I also agree with the following games:
Jericho - It had some pretty damn fine ideas in terms of your squad and their powers. It did however suffer from trying to funnel you down a very narrow experience, both in terms of how your powers could be used and just generally how narrow and linear the corridors really were. There was never any illusion of playing it your way. You were only ever able to do what the developers expected. In that regard it deserved to be criticised. But it still remains an enjoyable enough game.
Rogue Trooper - Again, it got wrong what Arkham Asylum got right. In AA you were the Batman. In Rogue Trooper you're not really let off the leash enough. Still a good game despite its constraints though.
Cryostasis - Easily one of the top ten FPS I've played. I've never bothered to work out such lists. But that's the kind of area of greatness it's in. Yeah, sure it doesn't run on a lot of systems and the ice breaker ship isn't the most exotic of locations. But other than that it's got a lot going for it that few can equal.
gameon: prey got 7/10 on most places,
7/10 is actually fairly good, but regardless, it isn't what Prey got 'most places'. It got a metacritic of 83. Which is pretty damn good by any realistic standard.
Far Cry 2 also scored highly. In fact I think the reason it got so much of a backlash from gamers is that once again reviewers were too scared to say what they really thought.