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[RedRedSuit]

How long is it? I hear it's incredibly short, so I'm not too sure I want to spend £37 on it if so.

I've repeatedly seen estimates like 10-12 hours, which doesn't sound "incredibly" short to me.

Granted this apparently includes several episodes (20 minutes each, I believe) of a rather lengthy TV show. There are, like, 4-5 of those?

Alan Wake is a much better game than Quantum Break IMO. Much Better.

Yowza.... That would not be a good feeling for me. Honestly, Alan Wake... ugh.

 

[nib95]

I know this is not necessarily pro consumer or gamer, but I do feel that from a business perspective, it might have been better for Remedy to have an embargo date closer to the release. I feel like some of these reviews may negatively impact sales, especially when it's early enough that there's still time for people to cancel pre orders.

In a gaming world where I feel far too much is moving towards open world design and experiences, I sort of have a vested interest in the success of linear, story driven games such as this, which I tend to very much enjoy, and that better suit my lifestyle, where a few hours of play a day for a few days to a week, is sufficient to beat a game, instead of weeks or months. That said, I still think the ideal length for a game like this is closer to 12-15 hours. Hopefully the game still does really well sales wise.

 

[danowat]

75GB of video to download is stupid. They should have offered three different qualities for people to choose between.

Otherwise the game is looking good, I'll probably pick it up this summer.

You don't have to download it, you can opt to stream the video instead.

 

[Justinh]

Time Magazine with a 4/10 out of nowhere.

http://time.com/4273526/quantum-break-review/

Time magazine was just pissed at all the Time bending mechanics I tell ya...

I'm actually still considering pre-ordering this for the X1 W10 combo thingy. The fact that the scores are so varied make me feel that this is a game that I'd really have to try for myself...

 

[Blimblim]

Our review is also up since a few hours. For once it's fully translated in English so enjoy
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_gamersyde_review_quantum_break-17714_en.html

 

[Theorry]

75GB of video to download is stupid. They should have offered three different qualities for people to choose between.

Otherwise the game is looking good, I'll probably pick it up this summer.

You can stream it also.

 

[SmartWaffles]

I've repeatedly seen estimates like 10-12 hours, which doesn't sound "incredibly" short to me.

Granted this apparently includes several episodes (20 minutes each, I believe) of a rather lengthy TV show. There are, like, 4-5 of those?

My rushed normal difficulty playthrough with all cutscenes (no skip) clocked at 8 hours 45 minutes, a first playthrough with exploration definitely will be at least 1.5-2 hours longer.

 

[RedRedSuit]

In a gaming world where I feel far too much is moving towards open world design and experiences, I sort of have a vested interest in the success of linear, story driven games such as this, which I tend to very much enjoy, and that better suit my lifestyle, where a few hours of play a day for a few days to a week, is sufficient to beat a game, instead of weeks or months. Hopefully the game still does really well sales wise.

I feel you... I feel you.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Yeah i have windows 10.

I tried looking it up on the store and it's not there. weird.

I guess you have to wait until it's release date.

 

[snake_eater_raiden]

OP, video review and technical analysis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDAma-lAnuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_mITV84zjU

 

[Zojirushi]

Giant Bomb 2/5?

I will look forward to the discussion on next weeks Bombcast for sure.

Depends, if Jeffs gonna be the only one who played it it's just gonna be him taking a huge dump on the game and a lot of "That's a bummer" from everyone else.

 

[Fat4all]

I know this is not necessarily pro consumer or gamer, but I do feel that from a business perspective, it might have been better for Remedy to have an embargo date closer to the release. I feel like some of these reviews may negatively impact sales, especially when it's early enough that there's still time for people to cancel pre orders.

In a gaming world where I feel far too much is moving towards open world design and experiences, I sort of have a vested interest in the success of linear, story driven games such as this, which I tend to very much enjoy, and that better suit my lifestyle, where a few hours of play a day for a few days to a week, is sufficient to beat a game, instead of weeks or months. Hopefully the game still does really well sales wise.

There's always a risk when it comes to an embargo date either close or far from a launch.

It sucks to say, but I think having the game net under 80 MC before launch might hurt its day one sales, I feel like mainstream buyers are a little more shallow when it comes to review scores.

 

[User 479360]

Here's another:

We Got This Covered - 4/5

 

[Chobel]

How long is it? I hear it's incredibly short, so I'm not too sure I want to spend £37 on it if so.

6-7 hours, but it some replayability value.

Edit: Up to 10 hours, reading posts here.

 

[Conduit]

How long is it? I hear it's incredibly short, so I'm not too sure I want to spend £37 on it if so.

Jeuxvideo said it is around 7 hrs ( without live-action scenes which are 80 minutes ).

Check this post if you want :

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=199833994

 

[sector4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbcE_6IKUiM

Easy Allies 9

EDIT: Went private

EZA review is up

4.5/5

How come the video is private? I'm a patreon supporter and such, but that site is down for maintenance so can't view the EA page.

 

[Wagram]

How come the video is private? I'm a patreon supporter and such, but that site is down for maintenance so can't view the EA page.

Huber found an error when it went live. They're fixing and reuploading.

 

[sector4]

Huber found an error when it went live. They're fixing and reuploading.

Oh right! No biggie then Thanks man!

 

[Joohanh]

I don't think it's a shift either. I think it's classic familiarity-breeds-contempt.

Halo 1: Wow... this is innovative, amazing.

Halo 2: Wow, OK, that campaign was a little off, but WHOA, this multiplayer component online is on another level!

Halo 3: A polished campaign, an extra-polished online multiplayer, a level editor, sharing... WOW!!! This is the most complete shooter ever! Nothing too new going on, but you'd have to be a dick to claim this is just Halo 2 with better graphics.

Halo: Reach: A sweet refinement. Nice new coop mode; well done. If you like Halo, you'll like this.

Halo 4: Solid stuff... same old gameplay you're used to. If you like Halo, you'll like this.

Halo 5: Solid stuff... same old gameplay you're used to. If you like Halo, you'll like this.

Halo 6: <guessing> Solid stuff... same old gameplay you're used to. If you like Halo, you'll like this.

I mean, eventually, you just get used to it, and unless devs find a way to add new -- and successful! -- ideas, the same stuff won't impress you like it used to. Scores just reflect that IMO.

I pray that Uncharted, for example, finds a way out of this pattern. Fortunately, they're only 2 games removed from their masterpiece in that series. I refuse to believe that they cannot do better than U2. Uncharted 3 was obviously just an Uncharted 2.5 type of effort in terms of game design.

Indies still innovate, but honestly AAAs seem to either have run out of ideas or just don't want to risk it anymore. Nowadays it seems like "let's put our linear series into an open world" is as far as they're willing to go most of the time.

I think you're pretty much spot on here. It doesn't, nor should it, suffice for awesome scores if the game is a little bit better than all the games that came before.

 

[illmatic22]

I enjoyed Alan Wake and would like to try this sometime.

 

[Nightengale]

I know this is not necessarily pro consumer or gamer, but I do feel that from a business perspective, it might have been better for Remedy to have an embargo date closer to the release. I feel like some of these reviews may negatively impact sales, especially when it's early enough that there's still time for people to cancel pre orders.

In a gaming world where I feel far too much is moving towards open world design and experiences, I sort of have a vested interest in the success of linear, story driven games such as this, which I tend to very much enjoy, and that better suit my lifestyle, where a few hours of play a day for a few days to a week, is sufficient to beat a game, instead of weeks or months. That said, I still think the ideal length for a game like this is closer to 12-15 hours. Hopefully the game still does really well sales wise.

Early embargo is about faith in getting great reviews.

 

[Jarmel]

These scores are all over the place.

Early embargo is about faith in getting great reviews.

Looking at these scores, that faith was misplaced.

 

[Lucifon]

Depends, if Jeffs gonna be the only one who played it it's just gonna be him taking a huge dump on the game and a lot of "That's a bummer" from everyone else.

This summary is concerningly accurate to past discussions haha.

 

[Theorry]

Easy Allies review is up again. 4.5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5OS0xM3MKE

 

[T.O.P]

Easy Allies review is up again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5OS0xM3MKE

cheers!

 

[Bioshocker]

Looking good!

 

[nib95]

Early embargo is about faith in getting great reviews.

I get that, but I think Remedy could have exercised slightly better foresight here. Even taking the gameplay out of the equation, I think there was always going to be some divisiveness regarding the live action cut scenes alone. I watched a fair degree of footage over the last week, and even though I'm very much keeping my pre order and excited to play the game, its clear not everyone will warm to these aspects of the game. There's a lot more 'watching' than is typical of even story based shooters.

I do commend Remedy for having such an early embargo, I'm just not sure if it will have actually benefited them. I fear instead it may have likely done the opposite.

 

[Raylan]

Reminds me of Alan Wake's reviews.

Take that as you will.

Nah, Alan Wake received better reviews.

 

[RedSparrows]

I think you're pretty much spot on here. It doesn't, nor should it, suffice for awesome scores if the game is a little bit better than all the games that came before.

It's a little unfair on sequels, though: original games make the big splash, and then when sequels refine and add to it, it can never be as OMFG amazing, even as the design might be cleverer, the refinements well-judged, etc. But the game itself, less revelatory but perhaps 'better', is seen in a lesser light. Is that fair? Not referring to Halo specifically here.

Anyway, sorry, back OT.

 

[madmackem]

I know this is not necessarily pro consumer or gamer, but I do feel that from a business perspective, it might have been better for Remedy to have an embargo date closer to the release. I feel like some of these reviews may negatively impact sales, especially when it's early enough that there's still time for people to cancel pre orders.

In a gaming world where I feel far too much is moving towards open world design and experiences, I sort of have a vested interest in the success of linear, story driven games such as this, which I tend to very much enjoy, and that better suit my lifestyle, where a few hours of play a day for a few days to a week, is sufficient to beat a game, instead of weeks or months. That said, I still think the ideal length for a game like this is closer to 12-15 hours. Hopefully the game still does really well sales wise.

So you'd rather normal people be ill informed on a game because ?.

 

[Goreomedy]

Reviews remind me of Until Dawn impressions/scores. If it's anything near that quality, I'm ready for this.

 

[FunkyDealer]

You don't have to download it, you can opt to stream the video instead.

You can stream it also.

Thanks for the heads up! That's great! :-D

 

[Introvese]

Originally Posted by Introvese

I don't think they should have gave codes out like this. MS/Remedy should have protected this game better than this. This damn game better be good. Because if April 1 hit and it's reviews are just okay. U got 4 days to change your mind. Also a mediocre review might sway a gamer on the fence to stay away.
Originally Posted by Introvese

I'm just saying with all this resolution stuff. A mediocre review 4 days before the game comes out is not a good look. It's already barely any marketing for this game. All this negative resolution talk and a ok review could be really bad for this game.
Originally Posted by Introvese

As a consumer hell yea I want review/impressions early as possible. But if I was MS I would have played this more close to the chest.

my posts march 22

It feels like you're using a lot of words to say a lot of nothing.

now do u see why i thought this was a bad idea to give codes out so early or lift the embargo 4 days before release?

 

[Ol No Bones]

More divisive than I thought. A lot of it seems to be the cutscenes. I wonder if that was ultimately a mistake. I'm excited none the less!

 

[Theorry]

Originally Posted by Introvese

I don't think they should have gave codes out like this. MS/Remedy should have protected this game better than this. This damn game better be good. Because if April 1 hit and it's reviews are just okay. U got 4 days to change your mind. Also a mediocre review might sway a gamer on the fence to stay away.
Originally Posted by Introvese

I'm just saying with all this resolution stuff. A mediocre review 4 days before the game comes out is not a good look. It's already barely any marketing for this game. All this negative resolution talk and a ok review could be really bad for this game.
Originally Posted by Introvese

As a consumer hell yea I want review/impressions early as possible. But if I was MS I would have played this more close to the chest.

my posts march 22





now do u see why i thought this was a bad idea to give codes out so early or lift the embargo 4 days before release?

Wut?

 

[Joohanh]

It's a little unfair on sequels, though: original games make the big splash, and then when sequels refine and add to it, it can never be as OMFG amazing, even as the design might be cleverer, the refinements well-judged, etc. But the game itself, less revelatory but perhaps 'better', is seen in a lesser light. Is that fair? Not referring to Halo specifically here.

Anyway, sorry, back OT.

Yeah, I think so at least. The original game got well-deserved credit for innovation; the sequel then cashed in on that and made improvements. While there is nothing wrong with sequels, their "extrinsic artistic merit" is lesser than that of the original title.

 

[nib95]

Easy Allies review is up again. 4.5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5OS0xM3MKE

Great review. So glad they still have this narrator lol.

 

[Chobel]

Wut?

TL;DR Remedy shouldn't have gone with an early embargo, these reviews could negatively affect sales.

 

[Theorry]

TL;DR Remedy shouldn't have gone with an early embargo, these reviews could negatively affect sales.

No about the marketing thing i bolded. These last weeks i cant get away from marketing about the game lol.

 

[nib95]

So you'd rather normal people be ill informed on a game because ?.

I'd rather people give it a go, to judge and experience it for themselves, instead of too heavily relying on someone else's subjective opinion, especially with a game as divisive as this.

 

[Iriscomeback]

Yikes, campaign less then 10 hours?

Not good :-\

 

[tattooed_dwarf]

Reviews make it sound that yep, that's Remedy game. So I'm sure I'm gonna love it.

 

[TheUnsunghero26]

Great review. So glad they still have this narrator lol.

Haha, I was just thinking about how I was gonna miss having Brandon Jones narrated Game Trailers reviews. Glad Easy Allies exists!

 

[kAmui-]

Seems divisive like Alan Wake.

 

[Ulysses 31]

TL;DR Remedy shouldn't have gone with an early embargo, these reviews could negatively affect sales.

I don't see giving the consumer more time to think things over to make an informed decision as something negative, unless you're some MS/Remedy stock holder suit.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Weird to think that a game with a review distribution like this:

...is generating as much concern as we're seeing in this thread.

 

[driver116]

Damn, I guess that 90-94 MC prediction ain't happening afterall.

 

[Sjefen]

Good to see Sweden and Norway giving high scores to their nabours. Scandinavia rules

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Easy Allies and ACG reviews are the way to go. Great job to the both of them.

 

[Kudo]

Game seems still good but hearing that campaign length is going to make me want to wait for sales.
60$ just for 6 hours isn't that great, then again if the game is great I wouldn't regret it but I expected little more to keep me occupied until DS3..