Judged purely on metascore: Grand Theft Auto IV, because that game launched with clunky and awkward cover controls, poor game feel, bad shooting, dull mission design, a typical shit tastic Rockstar plot that could only pass in the realm of video games where the standards for story telling are so fucking low, that this half assed bullshit was praised as something special. And with all that the game was paraded around like it was something fantastic when the actual game isn't close to good, it's actually a pretty bad game, in 2008. Much less this bullshit mantra of "no bro, that game aged poorly", because anyone on that narrative can go suck a dick, the game was garbage the second it launched.
In terms of I don't know internet love (since GTA4 has plenty truthers at this point): I would argue the Bethesda games: Oblivion and Fallout 3. The game mechanics aren't good, they aren't polished as they are both a technical mess, the writing garbage, the lore isn't good, the voice acting work seems lazy, they are bloated with filler or straight up tedium, they aren't even well thought out rpgs, and they won how many GOTY awards both critically and in terms of how the general audience treats them? Shit is nuts.
Otherwise Red Dead Redemption, I like Marston, but the gameplay sucks and the actual plot has a shit load of filler if not out right bad writing.
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