Don't be a faggot OP, let people enjoy popular games, they're popular for a reason.
Atypical picks present their own problems. How the fuck am I supposed to defend Xenoblade 2 as my favorite of all time when most people have either never heard of it or know about all the cringe shit and hentai and awful English dub?
Let's just agree that liking any game in any capacity whatsoever makes you a loser

I think open world games have this unspoken implication that the world is not merely what's presented in the game world.
Basically the equivalent of "how come I never see my character take a shit" because it happens in the implied off screen time lapses.
A good example of a game acknowledging this is Xenoblade 3, which canonically takes place over 3-ish months because the progression of time is plot relevant. In most cases this is inconsequential and presents only minor plot holes at best. Yes, it's possible for 2 young people to fall in love in 2 weeks, especially when they're bound together in a life or death mission.