Lol.... Lmao
I wouldn't worry about the general negativity in larger communities. I find "majority of video game community posts are negative" to be the norm. The people that are enjoying the game are playing it, the people who aren't are on the forums complaining.
Fair enough. I somewhat understand the ownership angle, but just come down on it differently I guess. My reasoning is that if Microsoft goes tits up my entire gaming library on Xbox is toast, both what I "owned", and what I had access to via gamepass. You used to be able to mitigate that entanglement with physical ownership, but more and more that's just a key to digital access as well.
That said, our habits are definitely different. I can't recall the last game I put four digit hours in.
Prodeus hasn't been mentioned and is excellent