What's wrong with narrative-oriented games and why do they trigger so many people?

What's wrong with narrative-oriented games and why do they trigger so many people?

Nothing, and autistic people don't like change.

A lot of just lazily designed games use "narrative" as an excuse, in a "What? You actively avoid using this system's mechanics? That's on purpose, not because the mechanics are cumbersome and unintuitive. You're supposed to be focused on the STORY, not system" kind of manner.

Name one system that does this

The problem isn't narrative games, it's the autistic shilling for them by Redditors. The games by themselves are for a niche of gamers who are into a different kind of game. The problem is Reddit blogger nu males who play them then post on their blog and recommend them to everyone asking for what system to play, to virtue signal how their roleplaying is SUPERIOR to that of others. And that's where the pretentious shit starts, and that's why everyone hates narrative games.

So, what dice should I roll to determine if I follow the storyline?

Nothing wrong with them, I just personally don't care for them. I like my tabletop games to have a large aspect on the game part.

For many, I think such games are evocative of stereotypes of the cringier side of roleplaying. In other words, people hear "narrative focus" and think "oh, that must be like that cringy forum roleplaying I've heard stories about".

That sound more like a simple freeform rather than something related to actual narrative systems.

>You're supposed to be focused on the STORY, not system
It sounds like the type of advice that people give in general, like "Focus on story", "Don't let the story stop", etc. It isn't exclusive to narrative systems.
Honestly, if you pick the system that fits the type of narrative you're going for, you shouldn't have problems with system boggling it. If system doesn't support your goal, than why would you run it?

Fate Core.

It's got a lot of ideas that sound nice until you try to do literally anything other than a one-shot with it.