Games you thought were meh but you changed your mind when you actually played them

[Veknoid_Outcast]

I thought of one!

The original Killzone. That 70 on Metacritic scared me off, but in order to play the 91-rated Killzone 2, I needed to play it.

Turns out I loved the original and disliked the sequel, which cemented in my mind the reality that Metacritic is a total crap shoot.