The Quarry Reviews

Everyone has an underdog game that they constantly root for; The Quarry is that for me. It's compared to Until Dawn, and then automatically seen as beneath it. Objectively, I do think Until Dawn is the better game because I think it had much more time to be developed and fleshed out. The development of The Quarry was in the middle of Covid. Making a game requiring mocap during a pandemic sucks ass. From what I understand, the devs were going to be quite ambitious with the branches for choices and the endings but I think they got screwed over for the aforementioned reason. Lots of cut content. What blows my mind are people mentioning the characters in this game are stupid and cringe. Yeah, that IS the point. Teenagers against some unknown monsters would probably results in some stupid decisions. The plot has to move forward somehow. As far as writing goes, especially for dialogue, I feel like Supermassive Games is a perfect example of knowing when to break the rules. For example, when the characters see something odd they often say "It's probably nothing". This is done A LOT throughout the game. If you take it at face value then it's just annoying writing sure, but to me it's quite obviously the writers poking fun at a trope and for comedic effect. Bringing Until Dawn back into this (it's unavoidable), I think there were some improvements. I like the characters a lot more; the star heavy cast helped with that. I think there were more branching choices or consequences, and thus more mechanics or systems. However, I do miss the relationship system from Until Dawn. I wish they would have brought it back for The Quarry. Absolutely get this game on sale. It's frequently on sale for like 9 bucks. Definitely worth it!

It's an interactive story, with plenty of intrigue, mystery and a strong hint of horror. The game is good, but the gameplay is terrible! Basically, be prepared to fail several times at crucial moments of escape, because the game simply doesn't recognize the controls.

meant for singleplayer but you can play it on multiplayer. would recommend for people who like horror, mystery story type games

great game love the story line to it fun to play

3.5/5 It was a fun ride with solid style, but not much depth. Characters felt skin-deep and inconsistent, shifting between player-led decisions and scripted behavior. Meant for multiple playthroughs, but didn’t hook me enough for a second. Good, not great.

9/10 I'm really not into (slasher) horror movies or games, but this one is GOAT. The graphics are great, the atmosphere is top notch, there are only just a few cheap jump scares, and you can't figure out what happened and what's going on right at the beginning. Everything reveals nice and slowly. Gameplay wise, it's decision makings/QTEs/some walking around; it's not a 3rd person action game. Also, there are some interesting features, like coach coop/hotseat, or you can just watch the game by predefined scenerios (everyone dies/everyone lives/etc). The only thing I didn't really like is that it's not clear at the beginning that you're controlling EVERY character from the group. I'd suggest to turn on name display for subtitles and/or go back to menu and check who you're controlling at the moment (which is also shown when each "scene" starts). But other than this, it's a really good game if you don't mind this kind of "Quantic Dream-like" gameplay. Also, the '80s skins/filters goes really well with this game (get the DLC).

Loved the story, and the characters were very interesting. While the ending was simple, the game as a whole was still great. If you enjoy interactive games or Until Dawn, you’ll definitely enjoy this one.

Play Mechanics 8/10 Story 9/10 Soundtrack 9/10 Graphics 8/10 Overall: 8/10 and highly recommended.

solid 8/10. reheated until dawn's nachos & i'm not mad about it. fun to collect all the tarot cards & clues. people are hating on the dialogue but i think it's funny at times & quite gen z tbh. sometimes a little jarring when you need to randomly jump into doing a QTE after watching for 10 min & you miss something important but i enjoyed the game. you do feel like your choices in dialogue & action matter to shape the story. i do wish you could go back & replay individual chapters to collect missing tarot cards/evidence. i missed a few things in the beginning & you can't skip cut scenes or to certain places for completion. you have to play through EVERYTHING again. other than that, still enjoyed my play-through & recommend. seems fun with friends too.

because of the graphics and songs the game progresses like a movie, you can change the course of events depending on your choices and sometimes it leads to the death of characters. the story does not move in one direction and always depends on you, you are not forcibly directed to a choice or situation, except when you play with friends, the choices also depend on the majority and if you fail in the qtes, you can fuck up the story this way lmao, the only problem is that there is auto save, when you make a mistake somewhere and kill someone, etc. you can't wrap it up, so you need to be careful, most people complaining, but i liked it because it seemed realistic to me 10/10