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16.10.2016

Jack Joyce is called home to Riverport by his best friend Paul Serene. His brother William has created time travel technology, but in the process has apparently become unhinged. Paul wants Jack to help him complete William's experiments and calm his brother down. However, the experiment goes horrendously wrong, causing a fracture in the space/time continuum. As the fracture grows worse, Jack gains powers over time and space...but so does Paul, who has been flung seventeen years into the past. When he catches up with Jack he is now a different man, with enigmatic motivations...and the same powers Jack has.Quantum Break is the latest game from Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment.Way back in 2001 Remedy released the iconic action game Max Payne, an epoch-marking title which transformed the action game into a balletic display of violence, bullet time and gritty, noir storytelling. Its sequel, Max Payne 2, remains one of the vanishingly few decent examples of a video game romance ever attempted (and pretty much the only one in an action game). Their 2010 title Alan Wake fused action with survival horror, again set against the backdrop of rich storytelling and a wry sense of humour. Remedy aren't quite like any other developer out there, which is why their games are Day One purchases for me (on PC, anyway).Quantum Break is very definitely a Remedy game. It's action focused, combat-heavy and uses state-of-the-art graphics technology. The game's propriety Northlight Engine is a technological marvel, offering up both astonishing visuals, (mostly) fluid action and impressive optimisation. I particularly appreciated the fact that the game didn't make my PC run as hot as Deus Ex: Mankind Divided recently did, despite offering superior visuals.Quantum Break is also a storyline-heavy game, telling its twisting narrative of time loops through both gameplay, in-engine cut scenes and, remarkably, over an hour of live-action video. These videos take the form of TV mini-episodes, filling in the backstory and narrative of what's going on with the antagonists at the same time that Jack is going through his adventures in the gameplay. To maintain continuity, the game features the same actors playing the roles in the live-action pieces as well as lending their appearances and voices for the in-game sequences. These aren't unknowns either, with Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, The Wire), Lance Reddick (Fringe, The Wire), Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings), Amelia Blaire (True Blood) and Brooke Nevin (The 4400) all playing major roles.The game unfolds through gameplay sequences where you investigate a scene or solve puzzles, which often segues into a combat sequence. Fighting consists of standard cover-based shooting (with a rather elegant cover system which simply sees you automatically take cover if you're standing behind something that can be used as such) and also the use of your temporal powers. Interestingly, given Remedy's pioneering use of bullet time, you can't use bullet time as such but you can create temporal shield to freeze bullets in mid-air, trap enemies in stasis bubbles (which you can fire into, so they're instantly hit by hundreds of bullets when time resumes) and set off temporal blasts to throw people through the air. Later in the game enemies appear who can generate their own temporal fields and gain some immunity to your attacks, forcing you to adapt new, more complex strategies. Combat is, mostly, tactical, satisfying and fun.The game is very narrative-heavy, so if you're after fact action game with limited story, you may want to steer clear. The story is well-told, with a reasonable engagement with the complexities of time travel and temporal paradoxes. There are some plot holes if you think about things too much, but overall the story is an entertaining slice of pulp SF fun with characters you do end up caring about.It's not a perfect game. There's some jankiness to the controls and occasionally dubious collision detection. The game also severely restricts where you can climb up walls and over obstacles but doesn't give you any way of differentiating these from the areas where you cannot, occasionally leaving you frustratingly bouncing up and down in front of a ledge you really should be able to grab hold of. The game also triggers your frequently-used "time surge" power (which sees you jump forward a dozen feet or so in one go) in the direction your character is facing, not that the camera is facing, occasionally resulting you in hurtling off in unexpected directions. Once you learn to leave a few moments for your character to turn around, it's not really a problem. The live-action TV sequences are also pretty decent - easily the best such things ever created for a video game - but whilst the main cast are excellent (especially Aidan Gillen, who turns in a better performance in the game than he's done in six seasons of Game of Thrones) some of the supporting actors are more enthusiastic than skilled. Oddly, it all fits in with the pulp B-movie feel of the piece.The game also suffers a little from having a generally smooth difficulty curve, but then featuring several quite ridiculous spikes, with no information context or information being given on how to defeat boss enemies. The final battle with its insta-death enemy attacks, which is easily ten times harder than any other fight in the game, is particularly guilty of this. It's certainly survivable, but it does interrupt the flow of the game.More impressively, the game has four different "junction" points. At each one of these junctions you have an important decision to make which will change the course of how the story unfolds. Using a temporal vision, you can see some (but not all) of the impacts your choice will make. The game signposts these moments quite clearly, allowing you to note which choice you've made so you can choose differently on a replay. For a linear action game with no multiplayer, such a system is vital to maintain interest and replayability to the game.Quantum Break (****) is a visually impressive game with dynamic, fun combat and a reasonably good story delivered through sympathetic characters (even the villains are quite well fleshed-out). There's some iffy performances and occasional insane difficulty spikes, but overall this is a very impressive, atmospheric and well-made game.

16.11.2016

It's one of those games that i can't live without playing....after MAX PAYNE 1 & 2 and ALAN WAKE , when i came to know that Remedy is coming up with this awesome title ...i couldn't wait...but coming to know that apart from xbox one it only came on win 10 - that really disappointed me.... but when news broke regarding a steam version , i was really happy and couldn't wait.... i wanted the physical copy and couldn't find in any shop...but thanks to AMAZON for providing this beautiful science fiction game....delivery was on time....nicely packed...the package contains 5 game DVDs , a Blu-Ray Disc featuring the making of the game , a soundtrack audio-cd, a poster, manuals ,

25.10.2018

Absolutely awesome game. Ignore any negative review for this, really don't understand them - IF you like Sci-Fi stories, and 3rd person shooters/action adventure, just try it.One of the best story games I've ever played, and I'm 33.TIP - Dissabling V-Sync, upscaling AND AA in game is a must, as well as turning down the shadows and water reflection if on a gtx1080 or lower (MASSIVE FPS hit for these, not much benefit).THEN enable V-Sync and AA through Nvidia control panel.On a gtx 1080, with game settings to 'high', these changes all made the game run at smoothly at 60fps, as opposed to running between 15 -32fps.The upscaling is horrid.

27.6.2019

This game is very very cool, the storyline, the graphics and the audio of this game are unbeatable. This is a Steam edition game and you'll need a free Steam account to install, activate and play this game.The game pack comes with 7 Discs in total, 5 DVD's for the game files, 1 Blu-Ray disc about the game making process and 1 Audio CD containing the official game soundtrack. It also contains a game poster and a manual booklet. There is also a hardcover book in the pack that narrates the development process of the game. This game will look cool in your game collection as the physical PC version is a 'Timeless Collector's Edition', as microsoft studios launched it originally for the PC digitally on Steam.

15.7.2018

Quantum Break, just like other Remedy games, is an exceptional single player story-oriented third person experience. The game is not just a Third Person Shooter, it has fast paced shooter segments with platforming segments, that may make you feel like you're playing mirror's edge. These platforming segments get boring at times but the stutters sequences, combat and storyline will more than make up for those.If you buy it here you get the timeless collectors edition which contains the actual game disks ( 5 of them), steam code, development history (in a Blu Ray disk), Poster, Soundtrack disk and a Dev diary. The game's packaging (not talking about Amazon's service here, I mean the actual box)

31.7.2019

The game is awesome, with awesome graphics and everything, as expected.The issue is that the box is big and has 9 dvds, out of which only one can be used. You start with disk 1, and it prompts you to download 40 GBs from the steam website. There is no other way to have it installed from the disks. Once you download it, the game starts. There is no point in buying the physical version. Also, with India wifi speeds, it is a major pain in the a**.Just so you know, if you uninstall it, and want to re-install and play it again later, you need to download the 40 GBs again.

1.8.2019

I received it today. During installation when I put in the 4th disk, nothing happens. It keeps asking for the 4th disk even when it's in the drive. please help me.also ,the disk is not damage because I can see files it contains.EDIT: I had to download the whole game from steam and now it's working fine.

14.6.2018

If you mess with time things get, well, messy. The main character is drawn into a very unfortunate series of events and gets some cool time powers for his trouble. The game also has a lot of live action cutscenes. Be sure you have a decent PC and enough space on your hard drive before buying.

17.2.2019

The premise of the overall game is magnificent.. Mr. Lake takes a very subtle approach on the intricacies of time and it's effects on the overall story.. Don't wanna spoil it for you! Also, Shawn Ashmore nailed it!!! But it while it's still available!

18.11.2016

I wasn't sure at first but I found this a quite enjoyable game and quite different to others I have played with its use of time. Only down side was that I thought the graphics were a little weak by modern standards.

15.5.2017

Short but a really good game with great story .Contains 5 installation disks, 1 soundtrack dvd and one blu ray disk.Downloaded 1.5 GB extra after installation which wasn't a problem for me.

19.11.2018

A very good looking collector's edition. Looks very good and is well worth the money. The game runs well on PC and overall is a great game which has a very gripping story.

6.3.2017

What a great game, if you have a decent pc you should be ale to run the game, graphics are amazing and for those that love Alan Wake y9u will not be dissapointed.