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I Played Among Us In 2025 To Feel Something

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Allyson Cochran

Published Apr 15, 2025

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2020 was a time. An iconic time for gaming, if nothing else. The world was in lockdown, days blurred together, and our social lives shrank to the size of a Discord call. But if there was one thing that kept us tethered to some semblance of joy, it was video games. And, if my 250 hours in Among Us say anything, it’s that I w꧑as deeply committed to tꦆhe bit.

There’s something both hilarious and haunting about how Among Us became the cultural glue of an era. We were all stuck inside, searching for ways to connect, and accusing our closest friends of murder in a spaceship just made sense. And while I would never want to relive 2020 (for, you know, reasons), I can’t dꦚeny that I have a weird nostalgia for it.

Back then, I wasn’t a games journalist. Just a fresh journalism grad, wandering the world with a degree and zero plans. I played Among Us not to critique it, but to exist in it. To be part of something when everything outside felt like it was falling apart. There were no hot takes, no de🌞ep-dive mechanical analyses. Just vibes.

So now, in 2025, when I booted it u🐠p again, it wasn’t𒅌 just to see what had changed. It was to chase a feeling.

New Roles, New Maps, Same Old Betrayals

Image of the crewmates in space from Among Us.

Jumping back into Among Us after five years is like stepping into a childhood home that’s been remodeled. Everything feels familiar, but just different enough to be unsettling. There are roles now — Engineer, Scientist, and Guardian Angel (among others) that each add new tricks to the mind games and sneaky tactics. The days of simply lying through your teeth are over; now, you have to account f♌or these new mechanics, which makes accusing people all the more delicious.

The Mushroom Map is also a trip (literally and figuratively). It’s the biggest map yet, full of strange, glowing fungi and weird little hiding 𓄧spots that make navigating and deceiving even more entertaining. Running around a spaceshi𒁃p was fun, sure, but running through a bioluminescent forest while trying to avoid a Shapeshifter? That’s cinema.

I respect theꦿ evolution, but I have to admit, I miss the simplicity. There was something pure about throwing accusations based on nothing but a gut feeling. Now, you have Scientists proving innocence with vitals and Engineers venting around like the sus little guys they are.

The Same, But Different

Image of Among Us Players Gathering in Cockpit.

Playing Aꦫmong Us in 2025 doesn’t quite capture the raw, desperate social energy of 2020. There’s no pandemic-induced camaraderie, no lingering existential dread tying us all together (or at least a different kind). But it’s still fun. There’s still deception, frantic accusations, and comedic betrayals. And while I may not have needed Among Us this time around, I wanted it.

That’s the thing about nostalgia. It’s rarely about the thing itself, but the time and place it represents. Among Us in 2020 was a lifeline. Among Us in 2025 is a𒈔 memory made playable. And sometimes, stepping back into a game isn’t about reliving the past, but about appreciating how far you, and the game, have come.