Sunset Overdrive is a wildly colorful and inventive shooter - and a true exclusive - blending punk rock, parkour and a cartoony art style that didn't fare well among fans at all. Titanfall had a surprisingly decent version of its multiplayer-only mech battles on Xbox 360, for example.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. Games you can't play on any other console have been few and far between. Whether they're sequels like Forza Horizon 2 and Halo 5: Guardians or HD-revamps like Gears of War: Ultimate Edition or Rare Replay Collection, there isn't much that's entirely new on the system. 'Quantum Break ' is developer Remedy's best game yet.Ī majority of the Xbox One's "originals" have been bigger, prettier versions of games you've played before. Especially not after Microsoft's numerous PR missteps leading up to the Xbox One's release. The few new, but boring, titles like Ryse: Son of Rome and sequels including Forza Motorsport 5 and Dead Rising 3, didn't do much to move the needle. Until now, Xbox One exclusives generally haven't been worth writing home about. Good thing, then, that it's Remedy's best game yet and the Xbox One finally has a AAA showcase for what it's capable of. If Xbox One didn't have an exclusive of its own right now, it'd be the odd console out. And it couldn't come at a better time for Microsoft, either: In a matter of weeks PlayStation 4 owners will have Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and Wii U owners get Star Fox Zero. It's the latest game from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind the Max Payne and Alan Wake franchises. Quantum Break won't be available on other consoles, it isn't a sequel, nor is it multiplayer-only. Almost three years after the Xbox One's debut, it's getting its biggest and arguably first real exclusive.
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