South of the Circle

I don't know what I was expecting going into this game, but I was absolutely blown away. In those final moments, I could really feel the protagonist's heartbreak.

Should have released this as a short film instead of a game since there is barely anything you can do to affect the outcome, choices are an illusion. The story is passable and would have been less boring if they just focused on the survival aspect instead of trying to inject feminist propaganda into the story which felt out of place and forced.

I'm not familiar with many game genres but I'm familiar with the concept of a game. And this is not a game. It's a movie which stops occasionally and requires you to click a circled spot to continue to play. If it was not for -unnecessary - modern agenda (all past-bad), it could have been a good movie. Well written, directed and acted. That all being said, it is an interesting experiment in audio-visual entertainment.

No matter what your choices in conversations are, main guy will turn out to be a reckless careerist, betraying the love of his life. IDK why either, apparently he was naive enough to think that he goes to Antarctica solely to look at clouds - therefore there was no patriotic sacrifice / consideration of the greater good in his decision, which leaves nothing but sexist/selfish motivations. This sadly allows for the summary of the storyline as follows: betrayer (deservedly) struggles and dies in the cold. Great..

Dear developers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City, BAFTA-nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS, How about you stick to movies "for audiences that seek emotional and heart-wrenching moments" instead of false advertising your meager attempts as a game? You could easily squish it in a less than 2-hour movie and maybe get another worthless award. Unless sporadically clicking a random gamepad button stops people from sleeping?