Quarantine Circular

It's okay for what it is, I wish I could give an "it's okay" review but ultimately the characters weren't that compelling. The chapters are extremely short so you never grow attached to any of them except Gabriel but he turns into a hypocritical idiot at the end and kinda ruins everything that's established throughout the game so it just left a bad taste in my mouth. Also, you can't kiss the alien which is another big negative.

Less singular than its spiritual predecessor, Quarantine Circular offers a similar text based science fiction adventure, this time offering the chance to play from multiple perspectives. Rather than a detective game, it veers more towards traditional narrative dilemmas and their consequences. While the writing was still superb and the atmosphere captivating, I felt that some of the characters (one in particular) was unrealistically stereotypical. I understand that this was necessary for narrative reasons, but it could have been done a bit more subtly. Still, I has a lot of fun playing through this high stakes philosophical thriller, and I was surprised by the various ending choices, one branch in particular ([spoiler]the one concerning AI[/spoiler]) coming in very unexpected. For me it is a tiny step down from Subsurface Circular, because I felt that had a tighter and more focused plot. Still, if you're a fan of narrative games, this is a very interesting addition in that genre, with the typically enjoyable Mike Bithell writing to back it up.

So - This is very much like Subsurface Circular - a short narrative choice driven game, with a very interesting premise. It's not so much a mystery as its predecessor, but a story that requires you to navigate moral quandaries while switching perspectives between characters in the story. It feels like a natural expansion on the systems that Subsurface was based on ( and based in the same world too!) but for some reason, the narrative itself feels flat and I can't help but feel like it falls short of the tightly written story of the first game. It's not a bad game tho - the writing is weaker, but worth playing through... though I really have major gripes with the way one of the characters in the story was written. They stick out like a sore thumb, like a poorly implemented trope instead of a real person in the game's world like the others.

Interesting, engaging, and even a bit funny at times. Love a game experience that makes you think a bit about life on a larger scale, ol' money bags Mike hits another one outta the park

I bought this game because I completd the first game in the series Subsurface Circular and thought this was a sequel (it's not but it is set in the same universe), and I do like Mike Bithell's style of writing. Like the first game this is a well written choose your own adventure type game. Think end of the world plague with an alien storyline delivered in an interesting story with limited but nice graphics. Two very small ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is that the endings feel so unfinished and sometimes it's quite easy to miss a conversation point as they can be greyed out even if they offer something new. Apart from a small design niggle and the fact it just sort of ends , its still worth playing for a few hours of interesting dialogue and an enjoyable gaming expierence.

I cannot describe my seething hatred for Teng. gud game though

Simple hour long adventure game. I quite enjoyed it. Story and characters were well written.