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6.5Twelve Minutes starts off well but eventually descends into chaos. The game’s premise of trying to rewrite 12 minutes of a couple’s time is a great idea but the execution varies in success.
Twelve Minutes
Luis Antonio · Aug 19, 2021
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TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.
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- Push Square5.0James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe do an absolutely fantastic job at bringing the three main characters to life but even they can’t lift the frustration and tedium of having to repeat the same actions over and over again. Unfortunately, by the time you finally figure out how to change the outcome of the loop, the ending will make you wonder if it was even worth it.
- Nintendo World Report7.0The fact remains, though, Twelve Minutes is a strong mystery game that fans of story-focused experiences will likely enjoy. It doesn't hurt that Willem Dafoe is a national treasure, either.
- Adventure Gamers6.0In cramming a time-looping murder mystery into the confines of a small inner-city studio apartment, Twelve Minutes offers much to appreciate, though the execution suffers somewhat from the limitations such a premise inevitably brings with it.
- RPGFan7.5Twelve Minutes is an exercise in patience and the thrill of discovery. Many will tap out before discovering all of the endings or the true ending, whatever that is. I tossed in the towel after about six hours because I passed a point-of-no-return that the game alluded to but didn’t make it explicitly clear to me. The idea of having to redo everything I had already done was unthinkable, so I quit.
- Video Gamer5.0There are, of course, multiple endings, and the minutes leading up to each resolution can be flavoured with violence and revelation, or laced with deceit. The question is: Do we care?
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Twelve Minutes
Boring gameplay :(. Idea is unique okay but come on this is not feel like a game.
Finally a game that has made my brain go "wut" lol, this game (to keep it short) has an amazing idea and is displayed pretty well but something's are really bland. I hope this game gets more updates tbh, worth checking out.
Güzel bir konsepti ancak bu kadar kötü bir şekilde bozabilirsiniz Artıları +başlarda merak ediyorsunuz +başlarda oyun sizi baya bir içine çekiyor +Hikayesi fena değil Eksileri \-Kendini aşırı tekrar ediyor \-Tamam bir döngü oyunu ancak acayip sıkıcı işlemişler küçük bir diyalog için(neredeyse hiçbir şeye etki etmiyor) bir kaç dakika boyunca aynı şeyi tekrar ediyorsunuz \-Son sayısı az \-Bumblebee yi ararken bug oluşuyor (spoiler olmasın diye yazmıyorum) \-Oyuna büyük etkisi olan Buglar \-(SPOILER ALERT) \-Katili öldürsem bile kazanmış sayılmıyorum çok saçma
if you like HAPPY DEATH DAY movie, play this game :grin:
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