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Self_Destructive
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On Windows 10 and I just got an update. Anyone know what it does? I'm gonna do some testing.
Twin Tails
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Then if you skip the cutscene the load times suck as well.
Resident_UA
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It depends which abilities you use more. Grenade and time freeze would work a lot better with actual cover...
I was OK with the quality (production values), but the writing for episode between Acts 4 and 5 was just insane. Not a single decision made by any character made sense
#sorrynotsorry
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The cover only exists this game recharge health and abilities. None of the abilities work well in cover. How could anyone think this is a typical cover shooter?
Astounding. I honestly respect him a bit less now.
Astounding. I honestly respect him a bit less now.
Comrade Crunch
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The game is kind of similar to Max Payne 3 in that regard, it also had a cover system, but it was only there for you to heal and get your bearings.
Somewhere in Act 2 atm and holy shit the game blows me away. I love the storyline, the asthetics, the gunfigts.
Remedys games always feel very unique and after while their games might always lack a few % to being masterpieces, they certainly join my Hall of Fame after this.
Also, did anyone else get Half-Life vibes in the opening scenes?
Remedys games always feel very unique and after while their games might always lack a few % to being masterpieces, they certainly join my Hall of Fame after this.
Also, did anyone else get Half-Life vibes in the opening scenes?
AgentOtaku
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Exactly
Resident_UA
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That's definitely NOT true. In fact as I mentioned before grenade and time freeze are kind of useless if you are trying to move around really fast.
Hawk269
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I am playing on Hard and taking my time. Been taking a ton of screen shots and looking in every nook and cranny. I am about 14 hours into the game and just Started Act 4, Part 1. I have died according to Achievements 54 times so far. I am not the greatest game player and certain engagements took me a few tries. I also tend to fight from distance, but been getting more up close as I get further in the game and using more of my powers to really engage the enemy more up close.
Even though I have not finished the game, it is really one of the best games I have played in a very long time. While there is some blurriness and some technical things that I wish it did not have, but what they have pulled off with all the effects, lighting and animation/character models is just breathtaking. It is really a tour de force in the visuals because it is not just flat lighting or gimmicky special effects, the stuff in this game is just surreal in the effects and what they do when you engage your powers.
Story has been fantastic and if there was any game that would merit replays it is this one. With the choices you make and the differenct things that can happen, I see myself playing it through a few more times...I most likely will do my replays on Normal difficulty. I have been righting down my choices so when I replay I will go opposite of what I did for the first playthrough.
Still wating for my PC code as I would love to play it through, especially after a few patches to fix some of the PC issues. Again, while I am not done, easily my GOTY so far and overall for visuals, I do have to say I think it is the best looking overall game on the Xbox One, closely followed by Ryse: Son of Rome.
Even though I have not finished the game, it is really one of the best games I have played in a very long time. While there is some blurriness and some technical things that I wish it did not have, but what they have pulled off with all the effects, lighting and animation/character models is just breathtaking. It is really a tour de force in the visuals because it is not just flat lighting or gimmicky special effects, the stuff in this game is just surreal in the effects and what they do when you engage your powers.
Story has been fantastic and if there was any game that would merit replays it is this one. With the choices you make and the differenct things that can happen, I see myself playing it through a few more times...I most likely will do my replays on Normal difficulty. I have been righting down my choices so when I replay I will go opposite of what I did for the first playthrough.
Still wating for my PC code as I would love to play it through, especially after a few patches to fix some of the PC issues. Again, while I am not done, easily my GOTY so far and overall for visuals, I do have to say I think it is the best looking overall game on the Xbox One, closely followed by Ryse: Son of Rome.
SavageCobra
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I clipped out the section where he's complaining about the powers and cover system if people don't want to scroll through the 50 minute video.
https://streamable.com/4jg1
WordsintheWater
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I finished it and I'm kinda lukewarm to it, I don't regret buying it, but man this had so much more potential then it reached.
I've played through this game twice now and I totally agree with everything Jeff said in his review, on the Bombcast, and in the Quick Look. And I would agree with his 2/5 score if I wasn't such a sucker for exploring Remedy's worlds, even if there's very little to explore in this game. It's such a fucking bummer coming off of Alan Wake, where they knew they were making a linear experience but there had to be substantial space to explore off the beaten path.
N7Commander95
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That whole video is soooo bad
I just kept thinking, why isn't he dodging, why isnt't he time stopping?
You cannot stop moving
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It didn't look like he was trying to play QB as designed.
He was complaining about the powers, yet..not using them.
He's having a conversation. And, coincidentally, it's about the time powers. Also, there's like 2 minutes of combat in that 45 minute video.
He also has more achievements than me in the game. Which I don't know how that's even possible, because I played through the game obsessively twice.
Wasn't Alan Wake at some point kind of open world?
Admiral Woofington
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The choices hopefully get better but I don't know why you'd deliberately (act 1 choice)
make shit way harder for your character when you're controlling the bad guy
I was lukewarm on it during the first act but this game...THIS FUCKING GAME. Getting better with each act I play.
Oh my! Explosions + a nice punch and kick in the face.
Yes, but with the way they talk about it, it seems like they knew at the time that a purely linear experience wouldn't be as fun. Then they turned around and did just that.
https://youtu.be/-GKoitm2lEg?t=1095
You keep repeating this complaint. Nothing ever shown or advertised made it seem like it was anything other than a linear story driven game. It's like criticizing NBA2K for not having a homerun derby mode. You're playing the wrong game
It took me 10 minutes in to realize this was a cover based shooter. Jeff is not immune to video game derp. No one is.
It's more like criticizing NBA2k2 for not including the modes that were in NBA2k1. Remedy has only made linear shooters, but not this linear. It's clear that their focus was just stretched too thin with other stuff.
That is not true. When moving around just stop and use time freeze and your are shielded(in "cover") and throw a time bomb and continue moving.
Zvonimir Boban
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Messofanego
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Haha holy shit this is exactly what I feared Jeff was playing like going by his review and now it's been confirmed, the dude literally plays it like any other cover shooter and complaining about no blindfire while making little use of dashing to move around. WHY ISN'T THIS GAME ENOUGH OF A COVER SHOOTER!!!
Still love ya, Jeff.
No, it's like criticizing a game for not doing what a prior game (not a sequel) from the same developer did.
There is no expectation that Remedy keep making the same sort of game.
You do realize this game was never billed as a sequel to Alan Wake in any way right?
And anyone who thinks this game honestly deserves to be in the category of 4/10 scored games is nutty.
The bubble shield effectively turns any area of the game into cover. I maxed that shield out first and it allowed me to get into all kinds of shit then regen straight away no matter what dumb ass situation I got into.
A god send in Act V Part 1.
Messofanego
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Go back and play Max Payne 1 and 2. They're linear as can be, as much as Quantum Break. It's only Alan Wake that is wide linear and that's mostly down to starting off as open world.
Guys, I've been trying to do the final boss on Hard for over an hour and a half now. I don't think I've even gotten the boss down to half health yet. Am I missing something? Having to waste 40 seconds in loading screens after every death is getting frustrating too.
I don't understand the red bombs? Is the only possible way to survive them to do the time sprint? I die from them everytime, because i literally have zero idea how t counter it, or what it even is.
"in real life one would hold the gun and just shoot this guy right here......"
???
i thought this was a video game
I will never understand how someone in gaming media reviewing games can be this BAD. Can't imagine him reviewing a souls game
Quantum Break has a wider appeal than Alan Wake, I think. It should definitely sell better than that, right?
Zvonimir Boban
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Haha, oh dear. The moral of this story is to never trust the opinions of a man who shits on Yoshi's Island. This is what too much Stree Overlord and Four Loko does to a person.
I thought it was pretty fucking amazing but now I'm not so sure. Apparently you never feel awesome and the powers don't flow together.
TheUnsunghero26
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It also helps that it's not being released the same day as a Rockstar game.
ElRenoRaven
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Wow. That's sad. Makes me wonder if other reviewers who rated it low played the same way. It certainly is not a cover shooter. You're a dead man if you stay in cover too long. As mentioned cover is for grabbing a second of regen or hiding behind to plot an attack. You can launch some time stops and blasts from it but after that you have to move move move.
I'll just say it honestly: Sorry, but he plays like sh**.
Good one xD
dragonflys545
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Just got to Act 4. While the game is fun and I'm enjoying the power it comes with, I feel like they could have made it so much better after this many years. All the encounters even in Hard mode feels way to easy. Is there any other modes after I beat Hard?
If this game had allowed modding on the PC it'd be amazing. I remember having so much fun playing the Matrix/Kung Fu Mod for Max Payne 1 and 2...
If this game had allowed modding on the PC it'd be amazing. I remember having so much fun playing the Matrix/Kung Fu Mod for Max Payne 1 and 2...
Sodding_Gamer
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I completed the game last night and I agree wholeheartedly with this mini review. Literally took the words out my mouth. What a ride it was. I hear you on the length. It was absolutely perfect and I loved the pacing too.
ElRenoRaven
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I will have to say I do have one complaint about Junction 3.
So The first time though I picked to side with the doctor over hatch. The 2nd time here I'm siding with Hatch yet other then a few seconds it plays out the same. What's the point of choosing Hatch if ultimately he still sides with the doctor? Doesn't that kind of make that choice a waste? I'm hoping I'm wrong and that it leads to something more later but I doubt it after watching the episode.
SlasherJPC
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It's ok for people to dislike a game. It happens. Sometimes you fall on the smaller percentage of common opinion and sometimes totally opposite of the majority of players.
done my second playthrough now.
i think Alan Wake is far and away the better game. better written with a more developed story and characters and honestly, a better playing game, too. enemy evasion and resource management on higher difficulties makes QB look its always got training wheels on with its power cooldown times.
i also believe Alan Wake made better use of the tv show structure with better constructed chapters and chapter transitions. similarly, its heavy use of in game collectibles in the form of Wake's manuscript pages were better thematically integrated into that game than they are in QB (reading emails every 20 ft on randomly discarded cellphones and tablets is a weird gameplay conceit that breaks immersion and suspension of disbelief somewhat).
QB is okay, but its no AW.
i think Alan Wake is far and away the better game. better written with a more developed story and characters and honestly, a better playing game, too. enemy evasion and resource management on higher difficulties makes QB look its always got training wheels on with its power cooldown times.
i also believe Alan Wake made better use of the tv show structure with better constructed chapters and chapter transitions. similarly, its heavy use of in game collectibles in the form of Wake's manuscript pages were better thematically integrated into that game than they are in QB (reading emails every 20 ft on randomly discarded cellphones and tablets is a weird gameplay conceit that breaks immersion and suspension of disbelief somewhat).
QB is okay, but its no AW.
Bornstellar
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Having a blast with the game, but it should be harder. Playing on hard feels pretty normal.
Also, normally agree with Jeff on a lot of stuff, but he definitely got this one way wrong. The game is not a cover shooter, and should not be played as such.
Also, normally agree with Jeff on a lot of stuff, but he definitely got this one way wrong. The game is not a cover shooter, and should not be played as such.
Yes, it is.
haven't done 2 playthroughs yet but i chose
to trust hatch, and even though he realizes very soon that hatch isn't on his side he still doesn't trust amaral after that, and it's made especially clear in episode 4.