By RPS on December 24th, 2011 at 12:20 pm.
It’s here again, again! The RPS advent calendar is almost entirely updated, bringing on Father Christmas’ birthday, and today, in a bit, we will reveal our Game Of The 2011! Amazing.
Here are the rules of the calendar:
1. The games are in no particular order, except number 24, which is our game of the year.
2. That means that number 5 and number 17 are on an equal footing as a game of the Christmas, do you see?
01/12/2011 at 13:06 Man Raised by Puffins says:
Yays!
01/12/2011 at 17:01 McDan says:
Yays indeed! best part of christmas.
All hail horace.
25/12/2011 at 03:06 gdpaacngfl says:
What are you lot blithering on about, Shogun 2 already won. http://711.la/877
26/12/2011 at 06:17 rayne117 says:
Ban on the legit user spam here?
01/12/2011 at 13:07 Innovacious says:
The bear’s “leg” scares and confuses me.
01/12/2011 at 13:11 Jim Rossignol says:
That is Horace The Endless Bear.
01/12/2011 at 13:12 Jams O'Donnell says:
Have you ever considered that he has a front end?
01/12/2011 at 13:13 Kyrall says:
How many numbers are there?
Now how many POSITIVE numbers are there?
Don’t try to blaspheme Horace…
01/12/2011 at 13:18 Innovacious says:
I guess i should have read up on my RPS lore. Googling Horace the Endless Bear led me to a blog by John back from 2004!
01/12/2011 at 13:19 Orija says:
And one of his arms had to be amputated due to his injuries in the War for Christmas.
01/12/2011 at 13:24 Chalky says:
This is an extremely important point. He is clearly in possession of one end.
01/12/2011 at 13:26 sinister agent says:
That’s not his end, sillies. That’s his beginning,
01/12/2011 at 13:32 Chalky says:
You got me :(
01/12/2011 at 14:13 Ian says:
@ sinister agent: Played. :D
01/12/2011 at 14:18 Lev Astov says:
I came here to say this. That is one disturbing bear.
And now I am aware of the cult of Horace.
01/12/2011 at 14:52 bear912 says:
Long live His Endlessness!
01/12/2011 at 16:32 jonfitt says:
Horace does need an entry on the About Us page for new readers.
.
I’m not suggesting that it would be possible to summarise Horace The Endless Bear (such a notion is inconceivable), but an introduction would be good.
01/12/2011 at 18:36 Network Crayon says:
How I have missed that bear.
01/12/2011 at 13:07 frame says:
Door 24 contains proper bear legs?
01/12/2011 at 13:13 mentor07825 says:
It’s RPS’s mascot, Horace The Endless Bear
o/
01/12/2011 at 13:41 frame says:
So that’s the mascot? I’ve been on this blog for ages and I’ve honestly never seen him.
01/12/2011 at 13:50 Llewyn says:
He’s been hibernating.
01/12/2011 at 14:05 Gnoupi says:
RPS’ bear hibernates all the time, besides winter.
John is the mascot by interim
01/12/2011 at 14:06 sinister agent says:
It’s funny, but you never see them together, do you?
01/12/2011 at 15:08 sneetch says:
A good point sinister agent… hmmm… tell me, does anyone know if John is also endless? Just curious.
01/12/2011 at 13:21 Will Tomas says:
This feature makes me inexplicably happy. Your enthusiasm for the medium comes over brilliantly in it. Over four years of reading RPS, and this has definitely become my favourite feature of the year, every year. And what a year of gaming we’ve had!
01/12/2011 at 13:27 adonf says:
All hail Horace the Endless Bear!
01/12/2011 at 13:32 Vroomparrot says:
Will Horace be going skiing?
01/12/2011 at 13:45 Ondrej says:
Of course he will! How can you even ask…
Props for that, btw, made me want to play it NOW :)
02/12/2011 at 00:14 Shadram says:
I’m pretty sure that at least one part of his infinite length is skiing right now. Other parts are sailing, biking, paragliding, and rocketeering to the moon and Saturn.
01/12/2011 at 13:33 westyfield says:
How does Horace fit inside the house? Also, I love the Snow Brian!
01/12/2011 at 17:30 Ergates_Antius says:
“How does Horace fit inside the house?”
Any way he chooses.
01/12/2011 at 21:25 Dances to Podcasts says:
When he sits around the house he sits AROUND the house. :)
01/12/2011 at 13:42 Zak T Duck says:
Hi Horace. Remember back in March when you had me publicly burnt to death for heresy (or maybe that should be Horacey)? Those were good times.
01/12/2011 at 13:45 Meat Circus says:
Horace has only de-cremated you from your apostasy because he has need of you. You will burn again. OH YES.
01/12/2011 at 13:43 Meat Circus says:
MERRY BEARSTIVUS.
01/12/2011 at 13:44 duncanthrax says:
Horace? Should’ve called him “Wowbagger”.
01/12/2011 at 13:45 Juan Carlo says:
So Skyrim seems a foregone conclusion for GOTY given how this blog has basically converted into “All Skyrim Posts, All the Time” over the past month. That is, unless they decide to count Minecraft as a 2011 game.
A bit of a shame, I think. I’m pulling for Witcher 2 personally. It may not be a revolution in gameplay, but I do think it’s a revolution in world design, immersion, and creating believable characters in a video game–which for me goes a long way. While Skyrim is a great Bethesday game, doing what Bethesday does very well, but I’m not sure I’d call it “Revolutionary” at doing much of anything.
Other games I hope to see on there:
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Binding of Isaac
Dead Island (yeah, very flawed, but I loved this one regardless)
Terraria
01/12/2011 at 13:49 Jim Rossignol says:
I can see at least one other obvious contender.
01/12/2011 at 13:54 Meat Circus says:
I’d be careful with my “foregone conclusions” if I were you.
Also: Frozen Synapse, Bastion, SpaceChem…
01/12/2011 at 13:55 westyfield says:
It’s got to be SpaceChem. Minecraft was last year’s, wasn’t it?
01/12/2011 at 13:58 Faldrath says:
I hope it’s To the Moon ;)
01/12/2011 at 13:58 Meat Circus says:
Oh, and Skyrim’s a lazy, broken bag of gash. Don’t forget that.
01/12/2011 at 14:09 tungstenHead says:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution?
01/12/2011 at 14:16 Wabznasm says:
Portal 2 sillies.
01/12/2011 at 14:24 Meat Circus says:
What about some outriders as well? The Tiny Bang Story, To The Moon, Rock of Ages, Gemini Rue…
01/12/2011 at 14:39 Gary W says:
Crimzon Clover.
01/12/2011 at 14:44 AndrewC says:
Skyrim sure is great!
01/12/2011 at 16:40 squareking says:
What Gary W said. CC is a screamer.
01/12/2011 at 17:07 rayne117 says:
You’ll burn for that Andrew.
01/12/2011 at 17:10 Man Raised by Puffins says:
What are you lot blithering on about, Shogun 2 already won.
02/12/2011 at 00:18 Shadram says:
Portal 2, or else!
(I’m not sure “or else” what yet, but I’ll think of something by the 24th).
24/12/2011 at 14:52 Valvarexart says:
To the Moon is my personal favourite. Of course it isn’t the “best” game of the year, but it was the only one that made me cry a little bit.
01/12/2011 at 13:51 aircool says:
I got a Lego Star Wars advent calendar :))
I’m am 39 years of age :((
I do not care :))
01/12/2011 at 13:58 wcaypahwat says:
I’m not sure there’s enough days….
01/12/2011 at 13:58 frame says:
Surprise!
01/12/2011 at 14:24 Meat Circus says:
BLASPHEMER.
02/12/2011 at 00:47 Tams80 says:
Burn!
24/12/2011 at 15:15 Raiyan 1.0 says:
INFINITE HELL FOR YOU HERETIC!
01/12/2011 at 14:04 PJ says:
Bloody hell.
IT IS DECEMBER ALREADY?
01/12/2011 at 14:07 Meat Circus says:
Only in the inner hemisphere.
01/12/2011 at 14:12 Kollega says:
I second this sentiment. Is it really? Can’t believe it.
01/12/2011 at 15:52 fauxC says:
JESUS CHRIST HOW DID THIS HAPPEN I SWEAR IT WAS JANUARY LAST WEEK.
01/12/2011 at 14:26 unless says:
I am really confused about what’s going on here. I thought there were twelve days of Christmas? What’s this calendar stuff?
Having grown up non-Christian can be a real bummer this time of year :(
01/12/2011 at 14:29 Harlander says:
Non-Christian and not immersed in the Western secularised Mammon-fest of Christmas?
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some secularised mammon-fest (except for the Christmas pop, that can DIAFAFAIC).
01/12/2011 at 14:36 unless says:
Well, obviously I know some of it, like “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Even a lot of it, as I’ve celebrated Christmas with some of my partners’ families over the years. But this is just baffling to me.
01/12/2011 at 14:49 Kieron Gillen says:
It’s an Advent calender. Wander to any newsagents. They’re full of the fuckers.
KG
01/12/2011 at 17:48 Treebard says:
Don’t worry, they’re clearly saving the best 8 games of the year for Hanukkah.
01/12/2011 at 15:55 Moni says:
I want a Horace the Endless knitted bear for Christmas. I would cuddle it forever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever.
01/12/2011 at 16:06 Shooop says:
And you would be waiting for it to be finished forever, and ever, and ever…
24/12/2011 at 21:00 Lord Custard Smingleigh says:
Perhaps some sort of Klein bear? I’ve seen knitted Klein bottles.
01/12/2011 at 21:13 TooNu says:
Once again I will make this my new homepage for the next 24 days!
YEY RPS ADVENT CALENDER BEAR!
01/12/2011 at 21:15 Nighthood says:
If To the Moon doesn’t get on here I’ll be very disappointed.
It’s one of my GOTYs, along with Human Revolution.
02/12/2011 at 00:51 Tams80 says:
HORACE!!! I do so love you!
All hail Horace! May his endlessness guide us to where the good games lie.
08/12/2011 at 23:50 Azeltir says:
The link for day 3 is broken: “http” is spelled as “hhttp”, which is an abomination before Firefox.
24/12/2011 at 12:29 Meat Circus says:
We need to talk about Frozen Synapse.
24/12/2011 at 13:34 Wizlah says:
What a shame.
24/12/2011 at 22:24 Henke says:
This. Frozen Synapse is clearly – CLEARLY! – the best game of the year. RPS covered it so they KNOW of it’s existance so how can it be that it is not on this list? What happened?
24/12/2011 at 12:34 Tusque D'Ivoire says:
Surpriiise, Door number 24 is just rockpapershotgun itself. a bloggo-videogame!
24/12/2011 at 12:38 JB says:
“That means that number 5 and number 17 are on an equal footing as a game of the Christmas, do you see?”
I have to call “bollocks” on this. Number 17 has clearly been cast down by Horace (Praise be to His endlessness), whereas number 5 sits, basking in His ursinity at His left paw (Glory be to His infinitenessnessness).
24/12/2011 at 14:14 PhilWal says:
1. Total War: Shogun 2
2. Don’t Take It Personally Babe, It Just Ain’t Your Story
3. Serious Sam 3: BFE
4. The Witcher 2
5. The Dream Machine
6. Orcs Must Die
7. Cthulhu Saves The World
8. Battlefield 3
9. Saints Row: The Third
10. Portal 2
11. Fate Of The World
12. Terraria
13. Batman: Arkham City
14. Dead Island
15. Realm Of The Mad God
16. The Binding Of Issac
17. Rage
18. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
19. To The Moon
20. Dungeons Of Dredmor
21. Bastion
22. SpaceChem
23. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
24. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
24/12/2011 at 16:58 Vinraith says:
Well, might as well start a list of notable absences here. If I were making this calendar, it would have included:
Sanctum
Anno 2070
Pride of Nations
Distant Worlds: Legends
Magicka
25/12/2011 at 00:36 Gregg B says:
Poor old Frozen Synapse.
25/12/2011 at 01:12 Unaco says:
I guess you could say it was…. Left out in the cold.
26/12/2011 at 01:00 Chibithor says:
What about Bulletstorm?
No?
I feel like I’m the only one that both liked it and still remembers it came out this year.
26/12/2011 at 04:47 Vinraith says:
Frozen Synapse wouldn’t make my list personally (I didn’t really care for it) but the intent here was for other people to list games they’d have put in their own lists, more than commenting on mine.
I didn’t play Bulletstorm, but ditto.
26/12/2011 at 18:51 Araxiel says:
A image with windows that you click on…what kind of sorcery is this?!