Hot Button’s 2025 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 1

2026 is here! Before we fully embrace that though, the crew must first definitively and collectively decide on which video games topped our lists for 2025 across eight exciting categories! The batch for today include: Best Aesthetic, Best Story, Best Character, and Best Moment or Sequence!

Best Aesthetic - 0:02:54

Best Narrative - 1:24:50

Best Character - 2:24:40

Best Moment or Sequence - 3:21:55