14 DAY TRIAL // Quantum Break, the upcoming third-person shooter from Remedy Entertainment, won't force players to watch the special tie-in TV episodes when experiencing the game, as it's totally up to users what they want to do with the Xbox One exclusive title.
Quantum Break will not only deliver an intriguing interactive experience but also a special TV show that brings to life the fate of some of the main characters.
However, players don't have to actually watch the show in order to make sense of the interactive action, although the game offers incentives to do so.
"You’ll unlock the live-action episode at the end of the [gameplay] episode, but you can choose when you jump into that," Remedy's Oskari Hakkinen told Edge. "The best experience would be to play the game, watch the live action, then play the game some more, but if you’ve chosen to dedicate your two-hour slot to gaming and you don’t want to watch live action straight away, you can continue on with the game and pick up on the live action from your iPad or phone at a later date."
What's more, further insight into the actual structure of the game's "episodes" has been revealed, as players will also be able to control the villain and decide the turn of events while admiring the consequences of their choices.
"At the end of the episode, you get to play the bad guy, who has the most powerful time-manipulation powers of all," Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne added. "So he gets to choose which future comes to pass. You play that bad guy; you choose the moment. Then, once you’ve made your choice, you can enjoy a high-quality TV episode where you’ll see how your choices impacted certain things."
Quantum Break is still in development for the Xbox One and might appear either this year or in 2015.