Games

Quantum Break

Remedy Entertainment

2016•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 17 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredisasterscience fictionsuperheromusic/dancevehiclesfasttried & testedimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging shooter that is fantastical, polished and breakneck. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

76 / 100

406 ratings

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About This Game

Fix Time Before It Destroys Everything! When time breaks, catastrophe becomes your playground. As hero Jack Joyce, you'll fight your way through epic disasters that stutter back and forth in time. But surviving this unstable world--and halting the end of time itself--is only possible by mastering your new time powers.

Summary: IGDB

Story

"Time has been broken. A Fracture in time, created by a time travel experiment that has gone wrong, is advancing at an inexorable pace. As a result, time itself is now stuttering to a halt and then restarting, causing the world to turn into a frozen tableau. Most are unaware of the imminent disaster. Jack Joyce is not one of these people: changed by the same experiment, he can see the damage as the Fracture advances; time keeps slipping more and more out of joint and as the world loses synchronization, destruction on a massive scale ensues. Jack is desperately trying to find a way to prevent...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDisasterScience fictionSuperheroMusic/danceVehiclesAll consuming questComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentaryUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

HelicopterTime travelTime manipulationFemale protagonistHand-to-hand combatBased on - tv showBullet timeEaster egg

Where to play

Details

Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Released: 5 April 2016
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 17h normally, 187h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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