In my time here at the Escapist I've noticed that most haters fall into a few specific categories. I have decided to name them and ask you which one you think best fits you're style of hating.
1)The "golden age" hater
This is the breed that believes every new game is a brown people, shooty bang bang Micheal Bay movie. They long for the older days of gaming where everything was difficult and nobody but there kind liked the precious hobby known as gaming.
Most hated games: Pretty much anything new. They only like retro throwbacks and the latest Nintendo franchise title.
2)The bandwagon hater
These one's I notice very often. They normally want to be seen as cool in internet forums so they hate on the latest thing there is to hate. Which right now seems to be MW3, but if it were earlier it would of been Dragon Age 2 and even earlier it would of been the Wii. They don't really know much about the thing's there hating on and just want to fit in with the crowd and avoided the shunning that comes from liking something that is on the hating bandwagon.
Most hated games: It varies, they forget about one game and move onto hating another so specifying what games they hate the most is hard.
3)The "just because it's popular" hater
This breed is very similar to the bandwagon hater. But with one main difference, they hate on anything that is popular. Saying that the popular games are ruining the industry and milking gamers money dry. Most times they hate on games they wont of played, but because more than their niche section will buy it it means it's bad.
Most Hated Games: CoD, Sports games
4)The troll
Im sure you've heard of these people, you probably have even come across them yourself. The troll seeks to not make insightful critisicms of games/game companies flaws. They only seem to want to get hateful responses. They normally hate on the games 2 and 3 play, ones that are known in gaming as being glorious amazing perfect games.
Most hated games: Any Valve game, any loved Nintendo game (Mario 3, OOT), any classic retro game. They also sometimes hate on popular services such as steam.
5)The cynical snob.
Main examples of this type are seen in many internet celebrities. They normally dont play multiplayer and love only the most perfect, influencal games of the generation. They dismiss war games and prefer games that give you experiences. Any game flaw will be pointed out by them, and they will do it in such a snark and cynical tone that it becomes a bit hard to take them seriously. Prime examples of the type being: Yahtzee, Total Biscuit, some Yogscast videos.
6)The biased, hypocritical hater.
Prime example: Read above.
So, what fits you most and if you can think of any, what would they be?
1)The "golden age" hater
This is the breed that believes every new game is a brown people, shooty bang bang Micheal Bay movie. They long for the older days of gaming where everything was difficult and nobody but there kind liked the precious hobby known as gaming.
Most hated games: Pretty much anything new. They only like retro throwbacks and the latest Nintendo franchise title.
2)The bandwagon hater
These one's I notice very often. They normally want to be seen as cool in internet forums so they hate on the latest thing there is to hate. Which right now seems to be MW3, but if it were earlier it would of been Dragon Age 2 and even earlier it would of been the Wii. They don't really know much about the thing's there hating on and just want to fit in with the crowd and avoided the shunning that comes from liking something that is on the hating bandwagon.
Most hated games: It varies, they forget about one game and move onto hating another so specifying what games they hate the most is hard.
3)The "just because it's popular" hater
This breed is very similar to the bandwagon hater. But with one main difference, they hate on anything that is popular. Saying that the popular games are ruining the industry and milking gamers money dry. Most times they hate on games they wont of played, but because more than their niche section will buy it it means it's bad.
Most Hated Games: CoD, Sports games
4)The troll
Im sure you've heard of these people, you probably have even come across them yourself. The troll seeks to not make insightful critisicms of games/game companies flaws. They only seem to want to get hateful responses. They normally hate on the games 2 and 3 play, ones that are known in gaming as being glorious amazing perfect games.
Most hated games: Any Valve game, any loved Nintendo game (Mario 3, OOT), any classic retro game. They also sometimes hate on popular services such as steam.
5)The cynical snob.
Main examples of this type are seen in many internet celebrities. They normally dont play multiplayer and love only the most perfect, influencal games of the generation. They dismiss war games and prefer games that give you experiences. Any game flaw will be pointed out by them, and they will do it in such a snark and cynical tone that it becomes a bit hard to take them seriously. Prime examples of the type being: Yahtzee, Total Biscuit, some Yogscast videos.
6)The biased, hypocritical hater.
Prime example: Read above.
So, what fits you most and if you can think of any, what would they be?