![]() It leads to some incredibly powerful moments dealing with hope and despair in equal measure, with the entire cast of captured actors doing a fine job of bringing their characters to life in astonishing detail.ĭetail here being an operative word, because Remedy have painstakingly created a world within which Quantum Break exists that feels so real, so engrossing that it’s hard not to get lost within it. What seems like exposition heavy sequences at the start slowly reveal themselves as pivotal moments in the games narrative, as Remedy reigns in the temptation to hop from time period to time period and instead uses (in my opinion) a far more grounded, reasonable approach to how time and its flow works. It might not seem that way after a campy first Act and a bit, where Quantum Break is so desperately trying to establishes it universe rules, character motives and direction before really diving in, but Quantum Break picks up these pieces in intriguing ways from then on. It’s this accident that imbues Jack with most of his time-bending powers, but one that accelerates the often scientifically intriguing narrative forward at a blisteringly fast pace. Jack, the brother to one of the world’s leading scientists in the fictional field of Joyce particles, unwittingly becomes a major player in an event known as the Fracture – an avalanche of misbehaving chronon particles that will eventually bring about the end of time. ![]() In no time at all you’re introduced to both Jack Joyce and Paul Serene, played by brilliantly motion-captured actors Shawn Ashmore and Aiden Gillen respectively. Remedy Entertainment are no strangers to telling engaging, captivating stories that manage to subvert your expectations of them, and Quantum Break starts out no differently. Quantum Break, the intellectually stimulating time-travelling third person shooter tackles these questions head on in a powerful narrative adventure, that manages to rank in the upper echelons of gaming experiences this generation. What happens when we go back and try and change something? Does the future change? Does it remain intact? Is the action of trying to change something the reason it occurred in the first place? Does that mean we have no control over the future? Does it mean we do? ![]() Time travel is confusing business, and there’s a reason no one has cracked this particular egg just yet. ![]()
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