Gaming Report - Twelve Minutes [Number: #42 ]

Okay, so let me start with saying, that I have played this title through Xbox Game Pass. Because of that, I don’t quite look on this as a 25€ title.
So, I’m a huge fan of Annapurina Interactive’s games. I really liked What Remains, Journey, Outer Wilds… But I don’t quite like Twelve Minutes.

The first problem is, that this game is falsely advertised in my honest opinion. Nowhere, on any page isn’t mentioned that this game is a roguelike - because it is.
Of course, I won’t spoil anything but as you know this title involves a time loop. Now as we know, in most films and games that involve something like this, the protagonist doesn’t know why is it occurring or how could they break out of it. These are the questions that most stories of this kind rely on, and it isn’t a big problem in my eyes - at least we will get an explonation. But no, not in this title.

Twelve Minutes shows us how not to tell a story, or better said how to ruin an excellent story. You see, we play games to entertain ourselves. And for this, we usually need something to happen, like the story to move forward.
But here? After going through the 5th identical loop, I was looking clueless, what should I do now. I had to look to a Steam guide, to find out that I have to do things IN ORDER. Yes, it doesn’t really matter if you have done the correct things, if they aren’t following the pattern they have to.

The story was somewhat cryptic for me the whole time, might be that I’m just dumb but I hope it isn’t the case (:P)
I have said too many negative things about it, but actually, the game isn’t bad at all: it has unique art style, incredibly good animations, nice characters, and also really cool voiceover!
But I think that the story is like just any other time-loop thingy. I’ll need to replay a few times to get a full view.

6.8/10