{"id":51307,"date":"2024-06-17T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-best-video-games-of-2024-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T21:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:01:02","slug":"the-best-video-games-of-2024-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-best-video-games-of-2024-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Video 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 critical and commercial successes so far \u2014 Helldivers 2, Hades 2, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, to name a few \u2014 with dozens of exciting games still to come, including Star Wars Outlaws and Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree.<\/p>\n

As we near this year’s halfway point, we\u2019ve compiled an ongoing list of every game and expansion released in 2024<\/a> that received a review score of 8 or higher from IGN<\/a>. These are the 39 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

Alan Wake 2: Night Springs<\/h3>\n

From our review:<\/strong> Alan Wake II: Night Springs<\/a> is a compact collection of standalone stories that veer from entertainingly violent shootouts, to tense stretches of survival horror, before settling on and reveling in the utterly batshit craziness that makes Remedy\u2019s multiverse of madness so keenly absorbing to explore. There\u2019s admittedly not much new here from a gameplay perspective, and it feels like a bit of a tease to play as a version of Control\u2019s heroine stripped of her special abilities in the second episode. Even so, the highs I felt during my short return to Alan Wake\u2019s universe greatly outweighed the lows, and I\u2019d gladly play through another collection of bite-sized side stories if Remedy ever decided to bake another batch. Could there be more Night Springs in the future? Hope springs eternal. \u2013 Tristan Ogilvie<\/em><\/p>\n