While these moments do give us considerable time to get to know each of the characters, the inability to skip dialogue means that replaying these opening hours several times can feel a tad tedious as you simply want to get to the good stuff. Once the prologue is wrapped up and the overall narrative begins, the game slows down considerably, and while there is some good character building and a lot of dialogue to introduce us to each character and their overall relationship dynamics, the next few hours are built upon placing characters in certain situations, feuds, and pairings, in order for the eventual horror elements to have something to grip on to. This opening sequence sets the tone well and gives us some mystery surrounding Hackett’s Quarry in some elegant ways that don’t come off as giving the whole thing away. Driven off the road by believing they hit something, or someone on the highway, the pair are then warned off the camp by the local Sheriff, played by Ted Raimi. However, as night blankets the summer camp, the partying group soon realizes that they are not alone.īefore we are introduced to the summer camp and our central cast, a brief prologue places us in the shoes of Laura and Max, a couple that is heading to Hackett’s Quarry, albeit a day early, to serve as additional counselors. It’s not long before vehicle trouble causes the crew to be stranded for the night, leading to one last party to end the summer. As the camp is finishing up for the season, the counselors are packing up a vehicle to head back to their vastly different lives. The Quarry places you behind the faces of nine camp counselors at a summer camp in upstate New York called Hackett's Quarry. She’s also a solid example of how Supermassive has perfected its facial capture tech. I have to say, she is easily the best host that Supermassive has placed into these games as her wit, and tone are brought to life with a solid performance from the actor. It is possible to find multiple per level, but only one card can be used to offer you a glimpse at a vision, showcasing a possible future. Between each chapter, you’ll return to a mysterious woman who will grade you on your overall progress and speak about the card you found, or scold you should you return to her without one. Until Dawn had you tracking down objects that would give you a glimpse of a possible outcome, and while that does exist here, it does so in the form of Tarot Cards. Some of these clues will play out in a podcast that plays throughout the credits as well as additional dialogue during certain moments, but there isn’t a lot of traditional gameplay here apart from the occasional moment where you can aim a gun during a controlled scene. While not every flub will kill you, several certainly will and the deaths are even more gruesome than ever.Īpart from making dialogue choices, and the aforementioned QTE’s, the gameplay portions of moving around these characters will usually just consist of navigating them around and collecting clues. It’s not perfect, but I do find it slightly better than the random face button prompts of previous games.
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The experience itself still consists of pulling off a series of QTE prompts and while The Quarry shifts away from the face buttons to favor the analog stick, there are times when it didn’t register my direction correctly and resulted in more than a few deaths, mishaps, and more. Apart from some design choices here and there, I had a very good time and will continue to do so once its delayed online mode arrives next month. The Quarry does little to change or shake up this format and frankly, I don’t blame them.
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As you navigated through its horror movie tropes, you made choices and performed QTE button presses in order to keep your band of characters alive and to dive right back in to see its story branch in new and interesting ways. The interactive horror game with Hayden Panettiere, Brett Dalton, Rami Malek, and more was a sensation when it was released back in 2015 and the benefit of platforms like Youtube and Twitch has only seen the game rise in popularity. While the Dark Pictures games were enjoyable, Until Dawn is still, without question, the game people constantly bring up when the developer is mentioned. While The Quarry succeeds in giving us another Until Dawn-like experience, it does so with some disappointingly minimalistic gameplay sections and feels far more focused on its movie-like ambitions. Each has told its own story, contained its own characters, and often with new and improved gameplay mechanics that allow for a wealth of replayability as you attempt to make it out alive. Supermassive Games has carved themselves a particular path as a developer, reliably releasing interactive cinematic horror experiences with the beloved Until Dawn and their newer Dark Pictures Anthology series.
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