History Main / HePannedItNowHeSucks

* WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd was not immune to this himself. His 2012 review of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' put him in hot water with the game's fanbase, as he ended it saying that he could not recommend the game, which is considered a CultClassic on the Platform/GameCube. However, at the end of the review, he encouraged his fans to explain to him what he's missing if he isn't 'getting' it, and that he'll make a follow-up video at the end of the year to address all these comments. True to his word, said video was made. Unfortunately for fans, all their tips and corrections arguably ''lessened'' his opinion of the game, as he now viewed the game as going from [[ItsHardSoItSucks needlessly frustrating]] to [[ItsEasySoItSucks ridiculously easy]]. He did come to see enough appeal in it to now recommend the game as entry-level horror alternative to titles such as ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', however.

** Their review of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. Even though they gave it a good rating (7.8/10), the amount of backlash the reviewer got for saying it had "too much water". [[note]]A pretty hypocritical move, considering that her criticism against the tediousness of the water sections and the imbalance of water Pokémon had ''always'' been a common complaint about the Hoenn-based games, [[OlderThanTheyThink long before the IGN review]]. The fact that IGN had given the ''original'' games a perfect 10/10 is rarely brought up when mocking this review, surprisingly.[[/note]] This spawned many memes, like the idea that IGN is made of Team Magma members, or sarcastically giving good games scores of 7.8/10, and proceeding to list minor flaws with them.

** IGN gave ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'' a rather harsh 5.9. One of the biggest criticisms they gave it was the writing, which many people (including other game reviewers) consider to be the game's strongest suit. Combining that with the fact that they gave ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' (a game considered to be worse than ''Paper Jam'' in many ways, like the useless combat, repetitive humour and no story whatsoever) an 8.0, this enraged a large number of people and resulted in Creator/{{Nintendo}} fans losing a lot of respect for the site.

* ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' gets this all the time, due to the combination of counting even the smallest nitpicks as sins and making videos about almost any film, no matter how popular or critically acclaimed (the channel's slogan is "No Movie Is Without Sin" for a reason). In the comment section on every video that isn't about a SoBadItsGood or DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible movie, you can expect to see fans of the movie complaining about how the criticisms are unfair, missing the part where the sins being so nitpicky and nonsensical is the joke. The fact he's made videos on so many beloved movies has also earned the channel a major {{Hatedom}}. In fairness, ''Cinema Sins'' generally doesn't bother hiding their scorn for movies they don't like, and are sometimes visibly harder on them than others.

* Twitch streamer Shenpai has been known to give rather impulsive opinions on media that they dislike. They tend to get the most backlash from {{Franchise/Pokemon}} fans because of their preferential treatment towards the older games while latching onto any flaws of newer titles that are otherwise easy to look past. It didn't help either of their tendency to get into heated arguments on social media. Needless to say, they're not terribly well-liked in the fandom.

* ''WebVideo/BennettTheSage'' mentions that he still gets hate after his negative reviews of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''{{Manga/Akira}}''. Creator/RobPaulsen [[https://youtu.be/t_SlOHDxTac?t=201 choked him out]] over his negative review of ''Evangelion'' and he received a beatdown from a ton of other personalities including [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], his title card artist, and [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Woolie]] over ''Akira'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack''. He even opens up his "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' (in which he honestly says it's well-executed, but there's nothing in it that he merits the "second coming of Shonen" that many people label it as) by saying that he expects he'll get flak for what he's going to say.

* Before the NetworkDecay, the Creator/{{G4}} show ''Filter'' [[https://youtu.be/Al-P2jMz0EM panned]] the CultClassic ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''. In fact, they considered it the ''second worst game ever'', just below a ''Zelda [=CDi=] game''. Ironically, ''Filter'' also ranked ''Shenmue'' the third-best Dreamcast game ever.

* Alpha Jay of [[https://youtube.com/@TheAlphaJayShow?si=jrhgO9y73qmKr1z0 The Alpha Jay Show]] has had a number of instances where fans don't agree with his negative opinions on episodes, but the video that garnered him the most backlash was "[[https://youtu.be/Ls6VYx_idNI?si=hXoHOtVqcDZ8nEMi How Romanced RUINED Molly McGee]]". In it, he claims that the romance between Molly and Ollie that was cemented by "[[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E8IWannaDanceWithSomeOllie I Wanna Dance With Some-Ollie]]" ended up altering Molly's characterization for the worse, especially in regards to her friendship with Scratch due to Ollie being a Ghost Hunter. Most fans seemed to think Jay was making the situation out to be more of a big deal than it actually was, especially since Ollie isn't a major character in the grand scheme of things, but what garnered him the most backlash was him comparing Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' to the infamous [[AudienceAlienatingEra Season 10]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', with his viewers seeing the analogy as being [[AccentuateTheNegative way too exaggerated]].

* [=YouTuber=] 24 Frames of Nick received a lot of flak when he reviewed ''WesternAnimation/{{Khumba}}''. The biggest reason the video received lots of backlash because of his irrational claims of it ripping off ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' when the movies have nothing in common or anything to do with each other. Never mind that Marty the Zebra is not the main character of Madagascar (Alex the lion is), or that he keeps calling the animal characters by the wrong names (he calls Phango a lion and not a leopard) and only barely provides any proper criticism against the film.

** They gave ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 a lower score than the maligned ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' on the same system, which is usually considered by many to be significantly worse than the former game.

** Adam Sessler did a whole segment dealing with the negative reaction when ''X-Play'' reviewed ''[[VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Killzone 2]]'', with accusations that Creator/{{Microsoft}} paid him off in order to not upset the dominance the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise had and that he was being unfairly negative towards the game. And what was the score he gave to ''Killzone 2''? ''A perfect 5/5!''. According to the comments he read in Sessler's Soapbox, the reason the UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} fanboys were upset with his were because 1) he wasn't positive ''enough'' about the game, 2) he ''paused'' at a couple of moments in his review, implying sarcasm, and 3) his ''intonation'' wasn't correct. He eventually ended the review of the comments of his review by telling people, in no uncertain terms, to get off their high horses.

* Video game journalist Jeff Gerstmann, when he worked for [=GameSpot=], gave the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' an 8.8 out of 10. Ironically, he gave the UsefulNotes/GameCube version an 8.9, despite his entire rationale for his scoring of the Wii version (which for the record is only "low" by comparison to what reviewers at other publications gave it) being that he considered it a lazy port that took minimal advantage of the Wii's unique controls. In his [=GameCube=] version review, he knocked it for being inferior to the Wii version...that he scored lower than the [=GameCube=] version.

* WebVideo/TheIrateGamer gets this a lot. Among these are his reviews of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''VideoGame/Tekken6'', ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''. Furthermore, the entirety of his fifth season is all about tearing apart [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] games considered classics.

* WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd was not immune to this himself. His 2012 review of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' put him in hot water with the game's fanbase, as he ended it saying that he could not recommend the game, which is considered a CultClassic on the UsefulNotes/GameCube. However, at the end of the review, he encouraged his fans to explain to him what he's missing if he isn't 'getting' it, and that he'll make a follow-up video at the end of the year to address all these comments. True to his word, said video was made. Unfortunately for fans, all their tips and corrections arguably ''lessened'' his opinion of the game, as he now viewed the game as going from [[ItsHardSoItSucks needlessly frustrating]] to [[ItsEasySoItSucks ridiculously easy]]. He did come to see enough appeal in it to now recommend the game as entry-level horror alternative to titles such as ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', however.

** In 1998, they took a ''lot'' of heat for panning two otherwise highly-regarded UsefulNotes/PlayStation games: ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and (especially) ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. Needless to say, fan reaction was not good.

** He once said he thinks the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' games are just as bad as the highly hated ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' (something former Not So Grump, the aforementioned WebVideo/JonTron, called Arin out on and highly disagreed), said ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' was SoOkayItsAverage (though that would become a more popular stance as time passed), doesn't like ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' because he thinks first-person perspective games, in general, are overdone (despite ''Skyrim'' being an RPG as opposed to a shooter and the first person view being optional anyway)[[note]]however, Arin later noted that he actually suffers from motion sickness easily, so his dislike of first person games is less from hating the mechanics and moreso that he legitimately gets ill from the experience[[/note]], often complains that modern ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games are "soulless" and don't have enough new stuff to be fun[[note]]though it probably should be noted he seems to be referring more to the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series of games, which are purposely made to be throwbacks to the ''Mario'' 2D platformers of old, as he did like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''[[/note]], during Magfest once said he doesn't like ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' (a game that's been praised by many gamers and critics alike for being one of the UsefulNotes/WiiU's early defining games) and may not play it on the show because of this[[note]]which ended up HilariousInHindsight, as it was one of the games played on ''Game Grumps''[[/note]], and seems to dislike most ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' games released after ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', (in particular voicing dislike for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'')[[note]]though he appears to at least have a liking for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', as evidenced by the Game Grumps' playthrough of the HD remake on UsefulNotes/WiiU[[/note]].

* ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' (''Magazine/NintendoPower''[='=]s British equivalent which lasted an extra two years after ''Nintendo Power'' ended) gave ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' for UsefulNotes/WiiU a 62% review score. The fans of the game who read ''ONM'' (as the magazine was known for short) complained about the low scoring (especially since other websites and magazines gave quite high positive scores such as 8 out of 10 in the last issue of ''Nintendo Power''). Two issues later they reviewed the game's online with them aware of the complaints the review and they said how they thought the online was good giving that mode a 4 out of 5 Star Rating.

--> '''Yahtzee:''' I've been here too many times before; I delay reviewing a game, and all the fans of the game feel that the only possible explanation is that I'm struck dumb by how good it is, but they nag me to review it anyway to confirm their feelings. And then of course I piddle all over it, in an act that you'd think would come as no surprise to anyone, and the wounded, denial-ridden nerd mob leave hate comments suggesting that I must have ''misinterpreted my own opinion''!

* Being a CausticCritic, not everyone likes [[https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCriticalDrinker The Critical Drinker's]] reviews. His takes on ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'' and ''Film/{{Creed}}'' have especially sparked criticism of him anyplace there's a discussion about film. His tendency to preemptively [[TaintedByThePreview condemn]] a film or show, long before its actual release, has also earned him criticism for how premature doing so is.

* Animation historian and critic WebVideo/AniMat gets a lot of flak for sharing his distaste for Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation films and SPA in general, specifically the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' films and the ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' series, even going as far as to call ''Cloudy 2'' one of the worst animated films, and one of his least favorite films.

* [=YouTuber=] 24 Frames of Nick received a lot of flak when he reviewed ''WesternAnimation/{{Khumba}}''. The biggest reason the video received lots of backlash because of his irrational claims of it ripping off ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' when in actuality both movies have nothing in common or anything to do with each other, Never mind Marty the Zebra is not the main character of Madagascar (Alex the lion is). Not to mention he keeps calling the animal characters by the wrong names (he calls Phango a lion and not a leopard) and only barely provides any proper criticism against the film.

* Any review for a [[UpdatedRerelease re-released]] or [[TheRemake remade]] "classic" game that isn't gushing heaps of praise onto the game will garner a significant backlash from fans of said game. Some of the reviewer's complaints may be perfectly valid as what might've been acceptable (or, at least, forgivable) twenty years ago [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny may be]] [[ValuesDissonance inexcusable now]]. This can also sometimes happen when a long-dormant gaming icon is revived for a new game and said game garners poor or average reviews. ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' is one of the most notably examples.

* WebVideo/WatchMojo:
** They received massive backlash for putting ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' on their [[https://youtu.be/rkWmtGX2qyo Top 10 Hated Disney Cartoons list]], feeling the show was "too dark" for younger audiences and somewhat formulaic. The backlash was so strong that it led to [=WatchMojo=] apologizing for their choice, both in an annotation for the original video and [[https://youtu.be/HmvduTatX1c in another video]]. Not only that, they would later give ''Gravity Falls'' the #3 spot on their list of [[https://youtu.be/4oPpDjU9W3s the Top 10 Cartoon Shows of the 2010s]], as well as rank Dipper Pines at #6 on [[https://youtu.be/dTtgRz160M0 the Top 10 Memorable TV Cartoon Characters of the 2010s So Far]].

* ''WebVideo/WatchMojo''[='=]s "Top 10 Reasons Why the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Prequels Suck" video received such a backlash, they had to retitle it "Top 10 Reasons Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Hated". It didn't help much, as the video garnered over 18000 dislikes (against 3000 likes) in two weeks, and Website/{{Reddit}} r/prequelmemes members flooded the comment section with parodied prequel quotes mocking the channel. The original title can still be seen on the WatchMojo website.

** While fan response to ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' was mixed, IGN's review of the game was derided even by people who didn't like the game because the review makes it obvious IGN only played half the game.

** IGN gave ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Sky'' a 4.9/10. The person who reviewed it had not even gotten past Apple Woods when he had done the review. On the website, he described the gameplay as lazy and dated. Despite the fact that ''Explorers of Sky'' improved on the previous two (Time and Darkness) games by providing special episodes that expanded on side characters, and gave [[spoiler: Grovyle, Celebi, and Dusknoir a happy ending]].
** IGN gave ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'' a rather harsh 5.9. One of the biggest criticisms they gave it was the writing, which many people (including other game reviewers) consider to be the game's strongest suit. Combining that with the fact that they gave ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' (a game considered to be inferior to ''Paper Jam'' in many ways) an 8.0, this enraged a large number of people and resulted in Creator/{{Nintendo}} fans losing a lot of respect for the site.

* Tom [=McShea=] of [=GameSpot=] got flak for giving ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' a 7.5, in comparison to the 10s to 8s that the game had gotten from other reviewers. The fact that he considered the controls to be bad was a point of contention with many fans and outlets, especially since he didn't realize that the game didn't use IR pointing and was trying to play it like ''Twilight Princess'', even though the game lets players know early on that the direction of their swings will be important.

* ''Website/{{Wisecrack}}'' is no stranger to this kind of backlash especially with [[BrokenBase controversial]] movies such as ''Film/SuicideSquad''. But the biggest backlash yet actually came from an op-ed where they basically went full FanHater mode on adult Creator/{{Disney}} fans (in particular childless people who go to the parks), who they perceive as giant man-children who need to grow up. Naturally many didn't take this well, especially feeling their points were hypocritical since they view ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' as better because it's...somehow less childish. As well as ignoring the fact that their "you had your childhood" remark came across as incredibly insensitive to those who grew up in poverty or in broken homes and were unable to go to the parks as kids.

* ''The Media Man'' (a Website/DeviantArt-based critic of everything from film to TV to literature) once called ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' one of the worst TV shows ever. No, not just [[SeasonalRot Season 6 or any other poorly received season]], the ''entire'' show. Fans were ''not'' happy. The same thing happened when he reviewed ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (again, the whole show, even positively received episodes, his primary concerns being that every character that wasn't Lisa was a FlatCharacter, and Bart, normally an EnsembleDarkhorse, coming off not only as TheScrappy to him instead, but as his least favorite character in any media until he began hating Damian Wayne, the current ComicBook/{{Robin}}, even more) in which case he closed the comments on the review in preparation of the backlash.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' has LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} voicing his opinions on the remake of ''Year of the Dragon'' while having his [[NostalgiaFilter Nostalgia Goggles]] on, causing many fans to disagree with him and the title being "THEY RUINED EVERYTHING!!!" did not help matters.

* Creator/BradJones has gotten this as well. His [[WebVideo/MidnightScreenings negative review]] of ''Film/ManOfSteel'' has only 3 1/2 stars on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses due to angry fans giving it a low rating. It didn't help when the opinion that both ''Film/SupermanIII'' '''and''' ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' were more enjoyable came up...

* ''WebVideo/BennettTheSage'' mentions that he still get's hate after his negative reviews of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''{{Manga/Akira}}''. Creator/RobPaulsen [[https://youtu.be/t_SlOHDxTac?t=201 choked him out]] over his negative review of ''Evangelion'' and he received a beatdown from a ton of other personalities including [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], his title card artist, and [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Woolie]] over ''Akira'' and ''Manga/ViolenceJack''. He even opens up his "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' (in which he honestly says it's well-executed, but there's nothing in it that he merits the "second coming of Shonen" that many people label it as) by saying that he expects he'll get flak for what he's going to say.

** Dunkey's video on ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' got slammed hard by the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanbase. While few will call ''Frontiers perfect'', even those who aren't as keen on the game accused him of portraying it as something it's not and hyperfocusing on its less polished aspects at the expense of its more praised elements. Some noted that he doesn't appear to be taking the game seriously, and that some of the points he brings up contradict each other; in one sequence, he treats static cutscene triggers with laughably low Memory Token requirements as [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence insurmountable obstacles]], which is not only blatantly incorrect but goes against his earlier criticism of the game's supposed {{railroading}} (the whole point of Memory Tokens is to ''encourage'' exploring each area). His footage of the FinalBoss also depicts it as an extended PressXToNotDie sequence, giving away that he was playing the entire game on {{Easy mode|Mockery}}. Like his ''Splatoon 2'' video, it's not labeled as a "dunkview", but that they share many of the same flaws seems to discredit the PoesLaw theory, causing some to accuse Dunkey of being either ignorant or intentionally dishonest.

** Dunkey's take on ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' was not very well received by a sizable number of viewers, especially among fans of the game and of the genre as a whole. Many accused him of deliberately failing at the game in order to justify giving it a bad score(e.g. not attacking a monster's weakness to break it), and taking elements out of context to misrepresent the game, such as Ophilia's chapter and her repeated use of the phrase "Your Excellency"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ophilia is the adopted daughter of Bishop Josef, but due to Japanese attitudes on adoption, is unusually deferential to her adoptive father and usually calls him by his title, unlike how his biological daughter Lianna calls him "Father."[[/labelnote]]. His Reddit post made in response to the negative feedback didn't help either, where he admitted to only playing ten hours of the game, which made his arguments seem hollow, and in general admitted that he was not really paying attention during it.

** And now his [[https://youtu.be/PjLuqb65Nds negative review]] of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' has earned him some ire.

* Website/YouTube "Top Ten" writer Joshscorcher, a.k.a. "The Fiery Joker":