The Quarry Game Review
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Whether Supermassive Games likes it or not, people will always compare its games to Until Dawn. The British developer has been trying for seven years to top its 2015 hit. After The Inpatient, a disappointing PlayStation VR game, and Dark Pictures Anthology, a mix of good and bad games, The Quarry is its latest attempt. It looked like the team had everything they needed to get back on track. They had nothing to do with their previous work, and they had a new publisher. But maybe it's time to just think of Until Dawn as a happy accident.
The Quarry is neither very good nor very bad. It's in that middle ground where reviewers hate to put games that are just fine. If you don't count the great character models, there's not much to say about the game. If you ignore some very annoying camera work, there's not much else to be upset about. After a very slow start, the game never really picks up speed, which might be its worst flaw. It moves too slowly and gives away too few of its secrets.
If you've played any of Supermassive Games' previous games, though, you'll know some of these secrets already. Traditional gameplay is put on the back burner because your dialogue choices and story decisions have a big impact on the story, leading to different endings, relationships, and who gets to live through the night.
If anything, there is even less interaction than usual because quick-time events are based on very simple thumbstick pushes and pressing the X button over and over again. A gun can be aimed and fired here and there, but the minigame where you have to hold your breath no longer needs you to use the gyroscope. In addition to these fairly simple actions, you'll be looking around for ways to move the story forward, as well as for clues, evidence, and Tarot cards.
The story, on the other hand, is why you play, and it's an eight-hour journey that takes its time setting the scene. On the last night of summer camp, seven teens want to go out with a bang. Since the owner of Hackett's Quarry has to leave as the sun goes down, they have no choice but to throw a drunken party. What happens next is a scary and possibly deadly night, but it takes a few too many hours to get there.
There is a lot of time spent setting the scene and showing how the characters know each other. Emma and Jacob agreed that their summer fling wouldn't turn into anything more. Nick and Abigail like each other but are too shy to say it. Ryan is the awkward outcast, Kaitlyn is everyone's friend, and Dylan acts cool to hide his insecurities.
It has a pretty fun cast, but so much time is spent getting to know them and doing small tasks that you might be getting tired by the time everything starts to get interesting. We're talking about hours of setting up, which can feel like a real drag. Even though the story gets interesting as it unfolds in the later chapters, our ending wasn't in the least bit satisfying. Maybe there are better endings out there, but The Quarry could have a bad beginning and a bad end.
These extremes also show up in other parts of the game, especially the way the camera moves. When you lose control, The Quarry sets up some great scenes with moody and atmospheric lighting and the time of day to cast shadows and light up the characters' faces for close-ups.
On the other hand, the camera can get in the way when you're playing the game. Especially when you're in small rooms or narrow hallways, the camera is too close to the teen you're playingll rooms or narrow hallways, the camera is too close to the teen you're playing. This makes it hard to see where you're going and, therefore, hard to explore the area. Every chapter has collectibles that you can miss if you don't look around the room enough. It's easy to miss a chapter if you don't look around the room enough.
The same goes for the way things look. When The Quarry does its best, it looks great. Supermassive Games has always been known for making great character models, and its latest project is no different. Some of the faces look amazing, and their expressions show how they feel. Like I said before, the lighting helps here, too. There are some truly jaw-droppingly beautiful scenes in between the more intense ones.
Again, though, these kinds of events make the times when the game doesn't look so great stand out even more. It seems to have a lot of trouble with fire. The flames from fire pits don't always load right, making them look like they came from the 16-bit era. Then a little bit of texture shows up.
All of these things add up to make the game so unfair. There's a lot of fun to be had in The Quarry, especially if you play with friends, but something bad is always around the corner. Whether it's the camera getting in the way, a visual glitch that takes you out of the game, or the story getting boring, The worst thing about these kinds of games is when they are just kind of boring because there isn't much to do in them or with them. The quarry, however, is
The quarry has a lot of good things about it, but it also has a lot of problems that bring it back down to Earth. Supermassive Games has been trying to make Until Dawn better for seven years, but it looks like they will never be able to. The Quarry is a bit boring, which is the last thing these kinds of games are supposed to be.
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