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Share your GOTY 2025 dark horses
🕑 Added 2025-06-03 20:00:37 +0000 UTC
Hey y'all! Next Tuesday, the Resties will be taking a mid-year look at the games of 2025. What's hit? What hasn't? What have we missed? And what's still waiting in the wings?
We'd love to include your dark horse candidates for the best game of 2025. Share why you love the game and why other listeners should give it a try!
Comments
Sawyer Haines
I’ve come across a few people mentioning Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and I wholeheartedly agree. It’s my favorite game of the year. I played the first one on PS4 but never finished it because I found the combat with a controller too cumbersome and challenging. However, playing KCD2 on PC is the way to go. The directional attacking input feels much more intuitive and responsive with a mouse. The voice acting for the main characters is spectacular, the side quests are engaging and take unexpected turns. The game doesn’t rush at all; it requires some play sessions to include doing a simple task like picking herbs or traveling from one town to another. If you approach it with the right mindset, I believe it’s the perfect hardcore medieval simulation that combines the best elements of old-school Bethesda games with modern design. It’s an absolute 10/10 game. Another game that I’ve been getting into but didn’t release this year is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. It’s a hardcore version of Fallout New Vegas with excellent gunplay.
Nat J
I like the possibility of Citizen Sleeper 2 getting it. But has there ever been a game to win GOTY solely for its script? (Not that this is much of an argument against it. First time for everything, and all that)
