Xbox Game Pass Hidden Gems (May 5th) - Quantum Break

Hey, we're back with another Xbox Game Pass Hidden Gems, and this week, we're looking at one of the more ambitious titles on the service's lineup: Quantum Break.

Remedy Entertainment is one of those studios that, when you see a game by them, you know it's by them. Not in an LJN on the NES kind of way - it's the opposite. Whether the game in question turns out to be your cup of tea or not, you can rest assured that, at the very least, actual effort and quality went into making it.

In 2016, Remedy was fresh off the well-received Alan Wake, and Microsoft set them up to make something new. A new IP - so, no Alan Wake 2... yet - that could cover different forms of media. Something that involved time travel.

That something was Quantum Break.

Quantum Break wasn't just a game, though. Microsoft wanted to intertwine the game's narrative with a TV show - also called Quantum Break, of course. The characters - in both the show and the game - were portrayed by some pretty talented Hollywood veterans.

Stars like Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from the X-Men films), Aiden Gillian (from HBO's The Wire and Game of Thrones), the late Lance Reddick (The Wire, as well as Destiny 2 and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand), and Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings films.)

The TV episodes were included in the game itself, so players weren't required to check their local listings to follow along with the game's plot. It was a logical follow-up to Alan Wake in that that game was also structured episodically.

This was more than just some attempt to make a multi-media franchise, like The Matrix or the MCU. This game was by Remedy and, as we pointed out earlier, there's quality in their work.

Players would have access to several time-altering abilities - including