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?
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:
Tbh I never liked realistic graphics because they look ugly when bad, and highly distracting when “good.” Not judging people who prefer them though.
Same, much prefer cartoony artstyles
Minecraft had tons and tons of issues until Microsoft finally got Notch to stop writing code for it.
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.