Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/south-of-the-circle/id1477077753 South of the Circle State of Play Games A narrative adventure game by the BAFTA winning studio State of Play. Antarctica, 1964. A crashed aircraft, tail to th… Buy Now Watch Media DetailsA narrative adventure game by the BAFTA winning studio State of Play. Antarctica, 1964. A crashed aircraft, tail to the sky. Cambridge academic Peter stumbles from the wreckage in search of help, fighting the cold. As his attempts to escape the ice grow more desperate, the lines between his past and present begin to blur. A love story between colleagues Peter and Clara, set against the backdrop of the Cold War, South of the Circle is a narrative adventure game about memory, survival, and the consequences of not dealing with the past. • Compelling and immersive narrative with a unique sense of time and place • Fully motion captured performances to achieve emotional realism, from a cast including Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody), Olivia Vinall (The Woman in White), Richard Goulding (Belgravia), Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones), Adrian Rawlins (Chernobyl), and Michael Fox (Downton Abbey) • Nuanced emotional choices with a unique symbol-based mechanic • Rich, authentic environments • Deeply researched 1960s setting • Exploration, discovery, and environmental storytelling woven through the narrative • From State of Play Games, developers of BAFTA winning Lumino City, BAFTA nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS Information Seller:State of Play Games Genre:Adventure Release:Oct 30, 2020 Updated:Oct 08, 2021 Version:1.4.2 Size:2.1 GB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,587 185 63 #2 agreen437, Oct 6, 2020 Thanks for posting agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,587 185 63 #3 agreen437, Oct 23, 2020 Looking like next week release Rocksaint Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2013 605 298 63 #4 Rocksaint, Oct 29, 2020 Out now. Seems like an interesting game. But runs like absolute crap. (At least on an iPhone X) Unless you have a latest device, don't bother with this. Play it on some other platform when it releases there. Resubscribed to Apple Arcade just to play this. Learnt my lesson. Done with Apple Arcade for good. Absolute waste of money. Stronsay Well-Known Member Aug 6, 2015 948 204 43 #5 Stronsay, Oct 30, 2020 Sorry you’re unable to see this. Hopefully just a device specific problem that will be fixed in an update. It runs fine on iPad Air 2 which is far from the latest device. I’m not sure it’s a game though, more interactive story, but who cares? The narrative and the production is riveting from the start, made convincing by motion capture and a well researched script voiced by top actors. Hard to tear myself away from watching. Rocksaint Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2013 605 298 63 #6 Rocksaint, Oct 30, 2020 Alright. That’s good to hear. Probably just my device then. It’s a great game no doubt. The artwork is unique, story is great and love the transitions. Worth experiencing. (Although I found the interactions confusing - not sure how they impact the narrative) Coming to the performance. This isn’t the first Apple Arcade game that struggles and surely won’t be last. Thought Apple would have solved it by now but it just seems like a marketing strategy to lure people into buying the more newer devices. Pretty shady if you ask me. Anyway, if it runs well on your device, do play this. Especially if you like story-driven games. It’s a pretty unique experience. agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,587 185 63 #7 agreen437, Oct 30, 2020 I also have an iPad Pro 2nd generation 2017 but am waiting because I don’t know how the graphics are on this device anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,045 623 113 #8 anthony78, Oct 30, 2020 Runs pretty well on my iPhone 11. And really good so far... squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,535 1,064 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #9 squarezero, Oct 30, 2020 Same for the 12 Pro — but you would expect that. Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 247 224 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #10 Rocco SE, Oct 30, 2020 Ha, I‘m playing this on a 2016 SE, and it‘s working totally fine, with very few stutters. Also: This. Game. Is. Incredible! Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 247 224 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #11 Rocco SE, Nov 2, 2020 While there is not much to do in terms of gameplay, the storytelling is one of the best I‘ve ever seen in a mobile game. Seriously, this is competing with the best films and shows out there. Nuanced, dramatic, beautiful. Stronsay likes this. addink Well-Known Member Apr 24, 2013 74 12 8 #12 addink, Nov 6, 2020 Runs fine on my iPad pro 2017. I don't think it’s very good at all. I was hoping for a Kentucky Route Zero type interactive experience, but this does not even compare in any way. As a game, the interaction is really bad, controls to move the figure feel disconnected. And at far too many places it is required to hold down a slowly charging button just to continue, really breaking the flow. In the rare occurrences that there is actually a choice to be made, it really does not seem to have much of an impact on the story. As a movie, the motion captured animations are indeed nice, but could have been tweaked to avoid weird distracting collisions/intersections of held objects. But the worst thing is the overactive camera/viewpoint, it breaks shots that could have been excellent by standing still. Definitely no oscar for cinematography. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. 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Out now. Seems like an interesting game. But runs like absolute crap. (At least on an iPhone X) Unless you have a latest device, don't bother with this. Play it on some other platform when it releases there. Resubscribed to Apple Arcade just to play this. Learnt my lesson. Done with Apple Arcade for good. Absolute waste of money.
Sorry you’re unable to see this. Hopefully just a device specific problem that will be fixed in an update. It runs fine on iPad Air 2 which is far from the latest device. I’m not sure it’s a game though, more interactive story, but who cares? The narrative and the production is riveting from the start, made convincing by motion capture and a well researched script voiced by top actors. Hard to tear myself away from watching.
Alright. That’s good to hear. Probably just my device then. It’s a great game no doubt. The artwork is unique, story is great and love the transitions. Worth experiencing. (Although I found the interactions confusing - not sure how they impact the narrative) Coming to the performance. This isn’t the first Apple Arcade game that struggles and surely won’t be last. Thought Apple would have solved it by now but it just seems like a marketing strategy to lure people into buying the more newer devices. Pretty shady if you ask me. Anyway, if it runs well on your device, do play this. Especially if you like story-driven games. It’s a pretty unique experience.
I also have an iPad Pro 2nd generation 2017 but am waiting because I don’t know how the graphics are on this device
Ha, I‘m playing this on a 2016 SE, and it‘s working totally fine, with very few stutters. Also: This. Game. Is. Incredible!
While there is not much to do in terms of gameplay, the storytelling is one of the best I‘ve ever seen in a mobile game. Seriously, this is competing with the best films and shows out there. Nuanced, dramatic, beautiful.
Runs fine on my iPad pro 2017. I don't think it’s very good at all. I was hoping for a Kentucky Route Zero type interactive experience, but this does not even compare in any way. As a game, the interaction is really bad, controls to move the figure feel disconnected. And at far too many places it is required to hold down a slowly charging button just to continue, really breaking the flow. In the rare occurrences that there is actually a choice to be made, it really does not seem to have much of an impact on the story. As a movie, the motion captured animations are indeed nice, but could have been tweaked to avoid weird distracting collisions/intersections of held objects. But the worst thing is the overactive camera/viewpoint, it breaks shots that could have been excellent by standing still. Definitely no oscar for cinematography.
