Until Dawn "Spiritual Successor" The Quarry Has A Cast Packed With Horror Mainstays
After three smaller-scale horror games in its Dark Pictures Anthology, Supermassive Games' next title is a big one. The Quarry takes a different tack from The Dark Pictures and instead has more in common with Until Dawn, the game that made Supermassive's name in video game horror. In fact, creative director Will Byles says that The Quarry is something of a spiritual successor to Until Dawn, and it looks to be Supermassive's most ambitious game yet.
Where the Dark Pictures games make up an anthology that hits a variety of different kinds of stories, The Quarry is «teen horror» more in line with what players saw in Until Dawn. It focuses on a group of nine counselors hanging out at Hackett's Quarry Summer Camp on the last day of the season. The campers are gone and the obligations are fulfilled, so the teens are left to their own devices and taking the opportunity to party in the woods. That's a fairly classic horror movie setup, made all the more foreboding in the game's announcement trailer by the arrival of the local sheriff, played by David Arquette (Scream), who is very concerned about the counselors leaving the camp as soon as possible.
The game is similar to Supermassive's other games, in which players control characters as they move through the story, jumping between perspectives at specific points. You'll dictate how the story unfolds through dialogue decisions at key moments, which can affect character development and relationships, as well as the unfolding plot. Expect a good share of action, as in Supermassive's past games, which is usually controlled by quick-time events that test your reaction skills and fast thinking. The Quarry features nine playable characters, and any or all of them can die during the
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