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The Pale Beyond is an interesting game. It is primarily a narrative game, and with no voiced lines, it is more a visual novel than anything else. The game places you in the shoes of Robin Shaw, the First Mate aboard the Temperance, on an expedition to the South Pole in search of the wreckage of the Viscount, the Temperance's sister ship. You have to make decisions that determine the survival of the crew over the course of the expedition, including assigning duties for the week and ensuring the crew is fed and has heating to stave off the devouring cold despite there never seeming to be enough food for the cook pot or fuel for the furnace.

I won't spoil any of the story, but it is an interesting one and presents a number of difficult moral quandries to navigate.

The game uses a branching story system, so you are able to backtrack a week (the time increment used by most of the game) if you wish you had done something differently without having to start the game from scratch.

I was a little annoyed by some of the game's politically correct pronoun usage, likely a byproduct of Fellow Traveller's association with Sweet Baby Inc, but it can be overlooked with enough patience.

Very compelling