Another one to add to my list of thought it would be better:

Arkham Knight - Fuck the batmobile. That thing sucks and is forced on you in way too many scenarios.

The Last of Us. This was a peculiar situation.

I thought it would be better. I played it on PS3 and I wasn't impressed at all. After the initial amazing intro, the game jumped ahead like 20 years and sucked. The graphics weren't that great, either. The character models were good, though. I quit playing it. Then.....

In 2015, I got the rerelease for PS4. It was the same game! Naughty Dog said it would look so much better but the resolution bump and frame rate enhancement were barely noticeable. Then, something happened. It got good.

And after a little while longer, it got better.

By winter, I was like "Holy shot! This game is freaking amazing!". The hype was justified.

Arkham Origins = thought it would be worse

Bravely Default and Fire Emblem Awakening were both much better than I'd anticipated.

Dark Souls = thought it would be way better.

Such an awful framerate on the 360