I did not expect this game to take the twists and turns as it did.

I was under the impression I was going to play a fun, cozy game that would make me laugh. Its cute exterior and funny characters all beautifully hide how absolutely bonkers every last one of them is.

I feel the ending was both a bit of a letdown as well as very poetically written in the sense that Circle may have found his "missing piece" even if said piece did not fit perfectly or complete him in any way he first imagined. It was a letdown in the way that I expected something more, but I do still enjoy the ambiguous ending for what it is, and I don't know what could have substituted for a better end.

You came here for a cute game about a circle? Prepare to be traumatized.

I really do not want to spoil anything about this game, since a lot of it relies on figuring out what's going on as the story moves along and speaking with different characters, etc. All I can say is that it left me feeling both fulfilled and frustrated in every good way. The Moss levels were annoying and perhaps the most difficult (which was most likely done intentionally) while Perfect's route is easily the route you can miss stuff on. You might say the protagonist's arc comes... full circle. I do still kind of wish I'd see the owl again. No reason. Just an owl person.

NOTE: I was convinced that, by the artwork alone, the sun in the background would rise up like a giant pizza slice and slot itself into Circle. Now that's amore.