The Longest Five Minutes

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 5 out of 17
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  1. HarrySatschel
    Nov 28, 2018
    2
    Not much of an rpg.

    I really liked the premise of starting at the final fight without memories, then going through your memories as you play out the game. Unfortunately, the premise was the only thing I liked about the game. The writing & dialogue was lackluster at best, boring & tedious most of the time. The combat was far too easy to be interesting. There were skills and such as an    Not much of an rpg.

    I really liked the premise of starting at the final fight without memories, then going through your memories as you play out the game. Unfortunately, the premise was the only thing I liked about the game.
    The writing & dialogue was lackluster at best, boring & tedious most of the time.
    The combat was far too easy to be interesting. There were skills and such as an rpg should have, but there was no point in exploring any of the combat system because everything died so easily.
    All items refresh at the start of each chapter/memory. This in addition to the combat meant that progression was completely meaningless.    … Expand

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Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Gaming Age
    Oct 12, 2018
    58
    The novelty of the thing wears off kind of quickly. And once it does, there’s not much to do but wait for the flash-forwards to reveal the game’s ending. It’s a shame, because The Longest Five Minutes starts off so well — but, at the same time, it makes the title oddly ironic, since the five or so minutes in which the game seems genuinely interesting and fresh are over far, far too quickly.
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  2. Nintenderos
    Apr 16, 2018
    50
    The basic premise on which the game is based is excellent and well constructed. The first minutes of the game are intriguing, promising. However, all the episodes where the main character has to reconstruct his memories are absolutely insipid and poorly written. Sadly, the interest in the story falls down after the high point reached at the beginning.
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  3. Nintendo Insider
    Apr 8, 2018
    80
    The Longest Five Minutes may falter in the lack of difficulty that it poses the player with, but the game will upend your expectation in how absorbed you will become in the story that it unravels.
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