Madden. Hear me out
Make it a platform with roster updates every year. Fuck, make it so you pay, like, 30 for the new roster. I fully fully believe that Madden could be an amazing series if they spent an IOTA of time to polish it and update systems. Hell, even an update to physics to make it feel more impactful would improve the immersion. It’s just animations strung together with zero blending. Update player models and physics and that would be an awesome start
Legend of Zelda: BotW/TotK
Look, I’m sorry. I know it’s a hot take, but the story is just so so so shallow. The dialogue and voice acting is…a topic for another day.
But godDAMMIT is the gameplay so fucking fun and good! The world is so IMPRESSIVELY optimized and crammed full of secrets that reward curiosity and adventure. I fucking love it.
Frankly speaking, I don’t think the story takes away from the games, but, at least to me, it feels like the story/writing took a backseat to gameplay and fun factor (which is totally fine, don’t get me wrong).
If my memory serves me correctly, then I’d say Wind Waker and Twilight Princess had pretty strong stories. But it has been quite some time