A Noble Circle

I have waited to write a review until now. I started way back with A Dark Room. Finding the world mysterious, frustrating, yet oddly satisfying and enlightening, I looked up who made that spectacular game, discovering Amirali Rajan and his games. The ensign came next. Getting through that game was significantly more difficult and took way more time and dedication to get through. The ideas surrounding those two games are extremely unique and satisfying, the best experience and thing to come out of owning a smart phone to date. That was 4 or 5 years ago, I’m not sure. When A Noble Circle came out, I was intrigued. Completely different style, extremely difficult. I went through and beat it though, loving the story and waiting for each update. This must have been a year or two ago. Tonight, I checked back and saw a new update, with a new ending. The message is awe-inspiring, deep, life changing, motivational, introspective, and truly touching. Amirali Rajan deserves the world for what he has communicated through his games and the obvious love, passion, and effort that has been conveyed. I discovered Hope many months before, and I have grown up with it thanks to this man, finally relayed my experience. Amir, if you read this, let me know how I can help continue your passion and support you through a monetary donation because you deserve more than any money-sucking impersonal game that Supercell or any other company produces. This work is truly incredible.

Amirali Rajan back at it again. He is easily my favorite app developer by a long shot, and anytime a new game comes out, I gladly fork out the $3 for it. A Noble Circle is one of those games that is so good you can’t describe just how good it is. The narrative is delivered masterfully, the themes clear and focused, and it makes you think about things you never would have thought about before (the whole planc explaination was my favorite part). Near the end of the game I actually started questioning my values, and how I should shape my future. No game has ever done that to me. Please, spend the $9 dollars and by all of Amirali’s games. They give you an experience Clash of Clans never will.

I played a dark room for the first time years ago, and It completely captured me within its silent genius. When the ensign and later a noble circle were released I played them immediately, and was warmed by their subtlety and intelligence. I am sad to say for a long time I had them deleted from my phone and had forgotten about them. Recently reminiscing on them I’ve re-downloaded them and am so happy I did. All of these games were made with great love and care, and I will never make the mistake of deleting them again.

This is an edit to my previous review after the most recent update: After talking to the developer about making some changes he agreed with a good portion of them and implemented them in the most recent update. He removed lines that made the game feel like a cash grab and kept the parts that made a Noble Circle an interesting experience. I dont think it was ever his intention for this game to be a cash grab now after talking to him over several emails and I will still be an avid follower of all his games.

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Update: I redownloaded after a long while, and now the touch to move is also a bit underwhelming. What I liked about the first version I played (with circle sliding back and forth and tapping = jumping) was it's difficulty, passing a checkpoint was so satisfying. Can we please have the option to switch between game modes? Thanks so much Old comment: I hate to say anything negative, but the compass feature is a bit...disappointing. It makes the game too easy, and it really feels like it should be given as an award, not to anyone. Could u insert to option to switch back and forth between the compass, bouncy circle, toggle rain on/off, jump option, etc?