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Quantum Break Review Thread
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SRTtoZ
Member
Yep, blame MS because they pushed hard for the TV part when they were big on the 'TV TV TV SPAWTS' thing.
johnnydrama
Banned
Usual suspects with their driveby posts. Nothing surprising.
Anyway, yeah, this is a Remedy game, so I was definitely expecting mixed reviews. Pretty psyched to play it myself, as I really need a linear singleplayer game right now, and this looks like a great one. To people who were planning on playing it, why would you let a couple of negative reviews stop you from doing it? It's still largely positive with a 78MC. If that's "getting rekt" or "slammed", then you probably need to work on setting your expectations.
Looking forward to playing it this Tuesday. Cheers.
Anyway, yeah, this is a Remedy game, so I was definitely expecting mixed reviews. Pretty psyched to play it myself, as I really need a linear singleplayer game right now, and this looks like a great one. To people who were planning on playing it, why would you let a couple of negative reviews stop you from doing it? It's still largely positive with a 78MC. If that's "getting rekt" or "slammed", then you probably need to work on setting your expectations.
Looking forward to playing it this Tuesday. Cheers.
ethomaz
Banned
Yeap.
They are neutral in this case.
They explained that before:
Avoid = avoid this game
[no seal] = good and fun game that they can't recommend to everybody (rent first)
Recommended = most gamers will like the game
Essential = this game is a must to buy
WordsintheWater
Member
That's the thing, people here are trying to blame this on linear games, or single-player focused games, but if you read the reviews, the one's that gave it a lower score say that it tried something new. That's about it, add in that the gameplay is run of the mill according to them, you can definitely see why they gave it low scores. I don't see many complaining about it being a single-player, linear game. They seem to actually have complaints about mechanics and the mediocre story.
RedRedSuit
Member
True. Quite a few reviews say this. I'm probably in emotional denial.
The same thing happened to me with Wake. I kept telling myself after the 500th boring fight encounter, "at least the narrative is sweet." Only it wasn't sweet. It was actually rather lame.
Remedy has been doing live action stuff in their games for a long ass time.
Anyone who played Alan Wake could guess that this would be the direction they'd go in even if MS didn't press them to.
SmartWaffles
Member
Some of my thoughts since the majority of you won't read my Chinese review:
First of all, let me throw the negatives out of the way. The controls have some really nasty issues, like the janky aiming animation and the inconsistency with some details like ejected casings, some interactive bits require tight positioning, coped with the suboptimal animation sometimes it's very frustrating.
But what QB delivered for me is how it masterfully delivers its narratives across levels, live-action shows and collectibles. I love watching the story unfold, love the differences subtle or significant I found when replaying the levels via different choices.
And the combat, while not anything revolutionary, worked well with the shooting mechanics and time based powers, it's not very skillful, not that difficult, but it feels awesome and badass.
As a full package, QB probably lacks what keeps players coming back for very long, but if you like to explore, like to see a story unfold, QB might be right up your alley.
First of all, let me throw the negatives out of the way. The controls have some really nasty issues, like the janky aiming animation and the inconsistency with some details like ejected casings, some interactive bits require tight positioning, coped with the suboptimal animation sometimes it's very frustrating.
But what QB delivered for me is how it masterfully delivers its narratives across levels, live-action shows and collectibles. I love watching the story unfold, love the differences subtle or significant I found when replaying the levels via different choices.
And the combat, while not anything revolutionary, worked well with the shooting mechanics and time based powers, it's not very skillful, not that difficult, but it feels awesome and badass.
As a full package, QB probably lacks what keeps players coming back for very long, but if you like to explore, like to see a story unfold, QB might be right up your alley.
Karak
Member
We just covered this on a podcast recently. This many years in and I don't feel like either system has a truly masterclass title. That one that sort of signals the move into the high level times
Bitch Pudding
Member
"pretty solid" is the new "underperformed" these days, it seems.
77 is not bad, but frankly, I expected more than that. I was tempted to buy it for PC, meaning migrate to Win10 AND its store, but now I am inclined to wait for some of them PC reviews...
Sorry, my bad. It was Syd Bolton. So, say that to him what you said to me.
So true. I have to cringe everytime when someone mentions "make X game open world".
OrbitalBeard
Member
What about Bloodborne?
What did i say to you?
wapplew
Member
Agree.
Until Dawn is good example. The game deliver the quality of what they try to achieve and it score well base on that merit.
Karak
Member
Dont feel its masterclass at all. Could be good, could be great, but not one of those titles that shifts things into second gear for the industry.
WordsintheWater
Member
If Uncharted 4 doesn't do it, I don't know what will
Let it go, it was a clear attempt a shitting things up
OrbitalBeard
Member
Hah I still think Killer Instinct is(was) the XB1 system seller for me, even if I am not THAT into fighting games. Sunset Overdrive was pretty great as well.
RedRedSuit
Member
You're right that reviews have become this stricter (note this always happens over time though... standards rise). But he IS also right that first-party output has been noticeably worse this gen than last (frankly even more so on Sony's side, since they are slow to release games before they can even get critically mauled).
Opinions and all, but I absolutely disagree.
That's a real bummer. I thought the video portion was supposed to be a substantial part of the experience. If they're not interesting, that will greatly impact my enjoyment.
No matter how good the story is, if the gameplay is garbage the gameplay is garbage. Not saying Quantum Break's gameplay is garbage. Haven't played it. Though if the gameplay was amazing I do think the ratings would be higher. What is a bit sad to hear, is the gameplay isn't amazing. Which I was hoping for so I can finally put Max Payne 3 away. There is no 3rd person shooter on Xbox like Max Payne or even the great third person shooters like Vanquish. Here's hoping something comes out soon, Gears maybe?
What games have done that, just Mario and Halo?
As much as I and GAF loves Bloodborne. We do have to accept that it isn't for everyone. It's the same reason it didn't win GOTY everywhere and Witcher did. (Witcher was my personal GOTY. I love both).
ethomaz
Banned
Bloodborne got robed again
OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm not talking about its mainstream reception necessarily.
Edit - I posted my initial response before Karak's edit. Going by that, I get where he's coming from.
Karak
Member
Oh tons of good games like Sunset and Bloodborne. for sure.
Dinky Dino
Member
Yea this seems to be the aftermath from that mattrick period
Blue Ninja
Member
Yes, and there's a few changes to reflect that. A lot of it still plays out the same, though.
There's also a recap of the previous episode every time you start a new one.
It's too bad, I agree, but I found myself losing interest rather quickly every time. The main characters of the TV show just aren't interesting and make some pretty weird choices that left me scratching my head during my first playthrough. I feel like the writers wanted to keep their motivations in the dark, but ended up creating confusion. Not having to spend 20+ minutes after every Act rewatching the entire thing has made my second playthrough a lot better, ironically.
It may also have to do with some of the choices you make: depending on the paths you go down, the actions some characters take seem a lot more sensible.
SmartWaffles
Member
Bloodborne as a masterpiece as it is, didn't do anything groundbreaking, at least not enough for me to consider it as an iconic title for PS4. I think Uncharted 4 has the potential to become that, like how we think of God of War 3, Uncharted 2 or TLOU when we think about PS3, or Halo 3 with Xbox 360.
Sorry! Dammit, my head will explode. Grrrr. I thought it was you on page before.
Sorry, really.
This reminds me when Uncharted 3 originally came out and the aiming was really sluggish and fucked compared to 2. It's weird because Remedy are arguably the kings of the TPS genre, so you would expect them to nail absolutely nail that part.
Regardless, I love Remedy and there aren't a ton of linear action games these days so I'm buying this for sure.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I find it odd this generation that games need to raise the bar or do something innovative in order to get really high review scores. Just being a really good game that's not trying to push the envelope doesn't seem like it's enough any more.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I absolutely think Bloodborne is an iconic title for the system but I agree it isn't iconic in the same way as, say, an Uncharted or a God of War. Something that really resonates with the mainstream.
IGN Sweden gives it a 10.
Dont they hate Fins?
Heh, nope. In reality Sweden and Finland are bros.
Should've dropped the show and focus on the story through more interesting time anomalies. The game took too long to come out and as a result, lots of elements are now regarded as tropes and played out videogame cliche's.
Nice of MS to let Remedy finally have their movie fantasy tho.
Nice of MS to let Remedy finally have their movie fantasy tho.
I think Bloodborne is the only new exclusive and non Remaster that truly is tbh. For me personally, Driveclub, The Witness and Ori and the Blind Forest are also up there as far as (console) exclusives go, even though critically the former was wrecked. I suspect many might feel the same about other games too, like Forza Horizon 2 for example, despite it also not scoring in that upper echelon on meta.