Analysis of The Quarry – Definitive tribute to horror cinema

The Quarry is the best game developed by Supermassive Games to date.

The folks at Supermassive Games have spent years giving us horror movie fans a series of games called Dark Pictures. These interactive ‘movies’ made us completely immerse ourselves in the universe of these titles with us as protagonists, which was a total success. On this occasion, Supermassive Games has decided to continue improving the formula presented and with The Quarry, he got his best title yet.

It’s hard to do an analysis of this type of games, because it’s hard to talk about the story without revealing anything, but I guess if you’re interested in The careeryou know what kind of game you can expect. bloody deaths due to failures of fast events and the decisions they have consequences in the future The Quarry takes up the recipe already seen in Dark Pictures and makes us think about each decision we make.

Another of the strengths of this type of title is undoubtedly the cast of familiar faces that compose it. Plus, it looks like The Quarry spared no expense when it came to casting the characters. We have 15 famous actors and actressesin which we emphasize David Arquette (Scream), Ted Raimi (Ejercito de las Tinieblas), Lance Henriksen (Aliens) or Lin Shaye (Insidious, Ouija). We can assure you that their depiction in the video game is the closest thing to reality we have ever seen in a video game. Their facial and motion capture work was exceptional and should be highlighted here. point too the phenomenal english dub which has nothing to envy to a Hollywood blockbuster.

As in all games of the genre of interactive horror adventures, during the playable phases we must explore the scenarios in search of evidence and clues that help us to reconstruct the story at the end, so it is worth explore to see if you find them. The game menu is well laid out and it is easy to navigate between the tests, clues and tarot cards that we find

Tarot cards? Yes, the same formula as in Dark Pictures. However, in The Quarry, their way of working has changed. In Dark pictures, when you pick up one of these cards, it gives you a vision that alerts you to a possible threat or a path to follow. In this case, Supermassive has changed things up, since you can find tarot cards scattered around the areas you can explore, but they don’t give you the vision right away. Instead, you have to wait until the end of the chapter, where you are greeted by a creepy lady who will give you the possibility of looking at tarot cards. You can collect more than one tarot card per chapter, but we can only see one. That is to say, it is better to be sure of the meaning of other tarot cards before choosing one.

As in the other titles, in The Quarry you can never spend too much time with a single character. It’s something that brings a touch of freshness and that means that all the characters can have an important evolution and that we can get to know them better, but it also means that we can make each character a puzzle for the other.

Another new feature is “death rewind”. Basically we are given three lives to save a character that you “accidentally” killed by choosing a path or missing a quick event. The game looks like every decision matterswe will therefore always think two or three times before choosing one option or another.

special mention toThe incredible technical section that The Quarry has. Not only do the cinematic scenes (made with the game engine) have a huge level hardly seen in other products, but also while we control our character, we will be left speechless by the amount of detail presented to us. Light effects, particles, character faces…everything shines with its own light. Also indicate that the game has been tested on an Xbox Series Xfor which it has its own improvements.

The career has 10 chapters and about 10 hours of gameplay per game. The game has accessibility options to help you out if quick events or button shuffling aren’t your thing, as well as aim assist, choice timer options, and more.

Besides the main game mode, we have the “movie night” option again. With this mode we can sit and watch how everyone lives and dies, as well as become the director, allowing us to customize how the characters will act, the conversations and the exploration. There is also the gorefest movie mode, which is perfect for lovers of fine offal. Of course, there are also many, many endings, so the replay value is pretty extensive.

Like I said before, it’s hard to revisit games like The Quarry without spoiling the story, but what I can say is that it’s definitely Supermassive Games best episode to date. With its polished scripts and direction, soundtrack, voice acting and great cast, this is a game I will play again and again to unravel all the mysteries of Hackett’s career.