Quantum Break provides a brand new experience in storytelling that has yet to be done in video gaming and it?s quite refreshing. The game flows extremely well from in game cinematic to gameplay to TV show. From that point we go on a wild ride that involves time travel, time freezing, and saving the world. A corporation called Monarch then interrupts the work Jack and Paul are doing. Paul is working on a time machine and needs some help from Jack after he had a falling out with Jack?s brother, Will. I will say, Quantum Break opens with Jack Joyce visiting Paul Serene at his college campus. However, I don?t want to take for granted that if you’re reading this, you’ve watched them. I realize that the first two acts of the game have been open to reviewers to live stream. I want to briefly touch on the story of the game. I found myself deeply invested in the shows and thought they were extremely well done and in line with most productions we see on TV nowadays. Instead, the TV shows are well produced and acted. Without any strong actors, it could have came off as a cheesy add on and something many players would skip. Not only does the game benefit from the acting performances during gameplay, but the TV show portion could have been a real train wreck. Remedy made the right call by casting some decently known actors. The end result features Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from the X-Men Films) as Jack Joyce and Aidan Gillen (Little Finger from Game of Thrones) as Paul Serene, among a few others. When the title was originally shown, it didn?t appear to have any of the actors that it ended up having, so this might have had something to do with its frequent delays. It was pitched as a game that would intertwine gameplay with full motion video TV shows. I still had hope that Remedy would do something special given how much I enjoyed the world they created with Alan Wake.Īnnounced back in May, 2013 at a Microsoft event, Quantum Break has had years of build up and changes, based off some of the original trailers that were shown. So when Microsoft announced Quantum Break, I was disappointed that it wasn?t the sequel to Alan Wake that I and many others thought was inevitable. Alan Wake is, dare I say, my favorite game on the Xbox 360. For those that don?t know Remedy?s last title was Alan Wake, which I hold near to my heart. Let?s start with some background first and work towards why I?m torn. After playing through it, I have to say I?m pretty torn. Years of build up and Remedy?s latest is finally here. It feels like an eternity since Microsoft announced Quantum Break.
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