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In our second and final year-end wrap-up, we detail numbers 4 through 1 on our personal GOTY lists, and then dive into an array of honorable (and not too many dishonorable) mentions before pondering the year ahead. Happy new year!

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Start

(00:00:10) Intro

(00:01:17) Brad's recap from last episode

(00:01:55) Vinny's recap from last episode

(00:02:10) Alex's recap from last episode

(00:02:29) Number 04 [Brad]

(00:10:03) Number 04 [Vinny]

(00:16:17) Number 04 [Alex]

(00:22:54) Number 03 [Brad]

(00:31:02) Number 03 [Vinny]

(00:31:19) Number 03 [Alex]

(00:38:10) First Break

(00:38:14) Number 02 [Brad]

(00:45:31) Number 02 [Vinny]

(00:52:46) Number 02 [Alex]

(00:57:35) Number 01 [Brad]

(01:16:04) Number 01 [Vinny]

(01:29:28) Number 01 [Alex]

(01:38:16) Second Break

(01:38:20) Honorable Mentions

(02:17:48) The games that missed the mark for us

(02:23:57) ...and nobody talked about Maro Kart World

(02:24:56) There's always more to talk about...

(02:26:57) Brad's Top Ten Games of 2025

(02:27:16) Vinny's Top Ten Games of 2025

(02:27:44) Alex's Top Ten Games of 2025

(02:28:04) Wrapping up and thanks for 2025

(02:31:11) See ya

(02:31:31) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts

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The Nextlander Podcast 230: Game of the Year 2025, Part 2

In our second and final year-end wrap-up, we detail numbers 4 through 1 on our personal GOTY lists, and then dive into an array of honorable (and not too many dishonorable) mentions before pondering the year ahead. Happy new year! Nextlander is supported by its community: http://www.patreon.com/nextlander Thanks for watching. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Start (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:17) Brad's recap from last episode (00:01:55) Vinny's recap from last episode (00:02:10) Alex's recap from last episode (00:02:29) Number 04 [Brad] (00:10:03) Number 04 [Vinny] (00:16:17) Number 04 [Alex] (00:22:54) Number 03 [Brad] (00:31:02) Number 03 [Vinny] (00:31:19) Number 03 [Alex] (00:38:10) First Break (00:38:14) Number 02 [Brad] (00:45:31) Number 02 [Vinny] (00:52:46) Number 02 [Alex] (00:57:35) Number 01 [Brad] (01:16:04) Number 01 [Vinny] (01:29:28) Number 01 [Alex] (01:38:16) Second Break (01:38:20) Honorable Mentions (02:17:48) The games that missed the mark for us (02:23:57) ...and nobody talked about Maro Kart World (02:24:56) There's always more to talk about... (02:26:57) Brad's Top Ten Games of 2025 (02:27:16) Vinny's Top Ten Games of 2025 (02:27:44) Alex's Top Ten Games of 2025 (02:28:04) Wrapping up and thanks for 2025 (02:31:11) See ya (02:31:31) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts

Comments

Castor Troy

Brad, I'm also waiting for DS2 on pc. I played the first one on PC. I know 2 will come to PC eventually and I'd just rather play it there. There are so many games I'm not in any rush.

John Ferris

I'm guessing the guys never laid hands on The Seance of Blake Manor last year? I could see it ranking pretty high for Vinny (and maybe Alex). Absolute gem of a game.

Jagaimo

The reason you heard so fewer people bristling about Silksong as time went by is this: those of us with jobs and limited time who were literally locked out of enjoying the game that we had really been looking forward to playing had moved on. It did no good to keep complaining. Those with the time to put 100+ hours into the incredibly steep difficulty curb kept playing and enjoyed it. The rest of us were frozen out. Biggest disappointment of the year.