Here's one: you probably have no idea why you really like or dislike a game, it's all subjective feelings and you trying to describe it objectively just makes you sound retarded or pretentious

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chud looks like duke nukem oh wait i get it now haha

I hate games that I'm bad at. And I'm bad at all of them.

>>713319882 (OP)
It insists upon itself

>>713319882 (OP)
I dunno, I think it's easier to be objective when it comes to reasons for a game to be considered bad. Stuff like game breaking bugs, poor optimization, janky controllers and the like can all be observed objectively, but stuff like story or the game being boring or not are more subjective.

>>713319882 (OP)
'X game would be better with mechanic from Y game' is an equal level of criticism as 'i don't like it'

>>713320805
nah, story has a fairly defined line between objective and subjective just like gameplay does.
objectively bad story telling is with plotholes, inconsistency, etc.
it gets more nebulous when you consider story across the context of multiple games, but there are a few more things such as writing yourself into a corner with the previous game or worse, objectively ENDING the story with the previous game only to force something to happen to continue it. the only good example for that I can think of, however, is halo 3 to halo 4.

>>713321291
that entirely depends on how well you can break down the reasoning why. its borderline.

>>713321373
But the thing about story is that for some people it can be great and make perfect sense, and for others it sucks. Take stuff like FNaF, some people love the story, some people don't, some people think the story only makes sense up until x game, some don't care, etc.
I also include stuff like graphics in being a bit subjective, since some people don't care that much about the graphics, some may think it is fitting, etc.

Now, I don't think many people enjoy when the other stuff I mentioned are present, like bad controls, bugs that prevent you from continuing or that happen too frequently, lag, etc. Those are all undesirable no matter what.

But the thing is, even if the game has those things, it doesn't even mean that the game as a whole will necessarily be bad, but they are things that will get in the way of the experience