The Quarry is Supermassive Games newest game and it is... werid?
The Quarry is an experience, a funny, a scary, a very CRINGE experience.
The game starts off on the right foot with the absolutely stunning graphics, and facial animations. Honestly some of the best in the business. It sets the tone right away with this 90s horror movie style with campiness and is a story about werewolfs, instead of wendigos like their previous game Until Dawn.
And let me tell you the werewolfs did not disappoint. The design is pretty meh, it's honestly a wendigos reskin which was disappointing, however the mannerisms, the transformation, the kills, it's all freaking awesome. I honestly wish the design was amazing cus it wouldve been perfect, but holy the transformation of the person's skin exploding is crazy.
Did I mention the games awesome UI and replayability? It's truly awesome they did a good job.
And man they have the goat, HOFFMAN!! Ted Raimi and he his one of the standouts and does a freaking amazing job. Them choosing real actors has its pros and cons but overall I liked the choice, all the performances were really good but man.
The dialogue. The dialogue is so hit or miss and garbage most of the time. It's super bad, but playing with a friend really made it more enjoyable and it is so unintentionally funny at times. Honestly it kinda grows on u it's werid it's like a quirk.
The wolfpack mode is a great addition, where u can experience the game with up to 4 friends and there's also couch coop which is a plus. However I wish there was a option for your friend to actually play because u have the final say on all decisions.
Soundtrack was good, but a lot of the songs are very out of place and ruin tension.
Tips have cutely animated videos which are awesome remind me of the bioshock ability overview vids.
Holding a button instead of holding still is a horrendous change and ruins a lot of the tension.
Great drama, overall though caters towards the tiny bad parts from until dawn, went drama instead of horror which is a bad decision.
The Hackett family is interesting, and they carried the game, the mystery was good but could've been done better.
Also just feels like it reuses a lot from Until Dawn.
Overall, I enjoyed the game. Not as good as Until Dawn but it's definitely worth playing and still fun and I highly recommend playing with someone else, and waiting for a sale. I hope Supermassive Games takes feedback, and truly makes something phenomenal, like Until Dawn, instead of just making a good game. The game has so much good, and Supermassive is so talented I hope they make something very special next time, as The Quarry as fun as it is still a flawed game.
7/10
The Quarry is an experience, a funny, a scary, a very CRINGE experience.
The game starts off on the right foot with the absolutely stunning graphics, and facial animations. Honestly some of the best in the business. It sets the tone right away with this 90s horror movie style with campiness and is a story about werewolfs, instead of wendigos like their previous game Until Dawn.
And let me tell you the werewolfs did not disappoint. The design is pretty meh, it's honestly a wendigos reskin which was disappointing, however the mannerisms, the transformation, the kills, it's all freaking awesome. I honestly wish the design was amazing cus it wouldve been perfect, but holy the transformation of the person's skin exploding is crazy.
Did I mention the games awesome UI and replayability? It's truly awesome they did a good job.
And man they have the goat, HOFFMAN!! Ted Raimi and he his one of the standouts and does a freaking amazing job. Them choosing real actors has its pros and cons but overall I liked the choice, all the performances were really good but man.
The dialogue. The dialogue is so hit or miss and garbage most of the time. It's super bad, but playing with a friend really made it more enjoyable and it is so unintentionally funny at times. Honestly it kinda grows on u it's werid it's like a quirk.
The wolfpack mode is a great addition, where u can experience the game with up to 4 friends and there's also couch coop which is a plus. However I wish there was a option for your friend to actually play because u have the final say on all decisions.
Soundtrack was good, but a lot of the songs are very out of place and ruin tension.
Tips have cutely animated videos which are awesome remind me of the bioshock ability overview vids.
Holding a button instead of holding still is a horrendous change and ruins a lot of the tension.
Great drama, overall though caters towards the tiny bad parts from until dawn, went drama instead of horror which is a bad decision.
The Hackett family is interesting, and they carried the game, the mystery was good but could've been done better.
Also just feels like it reuses a lot from Until Dawn.
Overall, I enjoyed the game. Not as good as Until Dawn but it's definitely worth playing and still fun and I highly recommend playing with someone else, and waiting for a sale. I hope Supermassive Games takes feedback, and truly makes something phenomenal, like Until Dawn, instead of just making a good game. The game has so much good, and Supermassive is so talented I hope they make something very special next time, as The Quarry as fun as it is still a flawed game.
7/10