The finale of our week of 2025 celebrations is here, as we sum up all we've decided over the past week, and make a top ten games of 2025. Enjoy!

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This is a full on spoilercast for some of the biggest games of 2025, as we dissect the narratives and moments that made them so special. It's time for two categories: best moment, and first up, best story.

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We're starting to get a little spoiler-y now, as Best New Character means we have to talk about stories in games, but before that, what is the nicest surprise of a game in 2025? Our awards season continues.

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Our best spectacle category is here, and we've split it into audio and visual, so we can coo over which games in 2025 looked and sounded the best. Top threes for these one, and no spoilers. Yay!

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It's time to talk about the best games of 2025, and what better way to do it than with lengthy podcast discussions. The first of our special run of episodes is about best re-release and best multiplayer, and boy has it been a year for re-releases, thanks to a certain Switch 2.

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Kieran makes his full podcast debut (you can hear him earlier on an exclusive Patreon only podcast) to talk about Rue Valley, a game inspired by Disco Elysium, and it has Lyle, Steve, and Adam all intrigued.

Speaking of intrigue, what is the deal with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Is it cannon? It is, right? Lyle is playing this meaty experience.

And speaking of meaty, the hunky Steve(n) has lost his mind playing Lumines Arise, so let's chat about that, too.

Note: we'll be starting game of the year recordings soon, so we'll do our best to keep up with regular podcasts, but as you know, these GOTY recordings take a lot of time, so we can't promise! Thanks for baring with us, in what has been a tricky end of 2025.

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On this episode of Loot Level Chat, it's time to talk about Ball x Pit, and hey, what's in a name? We find out as Lyle, Steve, and Adam discuss what that "x" means, and why. Oh, and they talk about the game itself, of course, too.

Steve has been living his best Burnout-life as he investigates Wreckreation, and explains to Adam and Lyle what it's all about. Meanwhile both Lyle and Adam have finished Pokemon Legends: Z-A and are rather enamoured with the game, hoping the future for Pokemon fans is finally bright again.

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It's a two person podcast this episode, with Adam and Lyle here to bring some seriously positive vibes.

Both of the duo have been playing Super Mario Galaxy 1+2, and despite the first game in the collection having been previously available on Switch, it actually has some new changes that are really interesting. Super Mario Galaxy 2, of course, is a first-time thing for Nintendo Switch: was it worth the wait?

Meanwhile, the word "perfect" is used when describing Hades II. It's not a word we like to use too often when referring to a game, but Hades II really does seem like it's that special. Lastly, we have a quick check in on the newest "Balatro-like", CloverPit, and check in with how Lyle and Adam feel about the Mina the Hollower delay, before trying to work out if another member of the team is playing a long game to troll Lyle.

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