Minute of Islands | Review in 3 Minutes

Will Cruz review Minute of Islands, developed by Fizbin.
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#MinuteofIslands

[@FishBola1991]

Adventure Time + Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. That’s the flavor I get here.

[@garcalej]

Adventure Time+Nausicaa+Wizard of Earthsea.

[@legolassoslab5233]

Adventure time + Nausicaä + the last of us

[@jeremiahjackson261]

I really like the Adventure Time aesthetic.

[@Spiderwatophat]

Right!!

[@TheSixthSLoT]

That's what's making me want to buy this more than anything. I have no idea if it's even good.

[@shiknobi2055]

available on Mac, now that's a sentence I haven't heard in a while

[@bubblegumgun3292]

game looks beautiful , absolute cool art, hats of to the creators

[@nightcatarts]

Thank you for including Mac in your list of platforms. Always nice to know I can grab a game without having to boot up the hefty gaming PC or a VM.

[@Zerephiehel]

so.. i love studio fizbin since innerworld. i expected this one to be similar quality since both of the other adventures i played were outstanding. this one was a miss for me though. i agree almost completly with this review dont get me wrong. its beautifiul visually and the soundtrack is awesome as well. it gets the feeling right and the idea for this darker naritive i liked as well. but after completing the game and doing a lot of exploration i was left disappointed mostly. To me the 2 core aspects of a good adventuregame are gameplay (puzzles) and story which this game doesnt offer much of. as stated most puzzles were childsplay and the navigation on the maps itself sometimes felt a little clunky especially when you want to go "down". Storywise it felt like half a story to me. it was as if i read the beginning of a grand story and then suddendly get chopped off after the setting is written down. As much as i want to give this game a good score i just cant recommend this game to others because it just lacks in a compelling story.

[@somespirit2511]

Well, this game has a message, that's why the story is the way it is

[@Zerephiehel]

@@somespirit2511 i played through it and the message is what? be selfish even if the world crumbles? its bad. sorry

[@somespirit2511]

@@Zerephiehel ...no? The message is that you can't save the world on your own. That you might push your loved ones away by trying to protect them all by yourself. That sometimes, you have to accept all your struggles were useless and you have to let go. That your only way to survive is to leave, that you can't stay.

[@Zerephiehel]

@@somespirit2511 she doesnt protect the world in the end. she turns to her own selfish desires and leaves the world dieing.

[@Zerephiehel]

it has been explicitly said within the story that this corruption is spreading over the entire planet. you cannot hide from it. on top of it its increadibly stupid to do everything by yourself. which is what this mc is doing. the main reason this connection is wrong is because this isnt a just her thing. it is a if you really have to do something that ends in a collective extinction just give up.

[@TheBrett1890]

sounds like you're saying minute of violence lol

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that

[@tristanwegner]

Yeah. I had to have a second look at the video title, to see if I misheard

[@Zebula77]

Possibly intentionally named to sound like "Minute of Violence"? I don't know the story of the game (haven't played it yet), but perhaps there is a connection?

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

I just bought this from the e-shop for £1.99. Thought for the money it was worth a punt!

[@revzsaz9418]

Thanks Will 🙏 Pretty game for sure 🍻

[@yazzie2118]

Loved playing this game, I bought it a couple weeks ago on sale cause I thought the games art style looked cooI, actually enjoyed the story in the game and certain moments had me absolutely shocked, the game was an amazing experience and I’m 100% going to play it again in the near future

[@CJWproductions]

"be prepared to be challenged" "the platforming and puzzles are child's play" This looks like the kind of game where you add the studio to your radar and hope to find out what their next thing is.

[@WillCBlogs]

The challenged line is referring to the characters journey. But yes, Studio Fizbin are super talented.

[@Zerephiehel]

@@WillCBlogs its half a journey. feels axed. i agree on the talent part

[@Tenchinu]

gonna have to make a bot to fast-talk through all of those console titles

[@theescapist]

It is getting a bit ridiculous lol.

[@dontworryboutwhatimdoing8724]

Is minute of islands like figment: journey in to the mind? I loved that game so much and I feel like it is but I’m not sure. Feedback would be appreciated!😄

[@umlammy]

Art look like Adventure Time + HR Giger

[@DT-bp2om]

Love the art style

[@MarslArts]

Strange review. The story really was an emotional rollercoaster for me, but I didn't care for the puzzles that much

[@mespaillat921]

This!

[@MyViking19]

Love the game!!!Brilliant!!!

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

What time is it? Minute Island time!

[@sokoleti6756]

Wow

[@AriaLaurel]

I wanted to like this game so much more than I did. Because the platforming and puzzles are so easy and there's lots of long repeated animations the game felt so slow and boring. I love the aesthetics and voice acting and actually was interested to see all the story bits. Just wish I could have watched it as a 20 minute animated short instead of playing through it.

[@Tenchinu]

so… do not recommend?

[@AriaLaurel]

@@Tenchinu not unless you can tolerate 5 hours of tedious and unchallenging gameplay in order to enjoy the art and story.

[@somespirit2511]

Watching this as an animation would not get the point across, I feel. We are struggling with Mo.

[@AriaLaurel]

@@somespirit2511 dang, I hadn't realized Mo was also struggling to play an extremely boring and tedious video game. Guess I didn't notice the subtext.

[@TheCreepypro]

the game play, aesthetic, and soundtrack sound great even if the story isn't as good as it should be

[@micheleporcu2287]

Love the game. The style is delicious and some moments are touching. Soothing, relaxing little gem.

[@thormagnus3000]

I'm going to finish it but I found it to be very boring at one point they called the visions aggressive i would say maybe if your Bob Ross or Mr Rodgers it looks awesome but I would not buy again

[@zordo90]

I’m just glad you said “hit or miss” and not “hit and miss”. Thank you for that

[@piorism]

That's looking sweet. On a side note : is there a reason for the steam link to not be found on the review page on the Escapist ? A minor hassle of course but a bit annoying.

[@mutalord]

the title confuses me

[@somespirit2511]

It gets "explained" in the story

[@derp6878]

Making 3 minute reviews of islands is a bit of a different direction for the Escapist. But I’m down with it.

[@Shatterverse]

How do you spend _three_ minutes to describe a game with just _minute_ island in its name? Huh?

[@threesixtydegreeorbits2047]

Amogus

[@_xeere]

when the review is three times the length of the game

[@alecdelu83]

I cried when I finished this game. I can't recommend it enough...

[@kiri8601]

do you know how to save game on switch

[@somespirit2511]

​@@kiri8601you have to wait for the circling fish symbol to show up in the lower right corner, then go to the main menu (it is explained though?)

[@JosephsStuff]

It looks like Adventure time

[@helcometowell9295]

pretty sick right?