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MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Minds Beneath Us is a cinematic, atmospheric and story rich game
developed and published by BearBoneStudio.
Released on July 31st 2024 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: Traditional Chinese, English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 3,198 reviews of which 3,076 were positive and 122 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5 8400/Ryzen R5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX580 8GB
- Additional Notes: For any GPU requirement at least 6GB Vram
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Minds Beneath Us Honestly, I consider this game a masterpiece among visual novels, and I’ll explain why. First of all, the most important aspect for me is the way the story is presented. The game provides enough situations and conversations to "ground" the story, allowing you to empathize with the characters and feel them as real individuals rather than just NPC puppets. This works especially well when the tension rises, evoking the emotions that the story is meant to provoke. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3434080449 It’s also worth mentioning that, judging by how the game ends, there is a clear hint at a sequel, as one of the main storylines remains unresolved. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, it’s great when you have a complete story that can be fully evaluated. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3434599704 The game has a lot of potential, and a sequel might benefit it- but that’s something only time will tell. If the continuation turns out to be average or bad, it’ll be easy to argue that the story should have been condensed into a single game. However, to be fair, they did set up a strong foundation for an interesting follow-up. I just hope they include save transfers with player choices - otherwise, that would be disappointing. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3426520818 The soundtrack deserves special praise - not only does it enhance the atmosphere perfectly, but it's also impressive as a standalone collection of tracks. The ending left me slightly disappointed because it didn’t have a “wow” effect for me, but at the same time, I’m quite satisfied with it since it logically follows everything that came before. The game follows its own internal logic, and the so-called "deus ex machina" moments don’t feel forced once you analyze what’s happening. This is an excellent example of how dialogues and storytelling should be written. I’m looking forward to the sequel.
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A masterclass in Sci-Fi storytelling with a gorgeous art style reminiscent of INSIDE. Minds Beneath Us tackles the ethics of utilitarianism and lets players decide "right" and "wrong", although throughout the game, it's abundantly clear that the answer isn't quite so straightforward. I can only hope the developers have a sequel in the pipeline!
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Minds Beneath Us is the most mind-blowing game ive played this year. I honestly expected this to be a solid yet familiar cyberpunk narrative game, yet what i got was one of the best narratives ive ever experianced. Its a game that has definitely landed in my top games of all time and without a doubt is in my top 3 this year. Minds Beneath Us is a visual novel walking sim game. Yet it does a fantastic job at making the gameplay always feel immersive because of the amazing sound, visuals, and music. The sound here is spot on, so many parts of this game work well because the sound design is perfectly synchronized with the experience. The visuals are insanely cyberpunk. Meaning that you get your fare share of mind-blowingly pretty views mixed with the disturbing backdrop of a dystopian capitalistic hellhole. I loved every second of it and without a doubt helps the narrative a lot. The music is very good, it gets somewhat repetitive but i never once had a issue with the songs. Every track has its enjoyability to it and i loved hearing some tracks quite a bit. The city of Wanpei is the setting and its beautiful yet haunting. I adored the visual design of the city, how its basically just rooftops, neon lights, deep dank massive labs, and brutal imposing architecture. Its such a great mix. It helps that the visual design of every NPC in the game also contributes to this aura. It reminded me alot of CP2077 where i would just see a NPC walking on the street wearing something really cool and just stare at them for a while amazed at the things that they were wearing. Everything in the game contributes to this cyberpunk setting and they did it so damn well. The gameplay is mostly centered around the choices you make. Sometimes games like this have very little choices that matter, and most of the text you pick is flavour. But thankfully Minds Beneath Us is incredibly rewarding in choice. Choices are rewarded with massive consequences that consistently made me surprised at how far they went with it. Obviously the "big" choices are here and they are all fantastically hard to pick. I think about 10-12 choices i made in this game were incredibly difficult to make, and thats because of how much the game always shows you that they matter. There's so much weight and it gets harder and harder the longer you go on. But it even matters for the smaller choices, for side characters with things like jokes, food, and love. Those smaller choices having mattered really is what gives the gameplay in this game so much character. What i really loved about the gameplay was the fact that remembering important key character details mattered. For example, there are many many important moments in the game that are not mentioned to the player AT ALL, the game lets you find these moments for yourself if you go off the path of the objective. These moments are so damn impactful because of the free reign you have, it made me feel so rewarded and i loved this gameplay decision. Another choice i adored was that your character never speaks without you making a choice. Every single word of dialogue you utter is made because of you. Not only is this amazing for immersion but it gives pressure to every single piece of dialogue you utter, because you know if you fuck up you will have to fix it through other choices. It makes dialogue super engaging. It will be hard to put how much this narrative floored me into words but il try. Minds Beneath Us at its core is a game about what it means to be human in a world that tries so hard to take it away from you. Everyone you meet has some kinda issue with their self, and how they can live with themselves in this fucked up world. Its something that we as people struggle with consistently as our world gets bigger and bigger. This theme works really well and thats because the characters in this game are fantastically written. Every single character is given really fantastic development and you as a player are meant to navigate this as a outsider. This navigation helps alot with deconstructing this characters and their issues. Sometimes its things like self identity and the pursuit of happiness. Other times its things like love and the anxiety of being in love with someone in this hellhole of a world. Sure, these things are minor compared to the big parts of the narrative, but they give so much character to the world and the people in it, that its as important. The writers could have easily made this narrative just about corporate espionage and sci fi mumbo jumbo. But thankfully they understood that having these smaller stories in here makes the world feel super alive. This is byfar my favorite part of the games writing and it made the cast of the game so damn good. Its also what made this game very emotional for me and personal for me. My highlights for the cast would be Fran, 23, Situ, Lawrence, and Wayne but honestly everyone is so damn good that i dont have single favorite. I also love the gay rep in this game <3 The other big theme of the games narrative is the usual fucked up Sci-Fi cyberpunk shit. They really do nail the theme here both in setting, and concept. The AI stuff with the juicers is so bizarre yet so realistic that it would 100% make sense in our world. The tech advancements are not so far into the future that it looks completely stupid, but its grounded enough that it seems reachable in our current world. The writers do such an amazing job at always making sure every single thing is grey. Moral dilemmas consistently pop up through dialogue and discussion, it forces the player to think politically and philosophically which is something that i haven't felt pressured to do since Disco Elysium. In fact there's so much political and philosophical concepts in here that i felt i was playing the sequel to that game in some way. It helps that the writers never ever take a side and never pressure the player in going one way or another. As a politics and philosophy nerd i adored every section that was heavy on it, but it might just be too much for some people. Its not always heavy handed with everything though, there's a great amount of action and thriller which always keeps the player interested in everything going on. There are some slight issues i have with the game but these dont really take away from my score. I found one of the storylines to be very interesting, but it kinda takes a sideline away from the other stories and in the ending it feels kinda rushed. I just wanted some more of this, but im fine with what i got. This game is translated from Chinese so some of it is off, just some small grammar mistakes like words missing. This happened like 10 times in my 20 hours of playtime so i dont think its that big of a deal. I 1000000% recommend this to anyone who loves cyberpunk, fantastic narratives, character writing, and games with great choice & consequence. Personally, its a game that really emotionally touched me directly in my soul, and i think il find it hard to stop thinking about this game for weeks. 5/5 masterpiece
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I've just finished the game and wanted to leave some of my impressions here while they're fresh and my memories not too blurred from the passage of time. First of all: I did really enjoy this game - more than I actually thought possible after the long wait. In general: it's beautiful - the storytelling, the characters and the whole artistic vision were put together nicely to make you feel like you were part of a future that feels familiar in some ways and so foreign in others. All the while tackling very human, very contemporary issues that sometimes hit harder to home than I felt comfortable with. I don't really want to spoil too much as the story is pretty much what makes this game great. Let me just share this one thing that I really liked about all the dialogue choices and conversations with characters: Things were rarely black or white. Most of the time MBU offers a very "gray" perspective to the world - even the ending is no exception to that. What is right? What is wrong? How do we determine that? For us and for others? MBU further emphasizes that fact by giving us a whole bunch of loose ends that do not ever lead to a satisfying conclusion. Whether this is intentional or not - of course - can be put to debate, but in general, it felt right to me that the game - rather than explaining every tiny little detail to me - ended up leaving me in the dark. Which made "finding the right choice" even more of an obscure thing to achieve. Sure, there are certain philosophies and thoughts presented to us that do come up more often than once, but never did I feel like those were pushed onto me as "the right beliefs". As a lot of those things come up in conversations with others, it just felt "ok" for people to have certain opinions and principals they live by - and them sharing and defending them vehemently is something most people, I think, should be able to easily relate to. The gameplay itself is minimalistic which I didn't mind at all, but for anyone going into this game: It's more of a visual novel than an action adventure or anything. I'd dare say that point-and-click-adventures offer more interactivity than this game. To me this is not a bad thing, to some others it might turn "Minds Beneath Us" into a very boring and tedious endeavour though. Just be warned. If you yourself have little issue with reading in videogames, I'd say: Go for it! I hope you have as much fun with the game as I did. It's well worth the money, imho.
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Have never written a review for a game. This slaps. Got so invested in the story and characters that I feel obliged to promote it somehow. Feels like a while since I played something with such an original take on the cyberpunk/hopeless sci-fi genre. Tells you a lot that a game that is 70% dialogue has been enjoyed and played to the end by so many people. Hope there's DLC or a sequel, so many questions left unsolved - in a good way. If you like the art style and music in the screenshots/trailers, and the idea of soaking in a complex world/narrative through conversations, in-game news reports, and interactable scenery and objects, then i'll save you the time by saying get this game.
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Minds Beneath Us is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Minds Beneath Us is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Minds Beneath Us received 3,076 positive votes out of a total of 3,198 achieving an impressive rating of 9.21.
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Minds Beneath Us was developed and published by BearBoneStudio.
Minds Beneath Us is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Minds Beneath Us is not playable on MacOS.
Minds Beneath Us is not playable on Linux.
Minds Beneath Us is a single-player game.
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31 Jul 2024
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