Motion blur is the worst effect in games (confirmed)

PC Gamer ran a knockout tournament of graphical effects, and in a final poll of close to 2,000 entries, motion blur beat chromatic aberration 80% to 20% as the worst effect in games. The author concedes motion blur can occasionally help at low frame rates, especially on consoles, and in genres like racing games, and is usually optional on PC. Still, because it is often on by default, he turns it off in the settings menu of every game he boots.