What Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles
What Surrounds Us takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle — it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them joyfully meet with others. And you traverse a large map that’s composed entirely of, you guessed it, a series of circles. But the circles everywhere aren’t just an artistic choice; they underscore the game’s themes about working in connection with the environment and the things around us.
Despite the trippy design, What Surrounds Us has a familiar format. I kept feeling echoes of The Legend of Zeldaas I trekked across three distinct regions and solved lightweight puzzles to get from place to place. Over the course of the game you’ll get new powers, like the ability to traverse gaps by charging up a big leap. Later on, you’ll have to find ways...
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