>>54727417Unironically just stop looking at reviews or reading reviews/people's opinions on the game. It has been proven time and time again that our brains focus on everything negative when it comes to reviews and others' opinions, and that those end up influencing the way we cognize and rationalize about our opinions for games. It's not about turning off your brain, it's about not letting outside influences affect your opinions.
Doing this lets me enjoy pretty much any game, I just don't look at reviews or opinions on them until well after I've thought about my feelings for a certain game. And if I look at opinions after that, I'll obviously listen to what they're saying but it won't detract from my own experiences or opinions on the game -- because if something I read AFTER playing the game retroactively changes my opinion on it, it's just revisionism. This let me enjoy Scarlet and Violet a lot, for example. I do agree with everyone on some issues with the game like the graphics and the performance, but while I was playing I was not aware of people's thoughts on the game so it wasn't something I obsessively focused on. I focused on the things that felt fun *for me*, and so the game was a pleasant experience for me.
Ironically, it was after the DLC came out and I played through the Teal Mask that the performance side of things started annoying me more--probably because I had seen so many people criticizing that aspect already, and so I noticed it a lot more. Once I realized I was letting others' thoughts on the game influence my opinion, I took a break to play something else and I came back to it after. Had a really pleasant time with the DLC after that small hiccup.
You could probably call me a shill. I really like this franchise and I enjoy playing through the games, but if I've managed to make it fun for me despite the flaws Pokémon has, I think anyone can. You just have to learn how to detox from obsessive online discussions and arguments.
