Remedy explain why Quantum Break is Taking so Long

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“Lake explains the project needs every second of that extra time to perfect its potential unique experience.It’s many things,” he says. “Just thinking about Quantum Break, as an example, there’s a lot of new technology, [Xbox One is] a new platform, it’s a new universe, new story, there’s new core gameplay. [That means] a lot of prototyping, and a lot of discovery. On the whole show side, there are a lot of challenges to figure out. It does end up taking time and, yes, we want to keep the quality high, so we don’t want to make certain kinds of compromises,”

[christocolus]

Nice to see Remedy taking their time with this baby.

Odahp (xbox one subreddit)saw some new QB gameplay demos at a recent event,for those who dont mind MINOR SPOILERS you can go ahead and click the link below. he is also answering questions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/xb...

[DragonbornZ]

Nice Nice thanks for the link. Bubs up.

[Bnet343]

Yeah for real. Take your time, I still need to catch up on a bunch of other games XD

[badz149]

Tbh, Remedy should even have to explain anything. It's because they are Remedy, of course they will take their time making their games like nothing else matters! It should have been known by now.

[christian hour]

Remedy always take their time, good to see nothing has changed! And they're always worth the wait. Plus it gives me more time to save those pennys for an XB1 :3

It's sad that in todays climate devs have to come out and explain to rabid internet people why their games are taking so long (the big 3 are part responsible for this for releasing annual clones and rushing games out the door I suppose...)

Sound one Christocolus for the reddit link!

[medman]

Quantum Break is taking so long because they've changed so much of the cast and I'm sure are polishing like mad trying to make the game as good as it can be. I don't own an xbox one yet, but this is perhaps the one game I see on the horizon for early 2016 that would make me break down and buy one....I just wish Microsoft would hurry up and offer the slim xbox one already....

[AizenSosuke]

Pretty Uncharted 4 syndrome right here which is not a bad thing.

[DigitalRaptor]

Didn't Alan Wake also take a fairly long time to come out? I'd rather these developers not be rushed and take their time to cook up something truly special.

[Skate-AK]

Announced in 2005 and released in 2010. So yeah, it was a while, 5 years.

[Lamboomington]

It explains why their games are that good.

[Picnic]

Alan Wake was still a compromise of what the original more open world plan was though, so that it didn't break the story. It's a lovely looking game but only got about 80% averages because of repetitive combat and not enough to do during the day. Still, for atmosphere, meta fiction and a commencement of the kinds of set pieces that will be seen in QB, a highly worthwhile game.

[Lamboomington]

@Picnic

Was a little repetitive, but it was still an amazing game for me. The quality of the storytelling and the gameworld, the visuals, the gameplay ideas.

[christian hour]

Yup, started out as an open world game too when first revealed, but they couldnt tell the story the way they wanted to with the pacing that was required in an open world setting, so they went back to the drawing board and we got an incredible game for it :D

A lot of other devs would not have such luxuries but Remedy fought tooth and nail to get all the time they needed to deliver the experience they envisioned.

[slasaru01]

Alan Wake suffered several engine changes. And the last revision was still unoptimized for xbox 360.

[Genuine-User]

Take your time and create the best game you possibly can. I appreciate it.

[alti]

"we had no idea how long it would take to make a quality game. MS said it would only be like 7 months on average, but, here we are.."

[christian hour]

7 months on average?! Where the hell did MS get that number from!? XD

[Kingdomcome247]

They didn't say that. He's just trolling. OT: I'm beyond pumped for this game. It's been my most eagerly awaited game for over two years now. I can't wait for this, Deus Ex, UC 4, and Mirrors Edge all to come out around the same time. I'm just praying that we don't get another delay. Please let April 5'th be final.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Alan Wake was absolutely worth the wait in my eyes. In a few weeks I'll be building a half decent pc for my steam collection and look forward to thrashing through it again with the visuals jacked up. Really stoked for Quantum Break.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Good things come to those who wait.

[badz149]

That is not what xbone owners said about PS4's slogan "greatness awaits" though.

[Bathyj]

I have no problem with a dev that has the balls to delay their game to reach their vision.

Honestly, I dont know how anyone makes a release date. How can you announce a game 2 or 3 years from release in some cases and know what exact day it will be ready?

If I asked you shovel 2 tonnes of sand, could you tell me what time you'd be done by? Theres so many variables and people to manage on a huge AAA game, its an immense undertaking.

[coolbeans]

The uncertainty of time spent is the nature of the business for a lot of jobs, really. Even more complicated in game developer's cases is the new technology in each generation and the new set of variables that come with that too. Still, part of the job (like many others) is having a discipline on timeline or you could get in trouble fast.

Lesson I'm witnessing at current job site too.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Cause it will be 2016's GOTY

[DragonDDark]

Uncharted 4.
Zelda.
Don't know about new IPS getting GOTYs... that's rare.. except for TLOU lol

[coolbeans]

Titles like Dishonored, Journey, Bioshock, and more are some popular examples of it last gen as well.

[kupomogli]

@coolbeans

Imo Dishonored shouldn't have even came close to grabbing the title. It's like the journalists played the opening of the game, which was good, but then stopped playing after chapter two where the game went through a downward spiral of suck.

But you're right in that there were a lot of new ips that got GotY last gen.

Uncharted
Gears of War
Bioshock
Batman Arkham
Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect
Little Big Planet
Borderlands
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Dead Space
The Walking Dead
Dragon Age
Alan Wake

Also a lot of games that should have got game of the year but didn't.

[CrowbaitBob]

Zelda releasing in 2016? Good luck with that.

[christian hour]

Several games will be 2016 GOTY's, because every gaming review site and outlet awards them, and it's all subjective, and it doesn't really mean anything.

Awarding Art has never made a lick of sense to me. It's not why we create things. Okay, it's why SOME people create things, but those particular works are usually devoid of any heart and soul.

If I was asked to pick one game out of any year as my GOTY, I'd tell you to feck on! How dare you ask me to pick JUST one :) (please read all of this in a non serious tone, while I mean what I say, I mean no offence by any of it)

[DigitalRaptor]

You really, really think that don't you?

Very bold against other games that clearly are doing more and offer more. Especially bold since it's a new IP and not so often do those win GOTY. The game looks hot, and If it's as "revolutionary" as Sam Lake and MS insist, then it could be in the running, but everything we've seen so far doesn't appear to be a far cry away from inFamous: Second Son in terms of gameplay and good/bad choices affecting the story, and that game was on nobody's GOTY list.

Based on everything we know about both studios and both games, Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4 has more of a shot at unanimous GOTY. Some people might award QB for being "fresher", but you can only look at what we know, and you can't even try and pretend that it's any different.

[gangsta_red]

This game has a way better chance of being GOTY than U4. This game is taking a big chance by incorporating live actors and the live action part changing by the choices you make in the game.

It also seems to take the elements of controlling time to a whole new level than seen before in games. The attention to detail found in the gameplay is outstanding.

Uncharted 4 only at this moment looks good but by the gameplay seen it's still the absolute same as the last three installments. Nothing new is being done to shake up that series.

I doubt that U4 will win GOTY, it will win some awards just because of how good it looks but that won't cut it since a lot of games this gen so far look great.

But these are just our opinions of what we think will be GOTY.

[Subaruwrx]

@DigitalRaptor and gangsta_red. Making GOTY predictions before games release is futile. Obviously, we can't know how good they will be until they release.

[snoopgg]

Yeah, I agree with you, this game has alot of Max Payne like qualities to it, so I don't see how it is any fresher then any other game out.

[DigitalRaptor]

@ Subaruwrx

Nothing wrong with that. We all do it, and it makes sense to call out somebody talking unlikely rubbish.
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@ gangsta_red

Troll comment or ignorance? It doesn't matter what your opinion of Quantum Break vs. Uncharted 4. I don't know why you have such a problem with me replying to this dude. He often says "best 3rd-person action shooter", which would also lose because UC4's gameplay looks tighter, more fun and less repetitive - and it has online multiplayer.

I'm pretty sure Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3 or The Last of Us were not the absolutely most innovative or risky games in their respective years, but they won unanimous GOTY because they were incredible games, and according to an overwhelming consensus, the absolute best games that year. And yeah.. I've already heard your opinion regarding your imaginary TLOU playthrough, so don't try and bring out the "overrated" card. Too easy. UC4 has a way better chance of winning GOTY simply by being Uncharted and the biggest game on PS4 so far - and what we've seen so far looks incredible. Its DLC will also very likely release at the end of the year, reminding people why they loved the sprawling conclusion to Drake's story so much.

You are completely wrong about UC4 changing nothing. "Absolute same" same shows you have laughable knowledge of that game, and you clearly don't follow any updates on it. Or maybe you just look harder to find great things in your favourite Xbox exclusives, and less at the PS4 ones.

I'll name 1 new thing UC4 brings to its series: wide-linear gameplay. There have been analyses done on all of its gameplay so far, and the attention to detail in the gameplay is staggering. I'll leave it to you to find those and inspect the "attention to detail" that you are clearly ignoring in everything we've seen in UC4, whilst exaggerating in QB.

That leads me here - you are also guilty here of over-selling your upcoming Xbox exclusive (something you accuse me of), when in fact you don't specify what you are suggesting. Furthermore, shall we award games just because they have choices that affect the story at key moments, and let you watch the cutscenes?

inFamous: Second Son did that in 2014. You know nothing about QB's execution in this regard. But points for trying?

[gangsta_red]

More over selling just like your list of features and designs for The Order not too long ago. I remember you said something along the lines of CQC combat that changes outcomes, choice driven narrative or something similar, all which turned out to be not true and all due to your fact finding that just consisted of you watching a couple of youtube videos and then coming up with your own theories of what you think you saw.

I'm positive you have applied that same non-logic to U4.

QB has a better chance of being GOTY simply because of it being a new IP and one of Xbox's biggest more ambitious titles for the system. Not to mention Remedy's excellent track record and also attention to detail. How about you go back and look at the videos, the many gameplay demos and check it out for yourself.

"...shall we award games just because they have choices that affect the story at key moments, and let you watch the cutscenes?"

Why not, since you are willing to award U4 just because a past Uncharted game was given that award. So by your flawed logic U4 is up for grabs just on that alone.

And I'm sorry but you never see me over selling a game, no where near the way you do. You see me excited for a game and speculating what a game will have. But listing features, designs and anything else just based on what I think I saw and then adding fancy names to them instead of just calling them what it is like QTE's (for example) is something I never do, unlike you.

inFamous: Second Son did that? C'mon keep reaching for the stars Digital. Did inFamous also have live action with huge stars in these roles acting out those multiple cut scenes? No...okay.

"I don't know why you have such a problem with me replying to this dude."

No problem at all Digital, but what you should be asking yourself is why do you have a problem with that dude thinking that QB in a QB article will be GOTY? Why do you feel the need to try and argue that Uncharted 4 is GOTY and not QB in a QB article.

"...which would also lose because UC4's gameplay looks tighter, more fun and less repetitive - and it has online multiplayer."

Oh so LOOKING at both U4 and QB you have come to this "logical" and "fact" filled conclusion right Digital? I wonder if you are just making this up based on your extreme bias that seems to skew always towards Sony. Interesting, I thought you always used logic and facts?

[Dirtnapstor]

Take your sweet time Remedy, this title's looking good!

[whitesoxfalife1976]

dont rush this masterpiece, remedy is too good of a dev team to rush anything

[alb1899]

My most anticipated game. Take your time.

[SynestheticRoar]

I enjoyed Alan Wake, and that took awhile. Remedy don't rush, take your time.

[Godz Kastro]

More developers should take note. Reminds me of the days when you would get a full game. As opposed to needing updates, patches and doc to make it a standard release.

[Black0ut]

Good news imo. When devs aren't rushed (*cough* activision...) they usually have the freedom to finish the game completely.

QB looks to be a stunner so far and I'm really excited for more info on it!

[beans]

Alan Wake was incredibly repetitive which killed it for me. I however do feel Quantum Break will redeem Remedy back to its glory days and then some.

[poppinslops]

It has three playable characters - each with unique abilities - and a live-action show that changes to reflect in-game decisions (which 'airs' after each of the game's chapters)... I doubt repetition will be an issue - well, except for Paul Serene, who appears to have already lived through multiple versions of Quantum Break's story.

[Detox024]

I don't see how you could find it repetitive. You must find every game repetive then because literally every level was different.

[beans]

The game for me was beyond repetitive and I'm not saying that to upset anyone. It was definitely a decent game but just simply didn't live up to my expectations. Heck, I even talked up AW for years until I realized it was nothing like I expected. Look if you enjoyed it then great but I simply felt let down. Max pain is still one of my all time favorites which is why I'm excited for Quantum Break which kind of reminds me of it slash Alan Wake.

[TheCommentator]

Oh, the irony! A game based around altering time that needs more... time!

[UncleJerry]

I feel like Remedy could have already released this game and still had a good product but they aren't willing to settle and so far from what we've been shown that attitude is really paying off. Wait an extra year or so, play a bunch of other stuff in between, then finally get an amazing game rather than a good one....fine by me.

[ziggurcat]

i don't care how long it takes, they can take as long as they need as far as i'm concerned. it just shows that they're taking their time with the game, and making sure it's absolutely ready before releasing it to the public.

i really wish more studios would just take as long as they need. it demonstrates that they actually give a damn about their game, and are not just going to rush it out the door for a quick buck.

[Kingdomcome247]

I think most developers would rather take this approach, but unfortunately the big money grubbing publishers don't allow it for the most part.

[ziggurcat]

and that's precisely the problem - publishers push devs to meet unrealistic deadlines, and we all end up with unfinished, broken products as a result.

edit:

so I really do have to applaud Remedy for taking their time because we'll all benefit from that extra effort on their part.

[Kingdomcome247]

Definitely. Remedy's past two games have been published by Microsoft, and they both had extended development times. I also think that shows that Microsoft isn't just after the annual financial report. They've given them time and space, and that's probably why Remedy decided to work with Microsoft again. Money as well, of course, lol.

[mike32UK]

They shouldn't have to explain unless there have been any clear signs of trouble in development... Which there hasn't been, they are clearly just taking their time so it can be as good a game as possoble for the xbox community. More devs should do this, these guys are definitely of the same caliber as Naughty dog when it comes to passion, you can really tell that they care

[D-riders]

Doesn't remedy take forever on all their games

[poppinslops]

Max Payne 2 took them 18 months - which is fast by anyone's standards - but it was a sequel that ran on the same engine as it's predecessor... Alan Wake's dlc expansion 'American Nightmare' was a similar scenario, and didn't take very long either.

But Alan Wake took ages because it was built from scratch... it's basically the same situation with Quantum Break, which runs on a purpose-built engine, uses Remedy's own internally developed LA Noire-style performance capture technology, has interactive live-action episodes and three playable characters.

[r3f1cul]

this can go both ways... if the time is well spent and they make a truly quality game, then good for them... if these delays do jack shyte and they still ship a broken repetitive uninteresting experience then they will get trashed and rightfully so... only time will tell

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Because they're all on ten year contracts and get paid regardless? Haha, I jest. Now here's a thought successor to Xbox One becomes Xbox Two up against PlayStation 5? Rofl a marketer's nightmare if ever I saw one.