The funny thing about Steam is that there is no "highest rated". There is "recommended" and "not recommended". So you might "recommend" both S1 and COE33 even though you enjoyed the latter way more.

Im not saying its GOTY material or anything, but I liked Schedule 1 a lot

I've heard nothing but good things about Schedule 1. Haven't gotten it yet since it doesn't seem like has good gamepad control support yet but it's planned. Modern gaming in practice, not as what's most marketed as gaming, to me reminds me of the PS1 and back. A lot of really game-y games. Systems that you get really into. Learn the exploits. The patterns. Get high scores. Max damage numbers. The PS3/PS4 era is the cinematic narrative era. The late PS4 to present is a gameplay heavy era. Narrative heavy games may get the traditional media awards but it's been a long time since I've felt like traditional media has been good at judging games for their gameplay. They're more like junior film media. Felt that way to me at least ever since Starcraft 2 was topping/gave birth to Twitch.tv and then League of Legends and Counter Strike GO

S1: $30 Repo: $10.50 Clair: $70

Hmm I wonder.

By those standards McDonald's will always be rated higher than a proper restaurant.

For those that wonder, this doesn't mean you don't have the right to enjoy any of the games you love. It means giving game reviews and sales rankings too much credit doesn't lead anywhere but rather stains the love for games. They come in all flavors and sizes, and the fact that some sell better or receive more attention than others says more about their players (and the aspects that hook them) than about their quality.

As for me, there are times when I have an itch for finely polished beautiful games with meaningful and inspiring stories and times when all I care for is starting a quick and brief coop match in some buggy game with friends and have some highly stupid fun together. 👍

Is it any surprise? Any game that's more popular gets a lot more contrarians.