#Twin mirror endings movie#

Possibly the nicest part of the game is SamвЂ™s mind palace вЂ“ a place where he can revisit old memories triggered by various collectibles that you can gather, but also where he can reconstruct a key sequence of actions related to the murder.

Since they remain undeveloped, they wonвЂ™t make you empathize with them or connect to them in any way. Perhaps the original plan was to give them a more substantial role into the plot, yet as the game is now, it feels that these characters are mostly treated as fillers вЂ“ they donвЂ™t add anything meaningful to the story, aside from them forming together the small and intertwined community of Basswood. Apart from Sam, Nick and Anna (and marginally NickвЂ™s daughter) the characters are not at all developed, and the collectible items that you can find lying around and which reveal a piece of their background story are not enough to grant them distinctive personalities. There are plenty of characters to encounter, but most of them have only a couple of dialogue lines. Still, choosing to listen to him would lead Sam on a social path, while ignoring his advice will result in him remaining an analytical person. The alter ego is neither a devil on SamвЂ™s shoulder, nor an angel with a mission to protect Sam, but indeed more of a twin, an advocatus diaboliВ meant to dispute SamвЂ™s actions or bicker at him. At least, that is the whole idea of the game вЂ“ but for me, these two personalities were so similar that I had real trouble grasping the distinctive aspects between them. The duality of his brain is the one that gives the two distinctive paths in the game вЂ“ while Sam is rather cold and cynical (and also analytical), his twin ego tries to encourage Sam to be more social, more caring towards others. The name of the game comes from the fact that Sam has a split personality, with his alter ego accompanying him at every step. Surely, there are some unexpected things happening, but the game is mostly predictable (apart from maybe who the big bad is) and also doesnвЂ™t manage to give you that feeling of thrill, of keeping you on your toes until you find the identity of the killer. Since itвЂ™s a detective-themed story, one would expect some plot twists, unfortunately Twin MirrorВ fails to deliver them.

Sam canвЂ™t stop his investigative nature and together with his ex-girlfriend Anna, sets on a quest to find the culprit and expose his deeds to the whole town. You take the role of Sam Higgs вЂ“ a journalist who comes back to his small hometown of Basswood to attend the funeral of his best friend Nick only to find out that he was actually murdered. Unfortunately, there are only 6-7 choices like this, and they are split into two categories: analytical and social, leading you to slightly different playthroughs and quite different endings. Even the earlier choices from this category can have repercussions in the late parts of the game. The choices that do count though are color-coded and frankly, I was relieved that the game shows me that I am about to make a meaningful decision which is bound to affect the rest of the game.

ItвЂ™s mainly advertised as a вЂњChoose Your Own AdventureвЂќ game, albeit most of the choices donвЂ™t matter for how the story unravels up to the ending sequences вЂ“ regardless of what you choose, the outcome is identical and you have pretty much the same idea, but expressed through different words no matter what you pick. In that regard, Twin MirrorВ does some things very well, but it also has its faults. One playthrough takes around 7 hours and itвЂ™s extremely linear, consisting mostly in watching the scripted cutscenes and dialogues based on the choices you make.

#Twin mirror endings movie#

If I were to describe it, IвЂ™d say itвЂ™s more of a movie rather than a game considering that the player interactions are kept to a minimum. But by all means donвЂ™t take that as вЂњ Twin MirrorВ is a bad gameвЂќ вЂ“ it isnвЂ™t, it just lacks the depth, the spark, and the impact that their other games have on you when you play them. If you expect a moving narrative or a story similar in greatness as for example the one that Life is StrangeВ offers, then you wonвЂ™t find it here. The general opinion about Twin MirrorВ is that it doesnвЂ™t manage to reach the same high bar that other games developed / published by DONTNOD EntertainmentВ already set, and after I played the game several times already, I can understand where this statement is coming from.