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BreakQuest

A huge corporation rules the world by making thousands of TV channels and shows for people to watch. Everyone becomes addicted, starting the destruction of human intelligence. The player has to put up a…

70 15 November 2004

BreakQuest is a puzzle developed by Nurium Games, released 15 November 2004 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What BreakQuest is

BreakQuest is a puzzle game developed by Nurium Games and released in 2004. It was published by Beatshapers. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A huge corporation rules the world by making thousands of TV channels and shows for people to watch. Everyone becomes addicted, starting the destruction of human intelligence. The player has to put up a transmitter to stop the satellite signals and end the corporation's rule.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

BreakQuest holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

BreakQuest launched on 15 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords.

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When did BreakQuest come out?
BreakQuest was released on 15 November 2004 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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