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The Quarry 2022
Log Status
Completed
Playing
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Rating
Time Played
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Days in Journal
6 days
Last played
October 15, 2023
First played
October 10, 2023
Platforms Played
You can really feel the difference between 2015 Until Dawn and 2022 The Quarry. Until Dawn has that blue tint of Serious Movies, even if the game is just broadly speaking fun. The Quarry is definitely more focused on being intentionally funny rather than accidentally. Ironic cheery music playing over gruesome scenes, quips and jokes between characters. The setting feels less oppressive when its set in a summer vacation rather than a winter cabin. The game carries a much lighter tone than Until Dawn, in ways that feel way both purposeful and mistaken.
But because characters are intentionally telling jokes, it shockingly makes it harder for them to fall into the easy archetypes of Until Dawn. The UD cast didn't really seem like friends, despite having such a long history together. By comparison, The Quarry squad is a lot harder to pin down. This is a positive. Because they're less easily recognizable, the game has to work harder to identify their personalities. You get a better feeling for who they are in their off-hours. How they have or haven't built relationships with each other before the game starts and how that dynamic plays into their actions when things get frantic. You have to put in work to understand the cast of the Quarry, but its rewarding.
People aren't big on the Until Dawn twist for a variety of reasons, but I really do adore how messy and complicated the story becomes when the cast has to explain their experiences to the police. Until Dawn feels like you're spending time with eight different monster factions when you're really dealing with two. The Quarry actually does have a lot of factions, many of them difficult to decipher the motives of until the final hours. But those motivations are also devastatingly simple in such understandable ways, hampered only by their inability to sympathize with others. Its a really solid tragedy.
The game also really leans into the police aftermath with the new Evidence mechanic. Collecting items throughout the game allows the cast to figure out how to explain All This Shit. While Until Dawn left fates vague, the game is pretty clear that these teens are getting arrested if the cast ain't careful.
I like Supermassive games so far. Its just stupid fun.
But because characters are intentionally telling jokes, it shockingly makes it harder for them to fall into the easy archetypes of Until Dawn. The UD cast didn't really seem like friends, despite having such a long history together. By comparison, The Quarry squad is a lot harder to pin down. This is a positive. Because they're less easily recognizable, the game has to work harder to identify their personalities. You get a better feeling for who they are in their off-hours. How they have or haven't built relationships with each other before the game starts and how that dynamic plays into their actions when things get frantic. You have to put in work to understand the cast of the Quarry, but its rewarding.
People aren't big on the Until Dawn twist for a variety of reasons, but I really do adore how messy and complicated the story becomes when the cast has to explain their experiences to the police. Until Dawn feels like you're spending time with eight different monster factions when you're really dealing with two. The Quarry actually does have a lot of factions, many of them difficult to decipher the motives of until the final hours. But those motivations are also devastatingly simple in such understandable ways, hampered only by their inability to sympathize with others. Its a really solid tragedy.
The game also really leans into the police aftermath with the new Evidence mechanic. Collecting items throughout the game allows the cast to figure out how to explain All This Shit. While Until Dawn left fates vague, the game is pretty clear that these teens are getting arrested if the cast ain't careful.
I like Supermassive games so far. Its just stupid fun.