Why do people hate puzzles in video games so much?

Why do people hate puzzles in video games so much? : r/PS4 - Reddit

I noticed a trend of people really just hating puzzles in video games. Sometimes to the point where they see it as something totally game-breaking.

Why don't some people like puzzle video games? - Quora

The main reason why I don't play puzzle games is because I'm not smart. I don't like trying find out solutions or find patterns in my normal life.

Am I the only one who just fucking HATES puzzles? - Doomworld

I guess they are kind of a leftover from really old games like Zelda, where "unfair" cryptic puzzles were more common and generally were ...

Are Puzzles Ruining Video Games ? - YouTube

i dropped so many games thanks to boring or hard puzzles , and i still refuse to follow a guide or walkthrough of the game if you enjoyed ...

Anyone else not really a fan of puzzles in games? - PlayStation 4

I'm just not a fan of video game puzzles. A lot of the times they require backtracking, or the solution to the puzzle is super ...

I hate puzzles. - Adventure Forums

As to odd man out, I disagree. I know some people like puzzles, and in some cases I do, too - but I think it's horrible to fit ways to tell stories into cute ...

I like turn based, hate puzzles :: Druidstone - Steam Community

In the case of this game, some players could just argue around puzzles just because their previous games was full of puzzles. In my opinion it feels more like a ...

I Wouldn't Do a Puzzle If It Were the Last Activity on Earth - The Cut

I've found that some of the most vocal advocates of board games are vocal advocates because they are afraid of boredom to the extent that they ...

What are puzzle video games you don't like? And why? - ResetEra

Interesting topic. I'd say a bad or average puzzle is when it requires way too much trial & error or too many steps to solve it (Kîne suffers a ...

Puzzles are the most infuriating aspect of videogames - GameFAQs

If the puzzles weren't so PAINFULLY EASY... they wouldn't be so infuriating. Instead we are playing these games and getting agitated because we ...

I Hate Puzzles: Am I Still a Programmer? (2011) - Hacker News

... MANY people, I can ... In fact, jigsaw puzzles are a very different endeavor than logic/programming puzzles and many puzzle video games.

You are not an idiot. Puzzle solving is a skill. - cohost!

A big example is Sliding Tile puzzles. You see them in a lot of video games, even ones that aren't focused on puzzle solving, because they ...

Getting stuck in a puzzle game is the worst thing for me. - NeoGAF

Because the puzzle doesn't belong there in the first place. Stop shoving puzzles in games that don't need them, and certainly don't make them ...

For Everyone That Says I Hate Video Games - Zero Punctuation Wiki

And the sticking point of video games is that they have both an artistic and a functional aspect. ... Then, of course, there's the people who are ...

Baldur's Gate 3 / DOS2 | I think I hate puzzles in games more than ...

I think I hate puzzles in games more than anything. I dont understand why this brain puzzle is giving me so much trouble.

List of video games notable for negative reception - Wikipedia

Certain video games often gain negative reception from reviewers perceiving them as having low-quality or outdated graphics, glitches, poor controls for ...

Okay, kids, play on my lawn - Roger Ebert

Shadow of the Colossus came closest. I suppose that's the one I should begin with. But many other games were also mentioned. If I didn't admire ...

For Everyone That Says I Hate Video Games | Extra Punctuation

Comments2K. Illumas. I really don't understand how people think you can't be critical of something even if you love ...

Video Games Are Incredibly Stupid! - Logic Mazes

They believe that the purpose of a game is to imitate something in life. They think the more realism the game has, the closer it will come to imitating life, ...

Why do some people hate party games? - The Dark Imp

To be clear, it's not always the actual game activities that are the problem, it's more that everyone is watching. Some players that hate these ...