SIPTG Game of the Year 2025 - Part 1

Graham and Steve are back at it for a new year, and are doing so by looking back at last year in the first part of the 2025 Game of the Year podcast! What were the best looking, sounding, playing, and most surprising games of last year? Only one way to find out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:19 - Best Noise 35:03 - Best New Thing 55:54 - Best Surprise 1:08:34 - Best Looking Game 1:18:26 - Best Game to Play Best Noise Nominees: Doom: The Dark Ages Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Space Rock Breaker The Drifter Promise Mascot Agency Bits & Bops Rhythm Doctor Best New Thing Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch South of Midnight Promise Mascot Agency The Alters Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 The Drifter Skin Deep Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Keeper The First Berserker: Khazan Best Surprise Nominees: Wanderstop Tower Dominion Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Nice Day for Fishing Driftwood Öoo Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship Terminator 2D: No Fate Twilight Monk AI Limit Best Looking Game Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Dispatch Shinobi: Art of Vengeance The Drifter Keeper Constance Sword of the Sea The Outer Worlds 2 Avowed Best Game to Play Nominees: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Doom: The Dark Ages The Precinct The First Berserker: Khazan Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Skin Deep Lies of P: Overture Driftwood   Episode's YouTube Video: Watch this episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music