A commentary, critique, and retrospective of Quantum Break - Remedy's black sheep.
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Quantum Break was ambitious, and weird, and fascinating, and very little about it works the way Remedy hoped it would. In hindsight, the combat serves as a tech demo for what Control would later refine. Despite the likability factor of Shawn Ashmore, Jack Joyce is a potato of a protagonist. Despite the game’s visuals being slick and cool, and the machinations of its time travel having eons of potential, the sum of its parts undercut it at almost every turn.
So that’s what we’re going to look at here. Just like a fracture, we’re going to tear Quantum Break apart to see what’s good, what’s bad, and to ask the question – does Remedy’s techno-thriller go beyond its ambitions?
SOCIAL MEDIA
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - A quick history lesson
0:07:31 - Act 1: Quantum Jack
0:23:18 - Intermission: Monarch Solutions
0:29:18 - Act 2: Quantum Time
0:49:15 - Intermission: Prisoner
0:56:12 - Act 3: Quantum Punch
1:09:39 - Intermission: Defiance (not that one)
1:16:36 - Act 4: Quantum Wake
1:35:40 - Intermission: Lifeboat Protocol
1:44:19 - Act 5: Quantum Mistake
CRITIQUES REFERENCED
Control Critique - Beyond the Weird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Lkk0TQIuw&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmS5TUb_HukqE1t1bu9stxuT&index=4
Alan Wake Critique - Beyond Inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNjkTAhGrc&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmS5TUb_HukqE1t1bu9stxuT&index=6
FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
NG16: Making of Quantum Break: The Game Is About the Heroes, The Show Is About the Villains - Nordic Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyn5URB_2Yg
The Role of Music in Remedy's Games - Remedy Entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW5A49GO_Qw&t=126s
Sam Lake on Alan Wake 2, Quantum Break and Innovation in Narrative - Polygon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHdzuF-9yKM
Alan Wake Let's Play - Materwelonz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtlym50wOck
Quantum Break Let's Play - RadBrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dhFM8zLNk&list=PLs1-UdHIwbo72bK5NJfC19zvTaUTSKHpK
Defiance: Angry Joe Interview - AngryJoeShow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uule_TmhU7M&t=249s
E3 11: Defiance Interview - GameReactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7-C_tV9PQ
- All music used was licenced by Artliist -
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