Minit

This is another Ultimate Head to Head game completion and probably one of the few that I’ll manage to complete in a short time frame. The game is like a mini-Zelda styled from the Super Nintendo era. It’s a 2D, black and white, top down adventure game where you pick up a sword that’s cursed and the curse causes you to die every 60 seconds. This adds, what I thought was, a unique twist to the gameplay.

The game then follows a Zelda-like quest where you collect various items to progress. When you die, any items you hold will remain with you, so you can always progress despite the constant looming deaths you face. The story-line sees you visiting locations to try and break the curse. This eventually sees you face off against some kind of sword-based boss. After you beat the boss, you flush the sword down the toilet… which breaks the curse, just like all the legends of old.

I didn’t have any real complaints about the game. It worked exactly as it was supposed to and it was rewarding and fun to play. The music is also a plus as it doesn’t take itself seriously and provides a great and varied backdrop to the 2D adventuring. Wow, that’s a lot of positivity.

Achievements – 1,000 Points – 27 Achievements

With a very small window of playing opportunity per life, most of the achievements are based around collectibles. A lot of these will come with main story progression, however some will take you off the beaten track and require you to solve the many bizarre hidden puzzles the game has to offer.

Essentially, this boils down to collecting every item in the game in one playthrough. This will net all but three of the achievements if you get all the little interactions connected to some miscellaneous achievements.

The only three that will likely remain are for completing the game is under 25 runs, completing the game without killing any snakes, unless you managed to not kill any snakes on the first playthrough (which I didn’t), and for completing ‘Second Run’.

Second Run is a new game plus mode that requires you to do the same things but now you only have 40 seconds per life. Despite this new handicap, there is a glitch that makes completing the game in this mode at lot quicker than in normal mode. Instead of playing the game normally, you can just pik up the broken sword you acquire at the beginning of the game and make a run to the toilet and flush it, gaining the bare minimum of other items to get this far. This only works in Second Run and due to the way it works, it’s easier to complete the game in less than 25 runs this way.

Downloadable Content – N/A

Overall, Minit is a straight forward and enjoyable completion and certainly one of the more fun games I’ve played lately. I can certainly recommend this to anyone who enjoys adventure games.