10 Video Games Everyone Hated (Until They Played Them)

10. Doom (2016)

When Bethesda revealed their 2016 Doom reboot - the first major entry into the franchise in over a decade - fans weren't happy. 

The consensus from the early reveal was that the gameplay looked like it had been slowed down significantly from previous games, which combined with the presence of cinematic QTE-style kills, seemed to suggest that the publisher had cynically "dumbed down" the series to appeal to more casual players.

It didn't help that the game's multiplayer beta was disastrously received, or that Bethesda withheld review copies from critics until release day, seeming to suggest that they knew they had a real turkey on their hands.

So what a shock it was, then, when Doom turned out to be one hell of a face-melting good time - a slick, brutal, challenging FPS in an era where they were steadily on the decline, and one that proved popular enough to genuinely revitalise the stagnant IP.