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.
Lots of reviewers will give high scores to bad games that are highly anticipated to pander to Gamers. Dunno if DS2 fits that but it does happen
Dark Souls II is a really good game. I don't even remember who didn't like it when it came out. I think it's generally regarded as the best soulsborne PvP.