Hi there. Beginner question

I sometimes do the same when watching reviews. Some themes interest me more than others, some artwork catches my eye, some artwork doesn't.

We all will "judge a book by it's cover" sometimes. But I've learned that I can have fun and enjoy almost any game once I start it and get going, so if a friend invites me to play a game that doesn't really excite me at first, I will still say "yes!" I might not buy the game, but I will have fun playing!

I mostly go for theme and mechanics as those are whats important to me i tend to watch dice tower reviews to learn what games are out and look up ones i like the sound of and do further research before buying.

I say if you can't enjoy your own game, what makes you think that others will?

I think the start of being a good game designer is knowing what is good and what is bad in a game objectively. Naturally, you'll incorporate what you want in your game. However, I wouldn't dismiss every game mechanic you don't like...it may end up being that missing link in your design later on.

But as you continue to design you may want to challenge yourself with questions like, "I don't like X, but how I can tweak it into something I DO like?"

Never apologize for your english :) its definitely better than my (and most peoples) Romanian!

As a budding game designer playing as many games as you can when you can is definitely important and playing the ones that don't appeal to you at first glace is probably more important as trying to understand other people point of view will make you a better designer.