Twin Mirror
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Twin Mirror Trailers
Twin Mirror - Release Date Announcement Trailer | PS4
Twin Mirror - Official Trailer 2020 - PS4 / Xbox1 / PC
Critic Reviews for Twin Mirror
Twin Mirror begins with an intriguing set-up but, disappointingly, ends up going nowhere.
Awkward, riddled with plot holes and unintentionally offensive, this is Dontnod's worst offering to date.
Twin Mirror is a frustratingly uneven adventure that left me with surprisingly little to reflect on.
A dramatic, emotive and affecting interactive drama that shows Dontnod are still the masters of branching narrative and serious-minded storytelling.
Twin Mirror's solid character work and strong environments are shortchanged by pacing problems that undermine much of what it does well.
Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Twin Mirror is the rare game where I love the world, premise, and characters, but can't actually professionally recommend it. The foundation was laid, but a good story needs more than just the building blocks. In hindsight, following Life is Strange's episodic model might've worked wonders here, as it would've bought Dontnod extra development time along the way. All throughout Twin Mirror, people complain that Higgs abandoned Basswood and won't spend any time there. As it turns out, we need to spend more time in Basswood too.
Twin Mirror is in many ways the natural evolution of the Dontnod narrative adventure. It combines the reconstruction aspect from their debut, Remember Me, with the cinematic and narrative focus of Life is Strange. It is a very polished game, but it left me wanting more in a few areas and I didn't feel like I was having a true impact on the story's outcome. It will definitely appeal to genre fans but it never quite develops its own clear identity. Ironically enough, it feels like a hazy reflection of what it could have been.
