The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
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The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is an adventure developed by White Owls Inc., released 11 October 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is an adventure game developed by White Owls Inc. and released in 2018. It was published by Arc System Works. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
J.J scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. However, this island was like a nightmare: no matter how many times she sustains fatal injury, she can’t die, and instead is somehow able to revive herself back to normal. J.J ventures into the depth of the island as she drags her mutilated body along, enduring the pain. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i-5 @ 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 520. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories launched on 11 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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