Haha. I could understand where the confusion comes in. More times than not, a lot has to due with how slow a game starts. "Dude, after you get a quarter of the way in, it gets really good." Unfortunately a quarter of the way in could be 20-30 hours. That's too much time for me to invest in a game that "gets better." The other part that plays a role is my attention span. While I think Breath of the Wild was a fantastic game; it took me 3 times starting to get through it. The first time was only an hour or so. It didn't necessarily start slow but I played a good 10 hours, pretty much hooked, for the most part. Then I just stopped. Other games stood out or I get into a TV series or life just happens. I went a long time without playing it. Then I got a Switch and a buddy of mine said I have to give it another shot. Maybe it was the fact that I got a new console and was just wanting to try something great on it but I played a couple hours every night until finished, that time.
I think it's more that I don't really have the time to invest into games, like I used to, and a lot of the really long games are hard for me to just play a few hours on weekends cause I tend to forget where I was and what I was doing from week-to-week. It's just easier to start a shorter game Friday night and be done with it by Sunday night.