Exactly what the title says. What is the strangest criticism you've ever personally heard for a game? Something that just makes no sense...
Mine comes up rather often, and it's when people criticize Sonic titles for including obstacles that halt your momentum, flow, and speed. This criticism makes sense when, say, you're arguing that certain parts of the design prevent an obstacle from being fair. But criticizing Sonic for just generally having obstacles that slow you down is like criticizing Dark Souls for having enemies that try to stab you, or Final Fantasy for allowing monsters to have turns in battle, or Mario Kart for letting other racers hit you with power ups and get 1st place. That's... kind of the point; to avoid the obstacles so you can continue flowing through the level. The punishment is that these obstacles stop you, and force you to build up your momentum and speed again.
Mine comes up rather often, and it's when people criticize Sonic titles for including obstacles that halt your momentum, flow, and speed. This criticism makes sense when, say, you're arguing that certain parts of the design prevent an obstacle from being fair. But criticizing Sonic for just generally having obstacles that slow you down is like criticizing Dark Souls for having enemies that try to stab you, or Final Fantasy for allowing monsters to have turns in battle, or Mario Kart for letting other racers hit you with power ups and get 1st place. That's... kind of the point; to avoid the obstacles so you can continue flowing through the level. The punishment is that these obstacles stop you, and force you to build up your momentum and speed again.