Subsurface Circular - Review

"I process, therefore I am."

As we're talking about a narrative experience, I can hardly speak about the plot without spoiling too much. Let's just assume that we're allowed to be part of a world in which Asimovs Laws and the Turing-Test are part and routine of the everyday life of millions of human beings and robots. The latter are referred to as Teks ingame and differ a lot, just as much as humans would. You're one of them, a detective sitting on a seat in the Subsurface Circular, a subway for Teks, trying to solve multiple cases of unsolved disappearances of other fellow Teks. 

This game is more a text adventure than anything, so you shouldn't expect too crazy gameplay elements. And yet, I was honestly surprised of how good and intuitive it felt. You're basically interrogating other robots, keeping key words in the back of your mind and use these as levers in other dialogues. It can feel a bit random at times but to reach the end, simply asking everything won't be enough. Sometimes a back and forth is required, changing dialogue partners on the fly. Meanwhile, the sub moves on, Teks enter and leave. Granted, I think that the events were all scripted but it still kept the experience very alive.