Games you think are underrated and potential reasons why?

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The sad thing about gaming is that it's a time-consuming and expensive hobby, so I'm a bit of a slave to reviews and critical acclaim. I wanna be sure that I'm not wasting £70 and 40 hours, so I don't allow myself to indulge is as many panned and/or niche games as I might do with films and music. So there, if a game has a Metacritic score of less than 80 that I thought was class, I'd personally define that as "underrated". Of which I have a couple:

Days Gone is fucking excellent and I won't hear a bad word against it. Cringey dialogue aside, I'd put it's poignant narrative up there with other Sony first party exclusives, the open world is genuinely great fun to drive around and taking out a pack of hordes is absolutely class.

Pokemon Scarlet/Violet ran like shit and looked like shit, but it was a step in the right direction in regards to scope, gameplay and open world branched narratives. I had a blast playing it, I'm not arsed about it running like it was developed for a potato.

Resident Evil 3 Remake is a terrible remake, but treat it as a standalone venture, and it's really fun. Raccoon City looks gorgeous, the dodge mechanic is slick as hell, the RE Engine remains deliciously satisfying and despite only being 5 hours long, it's endless replayable.

The Evil Within 2 is one of the best horror games ever made, and a massive improvement on it's predecessor. The semi-open world structure is superbly implemented without sacrificing the scares, and it's plot is less deranged whilst still being suitably fucked up.

All of these games score somewhere in the 70 range, so they aren't exactly stinkers. I wish I had some truly 40-50 range flops to embellish, but I sadly haven't found that game yet for me to champion alone.