I'm playing it right now so it made me think of this topic - Dragon's Dogma seems to fit pretty well!
I remember pretty clearly back when it came out that everyone kind of just looked at it as this massively janky game that ran like hot goat piss, but it definitely feels like its gotten more and more of a passionate cult following over the years. And now there's even a sequel on the horizon - feels like if that takes all the good ideas here (some of which are REALLY good and wildly ambitious for the time or even today) and shaves off all the rough edges we could have a real hit on our hands that elevates perceptions of the original even more.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!