- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Action
The Quiet Man takes players beyond sound and words to deliver an immersive story-driven cinematic action experience, which players can complete in one sitting, seamlessly blending high-production live action, realistic CG and pulse-pounding action gameplay.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and spare.
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyNov 20184/5 starsIt's not without its issues, but these are the kinds of experiences that really stick in the mind, and I'd rather that that yet another stock-standard action game that neatly fits within structures that we've already seen dozens of times before.
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GamePittRob PittDec 20187.3/10For a game called The Quiet Man, it sure did make a lot of noise upon release! Launching as only half of the game, with the full-audio mode coming a week after release, many people were tainted by the muted version of the game and instantly put off, which I feel is a bit unfair as the game doesn’t have the best first impression. You have to play the game twice in order to understand the truth of what’s going on around you, this means reliving the unskippable narrative segments and the awkward combat moments twice over! If you can deal with the clunky combat, be open to interpreting things the first time around so the second time surprises you, and have a thirst for an interesting experimental gameplay mechanic, then The Quiet Man will most likely surprise you. I went into it expecting to come away disappointed and in tears, yet I actually enjoyed the game and loved how different the story is when you’re finally given context.
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IGNNov 20185.5/10The Quiet Man has great live-action cutscenes, but the repetitive gameplay becomes tiresome.
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EurogamerOli WelshNov 2018The worst of pretentious story games and brainless beat-em-ups combined - with an insulting gimmick that's all its own.
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TrustedReviewsNov 20180.5/5 starsEverything is so bad in The Quiet Man, from its fumbled central idea and its terrible combat to a plot that ends in a morass of incomprehensible revelations, that it's something of a modern-day curio. The fact it comes from a major studio such as Square Enix, and has clearly had a substantial budget given its models and lighting, makes it all the more bizarre. Somewhere, at some point, there must have been the seed of a good idea. Whatever happened, the result is a tangle of failures that is best remembered as a bad dream.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Human Head Studios
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- November 1, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
IGDB rating 2.1/10 from 15 ratings.
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