The Magic Circle is the definition of the word “meta”, an interesting and self-referential look at video game development. In it, you play as a game tester, playing through an unfinished world built by a developer that clearly has no direction.
NelMaNo writes for P&L:"It provides a thought provoking and dark satirical insight into the games industry that makes you wonder just how much of it is fiction and how much is based on the developers own experiences."
Gareth writes "When does a game know it’s a game? When and why do we want to peek behind the curtain and see the wheels turning? There must be a game you’ve played in the past that suddenly breaks, with the code and the world collapsing around you. The PC version of the recent Batman Arkham Knight game is famous for it, or I could talk about the Assassins Creed Unity skinless face and bulging eyeballs incident."
Bit Cultures' review of The Magic Circle: Gold Edition for Xbox One. Games are becoming increasingly experimental in terms of form and narrative.