Critically: Ultimate Spider-Man got fairly meh reviews (and admittedly it did have some very repetitive gameplay), but the pure comic style was quite innovative, solid story with challenging bosses, I still think it's the only Spider-Man game that has made playing as Venom feel like Venom and not a watered-down Spidey, IIRC it was also the first open-world Spider-Man game (don't quote me there).

Fan perspective: GTA IV receives a lot of pushback for being basically the antithesis of a GTA game, but I commend it for having the guts to live outside the franchise comfort zone and think it's the second-best GTA game.

Niko is very intricate and moldable vs. other GTA main characters being either ripoffs or essentially an avatar, the humor and overall tone is very dark and more subtle than the classic "in-your-face" absurdism GTA is known for, cars have weight and physics, it's prob. the least "world as your sandbox" GTA game/not built for mindless rampages. Some of that's better, some worse imo., but I commend it.