BloodRayne is one of the best games ever made. Come at me.
Of course, the entire subject is kind of subjective. A lot of classics were among the best when they released, when many people originally played them, but have since been surpassed by the games they inspired. Some of those games are among the most important games ever made, which is just as great an honor.
Kind of like Tolkien. Extremely important and influencial but there have since been better writers to enter the genre.
It just means that sometimes people are looking at the same game from two different perspectives. I hear people talk about how ICO really isn't that good but, for me, it absolutely changed gaming. I will forever hold that experience with me. At the time, there was nothing like it and it blew me away. I'd never felt that kind of emotion with video-games and it influenced a lot of stuff that came after when there was better technology to work with.