Quantum Break Critique | Beyond Ambition

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?

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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
   • Control Critique | Beyond The Weird  

Alan Wake Critique - Beyond Inspiration
   • Alan Wake Critique | Beyond Inspiration  


FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED

NG16: Making of Quantum Break: The Game Is About the Heroes, The Show Is About the Villains - Nordic Game
   • NG16: Making of Quantum Break: The Game Is...  

The Role of Music in Remedy's Games - Remedy Entertainment
   • The Role of Music in Remedy's Video Games  

Sam Lake on Alan Wake 2, Quantum Break and Innovation in Narrative - Polygon
   • Sam Lake on Alan Wake 2, Quantum Break and...  

Alan Wake Let's Play - Materwelonz
   • To the Power Plant - Let's Play Alan Wake ...  

Quantum Break Let's Play - RadBrad
   • Quantum Break Walkthrough Gameplay Part 1 ...  

Defiance: Angry Joe Interview - AngryJoeShow
   • Defiance: Angry Joe Interview  

E3 11: Defiance Interview - GameReactor
   • E3 11: Defiance interview  

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