Quantum Break is an upcoming action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios, to be released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. A Quantum Break digital live-action series is also in production. The game will feature digital episodes that interact with the game based on the player's choices.
Gameplay:
Quantum Break is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game. Players play as Jack Joyce, a person with time manipulation powers in a world where time stutters, making everything freeze except Joyce. Players can use a variety of firearms, as well as their time-manipulating powers to defeat enemies in the game. Joyce can stop time temporarily, allowing him to escape from attacks or freeze enemies, unleash a "Time Blast", which is an offensive projectile, and reverse the direction of bullets. He can also interact with the environments, creating environmental effects that would harm hostile characters. He can also utilize his "Time Rush" ability, which allows him to spawn right next to an enemy to perform an immediate melee takedown. Alternatively, he can speed up the time as well and swap between covers to diversify attention from unaware enemies. As for defensive abilities, Joyce can protect himself from attacks by deploying a "Time Shield", which can deflect bullets, performing "Time Dodge", which allows him to dash quickly to evade from attacks or simply hiding behind cover.
There are also less action-orientated segments in the game, where players have to solve environmental puzzles while progressing the game like a 3D platform game. With time stuttering and collapsing, objects may get trapped in a time loop. This would make them to become environment hazards and enter an unstable state which are constantly shifting, and would hence create dangerous situations for players, such as them repeatedly smashing into a platform. These objects would become obstacles that would block players' way, and they can be overcome by slowing down or stopping time, so that Joyce can escape from these objects and progresses without getting hurt. He can also call help by reviving frozen non-playable characters.
The gameplay is split into segments. After playing through a segment of the game an episode of the digital show will play. In the game, the video game portion will tell the story of the protagonists while the show will tell the story of the antagonists. Players can make choices as the antagonist in the beginning of each episode of the TV show, also known as "the junction points". These decisions would influence the state of the game.
Plot:
Quantum Break is set at and around Riverport University, a fictional university set in the Northeastern United States, where a time travel experiment has gone wrong. The event not only causes time to start breaking down, but also grants the two main characters—Jack Joyce and Paul Serene—different time-based abilities. For example, Serene, the main antagonist, can see into the future to decide which choices to make in the present; while Joyce, one of the two protagonists, can stop time. Joyce and Wilder are pursued by Monarch Solutions, a corporation founded by Serene.
Development:
Quantum Break was revealed with a teaser trailer during the Xbox One reveal event on 21 May 2013. While developing the game, developers Remedy Entertainment consulted a scientist lecturer who had worked at CERN who taught them how to write the plot in such a way that it adhered to current theoretical physics. The game was initially scheduled for release in 2014 but was subsequently delayed until 2015. It was further delayed to 2016 so as to make the final product more "polished" while not clashing with other Microsoft exclusives scheduled to be released in late 2015. Remedy has created a brand new engine to power Quantum Break called the "Northlight Engine". The game is set to be released on 5 April 2016.
In February 2016, it was announced that Quantum Break would be released on PC exclusively for Windows 10 via Windows Store and would require DirectX 12.
On 21 February 2016, Remedy confirmed that the game had been declared gold, indicating it was being prepared for duplication and release.
Digital series:
A Quantum Break live-action series that is included in the game has been produced by Lifeboat Productions and Microsoft. The pitch is that "The game is about the heroes and the show is about the villains". Remedy has stated that "how you play the game impacts the show, and the show informs how you play the game." At the end of each game episode the player will be presented with a choice, that affects the events in both the game and the show. The cast for the TV series includes Shawn Ashmore, Aidan Gillen and Courtney Hope who will play the three main characters Jack Joyce, Paul Serene and Beth Wilder respectively. The series consists of four episodes, that are about 22 minutes each. In order for players to get the whole story of the game, players are encouraged to watch the series.
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