2 picks for me: Stardew Valley, most boring shit ever, I don’t see the appeal, seriously how the hell did that thing sold 20 million copies?
And Witcher 3, I own that game since 2019 and I regret buying it, funny thing is that I’ve finished Dragon Age 1 and 2, which are kinda same genre but I actually enjoyed those games. I guess the old BioWare sauce carried those games unlike Witcher where there’s nothing to enjoy in its massive pointless world.
I think you summed up the toys vs games disagreement well (it’s a matter of taste). I love Minecraft and games like it because I like playing around with systems and coming up with my own goals and games within those systems.
Likewise I adored Black & White back in the day, and it had much the same criticisms leveled against it. To me, what others hated, was what made me love it.
Sadly we seem to be in the minority of gamers.