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.
Kid Icarus: Uprising
It was in the bargain bin at my local Wal-mart, and I didn’t know anything about it, had never heard of the series before. I just saw a cheap game at the time when I was trying to flesh out my 3DS library. I didn’t have high expectations, if I’d never heard of it, it couldn’t be that good, right?
Turned out to be one of my favourite games of all time.