Gaming hosts Josh, Paul and Ryan return to what they do best, talking video games!! It’s 2025, and we’ve got a bright year of gaming ahead of us. Join us as we break down our top 24 most anticipated video games of 2025, all while fighting each other to draft the best list! We’re starting 2025 off with a fantastic gaming packed episode you absolutely can’t miss! Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Ol’ Jake, Disratory and Gaius Thanks to Legendary Supporter: FitNerdJohn Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What games are the most anticipated for 2025?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. 2025 is finally here. Is this the year we get the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6? Will Silksong ever release? Will Avowed live up to the hype? Who knows? But we're about to spend the next hour talking about our most anticipated games of 2025. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh.
And joining me, he can't wait for the release of Dave the Diver. And he's pretty sure Redfall probably won't win Game of the Year this time. Maybe. It's Ryan.
Oh, come on. The Redfall. I was new. I was new, man. I was like, okay, that's a pretty good trailer. Like, I'm into it. And you guys are like, oh gosh, who's this guy?
I thought Redfall looked pretty good at first, Ryan. And then I went, oh no.
I will say you also just cost us another year for the game that should not be named.
You mentioned that earlier, by the way. Yeah. So you typed it out, which is even worse. And joining us... He's that beloved old game you boot up from time to time, but you can't quite remember where you left off or what any of the buttons do. It's Paul!
It's me! I'm here for another episode. And by the way, Josh, you should know by now, Silksong does not exist. It's not a real game.
The real question in this episode is going to be, is somebody going to wind up with Silksong? Silksong, $1, please. Oh, my goodness. It's like, you know, it doesn't work for other people, but maybe it'll work for us. Oh, we are here. It's 2025, gentlemen. Paul, thank you for joining us for this episode. We had to call in a favor. You owed us a couple. And you said, I'm a man of my word.
I'll show up for this. Really, you just did it for the listeners because you didn't want to subject them to just me and Ryan doing this.
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Chapter 2: What is the format of the draft for selecting games?
All right, Ryan. Ryan's already getting competitive. Ryan, what's the best game on your list?
From then?
Yeah.
2.
2?
I agree.
For $12 or whatever. Star Wars Outlaws.
Star Wars Outlaws was really good, too, but I paid a lot of money for that, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 at like $12 or whatever it was, that was a steal. That was such a good deal, but yeah, man, what a list. I'll tell you what.
Right? All right, well, let's go to Paul's list. Oh, no. Here we go. Paul, you have quite possibly one of the best games to release last year, and that is Shadow of the Erdtree at $59. Yes. Then you started to gamble a little bit. with some of these games that we thought were going to release in 2024, and then they didn't.
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Chapter 3: What was the outcome of last year's game draft?
Now, a few rules for everybody that's listening. We have to draft eight games each. So by the end of the draft, you must have eight games. You have a budget of $200. And we are not going to count games that have been in early access that might be releasing this year. So an example would be like Enshrouded. That's a pretty popular game. It's been in EA for all of last year.
It's finally releasing in the 1.0 this year. But it's kind of like that game's been available in 90% of its iteration already. And so we're not gonna count a game like that. Now, if a game is releasing in early access in 2025, I'll just throw a name out there, like Subnautica 2, for instance, that game would qualify because you can say, hey, I'm super excited for this game.
I'm really anticipating it. I understand it's an early release, but it's at least releasing in 2025. So it does qualify at that point. So those are the rules. When it's your turn, you nominate the game. You throw out your opening bid. We'll take turns bidding it up if we want.
We each end this draft with eight games, and then we'll actually talk about who we think won the draft, and then we'll come back to it later on. Okay.
I love it.
All right. You guys, you guys ready to get started? Oh, let's do it. All right, Paul, you're the guest of honor.
Oh no.
It's only fitting. It's only fitting that you start us off, Paul.
So the question is, do I nominate something I want or do I try to start draining your guys' funds?
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Chapter 4: What games are up for bids during the draft?
I know. I was going to try to be a good host here and update it. But all right, sweet. Okay, Ryan. You're up, buddy.
Oh, all right. So it's all on me here. I'm going to go with one that Paul picked last year. Ooh. And we'll see if it maybe releases this year. I for sure hope so because I am a glutton for punishment and I love the series. I'm going to go with Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater and I'm going to start the bidding at $15.
it's coming out this year yeah it got delayed it's gonna come out this year i'm gonna i'll bid uh 18 on this one last year it went for 20 i think it's at least worth that i'm gonna say 21 25 28 33 34 oh here we go
You're just trying to run me up now.
It is a remake that has me tempered a little bit, but this game is going to be beloved. I think everyone who did not get a chance to play it like Josh is going to think it's so phenomenal. This is like guaranteed 90 plus on Metacritic, I think.
I'm out. I don't know enough about the game to be as excited. I am excited for it, but I just don't know enough about the original to have that steer me. I've seen some footage. It looks fantastic. The graphics look next-gen. The gameplay looks really good.
They delayed it because they even said, hey, we want to actually make this game even better than it already is, which gives me some hope in it as well. But I just don't know enough to bid this up with you guys.
34?
34. 37.
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Chapter 5: How do the hosts feel about Grand Theft Auto 6?
Okay, I'm going to go 20.
32.
35. 36.
36.
36?
38.
You can have it.
All right. I'll take it for 38. I like that price.
There's so many games I want that I feel very confident are going to come out in 2025, and I really have this list of games in my head that I want to build.
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Chapter 6: What strategies do the hosts use in the auction draft?
I think that they know that they were onto something with the reception to the demo. And I think that's why they delayed it because I think they went, whoa, People really seem to like this. We better take some extra time and make it as good as we possibly can, because I think there was a resounding positive response to that demo.
And I think they saw that and went, OK, we were on to something here. Let's make sure we land this plane. So that's my hope anyway. All right, Ryan, you nominated that one, right? Yes. All right. You know, I'm just going to do it because I don't think either one of you care one whit about this game. Claire Obscura Expedition 33.
If this doesn't look like a next-gen Final Fantasy game with over-the-top combat camera angles, flashiness... The production value on this game looks like it is through the roof. And I know both of you could care less because you both hate turn-based combat. And this game does not look like it's up your alley. So I'm very curious how you guys are going to respond to this.
But I'll start the bidding off at $10.
I feel like there's 14 games on this list that kind of look like Claire Obscura.
Nothing looks like Claire Obscura.
10?
15.
Didn't you just say $14? No. Who? Me? Yeah. No, I said 10.
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Chapter 7: What are the potential risks with early access games?
It is so cheap.
$6. $6.
I would have stuck Ryan with that.
This is great. Great podcast content right here. You can have it. You can have it for $6. All right.
Six. Okay. That's fair. I mean, hindsight. I got him up from a dollar.
Okay. I got him up from a dollar.
That's true. You did. You made him spend five more bucks. I'm proud of you, Ryan.
Thank you.
Fair enough.
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Chapter 8: Which games did the hosts end up with in their lists?
Probably up to 55. There's a couple games where I said, I want to leave the draft with these games, and this is one of them. Yeah, I just I everything I've seen about this game really just looks like this is a top notch video game experience. The fact that, like you said, Paul King come deliverance is pretty beloved by a lot of people.
And this is like their I don't want to say like magnum opus, but this is like what they wanted to make originally. And so I feel like it's going to be just top notch, man. Like the comedy, the trailers. I worry a little bit about the combat. I guess we'll see. Yep.
If the combat hits, the game will be fantastic for that player.
If I swing a sword three times in real life, I'm tired. Why would I want to do that in a video game? Well, I don't know. Personally, I hate stamina bars. It's the worst. I'm trying to escape the world. I'm always tired as it is. Let me just mindlessly swing at everything. I don't want to deal with that.
I haven't played a really good medieval game in... I mean, I can't call The Witcher 3 medieval because that's like a fantasy world, but this is true medieval life. Oh, sure. So I think that's going to be a very neat representation because I love like Ryan, you're a huge fan of like ancient Egypt. I love the Middle Ages. Yeah.
Wouldn't want to live there, but it's just something that like resonates with my brain. And so it's like this game for me is very high up on that list. I really hope it's worth the $50 price tag. All right, so just to recap, Ryan, you're at $57 left, okay? Because we have to reserve $1 for each of your slots. Yes. You have Metal Gear Solid, Snake Eater, and Grand Theft Auto VI. I have $70 left.
I have The Altars, Clare Obscura, Expedition 33, Borderlands 4, and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. I'm pretty darn happy with my list. And Paul, you have $111 left. You have Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ghost of Yotei, Midnight Murder Club, and Subnautica 2. How are you feeling about your list, Paul?
I love my list.
Yotei at $38? Dude, that's killer.
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