The total playtime for Dontnod’s newest explorative mystery Twin Mirror is unexpectedly short and somewhat uncharacteristic of the studio, which may have partially led to reception of the game being less enthusiastic than anticipated.
So far, Twin Mirror has not been well-received by critics, with average scores hovering between 5 to 6 out of 10. Earlier this year, Dontnod released Tell Me Why, following in the footsteps of its trending progressive platform, this time for the trans community and those struggling with mental health. In terms of reception, Tell Me Why performed a bit better, with scores falling between 7 to 9 out of 10, so it’s surprising to see the successful Life is Strange developer release a title that many feel is a miss.
Many critics expressed that Twin Mirror felt like an underdeveloped, truncated experience, ultimately resulting in a hallow storyline that didn’t receive as much attention as it deserved, especially in the way of Sam’s unnamed mental health issues that are never fully explored. This could be due to the game’s exceptionally short playtime, approximately six hours or so. This isn’t the norm for Dontnod narrative games, save for Captain Spirit, which acted more as a demo preceding Life is Strange 2.
The player assumes the role of Sam, a former investigative reporter who has returned to Basswood to attend his best friend Nick’s funeral. He and Nick haven’t spoken in years, however, leading to some complicated feelings in the protagonist. Sam soon learns, following a bar brawl gone very wrong, that Nick has been murdered, and Sam employs himself with the task of solving the case.
To solve the mysteries within Twin Mirror, Sam uses his Mind Palace, where he can view past memories in a polygonal, realistic world at will. To get to the bottom of the murder case, there are only a handful of scenes that Sam analyzes with his Mind Palace. While reported average playtime online fall between five to seven hours, some uploaded YouTube videos of the entire game fall as short as four hours. While a shorter game isn’t necessarily a criticism, the game costs $29.99, a hefty price tag for one that can be completed in a single sitting.
Unlike past Dontnod games like the Life is Strange series and Tell Me Why, Twin Mirror isn’t broken up into episodic chapters. Rather, the full game was released at once, likely due to its shorter playtime than past titles.
Twin Mirror is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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