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Summer Game Fest’s best games were small and personal

Ash Parrish

created: June 19, 2025, noon | updated: June 19, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Summer Game Fest 2025 was definitely a weird one, but even with everything going on outside, the games on display were still immaculate. That’s what I love about Summer Game Fest, weirdness and all, and hopefully when these games come out, you’ll check ‘em out too. Escape Academy 2 - TBDI loved the first Escape Academy and vibrated through my chair seeing that Coin Crew Games had returned to Summer Game Fest with a bigger, more expansive sequel. I did not expect to sit down and play this game, which had all the hallmarks of a quote-unquote “wholesome game,” and be emotionally devastated. At critical decision-making moments, you have the option to replay events without having to replay the game.

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