After the “hype train failure” thread blew up on here, let’s have some positivity! What games did you go in with negative expectations, only to get absolutely blown away? Were you a non-believer and a cynic? Or was everyone expecting a failure?
For me, it was Ghost of Tsushima. Despite the acclaim, I saw it as an Assassin’s Creed knock off and never bothered to play it. Plus I knew someone who’d complained about the side content, and I’d seen articles where people complained about the historical inaccuracies. Saw a copy someone had tossed in the bins (along with a few other games), ans gave it a go. Fell in love. Platinumed the game, couldn’t put it down. What a fool I was for not enjoying it sooner.
Days Gone got bad attention at launch, and the idea of a biker zombie game seemed stupid to me.
Heard someone on a podcast I listen to say he really liked the game, and this particular person was the last person I’d expect to like a game like this.
Got it free on PS+ and thought it was lame for a good long while… but at some point, it subverted a major trope, which I appreciated, then opened up into a much more fun game than the first 10 hours made it out to be… and I wound up really enjoying it.