Test 3 Minutes to Midnight (Switch) – An elegant point’n click but affected by rhythm problems

Classic point’n clicks, which were once on the verge of extinction, have found a second life thanks to microbloggers and independent developers. 3 Minutes to Midnight – A Comedy Graphic Adventure is clear proof of this. The fruit of five years of work by Scarecrow Studio, funded via Kickstarter, is finally available. The comedic story, inspired by the LucasArts classic, takes the player to New Mexico, where the main character Betty is awakened by a terrible explosion. To the great horror of the girl, as a result of a mysterious incident, she and the entire population of the provincial town lost their memories. Using her school yearbook, posters and stickers to guide her, Betty realizes that she is Mayor Eliza Barrett’s daughter and must restore order. By actively unraveling the threads of a narrative full of strange coincidences and conspiracies, the player will at some point be able to trade places with the mayor to discover the story of the big bang. And this will allow you to understand how wrong you were in your initial conclusions. 3 Minutes to Midnight is constructed according to the classic patterns of the genre, including finding and using key objects in the right places, as well as branches of long dialogues. In this case, the authors rely on the nonlinearity of the solutions. For example, at a roadside restaurant, the heroine might trick the bartender to get a collectible bottle of whiskey, or try to win alcohol in a competition. Different choices lead to ramifications that will converge at a key point in the story, and some of the surviving or pacified characters may help later.