The game, though lighthearted and cartoonish, involves a lot of death. Parents: According to the ESRB, this game is rated T and contains Language. Approximately 4 hours of play were devoted to the single-player mode, and the game was completed multiple times. There are no multiplayer modes. This copy of the game was obtained via publisher reviewed on the XBO-X. It is currently available on iOS, PC, PlayStation 4, and XBO. Rating: 6.5 out of 10ĭisclosures: This game is developed and published by Robot Gentlemen and ported to consoles by Monster Couch. Stale references aside, 60 Seconds! is incredibly entertaining in short bursts, and an easy recommendation to those looking for short, cheerful bursts of desperate apocalyptic survival.
Even something from the ’80s like Black Adder, or Mr. As a Brit myself, I’m tired of people pointing to Monty Python as our sole source of humor - I wish the writers would have at least gone with something just a bit more current.
Less enjoyable were the pop culture references that don’t feel appropriate.
The writing is lighthearted, verging on barely-controlled hysteria, and fits the setting and mood perfectly. The chances of winning are slim, so nailing down that all-important 60-second run at the start becomes vital – it’s a crucial balance of collecting enough family members to go out and forage and getting enough supplies to sustain them while keeping morale up. Winning can come in a variety of ways via successfully navigating a number of events and ultimately being rescued by the military or helping others within the community in ways that ensure survival.Įach run of 60 Seconds! is brief – a long run might be just under an hour, while a short play can be over in a minute if the player doesn’t make it to the bomb shelter in time. Randomized events will also crop up and demand that the player make some hard choices, like whether to answer a payphone ringing outside the house, or whether to send the player’s spouse out with the only gun available, knowing it might get damaged and leave the family defenseless against bandits. Every few days, the player must send a member of the family for supplies as long as there’s a healthy one still surviving - not always the case since rationing might leave the family too hungry, tired, sick or thirsty to do it.įailure comes when all family members either die, run off, or get locked out of their shelter.
In the sim portion, rationing food and water is a daily event. Once in the shelter, the presentation switches to a 2D text adventure/resource management sim. Set just over a minute before an impending nuclear strike, 60 Seconds! asks the player to run around a procedurally-generated 3D house shown from a top-down perspective while collecting as many family members and/or possessions as possible before jumping into a shelter before the bomb goes off. 60 Seconds! asks hard-hitting questions like what’s more important, a wife or a gun? If a payphone rings after a nuclear bomb drops, is it wise to answer it? And, the most important of all - can anyone trust a cat?
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