The Longest Five Minutes

 Switch
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
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. skillzmcfly
    Feb 17, 2018
    8
    First off: I really couldn't decide whether to rate this game at 7 or 8. It is just really in the middle there: a good mediocre game or an almost really good game. I like a lot of the choices that were made for the game. A story about lost episodic memory told in small episodes, a game about memory that banks on nostalgia with the choice of design. The ideas were great - though I feel myFirst off: I really couldn't decide whether to rate this game at 7 or 8. It is just really in the middle there: a good mediocre game or an almost really good game. I like a lot of the choices that were made for the game. A story about lost episodic memory told in small episodes, a game about memory that banks on nostalgia with the choice of design. The ideas were great - though I feel my personal opinion to like the game is based on my own interpretation - but the game play is average (at best). Yes this plays like an old game and it makes a lot of references, but if I wanted that game play I might pick up Final Fantasy IV or something similar.
    Ultimately it is a short game that possibly needs you to be in the nostalgic mood. I would not recommend it to someone who expects and likes a deep and challenging RPG or someone who does not like retro gaming. For me as a nostalgic person it is borderline good, but I guess for others it could be borderline bad. After all it is a full price game and today you can get more worth for your buck.    … Expand
  2. scruffman4
    Feb 26, 2018
    9
    The writing in this game is top notch. Characters are funny, with an enjoyable story. The game play is very fun with its traditional turned based battle system. I wish it were more challenging. I often found myself not bothering to buy any new weapons or armor because I would find the same stuff in the upcoming dungeon, and I would win all the fights anyways. I like that chapters areThe writing in this game is top notch. Characters are funny, with an enjoyable story. The game play is very fun with its traditional turned based battle system. I wish it were more challenging. I often found myself not bothering to buy any new weapons or armor because I would find the same stuff in the upcoming dungeon, and I would win all the fights anyways. I like that chapters are self-contained, and there is a checklist you can refer to to make sure you did all the important stuff. I found myself addicted to the story and the silliness more than anything else. As a JRPG fan, I found this to be a refreshing change of pace.… Expand

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »