Probably the best interactive horror experience that Supermassive Games has put out since Until Dawn. This feels like Until Dawn's first proper sequel as the game's overall polish feels more aligned with Until Dawn and far succeeds it's janky cousins of the Dark Pictures Anthology.

It fails to completely catch the same love and passion as Until Dawn, which tizaster shrewdly explores in his review. The Quarry falls into a strange place where it becomes the protégé and victim of Until Dawn's success. While Until Dawn was written and developed by horror veterans experimenting with a new art medium. The Quarry however feels like a game made by actual game developers, and not entirely to it's benefit.

The main factor that is at the core of it all is the co-op multiplayer. A natural and very successful progression from Until Dawn's singleplayer only gameplay. Yet it also acts as the catalyst that brought the main focus to the gameplay and away from the story and characters. It's a very fun game for cooperative couch gaming, a genre that the industry is sadly severely lacking these days. The amount of gametime for each character though is very uneven. Good company can make anything fun, which is why I probably will never play this without friends at my side.

Reviewed on Feb 05, 2023


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