TWIN MIRROR ALL ENDINGS MOVIE

The alter ego is neither a devil on Sam’s shoulder, nor an angel with a mission to protect Sam, but indeed more of a twin, an advocatus diaboli meant to dispute Sam’s actions or bicker at him. At least, that is the whole idea of the game – but for me, these two personalities were so similar that I had real trouble grasping the distinctive aspects between them. The duality of his brain is the one that gives the two distinctive paths in the game – while Sam is rather cold and cynical (and also analytical), his twin ego tries to encourage Sam to be more social, more caring towards others. The name of the game comes from the fact that Sam has a split personality, with his alter ego accompanying him at every step. Surely, there are some unexpected things happening, but the game is mostly predictable (apart from maybe who the big bad is) and also doesn’t manage to give you that feeling of thrill, of keeping you on your toes until you find the identity of the killer. Since it’s a detective-themed story, one would expect some plot twists, unfortunately Twin Mirror fails to deliver them. Sam can’t stop his investigative nature and together with his ex-girlfriend Anna, sets on a quest to find the culprit and expose his deeds to the whole town. You take the role of Sam Higgs – a journalist who comes back to his small hometown of Basswood to attend the funeral of his best friend Nick only to find out that he was actually murdered. Unfortunately, there are only 6-7 choices like this, and they are split into two categories: analytical and social, leading you to slightly different playthroughs and quite different endings. Even the earlier choices from this category can have repercussions in the late parts of the game. The choices that do count though are color-coded and frankly, I was relieved that the game shows me that I am about to make a meaningful decision which is bound to affect the rest of the game. It’s mainly advertised as a “Choose Your Own Adventure” game, albeit most of the choices don’t matter for how the story unravels up to the ending sequences – regardless of what you choose, the outcome is identical and you have pretty much the same idea, but expressed through different words no matter what you pick.

In that regard, Twin Mirror does some things very well, but it also has its faults. One playthrough takes around 7 hours and it’s extremely linear, consisting mostly in watching the scripted cutscenes and dialogues based on the choices you make.

TWIN MIRROR ALL ENDINGS MOVIE

If I were to describe it, I’d say it’s more of a movie rather than a game considering that the player interactions are kept to a minimum. But by all means don’t take that as “ Twin Mirror is a bad game” – it isn’t, it just lacks the depth, the spark, and the impact that their other games have on you when you play them. If you expect a moving narrative or a story similar in greatness as for example the one that Life is Strange offers, then you won’t find it here. The general opinion about Twin Mirror is that it doesn’t manage to reach the same high bar that other games developed / published by DONTNOD Entertainment already set, and after I played the game several times already, I can understand where this statement is coming from.

Twin mirror all endings