History VideoGame / TheQuietMan

The game is played from Dane's point of view, and it just so happens that Dane is deaf. As a result, 95% of the game is either completely silent or heavily muted.

* HeroicMime: Dane is a justified example, since he's deaf and communicates with sign language.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Dane's mother was killed as a result of a stray bullet fired in a fight over Horus-brand sneakers. Horus is usually depicted as having a bird's head, and is known in Egyptian myth as "the righter of wrongs", thus the Quiet Man's bird mask. Moreover, Horus is said to have had the Sun for one eye and the Moon for the other; Dane's mother is only seen in daylight shots, while [[IdenticalStranger Lala]] is only seen at night. Going one further, Isaac's gang is [=SOL33=], while Taye's club is Club Moonrise. Now, what any of this actually to ''do'' with anything...

* CameraScrew: A big problem with the combat, where the camera is prone to things like clipping into terrain after successful dodges or snap wildly out of place as you dash-attack random enemies.

* ShockAndAwe: The Quiet Man's WeaponOfChoice is an electrified baton, which, in a game where enemies (outside of cutscenes) fight using melee weapons at the most, makes him especially dangerous. [[spoiler:The fact it appears to be a police-grade stun baton is actually [[{{Foreshadowing}} a clue as to who's behind the mask]]]].

* SubtitlesAreSuperfluous: Only the second playthrough features the full subtitles, which leave the feature with few, if any, non-verbal as to what's going on. And that includes [[ViolationOfCommonSense a few instances of non-subtitled]] [[UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage American Sign Language!]]

* HateSink: [[spoiler: Robert, Dane's father who hated him from birth for stealing away his wife's attention. After her death, Robert puts all the blame on Dane and becomes a physically and verbally abusive monster throughout his childhood. As an adult, Robert uses Dane as a tool for revenge, manipulating him into killing the two people who had also played a part in his wife's death. (See ManipulativeBastard.) After all is said and done, Dane goes to jail and Robert gets away with everything. While Robert does seem to want to make amends in the NewGame ending, it all rings hollow, as up till that point, he had been nothing but awful.]]

* ReadingLips: It's implied that Dane can read lips, as there are instances in which he directly responds to dialogue that isn't signed to him. However, the game is inconsistent about this. In the ''Answered'' version, it's revealed that Isaac is taunting Dane about his inability to understand anything he says throughout the whole fight, and Dane clearly misses out on important exposition that is said within view of him. There is never any implication that it's difficult for him and he can't always make out what someone is saying this way either, he simply understands some dialogue and doesn't react at all to other dialogue.

* {{Expy}}: Dane looks like an odd mix between Joseph Carter Jones from Manga/{{Heroman}}, and Matt Damon from Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice.

* PunchParry: Done at the conclusion of the boss fight with [[spoiler:Babcock]]. While the latter [[RealityEnsues recoils in serious pain from the maneuver]], [[MadeOfIron Dane doesn't]] [[InvulnerableKnuckles even flinch]], allowing him enough time to land a final blow.

* PlotHole: During the final boss fight, Dane is somehow able to understand what [[spoiler:Robert]] is saying even though [[spoiler:Robert]] is wearing a mask that would prevent any attempt at lip-reading.

* OurProductSucks: Subverted with this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY-JkAYa5zk Accolades Trailer]], which showcases the game's negative reviews and a few positive ones that are DamnedByFaintPraise, but then shows reviews that turned positive after the patch that added sound.

* SubtitlesAreSuperfluous: Only the second playthrough features the full subtitles, which leave the feature with few, if any, non-verbal as to what's going on. And that includes [[ViolationOfCommonSense a few instances of non-subtitled]] [[UsefulNotes/SignLanguage American Sign Language!]]

* {{Expy}}: Dane bears a strong resemblance to [[Manga/{{Heroman}} Joseph Carter Jones]], down to the similar hairstyle, and the identical way of dressing.

* AntagonistTitle: Contrary to what you might expect from the game's pitch, the titular "Quiet Man" is not Dane himself, but rather the [[MalevolentMaskedMen bird-masked kidnapper]] who sets the plot in motion.

Not to be confused with [[Film/TheQuietMan the 1952 film of the same name.]]

Released on November 2018, ''The Quiet Man'' is an ActionAdventure game developed by Human Head Studios and published by Creator/SquareEnix .

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* CreateYourOwnVillain[=/=]CreateYourOwnHero: Both of these manage to happen in roundabout ways to a single character, the titular Quiet Man himself. [[spoiler:The idea of the character was first conceived by Dane as a child, seeing him as a manifestation of all his trauma and guilt surrounding his mom's death, but also as [[CreepyGood a potential hero he imagines could've saved her]]. As a result, the Quiet Man is both used both against and for him; Robert primarily uses the identity to antagonistically goad Dane into his schemes, but once they go haywire, he gives Dane the mask, giving him the strength (metaphorically and [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane possibly literally]]) to rescue Lala.]]

* {{Manchild}}: Isaac, the leader of [=SOL33=], shows this trail for most of his screentime [[spoiler:save for one shot where he accidentally murders Dane's mother - though based on Dane's flashbacks, Isaac doesn't seem to be any fazed after the fact.]]

Released on November 2018, ''The Quiet Man'' is an ActionAdventure game developed by Human Head Studios and published b yCreator/SquareEnix .

Released on November 2018, ''The Quiet Man'' is an ActionAdventure game developed by Creator/SquareEnix and Human Head Studios.

* BookEnds: The first two [=SOL33=] members that you fight in game are the last two members that Dane takes down before moving onto [[spoiler:Taye's gang]].