Subsurface Circular

A short text-based adventure with an excellent, thought provoking narrative.

Interesting dialogue puzzle game. Enjoyed the story--reminiscent of detroit become human.

Krótka gra narracyjna,bunty robotów spoko.

考虑到售价给个中评。 Subsurface Circular是一款互动小说，玩家扮演一个侦探机器人，在地铁上跟车厢里上上下下的其他机器人对话，解开近期频发的机器人失踪迷案。 游戏的玩法就是一直看对话，问到某些对话可以触发新关键字，然后可以用新关键字跟其他机器人触发新的对话，如此循环直至结局。 画面方面3D建模还算比较精细，但是由于视角固定且大部分时间光线相对昏暗，不同种类的机器人除了颜色以外又没有特别突出的特色，感觉制作组把好钢都用到了刀把上。 游戏没有语音，音乐和音效又比较单调，容易犯困。 作为游戏的重点，对话界面的设计方面有一个比较初级的问题：对话模仿即时通信软件，有类似“对方正在输入”的等待时间，但是一段话内容越长，等待输入的时间就越久。等的时间玩家无事可做，只能干瞪眼。 即使这样，单次通关的游戏时间也仅仅不到2个半小时，减去等待、过场还有一些“解谜”时间，这样的体量真的很难写好一个故事。加上没有什么有效的画面演出，整个游戏都非常平庸。

Beautiful little game for being a very short text-based game with very few actual decisions. There are a few puzzles but its mostly just talking until you hit a roadblock, then talking to someone until you get enough info to then go back. It's definitely more about ambiance, and getting to chat with an interesting cast with their own little quirks while unraveling a persistent sense of unease. Not at all challenging and, as with many detective games, you'll figure things out before the game's options let you pursue them, but the context of the game and the player character gives a little space and justification for this limitation. The larger plot and stakes fall a little flat right at the end. Again, the framework of an entirely robotic cast and a player-character who comes close but pointedly does not reach human thinking covers for this weakness a little, adding something a little poignant instead of just lackluster and disappointing, but it does feel like it just misses the mark. Worthwhile (especially on sale) if you like the idea of a few hours of dialogue-based narrative and some lovely robot designs in a industrial subway, but definitely more about mood than anything else. If you're looking for a challenge, a complicated mystery, high energy, or any kind of action, this probably won't be fun.

Loved the universe, felt lukewamm about most characters, strongly disliked others. Loved the game mecanics, hated the empty story. But I'm baised because I love everything Ai in fiction so, whatever. Bithel is brainwashed bout real world politics and this game also have huge blind angles and bias, but they are not so annoying and blantant, if not vilent, than in say Quanratine Circular. Here, the LGBT stuff make sense and fit the universe very well. It's very cool. And you're not going to read me saythis often. Sadly. What really annoyed about this game is how it's teks vs humans, and AI able to emulate feeling forcibly equelas to slavery and a need to make the world burn. That's. so old. And stupid. Imagine burning cars to give a voting right to every ChatGTP instance?

I love the aesthetic design of the world and the robots, and the musical score is fantastic if a bit understated. Its a extremely narrative heavy game, but well worth it in the end when it all ties itself together. It's hard to talk much about without spoiling, so you should go in blind. Was not expecting a Thomas Was Alone sequel.