Ep. 428 - Even More Games of the Year 2025

Editor Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon to cover the rest of 2025’s best games.

Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Ash Parrish and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Demonschool

1: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (02:28)

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Hyrule Warriors series

Linkle

Vampire Survivors

2: Soulstone Survivors (05:38)

3: Let Them Come: Onslaught (06:21)

4: Vital Shell (06:38)

5: to a T (07:39)

Keita Takahashi

Despelote

Perfect Tides: Station to Station

6: Ball x Pit (10:49)

Arkanoid

7: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (16:20)

Blasphemous

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

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8: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (18:11)

Blasphemous

9: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (19:46)

Fire Emblem series

Advance Wars series

Triangle Strategy

Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT series

Yasumi Matsuno

Ogre Battle

Tactics Ogre

Final Fantasy Tactics

Vagrant Story

Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Jeanne d’Arc

Disgaea series

10: Terminator 2D: No Fate (25:20)

Xeno Crisis

The Phantom

The Phantom (1996)

Macaw45

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Judge Dredd

Metal Slug series

11: Blade Chimera (29:03)

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

12: Squeakross: Home Squeak Home (31:32)

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Jerma Streams - Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

13: Unbeatable (34:45)

14: Ambrosia Sky: Act One (37:06)

PowerWash Simulator

15: Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To (38:54)

Lofi Girl

16: Skin Deep (41:27)

Laura Michet

17: Angeline Era (44:43)

Ys series

Earthbound

18: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. (47:39)

Tekken series

Hades II

19: Birdcage (51:24)

Doom: The Dark Ages

Radiant Silvergun

Sōkyūgurentai

Ikaruga

20: JAIL DICE: Roll to Break (53:17)

Devil Dice

21: Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ (56:54)

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™

Assassin’s Creed

War of the Spark

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22: Hell Is Us (01:03:59)

23: Hades II (01:13:47)

Hades

Pyre

Transistor

24: Shadow Labyrinth (01:16:42)

Pac-Man

Xevious

Mr. Driller

Secret Level

25: Doom: The Dark Ages (01:21:49)

Doom Eternal

Doom

Djent

26: The Dark Queen of Mortholme (01:26:30)

Blasphemous

Slay the Princess

27: Pokemon Legends: Z-A (01:30:00)

Pokémon Scarlet

Yakuza universe

Digimon Story Time Stranger

Pokopia

28: Hotel Barcelona (01:35:53)

Hidetaka Suehiro

Goichi Suda

Super Time Force

29: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (01:39:43)

Danganronpa series

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Kazutaka Kodaka

Kotaro Uchikoshi

Gnosia

30: Shujinkou (01:45:24)

Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

Gunhouse

31: Haste (01:49:32)

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

SSX series

Tony Hawk Pro Skater series

Peak

32: AI Limit (01:53:06)

33: Super Robot Wars Y (01:54:29)

Gunpla

Sentai

34: Routine (01:58:03)

Aftermath

Crow Country

35: Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (02:03:15)

Sid Meier’s Civilization V

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Endless Legend

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth

36: Blast Rush LS (02:10:29)

Blast Rush

37: Advent Neon (02:12:37)

Socket

DeviantArt

Newgrounds

38: Donkey Kong Bananza (02:16:02)

Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Mario Kart World

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

39: Cronos: The New Dawn (02:23:03)

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill f

40: Absolum (02:27:01)

Streets of Rage 4

41: Monster Prom 4: Monster Con (02:31:14)

LeahPlease

Monster Prom series

42: Dreams of Another (02:33:58)

The Unfinished Swan

Viewfinder

43: Date Everything! (02:37:49)

Gijinka

OS-tan

Hy