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Looking back to 2016 and the unfulfilled potential of Quantum Break

James writes - "When a game is surrounded by a ton of hype, there’s often a sense of disappointment at release upon realisation that expectations haven’t been met. Unfortunately for the 2016 offering of Quantum Break, the developers behind it - Remedy - were not only held to high regard by the gaming masses, but the exciting time-traveling game with an interwoven live-action TV series within also showed promise of being a real game-changer. As if it didn’t need any further pressure, Quantum Break would be an Xbox console exclusive - a tag which carries a huge weight. Now, five years on, I wanted to explain how despite not living up to its full potential, Quantum Break is still very good and there’s plenty of enjoyment to be garnered from the experience."

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darthv721154d ago

This is one that I would love to see Remedy apply a 60fps patch to. Or at least MS can enable the FPS boost for it.

gamer78041153d ago

It’s a great game with a horrible last boss fight

Rude-ro1153d ago

Would need a lot of work via the 720p interlacing and motion blur for the 30fprs.

It would look far superior if they updated it for sure.

Magog1154d ago

Remedy wanted to make Alan Wake 2. Microsoft insisted they make a damn TV show.

darthv721154d ago (Edited 1154d ago )

Not quite. Remedy did shop AW2 around after MS decided to pass on it. Nobody was interested so they pitched the idea of QB and MS accepted that. MS didnt insist on anything for this. They only gave them the $$ to do what they wanted.

Magog1153d ago

You disagreed with me and then repeated what I said in different words. You don't think MS gave them feedback for the kind of game they wanted? This was during their TV TV TV era when they thought having TV picture in picture with games was what everyone wanted.

stiggs1153d ago

Do you have citations, links or any type of evidence to back up this claim?

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Ausbo1153d ago

The tv show part of quantum break was not the issue with the game

Petebloodyonion1153d ago

@Magog MS you are partly right
When Remedy asked for Alan Wake 2 MS wasn't sold on the idea but allowed them to do American Nightmare to see how it would fare (a lot of the ideas from the Alan wake 2 demo were recycled for American Nightmare).
Remedy asked again but MS favored Quantum Break.

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Espangerish1153d ago

The unfulfilled potential of Xbox exclusives sadly...let’s hope they turn it around this gen.

Automatic791153d ago (Edited 1153d ago )

I don't think there was unfulfilled potential. I would say the game was ahead of it's time. A very good game. I would add, the only thing holding this game back was the toxic discourse stemming from the launch of Xbox One, not to mention the discussion around graphics i.e. temporal reconstruction and resolution. I enjoyed the game and would love to see Remedy visit a sequel. Imagine Quantum Break 2 on Xbox Series X/S.

Atticus_finch1153d ago

The only thing toxic was the way MS advertised and lied about xone. Worst yet was the way xboys overhyped the game to death. Apart from that the game scored scored as expected, average.

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giovonni1153d ago

Summed it up beautifully. I enjoyed it, as specially the second play through and watching the live action watching it from the protagonist perspective was a good touch. Lime you said it was ahead of its time and attached to the toxic issues of the one.

Flewid6381153d ago

There are only 2 Microsoft games I ever enjoyed....this is one of em.

But I'm a PlayStation gamer and it felt like a PlayStation game, so I can see why it didnt appeal to the tastes of the Xbox community.

Kavorklestein1153d ago

It wasn't well supported, which is a shame, cuz it's actually a good game.

The lore, audio logs and datapads added lots of fun to the story side of the the game. And the live actions sequences actually were good in the right state of mind and context.

Flewid6381152d ago (Edited 1152d ago )

It's undoubtedly one of my top favorite games, I played it on Steam. That third-person, story-driven world stigma that PlayStation games have, while true, are games I enjoy thoroughly. So to see MS take a stab at it was exciting.

Such a shame it wasn't embraced, a sequel would've been nice, but at least we got Control which was also amazing.

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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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GamerRN78d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit78d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead77d 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

TheEroica77d ago

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

BISHOP-BRASIL77d ago

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

S2Killinit77d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash77d ago (Edited 77d ago )

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

StormSnooper77d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica75d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer78d 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

S2Killinit78d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer78d ago

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

S2Killinit77d ago

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

shinoff218377d ago (Edited 77d 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.

Friendlygamer77d 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

shinoff218377d 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)

StormSnooper77d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal78d 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.

TwoPicklesGood78d 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.

shinoff218377d ago

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

DarXyde78d 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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Petebloodyonion93d 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_Observer93d ago

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

Petebloodyonion93d ago

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

Lightning7793d 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_Observer93d ago (Edited 93d 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?

ZwVw93d ago (Edited 93d 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.

mastershredder93d ago (Edited 93d 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

Jingsing93d ago (Edited 93d ago )

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

isarai93d 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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15 Games That Like to Play With Your Mind

GB: "Some games reduce stress while others like to play with your mind."

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banger88391d ago

15 games on FIFTEEN pages? That's a NO from me.

Superliminal
Antichamber
Manifold Garden
Portal & Portal 2
The Stanley Parable
Monument Valley
Gorogoa
Thumper
Inscryption
Q.U.B.E. 2
Darq
Quantum Break
Perspective
Inside
The Swapper

IamTylerDurden1390d ago (Edited 390d ago )

I think Inscryption is the best game on that list. PT and Returnal i would offer. Returnal deserves a spot over some of the listed games. Especially after chapter 3. Maybe even Alice MR? Death Stranding? Kojima all together. To much smaller degree Dead Space. I'm spitballing.

I didn't play Thumper enough to see beyond the visual spectacle. Curious choice.

SullysCigar390d ago (Edited 390d ago )

I'd add FEAR and RE7 (when Ethan starts getting visions, especially in the boat) to that list.

Edit: and Here They Lie

Petebloodyonion390d ago

What no Eternal Darkness on the list?

BrainSyphoned389d ago

Only makes me think of gatcha loot crate game specifically built to play your mind into becoming an addict.