12 Games I'm Looking Forward To Coming In 2025

[@ChrisCohen]

I just randomly clicked this video in my recommendations. For a fairly small KZbin channel, the quality is off the charts. You have a great microphone and know how to use it. It doesn't sound like you're reading a script. You speak very clearly, you feature some genuinely interesting games, and a variety of B-roll to go on the screen. Great stuff, hope you get the success you deserve!

[@CommRio]

I appreciate the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@SuperSupersoda]

Why I love this channel and watch so much of Rio's content: we have the exact same top two games, in the same order. Daybreak II and Sky 1st chapter, those are the two games I'm most looking forward to.

[@CommRio]

It’s a very Trails year, just like 2023 was

[@Lulink013]

I didn't remember the Early Access for Alabaster Dawn was announced for this year ! I'm also waiting for Monster Hunter Wilds, Yakuza Gaiden Pirate in Hawai and a one man project: Rhythm Quest. A rhythm game that plays like an auto-runner from the very underrated artist DDRKirby.

[@CommRio]

They didn't put it in the trailer but it was in a blog post with the announcement, so hopefully that stays the case

[@Nikita_Akashya]

I am very excited for Lunar, XB X, Daybreak 2, Sky and Graces. This year is so bad for my wallet. I sadly do not see Kai coming this year. Unless it releases in Summer or something. Which could happen still. Sky is slated for fall after all. I will just play some other games this year first. I will finally start Cold Steel 3 after Graces. I plan to take a lot more time to play games this year. I really want to play at least more than 3 games in one year. There are still releasing too many, but I really want to play more of them. But this year looks really good so far.

[@CommRio]

That is true NISA (presumably) has to consider when they want to release Kai if it does come this year because the last thing they would want to do is compete with Sky the 1st. I doubt they’d want to release it before Sky as well so I could see a December release

[@acebreaker7]

So far my most anticipated games of 2025 is Xenoblade X DE, Kingdom Come Deliverence 2, TiTs the first and while not a game the Switch 2

[@CommRio]

Lots of good options, and yes the Switch 2 is another thing I'm very excited for and what games could be coming with it

[@mrp1234]

nice list! for me. 1. Guardians of Azuma - I've never been super into Rune Factory, but I was sold in an instant by that trailer. it just looks incredibly up my alley. and I've played some more RF since and it's a lot of fun. 2. Hundred Line Last Defense Academy - I am a disgusting Danganronpa superstannie and this looks completely wild. I am a bit unsure about the gameplay, but I know I'll be entertained as hell. 3. Atelier Yumia - what you said. I really like the darker tone and I think the combat is going to be awesome. 4. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter - I'll be the first to say that I am completely Trails'ed out and I also think the original is still perfectly fine. BUT this is one of my favorite games of all time and it looks wonderful. 5. Lunar remaster - I also have wanted to play this game for a long time and it looks gorgeous. I'm kind of tired of HD-2D so I'd like to see more spritework like this, please!! 6. Xenoblade X DE - weird that it's this low considering it's my favorite series but I just don't think the combat is going to be for me from what I've seen. that said, Xenoblade always excels at exploration, and this game seems to have it in spades. 7. Suikoden remaster - it's been so effing long that it's fallen down my list a ton, but it's still gonna be great 8. Dragon Quest I/II - what you said, I would like to see some more footage 9. Assassin's Creed Shadows - I'm not gonna get this at launch I don't think but you know what. I really like the look of it. so there. 10. Ghost of Yotai - same the year does seem a bit thin so far, but I think the announcement of the Switch 2 is going to lead to like 40000 other reveals

[@CommRio]

I've been keeping an eye on the Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma as well. I haven't played any of the games but like you said that one caught my eye and is likely more up my alley.

[@mrp1234]

@@CommRio also oh shoot how did I forget Alabaster Dawn. I agree with you it's not coming out proper in 2025, but while I feel like CrossCode hasn't stuck with me despite how good it was, AD looks more up my alley in terms of visuals and vibes

[@Saru245]

Finally someone has Daybreak 2 on their list and so high up too! I've seen plenty already and only like maybe 1 or 2 have Daybreak 2 in it. More have the Trails in the Sky remake. What games I'm looking forward to is: 1.) Trails Through Daybreak 2. Daybreak was my GOTY last year so I'm sure this one will be for this year. I called it for Daybreak 1 last year and it ended up being my GOTY so I'm calling it now for this game lol 2.) Trails in the Sky First Chapter. Now this one might tie with GOTY for me with Daybreak 2 depending on how they do things with the VA side of things, like the English VA's reprising their roles and how much voice acting is in the game. If they get Johnny Yong Bosch, Stephanie Sheh, and the rest back to reprise their roles but with much more screen time that'll be HYPE! 3.) Tales of Graces F. While I'm not looking forward to using Graces' battle system as it felt really restrictive for me unlike let's say Vesperia which has my most favorite one, I AM really looking forward re-experiencing the story and characters. Going through the Childhood arc(man I wish more games had these) to the end of the game will be fun. 4.) Bleach Rebirth of Souls. Playing another Bleach game after soo long is gonna be great and it looks like it might have a lengthy story mode which is always good in my book! Bring on the action, awesome music, and great story. BANKAI! 5.) Like A Dragon Pirates in Hawaii. Another LAD game with an English Dub?! YES PLEASE! Can't wait to hear these wacky yet emotional characters in English, especially Matt Mercer as Majima. This is gonna be fun. I liked the Yakuza games before 7 but I LOVED 7 and after when they started adding English Dubs into the games like I always wanted them too so more of that always gets me excited. 6.) Hundred Line Last Defense Academy. Made by the minds of both the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series I know I'm in for a wild and fun ride story wise. Now gameplay I'm kinda iffy on but I might end up liking it and it might be just a small part of the game and it's more story/character focused with lots of talking/cutscenes so that'd be great! Can't wait to try it out!

[@CommRio]

Wow how did I miss that Uchikoshi was co-directing Hundred Line. That’s cool although it means that Ai The Somnium Files 3 may take longer than I was anticipating

[@somebodyelseathome]

Looking forward to eternal stands , replaced , and Judas . Might gift my friend the trials in the sky remake to get him into rpgs

[@spironan]

Funny how you also called in trails in the sky the first 😂 it's officially announced to be trails in the sky 1st chapter but i swear people are going to be so confused (again!) when trying to discover what's going on with the series and it's name. Glad that they removed the legend of heroes to make it less intimidating and focus in on it as the TRAILS series

[@CommRio]

The original is called First Chapter but the new remake is the 1st. I know it’s confusing, I wish Falcom had just gone with First Chapter again but ah well

[@spironan]

Why is my reply not working, I swear I replied three times by now omg

[@spironan]

@@CommRio ok but what i wanted to say after getting back from work is that they renamed it as trails in the sky 1st chapter, this can be found on steam page. I find this hilarious because the first game is simply the legend of heroes: trails in the sky which makes everything even more confusing then ever. Not to mention i believe trails in the sky the 1st is just a placeholder name until gung ho officially announced it

[@CommRio]

Oh I see that now, yeah that’s odd. I thought the 1st was the official remake title since they have the logo all done and set but it seems the Steam page disagrees.

[@somebodyelseathome]

What chest quotes were u referring to ? I bet the first chapter game

[@CommRio]

And you would be correct. The original game would have unique quotes in each of the chests you looted if you checked them a second time. They’re great but the only reason they existed to begin with was a quirk of Falcom design that no longer exists