Twelve Minutes

 Xbox Series X
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 271 Ratings

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  1. Paul_French
    Jun 4, 2023
    6
    When Originality Becomes Frustrating

    Twelve Minutes quickly captivates with its original concept and impeccable atmosphere. However, it disappoints fairly quickly once you realize that our choices are too limited compared to the possibilities you can imagine.
  2. pivez
    Nov 17, 2022
    8
    Entertining and challenging thriller adventure. The endings are satisfying to discover even if some of the puzzles are very difficult to solve.
  3. Youngmela
    Jun 27, 2022
    9
    Remarkable interpretation of endless loop in twelve minutes. Absolutely worth a try.
  4. Stan_Osbourne
    Jun 1, 2022
    3
    I remember there was a very strong hype around this game, but when I actually played it, only one disappointment remained. Yes, the Groundhog Day idea is interesting, and the first hour of the game was very interesting, but then everything went in cycles. There are no explanations of what actions in the game can work and what don't - it's all trial and error. The characters in the game areI remember there was a very strong hype around this game, but when I actually played it, only one disappointment remained. Yes, the Groundhog Day idea is interesting, and the first hour of the game was very interesting, but then everything went in cycles. There are no explanations of what actions in the game can work and what don't - it's all trial and error. The characters in the game are boring and uninteresting. Why was it necessary to invite celebrities to this business - no idea. The dialogues here are very idiotic, and the main character behaves like a weakling and an outright fool.

    I won't spoil the ending, but it doesn't make any sense. In fact, this is one more disappointment. And yes, one of the achievements can only be obtained at the beginning of the game, but you will not be able to do this, because the game simply cannot be started from the beginning. Here's a taco. I do not recommend it to anyone. Glory to Ukraine!    … Expand
  5. nowells5
    May 29, 2022
    7
    Un juego muy narrativo con una gran idea, pero con una ejecución no tan buena. El bucle está muy bien planteado y la jugabilidad es muy adictiva durante las primeras 2-3 horas. Sin embargo, el juego llega a un punto donde es fácil perderse o quedarse sin ideas. Aún así, el juego merece mucho la pena porque consigue ser único a su manera y dar una experiencia al jugador muy distinta a loUn juego muy narrativo con una gran idea, pero con una ejecución no tan buena. El bucle está muy bien planteado y la jugabilidad es muy adictiva durante las primeras 2-3 horas. Sin embargo, el juego llega a un punto donde es fácil perderse o quedarse sin ideas. Aún así, el juego merece mucho la pena porque consigue ser único a su manera y dar una experiencia al jugador muy distinta a lo habitual. Duración aproximada: 8 horas… Expand
  6. d3uzZ
    May 28, 2022
    6
    Нормально, но не настолько здорово, как могло показаться на первый взгляд. Мне нравится, что ты все выясняешь методом проб и ошибок, поэтому даже когда вы терпите неудачу, вы все равно добиваетесь прогресса, что может привести к нескольким концовкам. Но через некоторое время это утомляет и заканчивать игру не сильно хочется.Нормально, но не настолько здорово, как могло показаться на первый взгляд. Мне нравится, что ты все выясняешь методом проб и ошибок, поэтому даже когда вы терпите неудачу, вы все равно добиваетесь прогресса, что может привести к нескольким концовкам. Но через некоторое время это утомляет и заканчивать игру не сильно хочется.
  7. Salt_addict
    Feb 14, 2022
    6
    Interesting game to play on slow day with a partner, trying to piece together the story. Thankfully gamepass exists. Off gamepass id review lower.
  8. churros
    Jan 13, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    + easy to get started
    + great voice acting
    + multiple combinations to try out
    + unique game
    + fun to be creative

    Cons:
    - easy to get stuck
    - disappointing ending
  9. nigh5
    Oct 23, 2021
    6
    there's a video on instagram of a joke tutorial on how to find a stud in the wall: The guy suggests that you drill into the wall over and over again, inch by inch until you feel resistance and wallah! You found the stud.

    That is twelve minutes gameplay to a tee. But I wouldn't call this a game, more of a simulation. The frustration of it is so you feel like the protagonist, for the    there's a video on instagram of a joke tutorial on how to find a stud in the wall: The guy suggests that you drill into the wall over and over again, inch by inch until you feel resistance and wallah! You found the stud.

    That is twelve minutes gameplay to a tee.

    But I wouldn't call this a game, more of a simulation. The frustration of it is so you feel like the protagonist, for the sake of virtual empathy. The game designers in my opinion could've rewarded the player a little bit more when they finally "found a stud" but instead, you just go back to a beginning that you've had enough of. I stopped the game 70% of the way and I'm so glad I did. I really liked the idea of the 'game' but I couldn't bring myself to hear the wife and setup the whole board, for the 100th time.

    I think it's worth checking out, but I wish the game rewarded drilling 500 holes into the wall, instead of asking to drill 500 more.    … Expand
  10. imoviesreview
    Oct 1, 2021
    6
    Fine, but not that great. I like that you figure out things by trial and error. So even when you fail, you are still making progress. which can lead to multiple endings. But it can become tiring after awhile. Got it by Xbox Game Pass. The only reason I would really recommend this unless you really want to play this.
  11. byAEG7
    Sep 23, 2021
    2
    This game introduces yourself right into the loop you are constantly stuck in, but its overall lackluster gameplay and its core mechanic being a loop and in itself repetitive made m give up with this game. It doesn't really aid the player in any way shape or form on trying to guide itself to complete the game, just keep on grinding and repeating until, by chance, you find the correctThis game introduces yourself right into the loop you are constantly stuck in, but its overall lackluster gameplay and its core mechanic being a loop and in itself repetitive made m give up with this game. It doesn't really aid the player in any way shape or form on trying to guide itself to complete the game, just keep on grinding and repeating until, by chance, you find the correct path. A complete waste of my time.… Expand
  12. zezeljmare
    Sep 16, 2021
    7
    EN:
    Nice game, good voice acting, interesting story with many choices and great puzzles. Unfortunately it's too short and becomes repetitive. The controls could have been better.

    SRB:
    Simpatična igra, dobar voice acting, zanimljiva priča sa mnogo izbora i odličnim zagonetkama. Nažalost dosta kratko traje i postaje repetativna. Kontrole su mogle biti bolje.
  13. MrJmeister
    Sep 16, 2021
    5
    I really wanted to love this game. Unlike a lot of others that are probably docking points for the story turns that were definitely shocking and uncomfortable, for me it’s the execution. I began playing games with Sierra point-and-click titles as a kid so the concept doesn’t bother me at all, but the game requires you to be so precise with what you do that there’s no freedom beyond theI really wanted to love this game. Unlike a lot of others that are probably docking points for the story turns that were definitely shocking and uncomfortable, for me it’s the execution. I began playing games with Sierra point-and-click titles as a kid so the concept doesn’t bother me at all, but the game requires you to be so precise with what you do that there’s no freedom beyond the only way to progress the puzzles. Which would also be fine, but there’s almost nothing giving you any indication of what to do or what could be done. I spent probably 4-5 more hours than needed playing the game because I tried something earlier in the game that said it wouldn’t work, when really it was just the “wrong” time to do it, which caused me to not try it again. There were a few situations like this, which force you to have to do everything you’ve tried repeatedly, whether it worked or not, in the hopes that doing it in a different order will progress the game. I completed it without hints, but I almost wish I would have just used a guide halfway through so I could have left while I still enjoyed the game.

    The wife will constantly have information that she refuses to say, interactions she could do but doesn’t, she’ll reveal you hiding when you are, she’ll walk out the door after promising to stay locked inside and hiding, etc. It’s incredibly frustrating to know what to do and not be able to do it. And I don’t understand why they chose to have two people with rich, gorgeous accents like James McAvoy and Daisy Ridley use bland American accents (I’m a bland American) that could have been done by anyone, instead of using their own which would have been much better for the money spent. Willem Dafoe sounds like himself and that’s great. Not saying artists shouldn’t do accents, but the ones they did here could have been done by any voice artist and the money saved could have been used to polish the game instead. I wanted to enjoy this game more, and I wish that I did. It is on GamePass though, so just try it if that’s available to you.    … Expand
  14. Bato
    Sep 13, 2021
    5
    Story: 8/10
    Gameplay: 4/10
    Graphics: 6/10
    Enjoyability: 5/10
    Overall: 5/10
  15. dredgman
    Sep 13, 2021
    3
    This is the worst game I've played in a while. On paper, playing through a Groundhog's Day-type scenario sounds interesting, but problems abound almost immediately. There's no hand-holding or hints and very little tutorial, and while I can appreciate some emergent gameplay, experimentation is punishing, lest you miss the timing on a specific interaction or click the wrong thing and startThis is the worst game I've played in a while. On paper, playing through a Groundhog's Day-type scenario sounds interesting, but problems abound almost immediately. There's no hand-holding or hints and very little tutorial, and while I can appreciate some emergent gameplay, experimentation is punishing, lest you miss the timing on a specific interaction or click the wrong thing and start looping back from the beginning. Individual lines of dialogue can be skipped, but it's still tedious to mash the button to skip through the same lines over and over in between repeating routines. Skipping certain dialogue completely and/or adding checkpoints to jump to specific scenarios you've already tried would have gone a long way to improving the experience.

    Aside from these mechanical issues, there are bizarre leaps in adventure game logic and, despite a somewhat impressive level of interactivity within the objects of one apartment, an extremely rigid set of confines and rules. Certain tactics will always fail, logical conversation choices never seem to pop up, the protagonist is frustratingly feeble and dumb, while the antagonist is fixed on rails and basically immutable. Whether it's due to a lack of insight, budget, or technical skill, it feels disrespectful to the player's creativity and antithetical the sandboxy, experimental nature of being stuck in a time loop.

    The game's presentation is also poor, with clunky animations, fiddly interaction boxes, awkward dialogue, and uneven voice acting and direction, all to present a stomach-churning story that attempts to shock in its abrupt, underdeveloped, ham-fisted way.

    What I can say that's positive is that the game can be finished in one to two sittings, and it does occasionally hook you with a sense of "let me just try this one other thing." Unfortunately, the road to trying those things is frustrating and repetitive, and the game's conclusion is eyerolling and vomitous.    … Expand
  16. Slaine13
    Sep 12, 2021
    9
    pfiou. Je viens de finir 12 minutes (je dirais un peu plus de 7h pour en voir le bout). J’ai réussi à avoir 2 fins différentes, sachant qu’il y en a certainement d’autres (et que la 2ème fin que j’ai faite, devient « définitive », c’est à dire obligé de recommencer au début, si je veux tenter une autre approche).

    Un de mes indés favoris de cette année, clairement. Il n’est jamais    pfiou. Je viens de finir 12 minutes (je dirais un peu plus de 7h pour en voir le bout). J’ai réussi à avoir 2 fins différentes, sachant qu’il y en a certainement d’autres (et que la 2ème fin que j’ai faite, devient « définitive », c’est à dire obligé de recommencer au début, si je veux tenter une autre approche).

    Un de mes indés favoris de cette année, clairement. Il n’est jamais frustrant. Ca marche au déclic. J’ai l’impression d’être coincé, et d’un coup je me dis « putain, je suis con, on peut tenter ça ». Et ça enchaîne sur une nouvelle situation, etc… On est toujours surpris de la « finalité » de nos actions et de voir qu’on peut encore pousser plus loin le jeu.
    Impossible de trop en parler sans spoiler mais je le conseille à tout le monde (du moins à tous ceux qui ne seront pas rebuté par l’aspect point and click).    … Expand
  17. Corchaump1010
    Sep 8, 2021
    10
    This game is really fun with a really good story and voice acting..lil frustrating when you get stuck but very satisfying when you figure it out ..dialogue is able to be fast-forwarded I enjoyed this game
  18. OcelotAdam
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    Une boucle, ce jeu. Je n'ai vraiment pas aimé malgré les acteurs. Dommage pour les développeurs et surtout les joueurs de la Xbox Series X.
  19. Sifteruk
    Aug 31, 2021
    4
    Graphics: 4
    Audio: 5
    Story: 4
    Gameplay: 3

    Twelve minutes could have been great. It has promise but struggles under its own weight of heavy actors, big star voices and top down view. It doesn't pull it off. It's a lesson in how a good idea still needs to be executed and this doesn't manage it with any elegance.
  20. ethicsbeanie
    Aug 30, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game in one sitting. It isn't the type of game i would normally buy or play, however it's free on xbox gamepass and howlongtobeat.com suggested it was around 4 1/2 hours. That's perfect for me since i don't have a lot of free time.

    The game is mostly played from a top down view in a limited area, your flat and its 3 rooms. You're stuck in a repeating time loop, groundhog day style. Every 12 minutes or so the game resets to the moment just after you enter your flat, though death and trying to leave the flat triggers a reset at well. Since there's only 3 rooms and a limited number of items to use its pretty simple to figure out various combinations to try out and progress the story. I did get a bit stuck at the beginning since i kept trying to win by killing the cop. Eventually i manged to move things on by talking to the wife and trying none violent options. Apart from the frusting part where i didn't seem to make progress, the game was fun. It can become a grind at time. If there was an option to reload to e.g. 2 minutes earlier and try other options etc. it would have saved me a fair bit of time.

    Overall it was a fun experience. It's not a game of the year or a must play game, however it is enjoyably and short. It's worth trying out if you have a free afternoon.    … Expand
  21. Carlox26
    Aug 21, 2021
    10
    Este juego es increible, lo acabe hace unas horas con todos sus finales y no me deja de sorprender su historia y como la vas descubriendo poco a poco mediante los bucles de tiempo.
  22. xXCDRageQuitXx
    Aug 28, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been excited for Twelve Minutes and while it didn't meet my excitement in the way I hoped, it was still a fun and interesting game for the most part.

    Going straight into criticism, sometimes the writing isn't believable. Twelve Minutes is a timeloop story and what causes these loops is being knocked unconscious. As soon as your character enters his second loop, he just gets it. He just fully understands that the day is repeating the first time he's reset back into his apartment, without having much proof to fully conclude it at that point. The dialogue options available at that point also immediately scream "This is definitely a timeloop". There's a layer of confusion about the situation that I'd expect in the first few loops that is just not there.

    Similarly, reaching the game's ending is fairly difficult because there's absolutely no (as far as I saw) encourager to get the player to do the specific thing that gets you to the end of the game. You spend your loops trying to lock down information, and in my playthrough that pursuit of information led me to drug my wife and interrogate the cop, then in the next loop I'd talk to my wife and talk peacefully with the cop, and that slowly brought in all the information while utilising various items, but it never deviated from these two tracks. In order to reach an ending you just need to inspect one particular item for long enough. You probably can't do that from the start and I have no idea what you need to achieve to enable it, but nothing suggests that you should reinspect this item.

    Reaching the game's "true" ending also feels nonsensical, and is more of a "did you comb through everything in the game?" check. This "true" ending involves inspecting another item but the item's value to the story even in the last minutes just doesn't seem important. Even when the main character talks about it he sounds like he's reciting lines rather than speaking out of his heart, like he's reciting a spell that he doesn't quite have down yet and it cheapens this ending that was probably meant to be philosophical or thought-provoking.

    With these negatives noted though, the game is still an enjoyable puzzle while you don't have the solution. Discovering the consequences of actions and the resulting circuit of actions you learn to take is fun to reach when you're searching for the game's solution. Finding out critical information about a character or event feels like a breakthrough moment that will get you further in your next run and that feels great. The story between the start and end of the game is also pretty interesting although some revelations are sure to put people off, I think the story is interesting no less.

    I had fun with the game, the voice acting was done well for the most part, if it weren't for the most important parts of this timeloop falling flat I probably would've loved this game.    … Expand
  23. GitanoUrbano
    Aug 28, 2021
    9
    Aventura grafica con toques de escape room muy divertida e interesante, una premisa de estar atrapado en el tiempo que te hace repensar como modificar el resultado final probando diferentes opciones. Graficos muy buenos con una camara en perspectiva "helicóptero ". Muy recomendado
  24. Koteevich
    Aug 28, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Интересный продукт, который в первой половине игры оставил целую свору невероятных, крутых впечатлений! Интересно разбираться в сюжете, узнавать новые крупицы информации, которые могут не на шутку удивить... но... игра СЛИШКОМ долгая. Я ее прошел примерно за 9 часов, под конец начинаешь путаться, не понимаешь, чего от тебя хочет игра, все начинает банально наскучивать. Игру нужно было сделать часа на 4-5 максимум.

    В целом, интересный продукт, не такая уж и плохая реализация. Ах да, сюжет под конец... разочаровывает... но инцест дело семейное, осуждать не смею.

    Чисто за первые впечатления (убийство жены например, у меня аж мурашки по коже пошли) ставлю 7 с большой натяжкой и жирным минусом.

    Осталось только додрочить ачивки.    … Expand
  25. Overt
    Aug 27, 2021
    10
    La cantidad de gente frustrada y ardida por un titulo de puzzles es increíble, es bueno que de vez en cuando salgan títulos con puzzles de esta dificultad. hoy en día muchos aclaman un modo fácil en sagas tan icónicas por su dificultad en títulos souls cuando esto es su esencia. los puzzles igual tienen derecho de tener un nivel de dificultad alta sobre todo este que lo justificaLa cantidad de gente frustrada y ardida por un titulo de puzzles es increíble, es bueno que de vez en cuando salgan títulos con puzzles de esta dificultad. hoy en día muchos aclaman un modo fácil en sagas tan icónicas por su dificultad en títulos souls cuando esto es su esencia. los puzzles igual tienen derecho de tener un nivel de dificultad alta sobre todo este que lo justifica completamente en si experiencia, desarrollo y el final que es abrumadoramente bueno y fascinante. pd: se agradecen las ideas tan originales como esta, pensar que este juego hizo que Kojima se animara a volver con una nueva ip te deja bien claro que no es un juego común hoy en día y eso es todo lo que esta bien… Expand
  26. PackDGhoul
    Aug 27, 2021
    8
    O jogo em si é muito legal, recomendo que jogue, mas chega partes que você não sabe mais o que fazer e fica preso no mesmo looping varias vezes sem ter mais o que fazer.
  27. AmigaA1200
    Aug 27, 2021
    9
    Very interesting puzzle game it's a 9 out of 10 from me. It is an incredibly original idea for a loop puzzle that has many of the properties of a good story, visually not great but good, engaging dialogue between the characters. The game takes complex and interesting logical path that... (find out for yourself)
  28. TawaFiF
    Aug 26, 2021
    8
    Un très bon jeu dans l'ensemble mais qui laisse un sentiment différent entre ses deux premiers tiers et le dernier qui parait vraiment plus poussif et non intuitif.
  29. MrHorse
    Aug 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect!!!!! In every sense of the word this game is perfect. From the suspense to the puzzles and who cares about the missing "warnings" everyone's talking about. The warning is for murder. If murdering someone is a problem for you in video games, maybe don't play video games. Bravo. Gamepass gets another winner.… Expand
  30. LoneWolf8021
    Aug 25, 2021
    6
    Good concept, but didn't really have a "wow" factor for me. The gameplay is pretty straight forward, and it's fun to figure out more things through each time loop to take into the next. The acting was decent and provided some charm to the game and made the characters likable and interesting. But the story was lacking in my opinion. It seemed too short and not super thought out, and theGood concept, but didn't really have a "wow" factor for me. The gameplay is pretty straight forward, and it's fun to figure out more things through each time loop to take into the next. The acting was decent and provided some charm to the game and made the characters likable and interesting. But the story was lacking in my opinion. It seemed too short and not super thought out, and the twist was pretty weird. Overall, around a 5-6/10 for me.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 17, 2022
    40
    12 minutes is a point’n’click thriller playing with a time loop theme with a great premise and introductory setting, but with a lack of interactivity and an unfortunate story. After the enthusiasm from the beginning of the game, when you will enjoy the offered possibilities of the game sandbox, frustration and disappointment will come. Even dabing with brilliant actors is not helping the game. It seems to be recorded in a hurry and without the possibility for the actors to get used to the character.
  2. Games.cz
    Oct 4, 2021
    50
    Great idea woefully executed. The story, gripping at first, soon devolves into frustrating repetition. The characters just aren’t interesting enough and the A-list actors offer what might just be the blandest performances of their careers. Spend your twelve minutes elsewhere.
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  3. 4P.de
    Sep 17, 2021
    75
    Inventive adventure thriller, that produces a lot of tense moments within the limited scenario. The solution doesn't meet expectations, though.
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