Vicious Circle
Vicious Circle is an uncooperative multiplayer shooter set in a colorful yet gritty sci fi universe inspired by retro comics. Gameplay is fast and frenetic with an emphasis on thwarting other players with…
Vicious Circle is an adventure developed by Rooster Teeth Games, released 13 August 2019 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Vicious Circle is
Vicious Circle is an adventure game developed by Rooster Teeth Games and released in 2019. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Vicious Circle is an uncooperative multiplayer shooter set in a colorful yet gritty sci fi universe inspired by retro comics. Gameplay is fast and frenetic with an emphasis on thwarting other players with dirty tricks at every turn. Be one of four mercenaries and compete for loot, or take the role of a terrifying monster and try to kill everything in your path. The first player to collect the biggest haul and reach the evac zone wins - unless the player controlling the big baddy gets them all first.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.
How it was received
Vicious Circle holds a critic score of 48 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Vicious Circle launched on 13 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain and Remnant: From the Ashes. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain, Remnant: From the Ashes.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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