{"id":6403,"date":"2022-09-06T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/review-circus-electrique-repetitive-turn-based-battling-in-a-gripping-steampunk-london\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:24:45","slug":"review-circus-electrique-repetitive-turn-based-battling-in-a-gripping-steampunk-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/review-circus-electrique-repetitive-turn-based-battling-in-a-gripping-steampunk-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Circus Electrique &#8211; Repetitive Turn-Based Battling In A Gripping Steampunk London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Roll up, roll up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/circus_electrique\">Circus Electrique<\/a> is quick to pique the interest of any fans of a turn-based tactical RPG, especially those who loved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/darkest_dungeon\">Darkest Dungeon<\/a>. However, its unique design raises the question of what Darkest Dungeon would be like if it were filled with mechanical mimes and pretentious police officers, all while being set in a gritty, steampunk Victorian London. Zen Studios has answered with this eccentric part circus-sim, part story-driven RPG, and unfortunately the answer is &#8216;not as good&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>From the moment the game begins, players take on the role of Amelia, the niece of Electrique&#8217;s ringleader and a young journalist commissioned to report the re-opening of the show following a deadly accident ten years prior. Coincidentally, the accident&#8217;s victim was Amelia&#8217;s mother, so there is a prevalent tension between niece and uncle. However, upon Amelia&#8217;s visit, an unexpected turn of events unravels with &#8216;The Maddening,&#8217; an incident that plunges London into chaos and turns its inhabitants into vicious enemies. So, instead of reporting the Circus&#8217; re-opening, Amelia takes it upon herself to discover the source of The Maddening and relies on Circus Electrique for support.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/circus-electrique\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Review: Circus Electrique &#8211; Repetitive Turn-Based Battling In A Gripping Steampunk London<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roll up, roll up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/circus_electrique\">Circus Electrique<\/a> is quick to pique the interest of any fans of a turn-based tactical RPG, especially those who loved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/darkest_dungeon\">Darkest Dungeon<\/a>. However, its unique design raises the question of what Darkest Dungeon would be like if it were filled with mechanical mimes and pretentious police officers, all while being set in a gritty, steampunk Victorian London. Zen Studios has answered with this eccentric part circus-sim, part story-driven RPG, and unfortunately the answer is &#8216;not as good&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>From the moment the game begins, players take on the role of Amelia, the niece of Electrique&#8217;s ringleader and a young journalist commissioned to report the re-opening of the show following a deadly accident ten years prior. Coincidentally, the accident&#8217;s victim was Amelia&#8217;s mother, so there is a prevalent tension between niece and uncle. However, upon Amelia&#8217;s visit, an unexpected turn of events unravels with &#8216;The Maddening,&#8217; an incident that plunges London into chaos and turns its inhabitants into vicious enemies. So, instead of reporting the Circus&#8217; re-opening, Amelia takes it upon herself to discover the source of The Maddening and relies on Circus Electrique for support.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/circus-electrique\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}