Squeenix’s bizarre FMV brawler The Quiet Man out in November

Live-action video and third-person beat ’em up will mix in The Quiet Man on November 1st, publishers Square Enix introduced in the present day. Neither the brawling nor the film look significantly nice however I stay delighted by games reviving ye olde FMV methods, attempting to mix two mighty totally different mediums in ways in which principally end in actors chewing surroundings. I completely suppose games can mix the 2 in fascinating methods; I don’t suppose The Quiet Man shall be one of many games to try this. Here, come watch an enormous lump of it.

That’s from a Squeenix livestream a number of months again.

I do just like the muffled sound. The story is that our kickman is deaf, and out on a fighty mission “to discover the motives behind the kidnapping of a songstress from a mysterious masked man.” Squeenix name it a “motion picture-like experience which can be completed in one sitting” and certain, that’s sounds an excellent size. That’s the size most games ought to be. By legislation. OR ELSE.

Unlike Remedy’s Quantum Break, which was break up cleanly between game motion and live-action episodes, The Quiet Man will supposedly seamlessly transition between game, in-game cutscene, and live-action video. Ah I don’t know, it’s a way which appears wasted on a game about kicking faces.

The Quiet Man is coming via Steam, priced at $15.