Fractured Minds

 Xbox One
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 18 out of 41
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  1. ningunmalescapa
    Jun 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pretentious game, the game claims to deal with the subject of anxiety but it does so with obvious and non-functional symbolisms, the puzzles are silly and pointless, the controls are bad, it is difficult to interact with the objects, it does not actually talk about anxiety to Except for a mention in a boring, non-impact text that gives cursory advice for anxiety appearing at the end of the game, the text just says that anxiety is bad. I don't recommend playing this… Expand
  2. DianLemon
    Jul 2, 2020
    0
    too pretentious, boring, the I don't even know if is possible to call puzzles to the thinks you have to do to complete the levels they have no sene I played it in "game pass", almost for free and I felt cheated
  3. Broyax
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    Heureusement que ça ne coûte que deux balles mais c'est encore trop... heureusement alors que c'est quasiment gratuit (quasiment...) dans le Game Pass parce que cette daube indé est chiante et inutile. Un agenda SJW se cache là-dessous, celui des malades mentaux et des maladies mentales, donc c'est pour une grande cause humanitaire et tout le tralala, tu vois ?... quoique... et la faimHeureusement que ça ne coûte que deux balles mais c'est encore trop... heureusement alors que c'est quasiment gratuit (quasiment...) dans le Game Pass parce que cette daube indé est chiante et inutile. Un agenda SJW se cache là-dessous, celui des malades mentaux et des maladies mentales, donc c'est pour une grande cause humanitaire et tout le tralala, tu vois ?... quoique... et la faim dans le monde alors, et en Afrique, tu t'en fous alors ?

    Et les pauvres migrants alors ? et la soif ? comment tu veux qu'on boive avec un masque, hein ? et les masques, qui va les payer ? et les pauvres gilets jaunes, et les pauvres supporters de foot ? s'ils n'ont plus rien à casser et brûler, comment qu'ils vont faire, hein ? alors finalement tes maladies mentales, tu vois bien que c'est pas la fin du monde, hein ?

    Quoi qu'il en soit, j'ai commencé à me sentir un peu autiste en essayant de jouer aux esprits fracturés... c'est quoi le but de cette merde, en fait ? c'est censé représenter les psycho-problèmes de la tête ? ou c'est juste une publicité et un moyen facile de se faire quelques brouzoufs, hein ? tu nous prendrais pas pour des cons, Emily ?    … Expand
  4. dempup
    Sep 20, 2020
    1
    Short.... way to short, and pointless. I don't feel what they are trying to do with this game and it does not draws me to engage. It's a good idea to address the mental health issue, but it feels more like style over substance.
  5. yxckson
    Jun 28, 2021
    2
    "let's solve mental health by doing absolutely nothing"

    the gameplay is also down right boring and even buggy too somehow
  6. Demonrex
    Apr 20, 2021
    4
    The first time I heard of this game was when my bro played it and said that it's an easy 1000 gamescore. However, the game and its genre (topic?) intrigued me enough to play it by myself. 14 months ago I've started a therapy because of potentiating anxiety disorder symptoms and depression, which was another reason to try this game.

    The game raises the topic of psychiatric disorders and    The first time I heard of this game was when my bro played it and said that it's an easy 1000 gamescore. However, the game and its genre (topic?) intrigued me enough to play it by myself. 14 months ago I've started a therapy because of potentiating anxiety disorder symptoms and depression, which was another reason to try this game.

    The game raises the topic of psychiatric disorders and is mainly about anxiety. The gameplay is somewhat boring but it was done by one person (probably without any experience in game dev) so I don't want to be harsh because of that. During the gameplay your main point is to complete logic puzzles (be aware, they are extremely dumb) which are nothing compared to the real problems that touch people with mental disorders. I don't understand the meaning of them, only the symbol of white person means anything to me (I think that it is related to the everyday problems of ppl with mental disorders).
    The "Fractured Minds" is a very short (~20 mins) game. It was meant to show the problems of people with anxiety disorders but missed the intrusive thoughts, every scene in the game is empty (there are no NPCs) and dull.

    As a person with anxiety disorders I do not recommend to play this game. The only valuable part of the game is the short description at the end.    … Expand

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  1. Xbox Tavern
    Nov 19, 2019
    50
    The truth is that to truly appreciate Fractured Minds and leave the game having been rewarded and touched by its content, it is imperative that you approach it in the knowledge that the actual gameplay and puzzling is entirely secondary to the experience and the message. Not that the puzzling is completely pointless, it’s just heavily weighted to the simplistic...If you can do that, what awaits is wholly unnerving and uncomfortable. Fractured Minds is an insight intended to open eyes wide to the daily turmoil mental health can raise. From the half-light of paranoia to the all too bright light of anxiety, this is a game that makes its mark, and in my opinion, makes those who play it all the richer for having done so.
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  2. TheXboxHub
    Nov 17, 2019
    70
    Fractured Minds on Xbox One is a brave and admirable attempt at using video games in an effort to reach out to people who have to struggle silently with mental health.
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