The game itself is a fairly standard action title incorporating gunplay and cover-based shooting, with the addition of Remedy's trademark polish and new mechanics revolving around the manipulation of time. This is a natural development for the developers who gave us the first two (and best) Max Payne games, with their development of bullet time in gaming. Like their previous title, Alan Wake, Quantum Break will be broken up into episodes. Each episode of the game will be followed by a 22-minute TV episode expanding on the story. There will be four episodes as part of the game, although if the game is a big hit presumably more could be made.
The live-action port of the game will incorporate some pretty well-known genre hitters, with Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones), Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings, Lost), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, The Following) and Lance Riddick (The Wire, Fringe) being the most notable.
Quantum Break will be released on X-Box One on 5 April 2016. A later release on PC is likely, given Remedy's track record.
Wasn't Aidan Gillen in The Wire also? I'm not sure about the game, but they do have talented actors.
ReplyDelete"However, the game will also be part of a multimedia concept incorporating a digital TV series."
ReplyDeleteI hate this type of stuff, it never works, it always ends up being a complete failure
Possibly. It should be clarified that the digital TV stuff is inside the game itself, so you complete a gameplay chapter (or two or three) and then a 22-minute live-action cut scene plays out (with events varying based on your choices in the game) and then you return to the game. The TV part isn't completely separate to the game, but integrated into it.
ReplyDeleteThey haven't said yet if you can skip the TV stuff and still enjoy the game. It appears you can, as the TV stuff will be explaining the POV and activites of the bad guys whilst you play the good guys in the game, so they should complement one another rather than be essential.