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Quantum Break plays like a dream

Destructoid:

Seriously, though, good bye cover-based shooting, a relic of 2008-2014. I'm singing "Return of the Max" in my head right now. Sure there's no dive, but there is a sort of quick teleport that automatically triggers slow motion. It makes for a lot of good zipping around areas a la Vanquish.

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PeaSFor3726d ago ShowReplies(8)
christocolus3726d ago

Nice. Love all I've seen so far. I'm ready for April 5th.

Black0ut3725d ago

Aww yeah! Gonna start with my copy I buy on Xbox and then move to my other copy on PC down the track to see how beautiful it is on my rig.

QB is looking wonderful and I hope everyone else has a blast when it releases!

christocolus3725d ago (Edited 3725d ago )

Nice. I hope you enjoy using the cross save feature.

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Black0ut3725d ago

@bruce because I have many friends on Live that I talk to while playing single player games such as this one... That and I WANT to see the differences.

I get a free copy for PC so why wouldn't I?

riverstars863725d ago

@Blackout

Just so you know, you can still party chat with your Xbox One friends from your PC using the Xbox App. Happy gaming!

mark_parch3725d ago

can you defo chat from pc to xbox one as most of my friends game on xbox one and its one of the reasons I haven't switched to pc

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4Sh0w3725d ago

-Some highlights that got me excited:

"Quantum Break does indeed feel great, which speaks to Remedy's "feelings over features" mantra wherein they "come up with the story and universe" and build the game out from there." 

"In the few hours I played I still felt there was a skill ceiling high above me, which is rare for shooters, which tend to be mechanically similar." 

"This is all some top shelf action game shit, complex and fluid. Carrying all of my reservations into Quantum Break, the gunplay impressed the hell out of me."

"Quantum Break is filled with realistic graffiti."

"You can see the buttons and stitching on protagonist Jack Joyce's shirt."

"Cardboard boxes -- cardboard fucking boxes -- even have the arcane hieroglyphs only postal workers and truck drivers understand. The level of environmental and texture detail is off the charts. It's almost dangerous because I want to read every single bit of text in the game, even if it's a mustard bottle label or cash register display ($1.07, by the way)."

"I can't imagine how good the finished product is going to look running in 4K in the Windows 10 release (there are ways to get both for the price of one, plus various free copies of Alan Wake, most of which is pre-order tied), though I only messed with the Xbox One version."

-Great news for fans anticipating the release of QB. My X1 is ready.

christocolus3725d ago

That's insane. It seems we have a winner here.

PistolsAtDawn3725d ago

You KNOW a game is amazing if the allow reviews out over a MONTH before the game releases.

LightofDarkness3726d ago

"Return of the Max"

Who is Max and why is his return celebrated through song?

Ah, pedantry.

fei-hung3726d ago

Play on words from a song called "return of the Mark," by Mark Morrison, very cleverly changed by inserting name of the main protagonist from Max Payne.

LightofDarkness3726d ago (Edited 3726d ago )

Probably should've read the article then, but then I don't like fluffy previews. Sounds good, but the gameplay shown was kind of hum drum, and looked good enough but somehow standard. He mentions the death of cover shooters then shows gameplay footage that begins with extended cover shooting. I'll put that down to player ignorance for now, but we'll see when it releases.

"return of the Mark"

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Let's just call it even on that one ;)

Aries833726d ago (Edited 3726d ago )

Return of the "Mack." Love that song lol.

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fei-hung3725d ago

That's what I wrote, but phone autocorrected to Mark lol

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MachuchalBrotha3163726d ago

No doubt another great game for the collection.

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You're still overlooking this Remedy sci-fi shooter, and its 89% cheaper on Steam Deck

Before Control Resonant launches, you need to play Remedy's mind-bending Quantum Break, one of the best third-person shooters around.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN789d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit789d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead788d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica788d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL788d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit788d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash788d ago (Edited 788d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper788d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica787d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer789d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit789d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer789d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit788d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff2183788d ago (Edited 788d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer788d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff2183788d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper788d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal789d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood789d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff2183788d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde789d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Now that Remedy owns Control, it’s time to reclaim Quantum Break

Alan Wake 2 studio Remedy Entertainment has reclaimed the rights to Control, and now sci-fi hit Quantum Break deserves the same treatment.

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Petebloodyonion805d ago

Totally agree with that especially when Quantum Break has several references to Alan Wake and Alan Wake make allusions to QB.
I do believe that MS and Remedy can work things out and MS has usually been nice to devs and publishers regarding IP.

Obscure_Observer805d ago

They can't "reclaim" what was never theirs.

Petebloodyonion804d ago

I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP.

Lightning77804d ago

MS is not doin anything with it. Plus they're doing a multiverse of their own so Remedy needs the IP.

If MS wants to have exclusive let it be timed for 6 months then go to other platforms. MS seems to be, let's say, generous with some if their games as of late.

Or have QB2 be multiplat from the jump, put it on GP. Keeping QB2 as an exclusive is kinda weird these days.

Obscure_Observer804d ago (Edited 804d ago )

@Petebloodyonion

"I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP."

Good luck

@Lightning77

"MS is not doin anything with it."

Japan Studio is dead nd Sony isn´t doing anything with Bloodborne either! Yet I can 100% guarantee that there´s a far bigger demand for a sequel, remake or even a remaster for that game from both PS5 and PC gamers.

That been said, why don´t you ask Sony tol sell the IP to Fromsoftware now that according to rumors, they bought Elden Ring from Bandai?

ZwVw805d ago (Edited 805d ago )

Reclaim? That would mean that they actually owned the ip at one point, which they never did (MS always has). Apples & oranges. Remedy always owned the Control ip (just not the publishing), as they have with Alan Wake.

About as likely as them getting the Max Payne rights from Rockstar.

mastershredder805d ago (Edited 805d ago )

Sending you game to a publisher does not mean they get "rights to own it " unless that was part of the contract (monetary/ strategic reasons). 505 was the publisher they worked with to publish and distribute it, it dos not mean that 505 flat out "owned" anything, clearly they did have a special arrangement that made them open to limit their publishing rights. and so here we are and big whoop

Jingsing804d ago (Edited 804d ago )

Yeah get Quantum Break PS5, only if you put it on disc with all the associated movie material.

isarai804d ago

I mean they got the Alan Wake IP back from MS, so I feel like they could get QB back as well

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