Keep your smilies bruh, my game of the year is obviously the one I'm in here arguing about which is Elden Ring an all time great game.
You laugh like Grounded is a bad game, I had more fun with Grounded than any TLOU game, mid ass Horizon, and these new God of War games because it is just a fukking video game that I play, not some fukking political statement or girl power or a fukking game that should be a fukking TV show.
People like you are the problem with gaming in general and why this industry is taking a fukking nosedive.
This 100 percent, as a game I had more fun playing grounded than a lot of those you listed while being just as engaged. I'll point out the fact that I'm using the words FUN and engaging.
Grounded was super engaging and fun, it didn't pull at heartstrings or try to have some deep captivating story but what it did do is pull you into a fun and open world.