What are some games that you never really quite got what made a game to be as hyped as it is or was?

What are some games that you never really quite got what made a game to be as hyped as it is or was?

Half life 2,Panzer Dragoon saga,and Rez are it for me.

hl2 I can understand, but have you played the rest?

HL2 is shit.

You should play REZ and Saga, Leo.

Who wants to see Kate Botello slide down a pole?

Kate > Morgan

Every souls game. I think they're generally fun but I've completely missed whatever it is that makes so many people get extremely invested in them.

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Monster Hunter. I played about 50 hours of MH3U. It's fun, but I don't get people putting in dozens of hours into grinding for a specific set, or putting hundreds of hours into the game. I like grinding, but there's a limit where it's just not fucking worth it anymore.
It's a good game series, but not worth anywhere near the hype and obsession that it gets.

Must be autism.

Souls games. Dragon's Dogma.
I get why people like them, but I just can't get into them. Souls games don't respect my time enough, and DD is in serious need of some polish. Neither are helped by the fact that I don't like online or pseudo-online components in nominally single-player campaigns.
There's a lot in both to love, though. I'd like to see a Souls game (or something very much like it) that used its combat, but dropped its death system, its obnoxious PvP, and maybe item degradation (though I go back and forth on that one). And I'd also like to see a proper sequel to DD that executes that vision with greater mastery.

Mario Galaxy. I have no idea where the fuck Universe came from.