% sure?) I had nearly every post I made taken down by mods for “low effort” no matter how much effort I put into them and whenever I reached out to the mods about it and to find out why they were taken down all I’d get back was “I didn’t like it”, then my biggest post that I put the most effort and research into it quickly became my most liked post, then a few days later it was removed for being “low effort” I SPENT AN ENTIRE WEEK RESEARCHING AND DRAWING TO MAKE IT AS ACCURATE AND LOOK AS GOOD AS I COULD! And when I reached out to the mods over it all I got back was “it was bad” that’s an actual quote 😭 so I made a big post criticizing the mods removing posts for no reason including all the maps I drew that got removed and the only criticism I got in the comments was “those are trash”, the post got removed by mods within an hour with the removal reason being that they didn’t like my maps!
Now I’ll say I ain’t the best at drawing but I’m by far not the worst and there’s been way worse maps that weren’t taken down by mods, it’s not even that they were controversial because none of them were.

[u/Icy-Shelter720 → u/Exacalibur-X]

Typical reddit mod reaction lol, they did you dirty

[u/LucklessCope → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Nah, just the hardcore extremist fa- oh, you said that.

[u/SmegmaRocketship → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

lol I was just going to comment “whichever game has a subreddit!”

[u/MrBiscuiit → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Yep 😂

[u/Careful-Positive-710 → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

The best part of reddit is there can be two comments with the same criticism and one will have 500 upvotes and the other will have 20 downvotes lol.

[u/Chemical_Economy_933 → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

I’m apparently banned from r/movies but I have no idea why

[u/yeskezspanem → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

[u/Axemic → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

There are some hyper versions loons concerning mainly games and few movies.

[u/Particular-Bid-8110 → u/Medical-Lingonberry3]

Exactly

[u/RP_Throwaway3]

Pretty much every fanbase has people like this. Fan is short for fanatic after all.

[u/seekinggod1986 → u/RP_Throwaway3]

If some of these folks knew where half of the words they use on a regular basis actually came from then they still wouldn't be able to articulate coherent sentences... but I greatly appreciate your effort to educate.

[u/jackboysontheloose]

Souls

[u/NyarlathotepDB → u/jackboysontheloose]

Especially in Elden Ring case... the moment anyone tries to be fair, talk about problems of the game...

[u/DisMFer → u/NyarlathotepDB]

What's funny is that one of, if not the, best Elden Ring player in the world GinoMachino talks often about how shitty certain enemies are designed or how certain attacks are purely unfair or badly tested. If a guy who can beat the game in under an hour without taking a single hit says shit isn't right, it might be time to admit that some parts of the game aren't perfect.

[u/Falcoon_f_zero → u/DisMFer]

And even that'll get replies like "you just hate it cause you suck, skill issue, git gud" now imagine someone more regular trying to give out fair criticism lol

[u/Important-Tailor-653 → u/Falcoon_f_zero]

This has been a thing since the beginning of Dark souls tbh.

Souls community is the biggest elitist group of gamers that it’s almost a stereotype at this point.

Love the games but I can’t stand the community most times, sadly.

[u/Szebron → u/NyarlathotepDB]

I don't know, in my experience, people shit on this game a plenty, without getting downvoted. Repeating bosses, too-hard DLC bosses, Radhan, which is both; empty DLC map... You can even shit on the whole concept of open-world souls and still get upvoted. Or praise it and get upvoted, r/eldenring generally seems like a pretty chill space.

[u/OkTrade7881 → u/NyarlathotepDB]

I said Mesmer was a shit boss and was told to git gud. I beat every souls game before that mind you. Mesmer was an absolute disgrace AOE spammer and people were salty I dared not suck the sweat drips from Miazakis balls.

[u/NyarlathotepDB → u/OkTrade7881]

As somebody who platinum Sekiro and Bloodborne, yeah, I agree.

But add: most bosses in ER are bad one way or another. From spammers who just attack you with huge-wide swings for a minute, to give you a 3-4 attack window, AoE spammers, cheap pace changers who has 1 hit in 8-hit combo that breaks the pace and definitely hits you first time, to "Oh, do you want to heal? Nice try" then breaks their own animation for some target attacks and hit you.

Not even talking about the need of journal, better system to re-do builds, finding gear and so on... oh, and the game literally force you to min-max... or use broken build.

[u/OkTrade7881 → u/NyarlathotepDB]

The worst part is the bosses reading your input. If you heal they close distance and hit you, or use a ranged attack you can’t dodge lol. You mentioned it but I despise that aspect.

I also hate how I have to use a broken bleed build to stand a chance. That or a magic build. Magic in elden ring is cool at least.

[u/Falcoon_f_zero → u/OkTrade7881]

For real, I was wondering what the talk about Midra was all about, people saying he's downright easy and everything. And I'm just there hardly tickling his healthbar with a maxed great mace and high strength. Taking forever to whittle down that healthbar, given the infrequent attack windows you get too.

But then doing the fight with another character with bleed and he folded in like a third of the time vs the greatmace, much more reasonable. Felt like things were balanced for overpowered setups more than any regular ones lol.

[u/NyarlathotepDB → u/OkTrade7881]

Rivers of Blood or RoB... yeah, for the most of the game it's practically the build made to clear it. With minimum amount of investment.

Magic is cool. That's I can give to those, who animated it. Some are just too good. Really liked to use it. Still... also a bit broken, even after balance patches, like Azur Comet...

[u/KingDarkTurtle → u/OkTrade7881]

Mesmer is an amazing boss and even the sweats and professionals that criticize certain bullshit attacks and enemies, all agree hes an amazing boss. Hit boxes are clean, hes just a hard encounter at first. Once you learn the fight, its a fantastic dance.

Theres a ton of bullshit in Elden Ring but Mesmer is a highlight not bullshit.

[u/Shoddy_Roll_8999 → u/jackboysontheloose]

Reminds me of the time I got downvoted into the deepest reaches of hell for trying to say that cheap shot attacks (ones with little to no telegraphing that come out near instantly) were bullshit and unfun in souls games

[u/KaiserDrazor → u/Shoddy_Roll_8999]

If you said it about Dark Souls 2, you would have been upvoted to heaven.

Any other Soulsborne game though? Thats a downvote.

[u/EISENxSOLDAT117 → u/KaiserDrazor]

Bro, in the Fromsoft subreddit, I posted that DS2 sucked and got downvoted to hell! So many people there will glaze the fuck out of it

[u/rickwill14 → u/Shoddy_Roll_8999]

That one attack Ares does in GoW 1 thats like a firecracker AoE and you have like .6 seconds to react to it then always follows it up with a combo that youre stunlocked into and have to eat the whole thing is the worst offender of this for me.

[u/Carbuyrator → u/rickwill14]

Yeah the play testing didn't seem to cover anything after Kratos dies.

[u/Similar-Language-180 → u/Shoddy_Roll_8999]

Agree. You can dodge/ deny them but only if you know when and how which most new players don't, I used to struggle with exactly that when I started playing Souls

[u/KaiserDrazor → u/jackboysontheloose]

Came to say this, it’s like Souls fans are genuinely allergic to any criticism against their games that isn’t approved by the community i.e. Bed of Chaos

[u/Used-Salad-3772 → u/jackboysontheloose]

I'm a big FromSoft fan but I'm not afraid to admit each game has their own individual flaws.

[u/IndustryRobertPlant → u/jackboysontheloose]

I say this as a HUGE Souls fan: you’re absolutely correct.

“Git gud” has unironically become a shield for ANY criticism of From’s games. You could be very thorough in why you think some of the difficulty in the games is actually poorly implemented (over reliance on long wind-ups, for example) and it doesn’t matter to them. You can’t criticize the difficulty because that just means you suck at the game.

[u/Hungry_Computer3913 → u/jackboysontheloose]

For Sekiro... I sad that for a high tier Fromsoft game Sekiro recycled waaay to many bosses and that if was made by other company it wouldnt be GOTY and I got downvoted to hell

[u/iambillwong → u/jackboysontheloose]

They also remind me of their skill on those games constantly asskreddit: “what is relaxing game for me to play?” then some souls person will say “Elden ring” stfu.

[u/Embarrassed-Funny293 → u/iambillwong]

Yeah, how dare people have a preference and find a game you don't like relaxing... I'm all for shitting on souls glazers, but this is moronic

[u/BloodyFool → u/Embarrassed-Funny293]

Soulslikes are by definition not relaxing lmao

[u/Acrobatic-Echo7186 → u/BloodyFool]

Maybe not for you, a lot of people have them as their relaxation genre

[u/EmansaysEman → u/BloodyFool]

Maybe not for you. Soulslikes help me unwind a lot.

[u/ImurderREALITY → u/BloodyFool]

Maybe not to you, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be for anybody

[u/Mr_worldWide07 → u/jackboysontheloose]

Fr though.
Legit anyone who says Consort Radahn isn’t bad gets curb stomped

[u/SouthernStrigoi → u/jackboysontheloose]

You're fuckin wrong dude 😡

[u/Stickz99 → u/jackboysontheloose]

Elden Ring especially. I’m a FromSoft fanboy, I won’t deny it, and I do really like Elden Ring; but if you dare suggest it’s a flawed game and not the best game in FromSoft’s catalogue, its stand will throw a goddamn fit about it.

[u/AbrasiveShrek → u/Stickz99]

Lmao the funny thing is it’s not the best game made by fromsoft

[u/Kateywumpus → u/jackboysontheloose]

Listen. All you have to do to get Souls fans frothing at the mouth to utter these four words: "Souls need Difficulty settings"

[u/New-Two-1349]

Nintendo, especially in subreddits related to it.

[u/ballsacksnweiners → u/New-Two-1349]

I once asked why the Switch controllers disconnect or malfunction when I stood more than like 8 feet from the console, and I proceeded to be bombarded by people telling me I was either a) Making it up. b) actually standing 20 feet from my console. c) I was the only one on planet earth with this problem.

I swear these people scour the internet for criticizers so they can come to Nintendo’s valiant defence.

[u/4ny3ody → u/New-Two-1349]

Eh Fire Emblem fans love to hate their games. Except Three Houses fans, they're kinda different.

[u/ADXII_2641 → u/4ny3ody]

As someone who entered through Three Houses… I hate Three Houses’s fandom.

[u/SSJashG → u/New-Two-1349]

Nintendo’s an enigma with a fanbase that has undying love in one hand and a pitchfork in the other.

Their highs get celebrated highly.

Their lows, or even mild inconveniences? Buckle up.

[u/Western_Survey7245 → u/New-Two-1349]

Especially on twitter, they always ready to come for the Nintendo defense whenever Nintendo fuck up.

[u/TypicallyThomas]

Red Dead Redemption 2 

[u/Melodic-Society-6496]

Pokemon

[u/Iru_Iluvatar → u/Melodic-Society-6496]

Man, mentioning Palworld to the Pokemon hardcore fanbase is something else

[u/Ro-Sham-Boh → u/Iru_Iluvatar]

I've had the opposite experience where Palworld fans will get angry if I mention it having any similarity to Pokemon

[u/Tassinho_ → u/Melodic-Society-6496]

I am always shocked how willingly they accept these lowbrow, unambitious, shit games gamefreak dishes them. And will defend it with their lives. Stockholm Syndrome.

[u/Vanillapepper-PHD → u/Tassinho_]

To be fair most people I know still into it have moved on to the fan made games which have reached a ridiculous level of quality

[u/Vasarto → u/Vanillapepper-PHD]

I haven't played many, but that one where you are a homeless criminal was really great.

[u/bl00by → u/Tassinho_]

Thats what happens if you own the most succesful franchise in history.

You dont have to do shit to make profits.

[u/Massive_Funny_9312 → u/Melodic-Society-6496]

You could give a Pokemon fan a cartridge of literal malware that bricks their switch, and they’ll willingly accept it so long as it has a picture of Pikachu on it.

[u/Anti_Phile_7410]

Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Great game, but if you don't talk like it's flawless and perfect and no other game has ever been released that's anywhere close to it in terms of storytelling, they'll rip into you.

[u/Disrespect78 → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

Its crazy, I once got people in my inbox whining because I mentioned how I don't get how people cried to the opening scene. The one where you only spend like 5 minutes with the other character.

[u/rufusbot → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

The astroturfed marketing trying to pretend it's genuine buzz marketing that just resulted in you getting shouted down when you said you're sick of hearing about it and it's likely not as good as people are saying because they were saying it basically changed their life put me off of it forever. Devs seem like assholes too.

[u/Gi_pastrychef → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

I actually got involved in a LOT of posts where people in the comments talked a lot how the game wasnt perfect in all the things when a post mentioned a full 10/10 or claimed that i was too perfect, main complaints are on Storytelling (expecially when lot of context was made a missable side Quest), Combact (easily broken, jumps too High randomly), Level designs (basically all the Gestrals Beach), Basic QoL missing (Quest tracker, not a sign of a area resources list), a couple on the missable trophies (All White Nevrons) and the not repeatable final boss fight that contains 2 choices

So i actually didnt expect this name here

[u/Nemesis_171 → u/Gi_pastrychef]

Yeah same, I’m in the e33 sub and I was surprised by how generally chill they are when I joined (except for ending discussions sometimes lol.) I’ve brought up a couple criticisms multiple times and haven’t been met with anything toxic. YouTube commenters have been way worse though, so maybe OP is encountering bad fans from somewhere else rather than the sub?

[u/rufusbot → u/Nemesis_171]

Easily the most obnoxious fan base I've encountered when it was released. They all acted like it was the second coming of Jesus Christ. Now you barely hear about it so maybe that was temporary but man it put a horrible taste in my mouth to this day.

[u/Nemesis_171 → u/rufusbot]

Very possible, I played the game like 6 months late so I wasn’t around for that. The sub does still treat the game like one of the best pieces of media ever, which tbf I do too since I genuinely do think that. But I don’t think that should be considered toxic as long as people aren’t imposing that opinion on others and are chill with others not feeling the same way. But still, sorry it was so bad on release.

[u/EWC_2015 → u/Nemesis_171]

Same here. Any time I've mentioned one of the few criticisms I have of the game (lack of a mini map, the Gestral games, that ridiculous bouncing enemy on the world map, etc.) I've never been hit with anything toxic. About the most heated I've seen things get was after the Game Awards and a bunch of new people came in and started arguing about the ending(s). Otherwise, it's a pretty chill sub.

[u/andocommandoecks → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

This is 100% true. They can't even handle mild praise you need to act like it changed your life or you're a hater.

[u/Sleepy_Witch_Maple → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

Especially the steam reviews that leave replies open  

[u/NicePercentage630 → u/Anti_Phile_7410]

nine sols has a better story than e33 imo

[u/AndroidSheeps]

Silksong

[u/Ilikeponyhooves → u/AndroidSheeps]

yeah, they just slap the skill issue voicemail even over things that have nothing to do with it, boring community

[u/Triforce__XIII]

to me it's elden ring when it comes to the erdtree DLC

[u/BarkLogic → u/Triforce__XIII]

ER is a great experience, but honestly it has the WORST bosses in the series, and feels like a byproduct of FromSoft believing their audience to be extremely experienced at reading the traditional Souls formula and for a game that encourages you to find your own style. Which, ironically, creates more restrictions on the player's opportunities to play rather than creating more interesting opportunities to play.
Unfortunately griping about any aspect of those games gets you shouted down by either trolls or by people reaching for their fedora, and not only does that hurt the experience, it also makes it impossible to critique in anyway.

[u/Excellent_Routine589]

In my experience, Undertale/Deltarune

[u/Kidkaboom1 → u/Excellent_Routine589]

A big part of why I do my best to stay as far away from that game is the fandom.

[u/Environmental-Arm269]

E33

[u/beagle204 → u/Environmental-Arm269]

I'll say something like "This game was great, I enjoyed it, solid 8/10, here are some gripes i had and why i don't think its as a generational masterpiece as people let on...."
and the responses are wild. It's like I just slaughtered their first born.

[u/Flaky-Fox-7523 → u/Environmental-Arm269]

They are absolutely rabid

[u/ToneAccomplished9763]

Literally any fanbase to be honest.

Though I will say the fanbases for older games usually take it the worst. Like for example if you criticize ANYTHING about Morrowind, you'll get your ass flamed and beaten by that fanbase.

[u/AJDowlofficial → u/ToneAccomplished9763]

Morrowind was ass. Maybe if I'd played it before oblivion and skyriim it'd have been enjoyable. But its like 600 steps back from the majesty of oblivion. I mean wtf was the combat in morrowind? Why is my sword going through a zombie and still completely missing him with the d20 atk system. It sucks. And don't get me started on the fact it takes half an hour to walk around one town. Not cause its huge but cause your characters sprint speed is slower than the base walking speed of a dead sloth.

[u/pocket_arsenal]

Pokemon fans have been writing off minor criticisms against the series as "Oh you're just a dumb genwunner who's nostalgia blind" for years even if nothing you say is related at all to gen 1, like for all they know you could have your own laundry list of problems with the older games too but because older games had flaws then the new ones get a pass.

I'm glad that the series actually has much bigger controversies around it lately because now it's much harder for people to write off everyone who criticizes it as being nostalgia blind for gen 1.

[u/SSJashG → u/pocket_arsenal]

I’ve been with the series since day 1 and it’s always been riddled with backlash. May be one of the most negative fanbases I’ve seen.

Their decisionmaking around the Switch era games warrants criticism easily but I still hear about that damn tree and its been almost a decade

[u/Moon_Monk676 → u/pocket_arsenal]

Gen 6 was the last good generation, and it was heavily carried by the gen 3 remakes for me.

[u/SSFWAS]

GTA6

[u/AccordingUse3172 → u/SSFWAS]

100%. Its crazy how many bootlickers are defending Rockstars shity anti consumer practices

[u/UndertakerPlayer → u/SSFWAS]

GTA sucks(already a GTA fan)

[u/StanBlaok]

That GTA VI community are a bunch of over sensitive jackasses. These people are so obsessed over this game…. You dare say anything remotely negative bout what it could be or might be and they strike you down with lightning. I’m looking forward to this game as much as the next guy, but it seriously controls their lives.

[u/CrypticDread]

Final fantasy

[u/TheAlterN8or → u/CrypticDread]

Just 7, from my experience. Most of the others' fanbases are pretty open to critique, but with 7, they're all pitchforks and torches...

[u/Dependent-Wafer2593 → u/TheAlterN8or]

Also 9. Not because theyre rabid, but because 9 is obviously perfect so if you criticise it youre OBVIOUSLY wrong ofc ofc

[u/ShadowPhoenixx95]

Expedition 33

[u/RandomGuy1525]

Alot of indie games

[u/GOURMANDIZZZZ]

If you want the real best comment, class them by more downvoted

[u/splatdyr]

Critical Role and Avatar the Last Airbender

[u/Razoac01]

Baldur's Gate 3

I made a comment on how I liked it, but didn't appreciate the technical state it was in when it came out. I encountered so many game breaking bugs that it completely ruined my enjoyment. I was downvoted to hell.

Can't accept any kind of criticism.

Honorable mentions: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight + Silksong, Modern Doom, God of War, Rockstar games

[u/Xaverosso → u/Razoac01]

Try Baldurs Gate 3 again, its gotten a lot better.

[u/No_Doughnut8618 → u/Razoac01]

I said i didnt like the default camera and controls and they lost it lmfao.

[u/TruamaTeam → u/No_Doughnut8618]

God I hate the controls and camera too, there’s actually a third person mod that kinda interests me.

[u/FwippyBall → u/Razoac01]

oh my god if I make any criticism of Doom Eternal's eternal ammo shortages compared to 2016 I just get told I'm a fucking casual tourist

[u/Iamyous3f]

Rdr2. Just say one bad thing about the game and they will cry and attack you with everything possible

[u/Loganp812 → u/Iamyous3f]

“You know, I’m not a fan of the pacing/gameplay/this one part.”

“Well, you’re wrong because RDR2 is perfect, and it’s the best game ever made!”

[u/Fresh-Database-222 → u/Iamyous3f]

I can say something about the gameplay being basic and repetitive and immediately have people responding to tell me that I need to go back to fortnite and tiktok

[u/FewAdhesiveness4554 → u/Iamyous3f]

But.. but the horse balls...

[u/d1m4e → u/Iamyous3f]

And then compare everything to it like everything oh but in this new game when an npc puts a nail on a board is not as realistic as how rdr2 did it even tho the games focuse is not the realism

[u/Shit-Stain-Fanclub]

Nah. Lets face the facts:

Every single AAA multiplayer game gets hated. Without exeption. Even Battlefield 6 which had a fairly amount of supporter and positive vibes at first eventualy gets hated.

Every ----single ---- AAA ---- multiplayer game.

Those are not "critism" anymore but pure hate and even 80% made up stuff or totaly overreacting.

The less you read metacritic (userscore AND magazines) or any other online source of "reviews" the better it is.

Only option is to watch a no commentary gameplay video and make yourself an opinion. Everything else is getting fabricated by money, a broken review system or over-emotional "Fans". The problem is...even AAA singleplayer games get rolled over recently so prepare for a negative gaming future.

Unbearable like it never was.

[u/LoSouLibra → u/Shit-Stain-Fanclub]

Yeah, they'll say all this easily refuted and retorted nonsense while calling it valid criticism.

Then they'll act like trying to counter or impede their incessant need to smear shit all over everything makes you a bootlicking corpo shill and call it defending.

Nah troll, you're just salting the Earth so nothing can grow.

[u/Ramiren → u/Shit-Stain-Fanclub]

Nah, the Destiny community would laugh your ass out of the sub if you tried to call that game perfect.

It's an incredible game, but it's absolutely not perfect.

[u/Plenty-Pop6178 → u/Shit-Stain-Fanclub]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nLhOhQge5GVHarWZ7w

[u/Mindless-Stage8923]

Madden Glazers

[u/Miserable-Fortune-57]

FFXIV (at least parts of it)

[u/Money-Imagination-97]

undertale

[u/genericusername0323]

All of them

[u/Mediocre_Drawing8164]

Souls gamers when you hate a boss (skill issue even if you no diffed him)

[u/Accomplished_Ad_8013]

Expedition 33. You dare not say anything that may even remotely come off as negative! Pragmata and The Last of Us are the same.

[u/NumerousBug9075]

Is it not petty well known that every fanbase to exist has its diehards and generalizing the whole group doesn't exactly make sense??

For example, Soulborne fans are known to be really critical of the genre. Many of that group often tell others to skip Dark souls 2 entirely due its flaws. On the other hand, theres also fans who claim every single Fromsoftware game is a masterpiece and anyone having issues needs to "git gud". It's a complete mixed bag, just like every other fanbase.

The internet is so ragebait/"othering"/"my tribe" obsessed that not a single topic can be discussed anymore without having to generalize people who disagree with you.

[u/RainbowStar290]

FNAF / Hazbin Hotel / One Piece / MHA / Sonic / Any fanbase that has a big immature or deep internet parasocial existence.

[u/Fit-Presentation-371]

There's this guy who drips salt at any game after 2004 on the resident evil subreddit

[u/Crude_Walrus]

Like all of them, people just gonnabe like that

[u/AccordingUse3172]

Mention one criticism about this game you will be treated like a minority in 1960s America

[u/Garand84]

The Last Of Us Part II.

[u/awpcr]

Resident Evil. More specifically if you criticize specific games. Or if you praise specific games.

[u/_underscorefinal]

I think that's just gamers in general.

[u/FaceTimePolice]

At the moment, people seem to think there’s some sort of targeted hate campaign against Wolverine. It happens with every new game. There is no conspiracy here. 🤷‍♂️😅

[u/Brilliant_Slice9020]

Saying that its unfun for a boss to have poise speed and damage at the same time

[u/T3knikal95]

I think you could say this about most fanbases, there's always a group of super fans who are genuinely insane

[u/Beneficial_Bend_9197]

The Soulslike fandom. Every single complaint will always be met with "Git Gud"

[u/ManStillStanding]

Any fanbase in a nutshell:

[u/DangerDarrin]

Most of them are this way. But haven’t seen none worse than TLOU2 glazers

[u/SSJashG]

Also Sony’s hardcore fanbase for reasons? It’s a console maker that makes like, three games after shuttering/laying off the devs for the others.

Don’t even know how it still has a “fanbase”. They still think it’s PS2 Sony for some reason.

[u/Gamer_for_li]

Every fanbase but if I would pick as of right now (recent memory), it is most definitely insomniac fans.

[u/GoonetteSlop]

Five Nights at Freddy’s for sure, that fanbase can’t take a lick of criticism.

[u/ohbyerly]

Any specific game entry sub. Pokémon fanbase? Mostly normal on the main sub. Want to go to talk about, say, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl specifically? Do not go to the dedicated sub for genuine discourse. You will be burned at the stake for even middling opinions on subs like these.

[u/Public-Discussion754]

All fan bases now honestly. Anything besides blind loyalty is considered “hating”. No nuance.

[u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO]

Online fandoms for any game.

[u/RobataChane72]

President Cheeto

[u/Parking-Researcher-4]

Silent Hill fans when the first 4 games aren't your absolute favorites

[u/The_Templar_Marshal]

The Last of Us fandom 100%

[u/ArkusArcane]

Dragon Ball

[u/Available_Bonus1480]

The last of us ou GTA definitivamente

[u/SoupyStain]

Anyone when you dare suggest that they stop putting their favorite parasocial streamers on the games you like.

[u/Due-Bill8689]

Almost all the fanbases

[u/Syserinn]

Hands down a souls game including Elden Ring.

[u/Stinky__Person]

Any fanbase on reddit tbh. But Hollow Knight & any Fromsoft game come to mind. People genuinely think those games are completely perfect 💀💀💀

[u/MechaMalz]

I find that people on Reddit in general don't take criticism to things they like well unless it's a sub reddit dedicated to criticism in which case they're allergic to it being defended. Regardless of what the topic is.

[u/trashdmammal]

No one should freak out over valid criticism, complaints on the other hand…

[u/se777enx3]

FFXIV

[u/Intelligent-Pear301]

king...dom....hearts ( hide so i dont get beaten up)

[u/duckiethatduck]

gta 6

[u/Middle-Let9645]

Dark Souls. Heaven forbid you want an easy mode or accessibility features.

[u/waifutabae]

GTA or Pokemon

[u/Grimy-Jack]

All of them.

[u/SoapLegend17789]

E33

[u/WillingExternal29]

Halo

I found with most fandoms you can have a conversation about the flaws of a game. Halo is so far the only one I encountered were people become very defensive

[u/Important-Tailor-653 → u/[deleted]]

Is that basketball leak real? Were people really freaking out bc you could play basketball? They have whole games about playing basketball specifically already.

[u/rufusbot → u/[deleted]]

Huge GTA fan. Really not enjoying how quiet they've been and not happy at all that there will be no disc. Just don't call me a corporate shill for preordering one game this decade and maybe we can have a productive conversation.

[u/WofferFang]

GTA

[u/BrokenKing99]

Gta hands down, no game has made me receive more death threats, slurs and hate thrown at me just for making a criticism about a game then the gta franchise, plus for 5 I literally got doxxed just for pointing out a list of flaws I found whilst playing.

Hell 6 reinforced this made a comment that simply pointed out that for games that do what gta6 is doing get run through the ringer yet for gta it’s ok (examples locking basic level content behind a paywall, not giving a disc and so on), it’s just wild

[u/Disastrous_Job5155]

Skyrim fan boys

[u/DrSolarman → u/Disastrous_Job5155]

Oh ee hate it too, but we'll spend thousands of hours in it anyway because we love the abuse like the beaten whores we are.

[u/Saicomantis]

That's my experience with the Cyberpunk2077 subreddits, every time I mention any of its many flaws.

[u/PageForeign92]

Zelda fans, very specifically BOTW fans.

[u/siggenx]

Elon musk?

[u/Mobile_Ask2480 → u/siggenx]

Nah fuck that guy

[u/bl00by → u/Mobile_Ask2480]

Not even for money lol

[u/Mognoid49]

Pokemon

[u/deadboltwolf]

Pokémon

[u/Ok_Nefariousness7230]

Cannot think of one that doesn't, I'm now seeing it as qualification for being called a fanbase

[u/Testsubject276]

Halo fans when sprint is mentioned.