Think of it like the murderer being 100 miles away isn’t a factor anymore/isn’t true/proof. Once that is established as a rule/law within the time loops, you know longer rely on the picture and the distance it shows, it’s shifts to the dad saying monster and then being the next law/rule/stepping stone to you realizing you are the killer. Each loop the player gets closer to accomplishing that, so in the loop or 2 where you use the picture, it’s solely to absolve her of the murder.

In the players mind he’s trying to come to the realization that he committed the murder (regardless of the interpretation someone might choose, in the the 12 minutes dream world, that’s the goal). I hope this helps u to understand the ending. During all the endings, the last one will give you this information you need to know the real ending. Which is to say if each loop is the player working through their trauma/imagination/a different aspect of the player characters unreliable narration, then using the picture to prove her innocence was just one instance of solving the crime, but the revelation isn’t significant because that’s not the end goal. You make up stories about your ex-girlfriend because you are obsessed with her, and the psychologist is trying to make you forget her. If I’m remembering correctly, you proving your wife didn’t commit the murder with the Polaroid and you realizing you’re the brother that committed the murder don’t happen in the same loop. I understand most interpretations of the ending result in the murder not happening, or even if it did, you proving her innocence to the cop is in your head, but it still is cheap that a core part of the narrative/gameplay is illogical like that.Īlthough……now that I just typed that out, there actually is a possible explanation. Even taking into account the TRUE endings, it’s kind of an annoying “plot hole. We can prove that the wife is innocent because of the picture but we can’t prove that we are innocent with that picture even tho it is very clear that they talked at that exact same party? There are a lot of questions that arise because of that irregularity in it. Or maybe because of this it means he isn’t actually her brother and somehow got the memory from someone else? We don’t even know the age difference between the two. And if it is indeed possible then it would mean his wife could also be the one having killed the father. Twelve Minutes: Ending Explained (Spoilers) Zhiqing Wan Twelve Minutes is a new interactive thriller game from Annapurna Interactive and Luis Antonio. Yes I got all endings but they are unrelated to the fact that it’s logically not possible for him to be the killer of the father while also being there to met his wife 100 miles away at the same day. Yes I know it’s supposed to be a fantasy that he made up but it still baffles me that there is this big logic gap that nobody talks about.

When you show the wife the picture she says that he wasn’t a smooth talker that day.

12 minutes game ending explained