2024 has already produced a wealth of surprisingly great games, most of which have seemingly come out of nowhere. While the likes of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Tekken 8 both belong to huge franchises, their extremely high level of quality was still pleasantly surprising for many, but the real shocks have been games like Helldivers 2 and Palworld, two titles that had some attention before launch, but quickly ballooned to unforeseen heights upon their release.