Well, when Ocarina of Time came out, I had never played a Zelda game before, so I didn't really think it was so great when I heard about it. I distinctly remember my friends were talking about it, and they mentioned the fishing. I, being a big jerk, jumped into the conversation going "Oohhhhh, fishing. Woah, that's awesome. That sounds like fun. Fishing!!!"
They weren't too amused. One of my friends told me that I should just give the game a try then. I was like "Psh, fine. I'm not about to turn down a free game." since he was lending me his copy.
Two weeks later, I returned to him a very thoroughly played game, as a very humbled gamer.
Ironically enough, I had a lot of fun fishing too....