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I had bounced off of this game a while back, not entirely taken by the narrative or the gameplay. After my extremely positive experience with Control, I decided to take another shot at it.

Quantum Break is an interesting mixed media project, trying (and mostly succeeding) in branching the gaps between television and video games. For trying something new, I think it should be applauded. It's nice to see a game, especially from a larger studio, attempt something new. This mashup of television and gameplay is easily the most interesting part of the game.

The story is sort of your typical time travel tale, except with lots of guns and time manipulation powers to spice it up a bit. The game is broken up in to five acts, each separated by a 22 minute episode of the corresponding television show. In an interesting move, the things you do in the game can change the way the show plays out. I thought that was a nice touch. I'm not sure how much the story changes based on your decisions, but seeing small things I did during the gameplay change scenes in the show was pretty cool. The production of the game (and show) is good. The characters are all well acted, and the game still looks great a few years later.

The gameplay itself, is fine, but not super interesting. The shooting is functional, and although you do get some time manipulation powers, none of them are particularly interesting to use. This is, unfortunately, the weakest part of the game. As such, it makes recommending this come with a few caveats. First, it's mostly interesting as a mashup of the different media types, so if that doesn't sound interesting, you can give this a pass. Second, it's not very long (maybe 8-10 hours in total), and while the game does have a few branching narratives, I doubt it's worth the full ticket price tag.

All that being said, if the game / TV mashup sounds interesting to you, I'd recommend picking it up for 10 bucks or whatever. There's some fun to be had lurking in the time-stopped bubbles of Quantum Break.

[b]Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38570258/]Cob Curates[/url] for more reviews![/b] I had bounced off of this game a while back, not entirely taken by the narrative or the gameplay. After my extremely positive experience with Control, I decided to take another shot at it. Quantum Break is an interesting mixed media project, trying (and mostly succeeding) in branching the gaps between television and video games. For trying something new, I think it should be applauded. It's nice to see a game, especially from a larger studio, attempt something new. This mashup of television and gameplay is easily the most interesting part of the game. The story is sort of your typical time travel tale, except with lots of guns and time manipulation powers to spice it up a bit. The game is broken up in to five acts, each separated by a 22 minute episode of the corresponding television show. In an interesting move, the things you do in the game can change the way the show plays out. I thought that was a nice touch. I'm not sure how much the story changes based on your decisions, but seeing small things I did during the gameplay change scenes in the show was pretty cool. The production of the game (and show) is good. The characters are all well acted, and the game still looks great a few years later. The gameplay itself, is fine, but not super interesting. The shooting is functional, and although you do get some time manipulation powers, none of them are particularly interesting to use. This is, unfortunately, the weakest part of the game. As such, it makes recommending this come with a few caveats. First, it's mostly interesting as a mashup of the different media types, so if that doesn't sound interesting, you can give this a pass. Second, it's not very long (maybe 8-10 hours in total), and while the game does have a few branching narratives, I doubt it's worth the full ticket price tag. All that being said, if the game / TV mashup sounds interesting to you, I'd recommend picking it up for 10 bucks or whatever. There's some fun to be had lurking in the time-stopped bubbles of Quantum Break.