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Recommended1h played18 found helpfulNov 2023

The Life of a Magical Circle is a philosophical narrative experience with a zen like atmosphere. It felt very relaxing to play thanks to the wavesynth sound track and the voice of the narrator reminiscing and reflecting on his life at key moments during the game. I wouldn't call this a narrative game however, as the words of wisdom are only spoken occasionally and don't really join up to create a story as such, more of an interesting overview of things that have happened in his life, some advice, and then moments of speculation about the future. Nothing he says is particularly clever or motivating but the relaxing voice fits into the chilled atmosphere and works quite well. The game play is quite basic and involves collecting green circles whilst avoiding enemies and objects in the tightly packed environment. It starts off gentle, but as you progress more enemies and obstacles are added, and surprising events occur like distortions in the game play area, or objects moving faster and more erratically. Collecting power ups gives special abilities like having the power to destroy objects and enemies, or sucking in green circles from afar. One power up even wipes the whole area of enemies and can be used in dire straits. [h1]🎬Gameplay Video🎬[/h1] https://youtu.be/lwPAVCxUqm4 The game loop does feel a little repetitive after time and the difficulty is quite challenging as the game play area does become quite packed and you have to maneuver quite carefully. Inevitably, there will be collisions which don't always destroy you. I was unsure whether hitting objects and enemies would kill me or not. There is no energy bar or shield, and sometimes a collision would end in death and other times I bumped into things three or four times and didn't perish. You can use the mouse of keyboard to control your circle and it felt quite tight and responsive, considering you are meant to be in a gravity free zone, and the amount of inertia felt about right but mouse sensitivity can be changed in the settings. The game is a roguelite so gets progressively harder and death takes you back to a central point where you can start again. I was a little unsure of how this system worked to be honest. You are presented with a ring of green circles, some of which are solid, and every time you die you go back to this point. I was expecting my progress to be saved so that every attempt would add to my existing path, yet if my run was not very long, it seemed to remove some of these circles rather than adding to them and the whole process left me a little confused. [h1]🍳Conclusion🍳[/h1] [quote][h2][b] [i]The Life of a Magical Circle[/i] is a very relaxing experience, even though the game play can get quite manic, and I think that is down to the synth wave soundtrack and philosophical words of wisdom uttered as you play. Primarily, the game is a stealth game, as the objective is to avoid obstacles and enemies, with power ups facilitating your journey. The controls are nice and responsive, yet even though the game tries its best to introduce new mechanics, after a while the game feels a little repetitive and my interest waned after an hour. I didn't get to see everything on offer though as the difficulty can be quite hard, and would consider giving it another go in the future. [/b][/h2][/quote] [quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/] Follow [b]IndieGems[/b] [/url] and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41039956/][b]Indie Blast![/b] [/url] for more reviews like this one. [/quote]

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