What games got a lot of hate when they were released but you really liked?
every indie game
Redfall
Starfield. It’s probably the best “muck around doing random stuff while completely ignoring the plot” open RPGs ever made. In every other Bethesda game I would always beat it first, then go back and do all the random stuff. In Starfield, doing random stuff *is* the game to me.
The Last of Us Part 2. I love that game
I will never understand why people hated days gone so much
Cyberpunk 2077 got a lot of hate sure but looking back at it now all that hate made it stronger as a game
Cyberpunk 2077
Pokémon BDSP. There was literally nothing wrong with it except for the artstyle, and having nothing new.
Fallout 76
Zelda 2 I enjoyed. Old skool Nintendo
Halo 4 is my favourite halo
It’s a great one. I def don’t think the hate it gets is warranted at all. I actually hit max rank in that game!
Halo 5 I beat once and never came back to tho.
Death Stranding. Very trivial reviews when the game came out saying it was a glorified walking simulator but completely ignoring the dense story telling and game world. Keeping on keeping on.
Lately it’s Lords of the Fallen. I see a ton of bashing but it’s probably my game of the year, maybe second only to Armored Core Vi
Watch Dogs 1 is the top pick for me.
Assassins Creed Valhalla. I agree that it was very long, but I enjoyed it. More recently Starfield… I’ve put at least 200+ hours into it and I’m still having fun.