The indie interactive thriller, Twelve Minutes, is taking home awards. What does PSX Extreme think of it? Read and find out.
VGChartz's Christian Evans: "The criteria for what constitutes indie may be up for debate, but such is the quality of these games that the difference between them and their more 'illustrious' AAA brethren is now blurred beyond defining lines. Every year a new batch breaks through that is strong enough to compete against the established industry bests, and they're now seemingly in the conversation for game of the year each and every year - Hades in 2020 being a recent prime example.
Last year was again no different, and with plenty of major studio releases delayed out of 2021, the indie efforts were afforded greater space to thrive and shine. To highlight how strong a year it was for the indie scene, swapping in a new batch of shortlisted games multiple times over would still leave the list looking formidable."
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VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Whether you're racing against the clock or afforded all the time in the world, the satisfaction of a completed puzzle can't be understated. Whereas most critic and fan darlings in other genres tend to rely on established templates, puzzlers don't get enough credit for their inherent flexibility in mechanics or tone. 2021's nominees highlight that in obvious ways. Some have a heavier emphasis on darker narratives or world-building, while others emphasise mechanical challenges. Out of all the genre awards, these nominees are arguably the most varied."
From PSU: "I really wanted to like Twelve Minutes, but by playing through it multiple times I've come to understand that in order for the timeloop to concept to really work in videogames, it needs time to breathe - both in physical game world terms and also in the various elements that it requires players to solve and master in order to progress. As it is, Twelve Minutes is an undeniably stylish looking and sounding thriller that finds itself summarily undone by poor writing, unwieldy controls and a shoddily frustration execution of its overarching timeloop concept. A shame."
Was so excited for this originally. Seems to have been a miss but not this bad. It’s just repetitive and a little annoying.
Yeah repetitive, for sure, played it on Xbox and just didn't see what everyone was raving about. Maybe just not for me and each to there own but I think the score is spot on.
Great game IMO, but definitely not everyone’s type of game. I remember when Flower got amazing ps3 reviews and to this day I don’t know why lmao. But I know a few people that enjoyed the game. It be that way sometimes haha
Horrible "game"
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I was disappointed with this. I was hoping for it to be a smart puzzler that you’d be rewarded for being smart and creative. But playing it, I just felt like the solutions were random and not intuitive. You have to just try and fail over and over till you stumble on the right thing by accident.