Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty being as amazing as it is. The game (or DLC) surpassed my expectations and is among my favorites of all time; as with the base game. The massive overhaul update helped as well and has some of the most memorable moments in gaming I've had in a long time. Seriously some brilliant stuff from CDPR and a great send-off to 2077.
If we go the other direction, the less favorable surprises are Alan Wake 2 and Diablo IV. Both didn't really didn't do it for me, and I was heavily anticipating both. Alan Wake 2 was the opposite direction I like my action games from Remedy go, as in the the action is scarce and the slow, idk even the story just doesn't do it for me. And D4 was just uninteresting to play, from the gameplay of the classes, the visuals to the non-engaging end game. A big step backwards from D3.
