South of the Circle Preview
Posted: 3 months ago, last updated 7 days ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
It's visually striking through its emotional realism and well acted by the likes of Oscar winning Bohemian Rhapsody (Gwilym Lee), The Woman in White (Olivia Vinall), Belgravia (Richard Goulding), Game of Thrones (Anton Lesser), Chernobyl (Adrian Rawlins) and Downton Abbey (Michael Fox). But it's your choices and interactions that are most affecting. You control Peter’s emotional reactions which are played out through symbols and the game's cinematic environments.
"You can't change the past, but we can learn from it. Before we fool ourselves into remembering it too kindly," says a character at one point.
What results is a game about memory, survival, and the consequences of not dealing with the past. The unforgiving landscape is a backdrop for equally desperate attempts to come to terms with his past as the line between real and imagined blur in the snow.
Game Details
Expected Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN
Release Date: Coming soon
Platforms: iOS Apple Arcade
Genres: Adventure and Narrative
Developer: @State_of_Play
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Difficulty
How you can adjust the challenge of play, and assistance the game offers when you fail or get stuck.
Cognitive Pressure
Reaction-time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions.
Low Pressure: Game tasks aren’t time-limited or with a high emphasis on performance. Or there is a low pressure play-mode available.
Save Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time, and not lose progress.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play.
Reading
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Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required.
Large Clear Text: Text is large and clear, or can be adjusted to be.
Any spoken content has subtitles: All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game.
Speaker Indicator: Captions or icons and speech bubbles indicate who is speaking.
All Dialogue is Voiced: All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced.
Controls
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Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse button/mouse wheel.
One Tap Targeted: Play with touchscreen, tap in specific locations.
Rapid Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing not required or can be skipped or disabled.
Image
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Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable.
Visual Distractions
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No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or this can be disabled.
Colourblind friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colourblind friendly mode.
Clear Interface: The game navigation, maps and information are clear to read, large or adjustable.
Audio
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Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well
System Settings
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games... read more about system accessibility settings.
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