I’m talking about games that you still like but you had no idea were criticized so much.
The perfect example for me is Sonic Unleashed.
I admit that the game has its bad things, but I would have never imagined that it was so hated at the time… Although, that could be extended to the entire Sonic franchise, since for many years I was not aware at all of that “Sonic was never good”, “Sonic had a rough transition to 3D” nonsense.
On the topic of Sonic Unleashed, I played it as a kid on the Wii and actively disliked it because it just seemed sad and freaky to see Sonic effectively become mutated.
To give some idea, back then I had no internet so whatever games we had, I always gave a good go and I’d always play even the most mediocre of games.
We also had Sonic Colors and that game just felt the total opposite: very positive, lots of eye candy, arcadey, very much enjoyed it as a kid.
Some 20 years later and I’m speaking to a Sonic fan and they bring up how they’ve played every single game including Unleashed, and it was the only one they hated, which made me realise I’m not the only one.
To answer your question, I’d say Shrek for the Xbox - I did enjoy Shrek 2 more than the original game as a kid, but I also didn’t mind the original either.
Once I had internet, I saw plenty of references to the original game as the butt of jokes and an example of what games should not be, and honestly those criticisms were valid.