Quarantine Circular
Quarantine Circular is a text-based adventure game developed and published by Mike Bithell Games. The game was released for Windows and Macintosh-based personal computers in May 2018 and for Nintendo Switch devices in December 2018.
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Developer(s) | Mike Bithell Games |
Publisher(s) | Mike Bithell Games |
Composer(s) | Dan le Sac |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch |
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Genre(s) | Text adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
Quarantine Circular is a conversation-based adventure game, presented in a three-dimensional, third-person perspective. The player controls a variety of characters who make decisions to resolve the situation. Options are limited depending on the character, reflecting their preconceptions.
Synopsis
In the wake of an epidemic that is threatening the human race, an alien is found, captured, and kept in quarantine until the world organization dedicated to containing the rampant disease — the IDCF (or International Disease Containment Fleet) — can communicate with the alien and find out why it is here. The choices made will dictate how the story unfolds.[1]
Development and release
Quarantine Circular was developed by Mike Bithell Games for Windows PC and Macintosh. It was later ported to Nintendo Switch.
Reception
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Quarantine Circular was received positively by professional critics.[1][2][3]
The game was criticized by Videogamer reviewer Alice Bell for being less focused than the previous game Subsurface Circular[2] and for having simpler puzzles by Dualshockers reviewer Micahel Ruiz.[1] Reviewer Jason Coles, writing for The Digital Fix, praised the game as being "brilliantly written" that is "at times charming, upsetting and inspiring", awarding the game 10/10.[3]
References
- Ruiz, Michael (24 May 2018). "Quarantine Circular Review — Short and Sweet Sci-Fi". Dualshockers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- Bell, Alice (22 May 2018). "Quarantine Circular Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- Coles, Jason (2018). "Quarantine Circular Review". thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.