The same deductive reasoning and memory visualization skills that made Sam such an accomplished investigative journalist can help him untangle this mystery. As his investigation progresses, Sam will uncover a web of intrigue that winds through Basswood's evocative locations and draws in its colorful residents. Lose yourself in a rich, intricate storyline anchored in the gritty reality of small-town America. The award-winning storytellers at DONTNOD invite you on another thrilling adventure. But how do you know who to trust when you’re not even sure you can trust yourself? When the former investigative journalist returns to his hometown to say a final farewell to his best friend, it soon becomes clear that there are more chapters to be written in his troubled history.įorced to confront his past, Sam finds himself torn between reconnecting with his loved ones and using his unique intellectual abilities to uncover the town’s dark secrets. Sam Higgs was done with Basswood, West Virginia, but it seems it wasn’t done with him. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. Between Tell Me Why's portrayal of the Alaskan mountains and now the visualization of Sam's Mind Palace, Dontnod has established itself as a visually stunning developer to support its relaxed gameplay style and tension-building storylines.To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. In terms of graphics and artistic design, however, Dontnod has come a long way. It’s nonsensical and insensitive, and borne of Twin Mirror trying to cover far too much turf in six short hours." " Even leaving aside questions of accuracy in depicting mental health, Twin Mirror doesn’t leave itself enough room to explore Sam’s mental state thoughtfully, depicting him as living with a number of mental health conditions and as a person for whom logic and social skills are not only mutually exclusive but also a choice. For a studio whose voice is celebrated for being loud and clear about improving representation in games, Twin Mirror a misstep for Dontnod." " Twin Mirror feels like a string of scenes sewn together with thin narrative threads, and is ultimately a game that says nothing, lacking any sort of commitment to subjects that it coyly alludes to. Twin Mirror is the rare game where I love the world, premise, and characters, but can't actually professionally recommend it." The story had to unfold into even more drama, because all the conclusions had been reached too hastily to be a proper ending. Even after the final showdown, I was convinced there had to be a third, more sinister act upcoming. " It feels like a game that was meant to be significantly larger, but production or budget constraints forced a truncated product. As a developer with a strong record of tackling mental and socio-political issues in their games, Dontnod does itself no favours with being noncommittal, but it also becomes painfully obvious that this was likely the better choice in Twin Mirror's case because to me it feels like no research went into the portrayal of a neurodivergent person." " Dontnod never commits to giving Sam's behaviour a name, but it reads like an attempt to depict someone on the autistic spectrum. While there’s no shortage of intrigue at its outset, Twin Mirror’s lean running time leaves little room to flesh out all the characters in its small town setting or introduce any form of misdirection to its mystery, robbing the reveals in its closing chapters of any real weight or surprise as a result." Unfortunately, that’s about as suspenseful things ever get. developer Dontnod’s latest adventure initially seems less like a whodunnit and more like a you done it. The goal of the game is to find evidence of the killing and connect the dots, which may seem like an entertaining chain of events, but it's the poor writing execution that gets in Twin Mirror's way of being a fun experience. After waking up following a bar brawl, this leads to him finding out about and investigating Nick's murder. The player assumes the role of protagonist Sam, a former investigative reporter who is back in town to attend his best friend Nick's funeral. RELATED: Dontnod Opens New Studio Led by Life is Strange Vets
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