History VideoGame / QuarantineCircular

* ClosedCircle: As befitting a story with "Circular" in its title, all of the main cast is confined (or "Quarantined") on a ship while trying to discover a cure...and the alien's intent.

* HostileShowTakeover: The majority of segments are from the POV of a single character, but [[spoiler:Teng interrupts Alla towards the end of Segment 5 to put Gabriel down]].

* HumanoidAliens: Gabriel, with two arms, two legs, and human-like posture despite a radically different head.

** If [[spoiler:the restraint was released in Sequence 1 or 5, and Teng took the brunt of Gabriel's charge in Sequence 5, Alla can either volunteer to be infected with the completed tailor-phage, let Gabriel roam the nearby cities and spread the phage to the populace, or simply evict them from the ship.]]

** If [[spoiler:neither Marc nor Alla deactivated the restraint, then Teng's stun will destroy Gabriel's research. Marc can then choose whether or not to let Gabriel help the Teks along to inhabit the Earth after humanity's extinction.]]

* PowerOfTrust: If Marc or Alla trusts Gabriel enough to [[spoiler:remove their restraint]], then although Gabriel later [[spoiler:betrays that trust by attacking a crew member]], this leads on to [[spoiler:the development of a cure being available]].
* ShockCollar: How Gabriel is initially contained; he cannot leave the [[TitleDrop circular]] helipad markings on the ship he's aboard without getting shocked.
* StealthSequel: There's mention of Teks from ''VideoGame/SubsurfaceCircular'', but they're only relevant (but [[TheGhost unseen]]) in the story branch where [[spoiler:Marc needs to decide if they'll be humanity's successors]].

* StealthSequel: There's mention of Teks from ''VideoGame/SubsurfaceCircular'', but only in the story branch where [[spoiler:Marc needs to decide if they'll be humanity's successors]].

** Whether Teng [[spoiler:takes a fatal blow from an enraged Gabriel meant for her, or dodges and lets Alla get hit, in Segment 5; whoever survives will be the POV character for the final segment]].

* AgeIsRelative: [[spoiler:Gabriel's main motivation for trying to help lesser civilizations is because of how brief sentient life is compared to the billions of years it can take to develop.]]
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: [[spoiler:There's The Order, which eagerly enforces it, and then there's the group Gabriel's a part of, which is willing to interfere to prevent extinction-class events.]]

* DoubleMeaningTitle: There's the literal "Quarantine" caused by the pandemic, and then there's [[spoiler:the existence of a vast galactic empire that has put Earth in "quarantine" until they're naturally advanced enough to interact with other sentient life]]. There is even the circular area that Gabriel is initially quarantined in.

* HumanityOnTrial: [[spoiler:If Teng is bargaining for the cure in the end, her constant antagonism has made Gabriel question whether or not her people deserve any help.]]

** [[spoiler:If the restraint was released in Sequence 1 or 5, and Teng took the brunt of Gabriel's charge in Sequence 5, Zima can either volunteer to be infected with the completed tailor-phage, let Gabriel roam the nearby cities and spread the phage to the populace, or simply evict them from the ship.]]
** [[spoiler:If Teng dodged the attack, she can either negotiate Gabriel's freedom for the tailor-phage, or just stun them and leave them at the mercy of the Order.]]
** [[spoiler:If neither Marc nor Alla deactivated the restraint, then Teng's stun will destroy Gabriel's research. Marc can then choose whether or not to let Gabriel help the Teks along to inhabit the Earth after humanity's extinction.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:If Alla befriends Gabriel, and Gabriel sends her into a coma when Teng dodges an attack, it dramatically affects the alien.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Teng insists that Gabriel's copilot injured one of her men as justification for killing them and distrusting Gabriel, whereas Gabriel insists that Teng attacked first without a just cause.]]
* PowerOfTrust: If Marc or Alla trusts Gabriel enough to [[spoiler:remove their restraint]] then although Gabriel later to an extent [[spoiler:betrays that trust by attacking a crew member, this leads on to the development of a cure being available.]]

** [[spoiler:Whether or not you choose to disable the ShockCollar in Segments 1 or 5; leaving it enabled spares all the crew but ruins the cure, and has the last segment be a return to Marc's POV, while disabling it leads to the second factor.]]
** [[spoiler:Whether Teng takes a hit from an enraged Gabriel meant for her, or dodges and lets Alla take the hit, in Segment 5; whoever survives will be the POV character for the final segment.]]

* DoubleMeaningTitle: There's the literal "Quarantine" caused by the pandemic, and then there's [[spoiler:the existence of a vast galactic empire that has put Earth in "quarantine" until they're naturally advanced enough to interact with other sentient life]].

* AgeIsRelative: [[spoiler:Gabriel's main motivation for trying to help lesser civilizations is because of how brief sentient life is compared to the billions of years it can take to develop.]]

* ShockCollar: How Gabriel is initially contained; he cannot leave the [[TitleDrop circular]] helipad markings on the ship he's aboard without getting shocked.

* ShockCollar: How Gabriel is initially contained; he cannot leave the [[TitleDrop circular]] helipad markings on the ship he's aboard without getting shocked.

** [[spoiler:If neither Marc nor Perez deactivated the restraint, then Teng's stun will destroy Gabriel's research. Marc can then choose whether or not to let Gabriel help the Teks along to inhabit the Earth after humanity's extinction.]]

** [[spoiler:If Teng took the brunt of Gabriel's charge in Sequence 5, Zima can either volunteer to be infected with the completed tailor-phage, let Gabriel roam the nearby cities and spread the phage to the populace, or simply evict them from the ship.]]

* MultipleEndings: There are [[spoiler:eight]].

In the middle of a global pandemic, a group of human scientists locate an alien at its heart, and must work together to discover its true intentions. Players alternate between the perspectives of Marc Perez, a member of Technical Support, and Gabriel, the alien being contained against its will.

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: How Marc introduces himself to Gabriel, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint who then briefly thinks his name is "Perez Marc Perez"]].
* ShockCollar: How Gabriel is contained; he cannot leave the [[TitleDrop circular]] helipad markings without getting shocked.