Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 32: Twelve Minutes Review Discussion & Spoilercast
Added 2021-09-08 16:01:03 +0000 UTCTwelve Minutes is an adventure game developed by Luís António and published by Annapurna Interactive. This highly anticipated title was released on Game Pass for Xbox Series X/S & PC. Cog and Ben have now both completed it along with our amazing audience. It's time to review this extremely polarizing title in Defining Duke Spoilercast style. Let's get into the time loop!
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Hey i doubt this will reach anyone in time but if you live near Rochester, MN, and are looking for a Series X, there are THREE in stock right now at Target's website available for pickup only. I wish I had a way to connect to someone that is in my area who is looking and is not a scalper, because I would like to help someone else out since I was able to find one back in May.
Guybrush Threepwood
2021-09-18 05:40:16 +0000 UTCI didn't know this! lol - Cog
Lord Cognito
2021-09-15 01:56:36 +0000 UTCMuch appreciated. Ben is awesome to jump in with Matty & I ;) -Cog
Lord Cognito
2021-09-15 01:56:03 +0000 UTCI haven't heard anyone mention it yet but you can flush everything down the toilet in the game. And because of that I thought you needed to make the toilet overflow and that's how you would shock the Cop character. But you don't, so now I'm stuck wondering why you can even do that, for no reason...
Solomon
2021-09-11 20:49:29 +0000 UTCThis is likely what is happening. If you notice the loops are 10 minutes, but the father scenes occur in the two minutes prior (11:58)…it’s basically the father trying to talk to the protagonist and then the events play out and the point is that it never works out for him.
The Eclectic Gamer
2021-09-11 16:57:01 +0000 UTCReally loved this episode! A very unique game that was cool to dive into and definitely deserved further explination. Thanks guys! I'd love to see more Ben and Cog in the future great duo.
Addiholic
2021-09-10 18:02:41 +0000 UTCI caught that as well. A definite possibility! - Cog
Lord Cognito
2021-09-10 11:49:50 +0000 UTCagree with a LOT of your points here. -Cog
Lord Cognito
2021-09-10 11:49:17 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed the game. The twist was a bit from left field but when you analyse the finale and the whole hypnosis angle it kinda pulls it all together to make it work despite the incredibly taboo subject. Obviously everyone's mileage will vary with the puzzles, point and click games will generally reward curiosity, rather than spelling every solution out so I can completely understand people's frustration with the game if it's not a genre or style of game you typically play. For 4 hours this game had me hooked though I was feeling the anxiety and frustration of loop and was engrossed. Its not perfect and I think just the point and click nature kinda hurt the experience somewhat. Definitley one of the most interesting and unique games I've played this year but completely understand why it's so polarising and a miss for people.
Craig Mcguire
2021-09-09 07:51:19 +0000 UTCDid you guys catch the fact that the dad doing the hypnosis was also voiced by Willam Dafoe? This lead me to believe that the entire time loop scenario was just in the main characters head and was him trying to create a reality where he could live happily with his messed up relationship but even his own mind wouldn't let him and he eventually snaps back to reality. Unique but occasionally frustrating game overall I enjoyed it but definitely could've been done a little bit better
Walker Simmons
2021-09-09 06:09:19 +0000 UTCMy main issue is the puzzles aren’t hard, they are just unfair. They give you next to no idea as to what you should be doing and then also give you time limits within time limits to figure it out which leads to failure over and over in order to progress. I don’t personally like games that do that in general but specifically with twelve minutes the high points were the dialogue. Amazing performances. But I failed so many times with little progress that I ended up skipping all the dialogue because I’ve heard it 30 times already and by the time I finished the game I barely cared anymore because frustration was settling in. I feel like there needed to be a little more direction given in the game and it could have been a masterpiece. That said if it was much easier the game would be two hours MAX and that’s not really a lot of people’s cup of tea and so I can see the balance being really hard to strike true. Overall I liked it, would I recommend it to people without using a guide at some points? Probably not. It is an experience I won’t forget for some time though, if ever, so it did have an impact and I really enjoyed how the npcs actually reacted to almost everything you did. That was really cool and I’ve also never experienced the type of anxiety the father/detective brings when you heard that elevator bell ring, truly heart racing stuff lol. Glad I experienced it, will never play it again lol.
Adam
2021-09-08 20:43:29 +0000 UTCI'm in the camp that absolutely loves this game. Very interested to hear your thoughts. For me everything just clicked, what I thought I should do that was logical worked, and I didn't really get stuck for very long. I know some people got really stuck and got annoyed failing over and over. That one story twist is super weird, and feels unnecessary. I don't know why that's a thing people put in stories. Same thing was in a pretty big TV show a few years back. So weird. Anyway, love the game!
Marius Skarsem Pedersen
2021-09-08 16:30:08 +0000 UTC
