Quantum Theory Demo/ First Impressions.

I guess it's time to review Gears of War, I mean Quantum Theory. Yes, this is Quantum theory (unfortunately)

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Well... Where to begin? For one, from the demo, this plays exactly like Gears of War; same mechanics, almost the same controls, and a lot of the same guns. For example, at the start of the demo I noticed that the basic rifle they give you feels almost exactly the same as an early Hammerburst locust rifle.

The similarities don't end there however, a lot of the games sounds and animations look the exact same. The first time I picked up an ammo crate (which looks almost the exact same as the GoW crate) my character let out a deep "That's mine."

Sounds like innocent enough phrase right? Common enough, if it seems like the developers ripped it straight from Marcus Fenix's deep growl of a voice. Worse is the fact that the two games roll animations look dead on, and QT's sprint has the same exact animation as GoW's Roadie Run.

Enough about the mechanics though (I can chew those out when the game releases), It's time for the cutscene I endured opening this game. For the most part it sets itself up as a dramatic, GoW style "Last Stand" war and-

Holy Half-Naked Ninja Women!

Her... She just comes along and completely skewers any hope of this game being serious. I mean, this isn't a good picture in all, but seriously! This isn't Soul Caliber! Well apparently there is some war between the G.O.G.- I mean Gillskins (Good, human creatures. Not fish-men like I was led to believe) and Locus-I mean Nosferatu (Bad guys, some bestial humanoid, not vampires like I was lead to believe). Something about a giant Spire, that actually looks pretty beautiful inside. I'm starting to think the Gillskins with all their brown-and-Grey color pallet seem to be the villains for wanting to destroy this obvious piece of art.

One final thing to pick at is the cutscenes, or lack thereof. Most of the cutscenes describing something important like, I dunno THE PLOT! These cutscenes are pushed over in favor of "Hey look at how big this enemy is" cutscenes, in which the bosses are easily defeated (Pro-tip: Aim for the giant glowy spot!)

Well thats all for my "review" of Quantum Theory Demo.

Overall ---** (2/5 stars)

See yah's.

-Corbin