I'm fairly critical, so there's not too many on my list, but the biggest one is that I liked Quest 64 (somehow) when I was younger.
I also love La Mulana 1&2, along with Deadly Premonition, though those are more "cult hits" aka critical failures that 'widely disliked'. But, I'd definitely hesitate to recommend any of them to someone unless I thought they'd be into it.
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Yeah I've been really amazed at the level of detail that game has in it, and I also played it Day 1. I must have spent the first several hours simply walking around looking around at the scenery. It's amazingly detailed, the environment is huge, every car, gun, and building has a level of care put into it that drew me in. I seriously love that game simply from the map itself. All the different areas of the city feel distinct, it's easy to visually navigate based on landmarks.
Also? The traffic lights work and there's even pedestrian crossing signals. It's a good people watching simulator
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One of these days I'm going to play Cyberpunk 2077 solely so I can watch the Action Button review of it
IIRC you could watch the AB review without being very spoiled; during the choose-your-own-adventure segments, you just have to choose the ones that don't focus on the game.
It's always held a place in my heart because it's kinda like Oblivion: Janky as fuck, poorly designed, and just not at all what was promised, but still possessed of an ineffable charm that kept me playing it
Also the flying cars mod really gives it some staying power now