Console Obsession says: "The Magic Circle certainly threw me for a loop, and upon beginning the game I really had no idea what to think. It's a game that made me experience a plethora of emotions, from confused to clever to bored at times. The story goes that you are inside a game - The Magic Circle - that has been stuck in development hell for the last 20 years, with the creators now feuding about what to do, all coming up with their own ideas about which direction to take the game. With the help of a guide known as Old Pro, you are given the tools needed to complete the game yourself, and what follows is something unlike any other game I have experienced before."
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.
