A Year in Review - 2025

[kashell]

Let's do a recap and roundup for the year, shall we?

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Favorite 2025 Release: What's your favorite game that you played released this year?

Least Favorite 2025 Release: On the opposite end, what's your least favorite game released this year?

Favorite Game Played in 2025: What game this year earns your spot for best game ever?

Least Favorite Game Played in 2025: What's your least favorite game that you played this year?

Sleeper Hit of 2025: If you have one, what's your personal sleeper hit for 2025?

Favorite Gaming Moment in 2025: What moment in a game you played this sticks in your head the strongest? Was it something awesome? Something tragic? Something completely over the top? Keep spoilers to a minimum or mark them if you can.

Proudest Collection Accomplishment of 2025: Share a story about a cool find from this year!

[bikingjahuty]

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Favorite 2025 Release: Earthion (of course my favorite game released this year looks like it was released back in 1993 lol)

Least Favorite 2025 Release: I only played and beat three games released in 2025, but I guess Jurassic World Evolution 3, even though that game was still pretty good.

Favorite Game Played in 2025: Not including games I replayed this year (Shenmue, OoT, Majora's Mask), that would be the Silent Hill 2 remake, which I beat at the beginning of the year.

Least Favorite Game Played in 2025: ExZues - a god awful arcade rail shooter that I got baited into thinking might be good.

Sleeper Hit of 2025: Eathion hands down

Favorite Gaming Moment in 2025: Probably the fact that I beat more games this year than I ever have. I'm currently at 123 games beat this year, which absolutely demolishes the previous record for me. I also have developed a love and appreciation for indie games that I felt was lacking up until this year.

Proudest Collection Accomplishment of 2025: I added a lot of Switch games to that collection this year.

[kamikazekeeg]

Favorite 2025 Release: Death Stranding 2 - While it isn't perfect, I think it was still pretty fantastic and I was really eager to get back into that worl.d

Least Favorite 2025 Release: Monster Hunter Wilds - This, Death Stranding 2, and Battlefield 6 were my most anticipated games this year, but this turned out to be a disaster.  Poor performance, some not great changes to the game that made it feel really easy, it's definitely a big botch coming from World.

Favorite Game Played in 2025: Abiotic Factor - Hard to choose for this, but I think I'll say Abiotic Factor as it turned out to be kind of a surprise game for me that I put a ton of hours into and want to go back with a decent enough update to replay.  Throwback to oldschool Half-Life era games with a survival aspect, and while it's not perfect, I was pretty absorbed into the game.

Least Favorite Game Played in 2025: Five Nights at Freddy's 3 - I was trying to get through all the FNAF original games, but I dropped this one after like 10 minutes, because it's such an ugly, clunky, experience.  Obnoxious camera visuals and audio and coming off how snappy FNAF 2 and FNAF4 can feel, the sluggishness of the controls is so terrible.  Genuinely could not play it.