A little bit of God of War 2018 mixed up with a little bit of The Witcher 3.

This is my pick for most underrated game of 2024. Combat feels good and the story feels better. It has a, "wide linear," style world a la GoW. Combat is soulslite (rechargeable flasks, lock on, light and heavy attacks, parries, dodgerolls, but no stamina bar or dropping souls on death), but you can hot-swap between two characters with a different array of abilities. The story is a supernatural mystery about why an extremely powerful and *extremely angry* ghost seeks to destroy the New England town of New Eden in the late 17th century. The writing is quite good, especially the side quests that revolve around determining who is haunting the villagers of New Eden, why, and how to put them to rest.

Minor content warning: the first few hours of the story deal pretty brutally with the sudden death of a spouse. Just something to keep in mind if that's too heavy a topic.

A little bit of God of War 2018 mixed up with a little bit of The Witcher 3. This is my pick for most underrated game of 2024. Combat feels good and the story feels better. It has a, "wide linear," style world a la GoW. Combat is soulslite (rechargeable flasks, lock on, light and heavy attacks, parries, dodgerolls, but no stamina bar or dropping souls on death), but you can hot-swap between two characters with a different array of abilities. The story is a supernatural mystery about why an extremely powerful and *extremely angry* ghost seeks to destroy the New England town of New Eden in the late 17th century. The writing is quite good, especially the side quests that revolve around determining who is haunting the villagers of New Eden, why, and how to put them to rest. Minor content warning: the first few hours of the story deal pretty brutally with the sudden death of a spouse. Just something to keep in mind if that's too heavy a topic.