 In April 1994 the magazine said that it "packs a good entertainment punch" and "interesting", but "it's still a game—not the great leap beyond the marketing folks would have you believe".Charles Ardai in June 1994 complained that "Quantum Gate" was—contrary to its marketing—"hardly a game at all [but] a movie", as players could not affect the plot.He denounced the first-person tank sequences as "the less said about which the better", and said that as a game ""Quantum Gate" deserves a scathing review".