Twin Mirror

 PlayStation 4
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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 9 out of 46
  3. Negative: 20 out of 46

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  1. SileSixEcho
    Dec 9, 2020
    7
    Not the best work from Dontnod so far but surely an enjoyable if short story. Sure, it lacks a bit the scope of the Life is strange games and the twist is not that shocking but I felt that the characters were written great and i was entertained well.
  2. AddMeForCoOp
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    No cringy 'woke' political propaganda in this game, unlike some other recent DontNod games (Life is Strange 2 and Tell Me Why). It's a fine, underrated, detective game, and your choices actually affect the outcome. The graphics are great. Some bugs like audio cutting out or parts of characters disappearing (played on PS4 Pro).
  3. free-meerkat
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    Things that are important for this genre of games:

    > Interesting protagonist > Good graphics & animations > Great facial animations and lip-sync > Engaging and interesting story > Even pacing and good narrative structure > Interesting and well-written characters > Important and impactful decisions > No 'illusion of choice' > No meaningless interactions - "press X    Things that are important for this genre of games:

    > Interesting protagonist

    > Good graphics & animations

    > Great facial animations and lip-sync

    > Engaging and interesting story

    > Even pacing and good narrative structure

    > Interesting and well-written characters

    > Important and impactful decisions

    > No 'illusion of choice'

    > No meaningless interactions - "press X to make a vague, uninteresting comment about thing''

    Twin Mirror excels in none of them. It's beyond me how this game manages to learn nothing from the genre and what makes an interactive story game successful.

    While not a complete waste of time, Twin Mirror is not much more.    … Expand
  4. Funambulist
    Dec 6, 2020
    9
    Rich story, high quality soundtrack. Has Alan Wake vibes, without the supernatural. Some concepts about emotional intelligence. Expect a interactive movie, not an action game.
  5. Saschi
    Dec 4, 2020
    1
    After one of my favourite game of all time, Life is Strange, this one was just terrible. It has a completely flat main character, a pretty boring story and straight up dated gameplay mechanics. The characters look pretty bad too, thanks to the more realistic look you notice flaws and asynchronous lip movements faster. It has a good mood but the lack of music and bugs destroyed itAfter one of my favourite game of all time, Life is Strange, this one was just terrible. It has a completely flat main character, a pretty boring story and straight up dated gameplay mechanics. The characters look pretty bad too, thanks to the more realistic look you notice flaws and asynchronous lip movements faster. It has a good mood but the lack of music and bugs destroyed it oftentimes for me. Sherlock games did the detective parts way better, Control did the surrealist dream parts better and even Dontnod themselves delivered several better Story's before.

    In some parts it is not clear at all what you need to do and wandering around in the dream parts is just frustrating.

    I paid 30 Euros for it. And it is not worth it. At all.    … Expand
  6. Yourmumsbills
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    DONTNODs string of failures since the brilliant Life Is Strange, just got longer.
  7. Theqwe
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    Bruh... another Dontnot trash game. It would be better if they had continued LiS instead of creating this crap.
  8. Lei137
    Dec 11, 2020
    2
    This was no worth the $30 I spent on it. I've really been into these types of games lately and when I saw a new 2020 one, I thought it should be pretty good. I was wrong. It's exceptionally short to the point it was impossible to have good character development. If the 5 hours of game play had been really good then it would have been worth the money but it was not. It was boring, thereThis was no worth the $30 I spent on it. I've really been into these types of games lately and when I saw a new 2020 one, I thought it should be pretty good. I was wrong. It's exceptionally short to the point it was impossible to have good character development. If the 5 hours of game play had been really good then it would have been worth the money but it was not. It was boring, there really wasn't much interaction with objects and the game world. Really it was a lot of just listening to Sam's bland dialogue. The plotline was not thrilling at all. I'm not picky with games but this was truly disappointing. And the whole "going into Sam's mind" sequences were not exciting the way they potentially could have. I found myself wanting those parts to hurry up and be done. I feel bad for giving such a bad review but I truly don't understand what the creators were thinking.… Expand
  9. lebowski88
    Dec 14, 2020
    2
    This game is so boring! It feels like they have tried to make the main character neurodivergent but he actually just comes across as really dull and insensitive. The storyline isn't interesting and the 'mind palace' thing just gets in the way of things; I really didn't care about watching the memories as I didn't like any of the characters. It felt like none of the choices really affectedThis game is so boring! It feels like they have tried to make the main character neurodivergent but he actually just comes across as really dull and insensitive. The storyline isn't interesting and the 'mind palace' thing just gets in the way of things; I really didn't care about watching the memories as I didn't like any of the characters. It felt like none of the choices really affected anything and the game is quite glitchy on PS4 - at one point there is a character who is just a floating head because her body never loads. A big disappointment after the brilliant Life is Strange.… Expand
  10. bersi84
    Nov 20, 2022
    6
    I honestly liked the idea and plot of Twin Mirrors but the execution and engine lets it crumble into pieces very fast leaving the game lenth to a mere 6hrs with honestly not too much of gameplay inherited. There are multiple ending but after the first ending that came quite fast and sudden I wasnt interested in finding out more about Twin Mirrors.

    The loading times are horrible even on    I honestly liked the idea and plot of Twin Mirrors but the execution and engine lets it crumble into pieces very fast leaving the game lenth to a mere 6hrs with honestly not too much of gameplay inherited. There are multiple ending but after the first ending that came quite fast and sudden I wasnt interested in finding out more about Twin Mirrors.

    The loading times are horrible even on PS5, the command prompts sometimes takes stoic circling around the object to bring it up finally. The animations are mediocre and dated. Overall many decision are missleading and the few puzzles dont make it a complete "game".

    It saddens me a little bit because I really enjoyed it in certain parts but there is no way I would recommnd the game to anyone if not for a few bucks and some time to kill.    … Expand
  11. inmh
    Jan 19, 2021
    5
    This game feels... Neglected.

    I liked Sam. I thought he was an interesting character, and I thought the premise of the game (the mystery, the twin, the aspect of the mind palace) were intriguing good starts. I additionally like that the game took place in West Virginia, which (Fallout aside) is not a common stomping ground for a lot of video games. And that's about where my interest    This game feels... Neglected.

    I liked Sam. I thought he was an interesting character, and I thought the premise of the game (the mystery, the twin, the aspect of the mind palace) were intriguing good starts. I additionally like that the game took place in West Virginia, which (Fallout aside) is not a common stomping ground for a lot of video games.

    And that's about where my interest ends.

    The cons:

    -The game's graphics are glitchy at many, many points. Seemed to go really nuts during the big finale. A lot of times, the characters' mouth movements didn't sync up to the audio.

    -Characterization was thin for everyone except for Sam, Anna, and Bug.

    -The story feels choppy and rushed, like things might have been cut out or changed and never adjusted for everything to flow better.

    -The game was a bit too short to justify the cost. Like, it's the same price as The Dark Pictures games, but even those are a lot longer and have more going on.

    This game just feels incomplete. It feels like something that was supposed to be about the same length as Life is Strange, or even the Dark Pictures games, but something (covid19, disinterest, lack of money, priority focus on other projects) just led to the game not being as complete as it would originally have been.

    It genuinely feels like dontnod intended to make a game bigger and more comprehensive, if only by a bit, than this one, and then had to scale it down for one reason or another. That's the vibe that I get, and the end result is a game that doesn't hit right.

    I'd gladly play another game as Sam, but God, they gotta make sure everything's clean and done next time.    … Expand
  12. onemorelevel_1
    Jan 18, 2021
    5
    MOVIE-LIKE POINT&CLICK GAME:
    As soon as I started the game, it became clear how outdated the graphics were. I played this fully on PS5 console, so I can’t say how it runs in PS4 consoles. The overall visual quality and realism was not there. The characters facial impressions, moves and overall character designs were painfully outdated. Even the lipsyncing was off and nothing like it    MOVIE-LIKE POINT&CLICK GAME:
    As soon as I started the game, it became clear how outdated the graphics were. I played this fully on PS5 console, so I can’t say how it runs in PS4 consoles. The overall visual quality and realism was not there. The characters facial impressions, moves and overall character designs were painfully outdated. Even the lipsyncing was off and nothing like it should be.

    So yes, visually the game was stuck in 2009 development. Then there were all the bugs and game-breaking glitches. I had to do couple of investigations twice, because the game glitched so badly. This happened after coming back from console being in sleep mode.

    THE AWFUL VISUAL UNCANNY VALLEY:
    The graphics everywhere were absolutely horrible. Even the way things was applied to the environment felt haphazard. Looking very much like those early PS4 games, that tried to look nice, but were just OK. I do claim, Twin Mirror did look good at times. I did take many nice screenshots and checking them afterwards, they look nice.

    The camera and controls was as hopeless as the visuals; awkward and slow. Many times I had to find just correct position right in front of an object to ineract with it. The camera didn’t help at all, because it was mostly stuck right side of the character I played as. It was difficult to look around as nicely as I wanted. It was weird, how they didn’t pay more attention to this, because the game was about investigation and looking around.

    THE STORY:
    The story was OK at the first and then I realized it isn’t as huge and plot-twisty as I thought, and the ending was barely just OK, as well. I liked the various ends and choices player can make to alter the storyline. I didn’t like my first ending I got, so I went back to the final chapter and played it again to see a better solution. I actually got attached to the characters a little bit, to care to see other endings, but still they were kinda bland.

    TRYING BADLY TO BE TWIN PEAKS:
    Twin Mirror needed much more time get polished and maybe coded much better. Everything was just stiff, awkward, painful and mostly ugly. It was like those uncomfortably dreams, where you try to move or run, but it’s pointlessly difficult.

    I don’t know is reason the past year of 2020 or should this game genre have a complete overhaul, or is it time to dump it and move on?
    Whatever it is, developer should patch this game up, to fix the bigger issues to make the gameplay more pleasant. Honestly, I cannot recommend this game that much. Maybe the ultimate genre lovers will like this.

    “The character models and details weren’t quite there, leaving everyone in the Uncanny Valley”    … Expand
  13. shalabon
    Dec 8, 2020
    1
    More like DontNod off to sleep. I actually wish this game was forgettable, but it will stick in my mind for how truly boring it was. It takes about 5 hours to complete, but will feel like 50 so you'll get your money's worth in that regard. Avoid.
  14. Moonchildno1
    Jan 23, 2021
    6
    So Twin Mirror...... I was so hyped for this game to release and I was some what disappointed, the main story I thought was very well thoughtout and tight, but character development didn't really seem like a thing that was even consided. Some characters were better constructed than others but their storylines didn't seem to go anywhere. And the game is was to short easily 1 sitting andSo Twin Mirror...... I was so hyped for this game to release and I was some what disappointed, the main story I thought was very well thoughtout and tight, but character development didn't really seem like a thing that was even consided. Some characters were better constructed than others but their storylines didn't seem to go anywhere. And the game is was to short easily 1 sitting and it's done yes you can go back to complete achievements/trophies but I wasnt very tempted by this.
    The game looks and sounds absolutely fantastic but sadly it's not greatly backed up by the rest of the experience in my opinion. Hopefully there will be some DLC later down the line to draw me back in and fulfill my previously felt hype for the game .    … Expand
  15. Dumbman
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    This game picks up slowly the minute you think this game is getting better it ends
  16. elgarmius
    Jan 16, 2022
    7
    This feels like DONTNOD testing the waters. They went all-out with the graphics, but at the cost of most of the game -- it ends right as it feels like it's about to really take off. It feels like less than half of a game. If this was a matter of budget, I would've preferred that they kept the graphics at the level of Life Is Strange 2 so they could have a more fleshed-out story.
  17. DaveEllie
    Apr 26, 2022
    8
    Maybe it isn't the best Dontnod game
    But it's good
    I actually had a lot of suspense playing it particularly in the end Unfortunately characters are mainly flat, Sam was good, also Anna, but they didn't gave me anything marvelous. But "Him" was good, I love that character. For a 2020 game graphics are good, it isn't like TLOU2, but this is just a style it doesn't need to be i per    Maybe it isn't the best Dontnod game
    But it's good
    I actually had a lot of suspense playing it particularly in the end
    Unfortunately characters are mainly flat, Sam was good, also Anna, but they didn't gave me anything marvelous. But "Him" was good, I love that character. For a 2020 game graphics are good, it isn't like TLOU2, but this is just a style it doesn't need to be i per realistic.
    That's sad that almost no one knows this game.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. GameCritics
    Jan 22, 2021
    80
    Regardless of the bizarre lip movements, Twin Mirror is an excellent adventure game. Not only was I enthralled by its mystery, I was absolutely enamored with the presentation. I wasn’t expecting something so filmlike and cinematic, but I walked away delighted and I can say that some of its powerful scenes will stay with me for a while.
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  2. Games.cz
    Jan 15, 2021
    50
    Is Dontnod Entertainment a one-hit wonder? It seems so, judging by those past few years. Twin Mirror is a bang average adventure game you’ll finish in one forgettable afternoon.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 8, 2021
    50
    Sam is implied to be neurodivergent, and is forced to pick between masking his differences for a happy ‘normal’ life or living authentically but miserably in a forced existence. Twin Mirror is bleak, often flawed and far from Dontnod’s best work – case closed. [Issue#184, p.91]
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