South of the Circle FREE on GOG December 29th

[Paul Rudd]

South of the Circle is FREE right now on GOG. 83% Very Positive reviews on Steam... Link.

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This is a deep narrative story rich adventure game developed by State of Play. It was influenced by other adventure games such as Firewatch and What Remains of Edith Finch.

 

Originally the team wanted to create a game about great explorers visiting Antarctica in the 1930s, though this idea was subsequently scrapped. They obtained photos of Faraday Station during the 1960s from a mutual friend, and went to King George Island south of Chile to perform research for the game. It features a minimalistic artstyle and was inspired by screen prints during that period.

 

The game explores masculinity, denial, isolation and reliability of memories. Some people say the experience was light on traditional gameplay and noted its general lack of interactivity and expressed their disappointment that the choices players made in the game had minimal impact on the story.