{"id":2193,"date":"2025-01-05T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2025-01-05T20:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T20:05:38","slug":"2025-games-were-excited-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/2025-games-were-excited-to-play","title":{"rendered":"2025 Games We&#8217;re Excited to Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s here! 2025 is upon us and so are a bunch of games we can&#8217;t wait to play. You just (may have) read our dev update to start the year, and I want to balance out the nerdy-coder speak with some actual games that us at LFGdating can&#8217;t wait to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ghost of Yotei <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7z7kqwuf0a8?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Expected to play a lot like <em>Ghost of Tsushima<\/em>, I expect evolved gameplay. The immersive world, the emotional storylines, the ability to straight up stabby stab someone repeatedly, this will get some play. I&#8217;m kind of hoping it the pwning feels a bit like a samurai version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7u0ohVxC-2M\">F.E.A.R.<\/a> While not much talked about on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Ghostofyotei\/\">subreddit<\/a> yet, I&#8217;m staying tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Borderlands 4<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26vY2GMfYTw?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hell. Yeah. Borderlands 4 is creating <em>a world<\/em>. It might not be a traditional open world setting, but Gearbox is definitely breaking out the creative juices and building something they haven&#8217;t built before in the Borderlands series. I&#8217;ll be honest here&#8230;I have no idea what to expect regarding how Gearbox will develop a storyline&#8230;but I&#8217;m also not sold they need to. I&#8217;m 50\/50 if this will land well. What will land well? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3MegCwvoaeo\">Rampaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Death Stranding 2<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbLstJHlC4U?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helmed by Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions, DS2 is poised to be a monumental sequel. Norman Reedus reprises his role as Sam Porter Bridges, navigating a fractured world where every decision impacts the narrative. We&#8217;re looking for a back half of the year release, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/death-stranding-2s-title-screen-revealed-but-there-is-a-catch\/1100-6527524\/\">GameSpot<\/a> does a great job of compiling more information. This might win the &#8220;I turned on the console and didn&#8217;t leave the couch for 10 straight hours&#8221; award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKCkjkyIngU?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone loves a good remake. Or most people do. Or some. Hell I don&#8217;t care how many but we&#8217;re excited for this one. A refreshed Metal Gear Solid 3 will be on full display, and if you want to litigate the merits of &#8220;faithful&#8221; remakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/metalgearsolid\/comments\/1f1jjzs\/metal_gear_delta_snake_eater_is_shaping_up_to_be\/\">visit this Reddit post<\/a>. And for all the things I don&#8217;t know about this world (too many to count or care about), I do know that I will look at anyone the same way I looked at my roommate at 23 when playing MSG 3: <em>stop talking to me I&#8217;m playing <\/em>the<em> game.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tron: Catalyst <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LewStEVz8VE?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>10\/10 for the music already. Maybe it&#8217;s a guilty pleasure, or maybe it&#8217;s just that I like this music and will perpetually feel like Ryan Gosling in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=30jrmzzgHLc\">Drive<\/a>.<\/em> Either way it&#8217;s a win. And while I want to call out that I&#8217;m not a Disney fan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/patientgamers\/comments\/i6bkmo\/theres_hard_games_and_then_theres_bullshit_the\/\">I have my reasons<\/a>. But for this release, I just want to have some fun. Do not ruin this for me, Disney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 will be a fun gaming year. We had a few Indie titles in here during ideation, one of them being <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2857810\/Sleight_of_Hand\/\">Sleight of Hand<\/a><\/em>, I inserted executive decisioning and included <em>Catalyst<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers to the New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s here! 2025 is upon us and so are a bunch of games we can&#8217;t wait to play. You just (may have) read our dev update to start the year, and I want to balance out the nerdy-coder speak with some actual games that us at LFGdating can&#8217;t wait to play. 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