Last month, Bandai Namco and Dontnod Entertainment announced their new upcoming psychological thriller entitled Twin Mirror. The episodic game will hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in early 2019, with its first episode entitled “Lost on Arrival”. The devs have now released their first developer diary for the game. Entitled “A Place for a Thriller”, the diary looks at the setting of Twin Mirror, and how the rustic town of Basswood, West Virginia and the characters who inhabit the world set the tone of the game.
In Twin Mirror, you play as the investigative journalist Sam, who has returned to his hometown to bury an old friend. However, when Sam wakes up in his motel room with a blood-stained shirt and no memory of the night before, he must embark on an investigation of his own to discover what happened. Throughout the game, Sam must use his mind’s ability (known as his “Mind Palace”) to recreate memories from the past and piece together possible scenarios in order to find the truth.
Along the way, Sam must deal with The Double: Sam’s inner voice that takes the form of a classy sarcastic version of himself. Players will have to discover the events surrounding Sam’s predicament as they progress through the story, navigating between Sam’s instincts and The Double’s quirky guidance.