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This thriller made me feel like I was in a movie - Twelve Minutes Quick Review
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PLAY IT OR SKIP IT?
Play this game! James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe are thrown into a sinister time loop where you’ve got twelve minutes to either solve the mystery or relive the events over and over. If that doesn’t sell you on its own, I don’t know what to say! There were moments where the gameplay of Twelve Minutes felt clunky, but the story and voice acting were all superb and kept me on edge.
TIME PLAYED
So far, I’ve spent two hours on this game and still haven't managed to break the time loop. With each new loop, I gain different perspectives, and another piece of the story is revealed. I intend to break the loop and hopefully stop a murderous police officer from strangling or beating my in-game wife and me to death.
WHAT'S AWESOME
• The story. The narrative and interactive choices here are fantastic. With each new loop, my choices had clear consequences. The outcome of each loop felt properly affected by what I’d learned in previous loops or what I chose to hide (or reveal) to my wife. This game really made me feel like I was part of an intense thriller movie.
• The voice acting. Naturally, with star power like McAvoy, Dafoe, and Ridley, you will get quality performances. Still, the intensity of some of the line delivery adds to the intrigue. It got me invested in seeing how the story played out and what would happen to these people.
WHAT SUCKS
• Repetition. Seeing as you have twelve minutes until the clock runs out and the loop repeats, some aspects, like bringing the wife up to speed, can get repetitive.
• Clunky gameplay. While playing on my iPhone 13, some aspects of this point-and-click adventure felt awkward. Sometimes I tried swiping and dragging a puzzle item in Twelve Minutes, only to swipe out of the app accidentally. This brought me out of the experience (literally and figuratively).
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