2025 is the year of double-A games with triple-A values. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is perhaps the single most important game I'll urge you to play this year, while The Alters proves how creative risks can pay off incredibly well if a studio has time, space, and agency to let their experimentalism fly.
Triple-A is no longer synonymous with "better quality" in 2025. Smaller studios with smaller budgets are fast catching up, and Dying Light: The Beast developer Techland is the latest to follow that trend.
