{"id":1017398,"date":"2026-01-12T06:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license"},"modified":"2026-01-12T06:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:14:45","slug":"a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead review &#8211; a forgettable waste of a license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re enjoying something of a golden age when it comes to quality video game adaptations. You&#8217;d think the acclaim of shows like The Last of Us and <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fallout\">Fallout<\/a> would be ushering in a new dawn of franchises that successfully straddle TV, cinema, and gaming, and yet here I am, slogging my way through yet another sterile, slow, and offensively forgettable licensed offering that fails not only seasoned players but also any newbies unfortunate enough to have chosen <em>this<\/em> franchise jump into gaming for the first time, too. It&#8217;s astonishing, really, given the A Quiet Place movies are, on paper, perfect fodder for a terrifying video game adaptation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-review-a-forgettable-waste-of-a-license\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re enjoying something of a golden age when it comes to quality video game adaptations. You&#8217;d think the acclaim of shows like The Last of Us and Fallout would be ushering in a new dawn of franchises that successfully straddle TV, cinema, and gaming, and yet here I am, slogging my way through yet another sterile, slow, and offensively forgettable licensed offering that fails not only seasoned players but also any newbies unfortunate enough to have chosen this franchise jump into gaming for the first time, too. It&#8217;s astonishing, really, given the A Quiet Place movies are, on paper, perfect fodder for a terrifying video game adaptation. 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