{"id":47081,"date":"2024-04-10T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-best-reviewed-games-of-2024-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:00:09","slug":"the-best-reviewed-games-of-2024-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-best-reviewed-games-of-2024-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Reviewed Games of 2024 (So Far)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2023 is a tough act to follow. IGN awarded 83 games a review score of 8 or higher last year, including five 10s \u2014 among which were two generational greats in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. A year later, the release calendar looks comparatively light, with Switch all but certainly in its final year<\/u><\/a> as Nintendo\u2019s primary console and Sony not releasing “any new major existing franchise titles<\/a>” until 2025.<\/p>\n

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Despite the relative sparsity, 2024 is not without its big hitters: Several Q1 games \u2014 Helldivers 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2, to name a few \u2014 have been released to critical acclaim and commercial success, with dozens of high-potential games still to come, including Star Wars Outlaws, Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, Senua\u2019s Saga Hellblade 2, and Hades 2.<\/p>\n

With Q1 officially behind us, we\u2019ve compiled an ongoing list of every game and expansion released in 2024 that received a review score of 8 or higher from IGN. These are the 24 best-reviewed games of 2024 (so far).<\/p>\n

This list will be updated as new releases receive qualifying review scores.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Review Score: 8 (\u201cGreat\u201d)<\/h2>\n

These games leave us with something outstanding to remember them by, usually novel gameplay ideas for single-player or multiplayer, clever characters and writing, noteworthy graphics and sound, or some combination thereof. If we have major complaints, there are more than enough excellent qualities to cancel them out.<\/em><\/p>\n

Botany Manor<\/h3>\n

From our review:<\/strong> Clever clues entwine with Botany Manor<\/u><\/a>\u2019s charming old English setting to make a lighthearted first-person puzzler worth tending to. Figuring out how to grow its fantastical plants kept me on my toes, and the blossoming flora painting onto the pages of my herbarium with bright colors gave me a comforting sense of achievement. I was more invested in deciphering its puzzles than I was reading the notes and letters that make up its fairly one-note story, but the variety of surreal seeds with unique traits in each new area gave an exciting cadence to the somewhat repetitive act of tracking down clues. Botany Manor is a laid-back game that doesn\u2019t ask you to do too much, simply grow some strange plants and decompress \u2013 and sometimes that\u2019s exactly what you need. \u2013 Saniya Ahmed<\/em><\/p>\n