South of the Circle By: State of Play Games South of the Circle was one of the most memorable story-rich games I've played, on Apple Arcade or anywhere else. It combined meaningful and realistic dialogue with gorgeous graphics and a historically relevant story. So when it got removed from Apple Arcade, I saw it as a bad sign for the direction the subscription service was taking. It was still available on other…
Appunwrapper.com will turn 10 this coming year and, for the past few years I've been highlighting my favorite games. I started my Game of the Year lists in 2015, and continued with 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 2020 has been a crazy year, but that didn't stop developers from releasing some phenomenal iOS games. Between Apple Arcade and standalone apps, there were so many strong contenders. But I finally narrowed my GOTY…
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my roundups of Apple Arcade games, called Apple Arcade Unwrapped. It's similar to my weekly roundup called My Week Unwrapped. As I make my way through the Apple Arcade games, I'll be posting my impressions about the games I played since the previous issue. The idea is to include gameplay videos and blurbs to help my readers decide which games to play first. There are already…
South of the Circle By: State of Play Games Apple Arcade has been a treasure trove of short, memorable, narrative-focused games, and the latest to fall into that category is State of Play's South of the Circle. It takes place during the Cold War and features some of the best storytelling I've seen in a game in a long time. It's probably closer to an interactive movie than a game, especially with…
Hi everyone, and welcome back to My Week Unwrapped, where I discuss all the games I've been playing over the last seven days. It's another busy week, and this time there's also a new Apple Arcade game that I highly recommend playing. One of the games listed also isn't really a game but I decided to treat it as one and make a video of it. I also continued playing a few…
South of the Circle By: State of Play Games South of the Circle is the latest game from State of Play. It's currently only on Apple Arcade and is narrative-focused. It's unclear to me at the moment how your decisions shape the story, but it does seem like there are sometimes choices that are considered "right" by the game, as they give you a sort of badge. I'll try to add info…
