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PC Gamer
Top Critic
Apr 7, 2016
An average shooter tied to a compelling, confident story, but the TV show is ultimately an expensive, if entertaining, gimmick.
Game Rant
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break pushes the third-person genre through a star-studded cast and time-bending gameplay, although it lacks the replay value that many may have hoped for.
IGN
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break is a stylish, often-exhilarating third-person shooter wrapped up in a tautly paced tale of time travel.
Eurogamer
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
A slick yet hollow hybrid of television and third-person shooting, Quantum Break sees electric style winning out over a lack of substance.
Apr 1, 2016
The elements of a fantastic and creative action game are all present and correct, and at times Quantum Break is indeed both of those things. But unfortunately its various disparate parts tend to get in each other's way, leading to a needlessly complicated presentation that inhibits anything from shining as brightly as it should.
Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
A less than fruitful mix of TV show and video game, where although the individual components are competent they're never quite interesting enough to justify the peculiar set-up.
Easy Allies
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Game Informer
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
The show leaves a bit to be desired, but the game is full of breakneck firefights and stunning action set pieces
Polygon
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break is a surprising success
GameSpot
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break looks slick, but bouts of ineffective gameplay and its mixed-media construction make this a hit-and-miss experience.
Kotaku
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Despite how pedestrian some aspects of the game may be, I concluded Quantum Break feeling like something new had happened. Something special had happened that more than compensated for some of the flatness of the story and the mostly rote gunplay. A game simply never worked like this before, nor has a TV show. Because of that, what might have otherwise been ordinary feels extraordinary.
Giant Bomb
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break is an ambitious experience, but neither the video game nor the live-action sides of this time travel story come together in a satisfactory way.
USgamer
Top Critic
Apr 6, 2016
A bold experiment in marrying passive and interactive elements to create a narrative game, Quantum Break almost succeeds. It looks utterly stunning, and it's fun to play, but overall the game doesn't quite gel with its TV show-style episodes to elevate its experience into something new. What we're left with is an enjoyable game and a half-decent TV show that coexist together, but don't feel like they're fundamentally entwined.
Destructoid
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Breakwon't at all times feel like a game, as the player spends a fair chunk of time relegated to spectator. But, no matter which side Quantum Breakis showing, it's always going to be a spectacular one.
Game Revolution
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Despite some quite good late-in-the-story character beats, Quantum Break is still just another cautionary tale about time travel. It seems the one thing that never gets an alternate universe path is the notion that time is something that we should never mess with, which is kind of obvious by now. Perhaps this story could have bucked that trend. What saves Quantum Break, though, is the abundance of content and its integration of time-based abilities in combat. I might not have like the live-action episodes, but someone might especially when compared to narratives in other games. And there are all those narrative collectibles. This a game with something for everyone. None of it is exemplary, but as a weekend rental, it's not a bad way to spend your, well, you know…
Areajugones
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
In conclusion, we are facing a narratively shocking game. I thank Remedy for the courage she has had in adding new features to a genre that I have not enjoyed for a long time. The inclusion of a series in which parts of the story are told is a risky experiment but it has turned out to be a success. Those of us who like this type of video game that are closer to a movie or an American series, will have found in Quantum Break another worthy title to pass through our console. The use of powers allows us to also include some fun, well-run shootouts with lots of action that will also be liked by all those fans of action games and shooters. Defining all the key points of Quantum Break was necessary, because although it is normal for these types of games to have a shorter duration and are somewhat more linear, we do not want anyone to be confused about what this title is. We are in front of an incredible work in the narrative, with errors, with weaker aspects but with a great personality and a taste for risk that has favored them in their decisions.
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Hobby Consolas
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break may fail as a hybrid between series and video game but the playable parts are entertaining, spectacular and the combat system hooks its own. The story is also one of the best we have played.
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TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
Quantum Break is an engaging and enjoyable narrative experience, and it makes the most of its stellar cast, pushing the boundaries of storytelling in games and presentation. However, it won't be for everyone, particularly those who don't like to be led by the hand or don't want to spend an extended amount of time watching content rather than interacting with it. It also falsely makes you feel like you have a choice, but then, that's much of its point, and despite a few missteps this is a story well worth experiencing.
Forbes
Top Critic
Apr 5, 2016
This is a genuinely new experience, and I'm beyond glad that Remedy took this bizarre risk and made it. This is a game that feels special, new, and worth trying. I doubted this thing, I really did. But damn if it didn't get me in the end.
Shacknews
Top Critic
Apr 1, 2016
At one point, Paul Serene emphatically states that the timeline is set, and that the adventof time fracturing and collapsing on itselfcan't be avoided. There is only one reality, he argues. If Quantum Break is a game fractured between two worlds, the one reality set for us as players is the one in which it's a shooter that often isn't a shooter, and a storythat doesn't fully explore its narrative potential. It has intriguing ideas regardingboth, but in this case, two halves don't really make a whole.
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