The hale and healthy RPS Advent Calendar 2022

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The hale and healthy RPS Advent Calendar 2021

Let this year's Bestest Best countdown begin

Ah, gentle friends! That fourth dimension has come once more, and we must celebrate the nascency of many sugariness video games beyond this (once over again) extremely cursed year. Nosotros were lucky enough to feast upon and then many pixely entertainments this year; such glorious toys to keep u.s. occupied while other things went totally downward the toilet. Yes, let's raise a glass together for The RPS Advent Calendar 2021!

This is what's happening: every day from December 1st until December 24th nosotros reveal one PC game from 2021 that we call back is the cat'southward big fluffy pyjamas. Every game gets a whole post to itself wherein 1 or more of the RPS writers will explain why information technology'due south and so good. This twelvemonth, that includes some of our most regular freelancers as well. Isn't that lovely? Found family, and all that. The games are revealed in no particular lodge, apart from the game revealed on Christmas Eve, the 24th. That game is our Goatest of the year, our GOTY, the bestest of bestest bests 2021.

This yr, we have engaged Nate Crowley to do some other Christmas agenda picture for us, which has quite a threatening aura. Hither you lot tin see Horace The Endless Carry (praise him) nestled in a pile of Christmas presents. He is supervising the Alabastar Titan, a feature of the EWS Podcast, equally Tites constructs more presents on a mighty anvil. Behind them both yous can run across both a festive Christmas tree and, err, a festive haunted Christmas railroad train. It'due south possible this is all taking place in a decommissioned nuclear bunker, Death Stranding-mode. Who can say?

You can access each day's post past clicking on the right door below as information technology opens, which volition be at 1pm each day, around near lunchtime. If, for some reason, the image links don't work (for example, you lot're browsing on mobile) scroll below for a normal prepare of text links. Enjoy!

Day 1
24-hour interval ii
Day iii
Day 4
Day 5
Solar day 6
Day vii
Day 8
Day ix
Twenty-four hours 10
Day 11
24-hour interval 12
Twenty-four hours xiii
24-hour interval 14
Day 15
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Solar day 20
Day 21
Twenty-four hours 22
Day 23
Day 24

The rules for our calendar voting are thus:
Any game released in 2021 is eligible for inclusion, which also includes games that take released into early on access, or got a full release this yr after an early on access menstruation. We are fickle, so might also consider games that accept big 2021 energy, similar indie games that got a huge surge of interest this year or games that got big juicy DLCs. We will also consider Dec games that have not yet released at the time of voting, which is why Cyberpunk squeaked in last year.

Each member of the RPS team gets 10 points to vote with, and can put as many in a game as they like, including giving one game the full ten points. There is a tremendous amount of tactical point reshuffling until the final moments of voting. Then there is some word amongst editors in the case of ties, and as well Katharine has the power to move some stuff around for sensible reasons, but considering none of u.s.a. can really finish her.

We do the agenda almost every year, including in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2014 we did the RPS Bestest Bests which were the verbal same only information technology wasn't based around a calendar. This was clearly inferior, and and so the agenda returned in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and 2020. That makes this the fifteenth RPS appearance agenda, if you lot count the oddities in 2008 and 2014.