![]() ![]() Remedy skipped that gimmick in its last game, 2011’s Alan Wake, but 15 years later, bullet time has essentially returned-and has been cranked up to the max. Those powers mostly revolve about bending time, which makes sense, given that the game’s developers at Remedy Entertainment staked their reputation on a Matrix-like “bullet time” system in 2001’s Max Payne. Things go haywire almost immediately, and as a result, Jack discovers a secret lab, gets blasted with science, and becomes imbued with superpowers. Monarch Solutions is about to loose its new innovation on the world, and Serene wants your help in convincing your older brother to return to the project. Jack Joyce has a chip-on-the-shoulder relationship with his genius, elder sibling Will, and the game opens with an old friend-science-company CEO Paul Serene-asking for your help in tracking the elder Joyce down. Instead, you play the role of the oddball scientist’s younger brother. Time travel dominates nearly every moment of Quantum Break, but you don’t control some oddball scientist. The Quantum Break we finally got, after years of teases and delays, floats in a time-frozen world where its two sides stare menacingly at each other: overblown corporate slop on one side of the time divide and a big universe with a big heart on the other. This is a universe where timelines criss-cross and where player decisions can create plot schisms. Only in a game like Quantum Break does that type of duality make sense. Worse, the developers’ focus on player choice and live-action TV segments offers way too little payoff-and threatens to derail new players before they can sink their teeth into the game’s best bits. There’s not a ton of game to be found here, and it doesn’t take long to figure out why that’s the case. Humanity, mystery, and scientific wizardry round out the plot’s best beats, and a jaw-dropping visual engine powers a few truly iconic sequences-ones that may even be cited for the next few years of the “games as cinema” conversation. Quantum Break is a triumph in sci-fi gaming. Platform: Xbox One (reviewed), Windows 10 ![]() Game Details Developer: Remedy Entertainment ![]()
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