Three Twenty One

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Three Twenty One is a single player platformer game. It was developed by B-Side Games and was released on June 12, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

3:21 is divided into smaller adventure games that open a dialog with the player and encourage interaction and exploration. Through the player's interactions with these that serve as a timeline of events, they discover what 3:21 is really about and just how real games can get.

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Single-Player

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46%

Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews

atmosphere2 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game offers challenging and clever puzzles that require strategic thinking and patience, providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment upon solving.
It features a unique and heartfelt narrative combined with creepy atmosphere and authentic retro-style mini-games that enrich the overall experience.
The minimalist visual style and pleasant sound design create a focused and immersive environment to engage with the game's puzzles.

The game suffers from serious technical issues including poor optimization, frequent crashes, long loading times, and low performance even on high-end systems.
Controls are confusing, unintuitive, and sometimes unresponsive, compounded by a lack of tutorials, guidance, or clear instructions on how to interact with the game world.
The puzzles can be overly cryptic and the overall experience frustrating, as the game provides little to no hints, lacks clear objectives, and has bugs that affect puzzle progression and resetting.

story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is atmospheric and intriguing, conveyed subtly through environmental details like posters and notes rather than direct dialogue. However, its vague and cryptic nature, coupled with a lack of clear explanations, can make it difficult for many players to fully engage or understand the plot.
- “Was not expecting the direction the story takes.”
- “A creepy atmosphere throughout the game that ties in with the story.”
- “A moving story told through posters, notes, book titles, and the minigames.”
- “The plot was vague and it wasn't worth suffering through the minigames to see how it played out.”
- “It feels like something is missing: dialog, story, or explanation.”
- “I would like to see some sort of descriptive text when examining objects, or some story dialog.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
28%
43%
The game's visuals are praised for being very nice and appealing, but performance issues significantly impact the experience, even on high-end rigs. Additionally, the graphics are inconsistent, with some sections featuring less impressive mini-game visuals that contrast with the main game's quality.
- “The visuals are also nice, very nice.”
- “You should try it nonetheless because the visuals are great and it's a fun game to experience (and it's free).”
- “I expected the overall gameplay to be within the screenshots you see on the store page but instead, you're thrown into these computer mini-games with barf-inducing graphics 80% of the time and navigation more confusing than anything.”
- “Too bad the whole game didn't play alongside the main game's visuals.”
- “I can barely run it, even with the graphics set to the lowest possible.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
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The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in low framerates and unsmooth performance even at lowered settings. While the developers are providing strong support, significant performance issues remain unresolved, heavily impacting the overall experience. Many users see potential but await patches to improve optimization.
- “The game is promising but the optimization needs a lot more work.”
- “The game is interesting but its poor optimization ruins most of it.”
- “If it had good performance, I'd give it an 8/10.”
- “I do not recommend it now purely because of the poor performance and very low framerates that I experience.”
- “This game is promising but I feel the optimization needs a lot more work.”
- “It's interesting but its poor optimization ruins most of it.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is described as straightforward and fundamental, with no additional details or standout features mentioned.
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is considered tedious, with players noting the need for additional lives and the difficulty in locating objects to interact with, which slows down progress.
- “Finding objects to interact with can be a tedious process.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features a consistently creepy, horror-themed atmosphere that effectively complements its challenging puzzle gameplay and storyline. Fans of intense puzzles set in a haunting environment will particularly enjoy this experience.
- “Simply put: if you like a hard puzzle game with a horror atmosphere, this is your game!”
- “A creepy atmosphere throughout the game that ties in with the story.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The "emotional" aspect is praised for its heartfelt and powerful narrative, creating one of the most impactful and memorable gaming experiences users have encountered. The innovative games-within-a-game concept further enhances this emotional depth.
- “The games-within-a-game concept is very cool and the heartfelt narrative is incredibly powerful.”
- “One of the most emotional gaming experiences I've ever had.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users indicate that the music aspect was not the main issue, suggesting that any off or poor audio quality was related to sound effects rather than the music itself.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including failure to load and causing the computer to freeze.
- “Doesn't even load and it freezes the computer”