Apple Arcade: Lifelike offers more particle-powered brilliance from Kubani Brother Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Apple Arcade: Lifelike offers more particle-powered brilliance from Kubani Brother But is it Oort? Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 30 Oct 2019 3 comments Are we very big or very small? In Lifelike, I can never quite work it out. Are we moving suns through distant stretches of space, sweeping up dust clouds and planets and chunks of wandering rock as we go? Or are we tiny electrons orbiting nuclei, fertilised eggs seeking purchase? This is the pleasure of a game that focuses on sheer interaction. You are one particle and you move around searching for others. Some come in big clumps that fidget and spasm and chase after you. Some set off fireworks chains that race around the sky leading you onwards. It is so easy to get drawn in here, to be lost amongst the stars or the atoms or the eggs or whatever they are. And in truth this is exactly the sort of thing I hoped for from Apple Arcade, a great mesmerising thing that is given the chance to be only itself, untroubled by ads or add-ons. Plug in headphones and load this one up. It is extraordinary. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 14 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store