The Quarry

 PlayStation 5
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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 303 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 163 out of 303
  2. Mixed: 69 out of 303
  3. Negative: 71 out of 303
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  1. Namcamda
    Jun 15, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you look at it as a horror game, it sucks. The horror element is poor, the action scenes are not dramatic enough. The division into too many chapters causes the emotional circuit to be interrupted halfway. And if you look at it as a story game, the first part does quite well. But by chapter 9 everything is like a **** Can't accept the way the game handles the story… Expand
  2. Soma-Cruz1
    Jun 15, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great spiritual sequel to Until Dawn. The game is very similar in structure and has a lot of quality of live changes. However the game loses tension by revealing the werewolves too early.… Expand
  3. Cellulocer
    Jun 14, 2022
    5
    Game is OK, tries hard to be like Until Dawn but falls short. Great graphics, cheesy characters, story is very boring the first 3 hours. The price is very unreasonable. $70 for a game you can beat in 6-8 hours is a slap on the face to the gamer. What a rip off!
  4. Thejodjeremie
    Jun 14, 2022
    7
    I beat the game and I enjoyed it for the most part. The dialogue can be weird and cheesy at times but the the story is solid. There are so many alternate choices which is great for this type of game and the graphics are amazing.
  5. HyprooX
    Jun 11, 2022
    8
    I really enjoyed the game until the end, the ending was quite disappointing, after killing the big bad the game just ended there was no cutscenes where the characters reunited etc which was really disappointing.
    I also feel like supermassive lied to us, they promised us that there wouldn't be much plot armor but that was a huge lie.. I was really hyped for this game and my expectations    I really enjoyed the game until the end, the ending was quite disappointing, after killing the big bad the game just ended there was no cutscenes where the characters reunited etc which was really disappointing.
    I also feel like supermassive lied to us, they promised us that there wouldn't be much plot armor but that was a huge lie.. I was really hyped for this game and my expectations were really high thanks for the marketing of this game, I still enjoyed playing it even tho it left bad taste in my mouth after the ending.    … Expand
  6. Roosethegoose
    Jun 14, 2022
    9
    Supermassive's best game yet, The Quarry really gives you a game the length of Until Dawn but with the choices of something like House of Ashes. Highly recommend.
  7. Scortez
    Jun 14, 2022
    6
    J'ai joué à tous les jeux de Supermassive et je dois malheureusement dire que le studio n'a pas tenu ses engagements: Jeu trop court pour le prix (environ 5 à 6h), 3 premiers chapitres longs et fades, peu d'interration possible entre les personnages, nos choix modifient que lègèrement le dénouement de l'histoire. Jeu pour les fans de Supermassive et très très loin d'être un nouveau UntilJ'ai joué à tous les jeux de Supermassive et je dois malheureusement dire que le studio n'a pas tenu ses engagements: Jeu trop court pour le prix (environ 5 à 6h), 3 premiers chapitres longs et fades, peu d'interration possible entre les personnages, nos choix modifient que lègèrement le dénouement de l'histoire. Jeu pour les fans de Supermassive et très très loin d'être un nouveau Until Dawn.… Expand
  8. Jaffamental
    Jun 13, 2022
    2
    Slow walking simulator where you create your own cinematic story but it’s so far fetched and disjointed and disappointing. Compared to until dawn this was such a boring let down. The faces are so janky, there are minimal collectables. The QTEs are atrocious. It’s just long ass cutscenes and you essentially use 3 buttons the whole game. The assets are bad some even so low poly/ low texturedSlow walking simulator where you create your own cinematic story but it’s so far fetched and disjointed and disappointing. Compared to until dawn this was such a boring let down. The faces are so janky, there are minimal collectables. The QTEs are atrocious. It’s just long ass cutscenes and you essentially use 3 buttons the whole game. The assets are bad some even so low poly/ low textured they look blurred. It’s just so boring.… Expand
  9. BlindBandit988
    Jun 13, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my opinion this story is better than Until Dawn and the characters had potential to be better than the characters in Until Dawn, but Supermassive dropped the ball. Half of the characters you never really learn anything about after the introductory part of the game, they either get the Jessica treatment or turn into a monster no matter what you do. They say that every character has the potential to be the “main character”, but in reality it can only be 4 of them and out of those 2 you can tell who the final boy and final girl are easily. To top all of that off you don’t get ANY closure from the ending at all, just a status report on every character. Nothing to show how their relationships went, nothing to make us feel like “Awww I’m glad I kept this person alive.” Just a stupidly long podcast you have to listen to the whole way through to get the Epilogue trophy. Graphics aren’t awful most of the time, but some characters faces are far better than others. The water is literally laughable. First time I saw it I thought my TV was breaking because it was so **** bad. Literally laughable. Music was amazing in this game, I loved it so much. I loved the different clues and the evidence you had to collect and how they all related to one another. I just kind of wish there was a way for them to have hidden exactly what was going on for longer so we had to find the clues to tell us what was happening. After we find out everything it almost feels like “Well what’s the point of collecting these anymore?” Death rewind is a cool feature BUT the problem with some of the character’s deaths are that if you didn’t get some obscure easy to miss item at the VERY beginning of the game they’ll die if you don’t make the right choice. So if your favorite character dies in an encounter and you think “Oh well let me do my death rewind and pick the other option.” Nope you can die in that option too. You have to death rewind all the way back to chapter one, find that obscure easy to miss item and then they’ll live. But that’s okay, there’s another way for them to live as long as you found another kind of obscure item the previous chapter with one of the two characters that may or may not be alive. This might just be a petty complaint of mine, but I feel its still valid. And my final complaint, I wish there was a way to save the Hackettes (minus Kaylee, because I don’t think there could be a possible way to keep her alive) and to save all of the Counselors. Like the game acts like the Hackettes are the enemy, but ALL game they were trying to keep the Counselors alive until Laura’s dumbass comes in all guns a blazing and kills Kaylee. Who knows maybe Jedidiah and Bobby would’ve kept protecting them if Laura didn’t shoot Constance in the **** face. (I haven’t played through to see what happens if I don’t struggle for the gun so idk if they do or not, but I still can’t be mad at them for not doing it since Laura killed Kaylee)? It honestly felt like they were like “Ya know what? Werewolves aren’t a big enough threat, we need to make this family, who have been protecting these kids all night long, attack them in this house. Yeah that’ll be good.” It wasn’t good. I didn’t feel good about killing these people who just lost a family member and risked their lives for these stupid ass counselors all night. This game had the potential to be such a great game, much better than Until Dawn and better than the Anthology Series, but seriously. They dropped the ball hard. I originally started this review off at an 8/10, but as I wrote and continued to think about everything this game has to offer I lowered to a 6/10.… Expand
  10. aGodOnline
    Jun 13, 2022
    3
    I’m actually pretty pissed off and disappointed it took me 2 to 3 hours to complete this game and the devs kept moaning and whining saying that it was going to take 10 hours 10 hours to complete the game was complete BS lies yet again the devs are speaking BS lies 10 hours a fcking joke. And with a price of a triple a game is a massive joke for this sh*t Don't buy unless you like paying 60I’m actually pretty pissed off and disappointed it took me 2 to 3 hours to complete this game and the devs kept moaning and whining saying that it was going to take 10 hours 10 hours to complete the game was complete BS lies yet again the devs are speaking BS lies 10 hours a fcking joke. And with a price of a triple a game is a massive joke for this sh*t Don't buy unless you like paying 60 for a game thats 3 hours.… Expand
  11. Mae_majima
    Jun 13, 2022
    0
    Honestly this game was just a massive disappointment I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone…everything this game dose until dawn did it better

    Supermassive peaked at until dawn and they should really just give up trying to copy their success they aren’t capable of making a good game again
  12. Kieran01
    Jun 13, 2022
    10
    The Quarry is Supermassive's best title to date. From Settings to Characters and story, everything hits home. If you're a fan of 80's Teen Camp Horror flicks you'll definitely love the Quarry.
  13. Darkpictures8
    Jun 12, 2022
    10
    If you loved until dawn then you're definitely going to love this game. Also the graphics in this game are phenomenal
  14. Oleksiiiii
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    Отвратительная игра, ничего общего с атмосферой until dawn нет. Ужасные диалоги, много сцен, которые просто забыли вставить, неестественная мимика лиц, не интересные герои, которым нет желания сопереживать, отвратительное замыливание переднего плана при перемещении персонажа, которое давит на глаза. Я в неё бесплатно бы не сел играть, не говоря уже об потраченных 75 евро.Отвратительная игра, ничего общего с атмосферой until dawn нет. Ужасные диалоги, много сцен, которые просто забыли вставить, неестественная мимика лиц, не интересные герои, которым нет желания сопереживать, отвратительное замыливание переднего плана при перемещении персонажа, которое давит на глаза. Я в неё бесплатно бы не сел играть, не говоря уже об потраченных 75 евро.
  15. Conmanus
    Jun 12, 2022
    7
    A lot of fun, great acting and overall vibe, but too short and overpriced.

    If you're like me and grew up on Friday the 13th and have enjoyed a Supermassive/interactive-movie game, this is right up your alley. It looks amazing, the setting is great, the story is simple but effective, and the characters are surprisingly likeable. I'm so sick of the stereotypical **** girl and the    A lot of fun, great acting and overall vibe, but too short and overpriced.

    If you're like me and grew up on Friday the 13th and have enjoyed a Supermassive/interactive-movie game, this is right up your alley. It looks amazing, the setting is great, the story is simple but effective, and the characters are surprisingly likeable. I'm so sick of the stereotypical **** girl and the brooding-but-secretly-cool guy characters but they were written and performed well enough here that it didn't bother me. It's definitely light on gameplay, but the amount of choice and consequence throughout keeps it immersive and fairly exciting, While I didn't find it particularly scary, I really appreciate that Supermassive hires real actors, which helps you to get invested in the story. It isn't the masterpiece that I think these devs are capable of, but I had a lot of fun with it and loved the whole mood and pace of the storytelling. Characters like Laura and Max, Dylan, Travis Hackett, even Abi and Ryan (who grew on me), were all great and really had me hooked on their respective narratives.

    The one big downside is that I kept thinking how i just paid CAD$90 on a game that lasted 2 evenings. It would be amazing if it was a full-length, 20+ hr game that spans many days. I would totally follow the camp throughout the whole summer as a slow burn mystery starts to unfold. I imagine in the future Supermassive will go beyond the single-night story and maybe adapt a great horror book into a long, epic story where you follow characters in their lives and things slowly start to unravel and go nuts. Maybe something with a serial killer or something that doesn't rely on revealing a creature and then just fizzling out. Maybe Quantic Dream will beat them to it. Like a modern and up-to-date, not-terribly-cheesy Heavy Rain.

    I love what Supermassive is doing, and this particular story should have been a home-run for me, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed after ending it. I think we'll see a masterpiece from this team, but it's not The Quarry    … Expand
  16. Conan20
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    Truly bad movie, $70 for 7 hours with bad story... Not recommended at all and save yuur money for a better game.
  17. YourGuru
    Jun 12, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ll start with Im a huge HORROR genere fan! This was grade A 90’s teen horror film! I really really liked this game! A lot more than I expected! I was entertained all throughout! There has been a sting of disappointing games but The Quarry does not. Graphics were good sounds and music good. Felt like you were watching a real movie and deciding what happened. Choices felt weighted with consequences as well. I like what they did with the first two character arches and then flash backed to what happened and it was playable to that was a treat! Love the cast of actors in the game as well gave it that extra real movie feel and I DIDNT EXPECT THE kind of monsters! This was great work and no MTX! *chiefs kiss*… Expand
  18. NathanLeak
    Jun 12, 2022
    8
    If you enjoyed Until Dawn then you'll likely enjoy The Quarry. First and foremost I only did one playtrough and will likely play another. The Good
    - The Characters were well developed and I found myself carrying for most of them.
    - The Visuals were at times amazing and the Motion Caption was well done. - The Plot was intriguing and kept me hooked throughout the game - The Features. Let me    If you enjoyed Until Dawn then you'll likely enjoy The Quarry. First and foremost I only did one playtrough and will likely play another. The Good
    - The Characters were well developed and I found myself carrying for most of them.
    - The Visuals were at times amazing and the Motion Caption was well done. - The Plot was intriguing and kept me hooked throughout the game
    - The Features. Let me explain there are a number of options to tweak you gaming experience such as Automatic QTEs, The Movie Mode and Director Chair is really a nice bonus if you want to spice things up with basically creating your own horror adventure. And last but not least the Death system. The Mixed
    - The Writing can get a bit cheesy at times and depending on importance can affect your experience(but me personally it didn't bother me)
    - The inherent gameplay style that the game possess. On one hand the game is for Games and Non-Gamers alike, but If you're looking for an "game" well there isn't a whole lot of gameplay because more the half of the game is cuteness. The Bad - There are a couple of bugs that I ran into, there were a number of times where the characters blood stains would kinda flicker in a white color and can throw off the immersion. Overall: 85/100
    -    … Expand
  19. Kengi89
    Jun 11, 2022
    9
    Nice game with mach more derails than antology, its like until dawn 2 i think, and its good.
  20. Supensa
    Jun 11, 2022
    5
    This is the perfect example of a double edged sword. Its fun stereotypical horror movie, but that is it. It does nothing new, a lot of the game is very predictable. What destroys a lot of the mystery and tension.
    All in all the game it is just okay. Its better than the Dark Picture games but worse than Until dawn.
  21. Crow_11
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    10 - 10 I usually love supermassive games work and this was a great one. Isn't the best game in the world but it can be one of my best one :)
  22. crow_11__
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Another fantastic game from supermassive games , i loved every part of it . The problem here is that anyone is voting even if they didn't play the game or just saw it on YouTube. Don't look at the negative rate because you already knew how this going
  23. tohell
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Perfect game 10/10 , that's how you create a Horror game , some kids will start spoile the game rating now because they didn't understand how to play or it's getting better rate than their games or they just saw videos on YouTube . I totally recommend it to give it a try
  24. Shooq
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    шедевр, потрясающая игра с большим удовольствием . хорошая графика и художественный стиль
  25. anstasia21
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Very nice game, so much fun and Adrenalin. It's so similar to until dawn.
    There's a lot of playable characters
  26. XanderDean
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    If you loved Until Dawn you will love The Quarry!

    As someone who has been obsessed with the work of Supermassive Games since 2015’s Until Dawn and has continued to love them through the rocky yet still entertaining ‘The Dark Pictures Anthology’, I can honestly say this game reaches the same heights as Until Dawn and House of Ashes and, in many ways surpasses it. The story is    If you loved Until Dawn you will love The Quarry!

    As someone who has been obsessed with the work of Supermassive Games since 2015’s Until Dawn and has continued to love them through the rocky yet still entertaining ‘The Dark Pictures Anthology’, I can honestly say this game reaches the same heights as Until Dawn and House of Ashes and, in many ways surpasses it.

    The story is enthralling leaving me dying to see where it goes at every turn, the acting across the cast is phenomenal with particular kudos to the performances of Siobhan Williams as ‘Laura’, Ted Raimi as ‘Travis’, Miles Robbins as ‘Dylan’ and of course the wonderful Brenda Song as ‘Kaitlyn’. The variety of choice and effect is also a highlight, alongside the new ‘Paths’ system - this game's answer to the ‘Butterfly Effect’ - that helps to show you the impacts of your choices and is displayed to the player through delightful retro 80’s inspired VHS Movie boxes.

    There is also an updated collectible system for collecting Clues which feels more connected as new information becomes available to you as you find more. The other ‘collectible’ systems are also stellar, the ‘Evidence’ system which relates to specific major clues that help to build an abundance of evidence to prove that the events that take place at Hackett’s Quarry are in fact Bizarre yet Bonafide. The last collectible system is Supermassive’s newest variation on ‘Premonitions’, which in Until Dawn were Totems dotted around the environments that foretold possible futures. In The Quarry you instead collect Tarot Cards, specifically the 22 main arcana, each one giving you a glimpse into the future. However only one Tarot Card can be viewed each chapter so it still allows some room for mystery even for the avid collectible hunter.

    The other change in this game is the many differences to the ‘gameplay’ aspects of The Quarry. This includes pressing directional buttons to avoid falling whilst running from an unknown threat, mashing the - in my case - ‘X’ button to keep yourself steady whilst moving across narrow places and lifting heavy objects, pressing ‘X’ once again to ‘interrupt’ certain scenarios whether that means calling out to whatever is hiding in the woods or attacking someone or something that may or may not be trying to harm you (I’m trying my best to be as vague as possible). There are also segments where you will have a gun and be able to shoot these unknown aggressors by shining a flashlight over them and firing, just make sure to analyse your surroundings and don’t be too quick to pull the trigger cos it may end badly for you. The final aspect of gameplay and quite honestly my favourite element, is ‘Don’t Breathe’, in these segments you must hold down the ‘X’ button to hold your breathe as you hide from an attacker, watching carefully as they move around and waiting for the perfect moment to make a break for it and get the hell out of there.

    In terms of game modes there is single player, which is just your regular old story, couch co-op where up to 8 players can take control of the playable characters and try to survive the night and Movie Mode, where you can select predetermined outcomes and watch them unfold without lifting a finger. There’s also an online voting mode of sorts but that is unavailable in the current build of the game.

    I really enjoyed The Quarry and definitely recommend it to any fan of Until Dawn or The Dark Pictures Anthology or even just fans of the horror genre in general. It is a spectacular game filled with gore, witty banter and the occasional awkward and unnecessary tripping over a branch that we all love from classic 80s slashers.

    However! The Quarry is a full price game, some would say an overpriced game which is completely understandable! As a fan of gaming and someone who is willing to pay more to support their favourite developers, I’m happy to fork over the £60+ it costs for this game but you should know what you’re getting into, this is a interactive movie game, which means that there is minimal gameplay, a lot of walking around and long ass cutscenes, if you’re not a fan of that, then don’t buy The Quarry. To those who are on the fence, I can’t say whether or not you’ll enjoy it yourself because that is the beauty of this subjective medium we call video games. I absolutely loved it but I can definitely understand your apprehension, in that case I’d recommend waiting for a sale or purchasing a physical copy which are often much cheaper. There is also a deluxe edition which adds some more content which I believe to be a little unnecessary, apart from the 80s throwback costumes which I personally love the art direction for.

    I hope I’ve helped in some way to better your understanding of The Quarry.

    Thanks for reading, and remember! “What Doesn’t Kill You, Will Make You Stronger!"    … Expand
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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 13, 2022
    75
    The Quarry does a fine job as a spiritual successor to the renowned Until Dawn, yet takes a few steps forward when it comes to character development and atmosphere building. Unfortunately, it sacrifices a few elements in the process which makes it a not so scary interactive movie more than a video game. Still, for lovers of the genre and Supermassive Games legacy – it’s a treat you should not miss.
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  2. Vgames
    Jul 11, 2022
    80
    This game, or interactive movie if you prefer, is a great experience for horror fans. The story, gameplay (minimalistic as it is) and the acting are some of the best I've seen in this genre yet. While there are some things that do break the immersion, it's still an experience for lovers of visual novels and horror fans alike.
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  3. GameCritics
    Jun 30, 2022
    85
    The Quarry sits comfortably near the top of the interactive movie genre. Equal parts clever and terrifying, it earns its ten-hour runtime with a series of twists and turns that are sure to delight. There’s action, romance, comedy, and unbelievably disgusting violence. Supermassive Games have delivered a rollercoaster that serves as a fabulous follow-up to Until Dawn, so anyone who enjoys the genre will be in for one hell of a ride.
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