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.
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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