We tried The Quarry, Supermassive Games’ teen horror video game

those who know their work supermassive games They know exactly what to expect from The Quarry. In fact, we’re talking about what Creative Director Will Byles previously labeled as the Spiritual sequel Until Dawn. As such, it is a kind of interactive movie in which players are asked to follow the actions of a group of characters struggling with misfortunes of various kinds. Based on the decisions made and the ability to solve different quick-time events, the story will develop very differently, like the fate of different heroes. This is because speaking of a video game that was clearly inspired by American teen horrors, one mistake could easily lead to a bloody and bloody death.

After seeing the Italy-specific announcement, we turned to Hackett’s Quarry this time to directly test what the British developers had in mind for this new adventure.

we tell our impressions Tried by The Quarry.

where were we

There demo what was presented to us allowed us to experience the end of the second part and the beginning of the third, or when the story suddenly started to speed up. The Quarry chronicles the final days (literally in some cases) spent by a handful of 9 kids at Hackett’s Quarry, an apparently regular American summer campus. This is a highly standardized group of youth, but it can be easily framed this way: there’s the insecure and somewhat clumsy girl flirting with the sensitive boy, there’s the slightly sarcastic girl with a long tongue, and there’s the pretty and unshy girl. There’s no shortage of handsome, muscular, and small-brained (but more heartwarming) couples of intellectual kids who could potentially even pull off rainbow themes.

Two heroes are missing and above all a series monstersMore or less people are obviously targeting young people who are left alone to celebrate the end of summer.

If the prerequisites seem like those of a typical American movie (with classic twists like the inevitable presence of firearms), the development may hold some surprises. In fact, the player is often faced with interesting intersections that will significantly change the story. At the beginning it will simply be decided who will have the “truth or dare” kiss, but soon any choice can cause a character to live or die: will you be able to make sure they all survive?

A facility that allows both to enjoy The Quarry in one breath, good movieis to try to repeat the whole story to understand whether and how it is possible to change the course of events.

interactive movie

There structure is the one proven by the interactive movie style quantum dream or Narrative Games. The possibilities for interaction are limited and you’ll spend more time in the middle witnessing the misadventures the authors devised.

As we said in the special preview of The Quarry, the cast of Supermassive Games and 2K is young but on a good level. nice dubbing in italian The whole experience is also enjoyable to watch. There is also a cinema mode, which limits the gameplay to the maximum.

For those who want to play as much as possible, The Quarry has several interaction types. There is part of the dialogue where you have to choose between two alternatives what to say or do. fast time event There are exploration stages where you have to press the buttons that appear on the screen with the right timing and finally you have to search for certain elements or orient yourself to unlock the next scene. Every now and then you have to shoot, aim, and pull the trigger at the right moment.

Again nothing particularly elaborate, but it’s a score that moves lavishly and comfortably within the confines of this particular game genre.

key to success

That’s why Supermassive Games’ work is not surprising in terms of originality. While the Belonging genre is one of the classics from the studio that created Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, its inspiration is the many teen films Hollywood has produced over the past 40 years. Everything is fineThe acting and dubbing are of a good standard and the controls are discreetly responsive, but nothing surprising.

There key to successAs such, he will be featured in the British team’s ability to tell a compelling, entertaining and intense story that perhaps goes a little beyond the stars and lines seen so far.

In fact, we leave our test with the impression that we have a well-packaged, technically sound product that knows what it’s supposed to do, but it’s not enough to understand, even in terms of taste. writing The developers hit the target. We’ve seen some intense scenes and learned some of the heroes, but it definitely takes a lot more to get a total of 10 hours per game and keep each fork interesting.

Therefore, we will be able to understand during the review whether Supermassive Games is doing it to repeat the success of the public and Until Dawn critics. It shouldn’t take long as The Quarry is coming to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation later. 10 June.