Quantum Break

An average shooter tied to a compelling, confident story, but the TV show is ultimately an expensive, if entertaining,...

Quantum Break is a great game on Xbone, but shoddy PC optimisation and the issues associated with the Win 10 store fundamentally break the...

Quantum Break is a bold move by Remedy as a cross media experience that builds upon time based mechanics and proves that there is still space for such unique experiences in video...

Quantum Break is not a revolutionary game in any way, but it is the first game that offers polished visuals alongside an equally well-made live action series.If the live action segments were from an actual TV series, then this game would have been the best...

Quantum Break isn't a complete failure, but it never quite lives up to its media-spanning hype, being neither a great game or a great story. I'm glad I played it, but I simply can't recommend you buy it today at full price unless you're highly intrigued...

Remedy's touch and style is all over Quantum Break, which is a strength and, at a few points, a weakness as well. But it's more than that, a real transmedia experiment — I know how it sounds — that succeeds in ways that other games don't even try. There's some wonky shooting and a few cringe-worthy story cliches present. But ineffective cover systems and narrative fridges notwithstanding, Quantum Break feels like the first action game taking real lessons from the Netflix binge-watch era, and in that respect, it's a surprising success.

Maybe it's because of how eccentric the whole enterprise is. There's never been anything like Quantum Break, and it's hard to imagine there ever being anything like it again: more often for better than for worse, Remedy's strange hybrid feels like an adventure out of its own time.

By the end, you know the most important parts of the story. Replaying it to witness slightly altered events in the middle would require you to retread well-worn, sometimes boring territory for little payoff. Getting to the end of Quantum Break can be an interesting ride at times, but no matter how impressive the combat is, or how great the game looks, there's no getting around the fact that it's driven by a story with limited appeal and hindered by disappointing design decisions.