Let’s hear about some games you maybe were told were not worth your time, or had bad reviews but you managed to love regardless.
I’ll go first. I’m not embarrased to admit that I played the shit out of Elder Scrolls Blades (the easily forgettable Skyrim-esque mobile game). I had to wait for it to release on Switch which had the benifit of the shitty timers being gone by then.
Once I started to think of it as a kind of advanced ‘Swords and Sandles’ type game I was hooked.
Days Gone. Although I remember seeing its announcement trailer, I kinda forgot about it. Once I bought my PS5 I got it in the “classic collection” IRC, and even though the critics were not that nice, I got it a chance and it was awesome. Of course, it has its flaws, but the gameplay got me really good, and made me play it twice!