Around 2017-2018, there used to be a huge circlejerk online about how Fortnite was the dumbest thing ever, to the point where “Fortnite bad, Minecraft good” was part of the infamous Keanu Chungus 100 meme. Why did it get so much hate, and why did it stop?

  • SamiA
    21·
    2 years ago

    Because it was the new thing the kids were doing. Go back 10 years and you’d fine people shitting on Minecraft for similar reasons. Couple that with the fact that Fortnite effectively cartoonified PUBG and became bigger than it and you have a perfect storm. Similar to Counter Strike players who hate on Valorant for being cartoony. I present to you this now legendary copypasta that summarizes things:

    valarante child game… look to cartoon grapfix to make kid player happy like children show… valarante cartoon world with rainbow unlike counter strike chad with dark corridorr and raelistic gun… valarante like playhouse. valarant playor run from csgo fear of dark world and realism

    • slicedcheesegremlin@kbin.socialOP
      4·
      2 years ago

      Tbh I never liked realistic graphics because they look ugly when bad, and highly distracting when “good.” Not judging people who prefer them though.

    • Widget@kbin.social
      11·
      2 years ago

      Minecraft had tons and tons of issues until Microsoft finally got Notch to stop writing code for it.

      • SamiA
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’m not doubting that Minecraft and Fortnite had a lot of things to be criticized for as games for but the hate was not about the content of the games themselves but their presentation and who they appealed to.