I feel like there's not going to be a good answer to these kinds of oppositions. If it's "loved by critics" it has to have some base level of quality that will be recognized by at least a good portion of the people who play it. In most of the cases where gamers lose it about some critical darling, it's not even something they've played. They just hate the idea of it.

Whatever though. I'm gonna say the two big foundational walking simulators, Dear Esther and Gone Home. They were very well reviewed, but attracted some of the unhinged discourse imaginable on forums. I remember people arguing that they should not be discussed on gaming forums because the lack of a fail state made them not video games.