Ah, I see. Yeah, XC2 can be a controversial choice although much of the criticism is usually leveled at the character design. One woman I know who highly recommended the first game to me back when it came out in 2012 (and really likes the series) said that she didn't think she'd care that much about it but she did end up feeling ticked off about some of the... artistic choices... that were made. Likewise, there is a lady who posts on the NWR Discord who is also a big fan of the series and she also finds XC2 a low point of the series for various reasons.
Personally, I can't comment on it as I have yet to play it but I do want to get to it particularly because it seems to have such mixed reaction and I want to see what I think of it. I did like its hook of having multiple living creatures that you explore over to differentiate from XC1's static two giant humanoids.
Evan_B(est in show) has written a very extensive review on the various Xenoblade games here on this forum. Perhaps you'll want to check it out
by clicking here if you want some deeper thoughts on that game and the series by someone else who has played and really likes that series of games.
Likewise, there are a bunch of games that you've listed that I've played and enjoyed. Odyssey, MK8, Breath of the Wild, Metroid Dread, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. We've had some various threads and discussions on those titles also in the past. Breath of the Wild was probably the most robust. That was a fun time for many people because there was so much of that game we just didn't know about so we were all experiencing the world in different ways and finding new things and sharing that with each other in the thread at the time. I was wondering if TotK might cause that experience again but it doesn't seem to have. Probably because even though there's a lot of new things to see and changes to locations in BotW, it still has many of the same principles and make up to feel like everything is a fresh new discovery.
I'll also note that even though I've played a lot of these same games, I haven't often made much comment on them or discussed them that much. Part of that is because sometimes it just feels redundant or silly to just say "I liked this game" or start listing some of the events I liked even though anyone else playing the game would have probably also encountered those same events so why do they need me to list them again? I supposed it is the "Why" of it all that holds me back. If I'm going to post something, how much should I dig into and explain the why of what I liked or what I may not have liked? Why is a comment from me on a game necessary? As such, I don't often do much actual posting on my experience of playing on a game.
Yet, that doesn't hold me back from still playing Switch games. That's part of why I've mentioned that ignoring the hate and not engaging in comments with online morons may be help for you. I still enjoy my time playing this stuff even if I may not try to tell people about it.
That said, if you want to comment more on any of those titles you listed or something else then feel free to do so here. You may find others here who played those same games and liked them and perhaps they'll add their thoughts on what appealed to them about those games.