I started out by getting accustomed to the characters, arguably one of the most important elements of these narrative-driven games. This was plenty for me to sink my teeth into, allowing ample time to have fun, get to know the characters, and jump into some terrifying action. You’ll take on a different counsellor during each Act in The Quarry, and our preview build allowed us to play out the events of Act 2 and Act 3. You’re alone at a camp for the night with friends, so, of course, it’s time for a big blowout!Ī star-studded cast make up nine characters you’ll love, for different reasons H warns the counsellors to stay inside until he returns in the morning (why he flees for the night, we’re not sure), the teens do exactly as you’d expect: the opposite. When camp is over, the kids have gone home and the camp counsellors' car has broken down, and the group of nine find themselves stuck at Hackett’s Quarry for another night. This is what all true slashers are about, right? The Quarry takes everything people loved about Until Dawn, intertwines it with newer features from the anthology titles, and the result appears to be a brilliant, blood-spattered bash that is insistent on having fun amidst the horror. Instead, we are returning to slasher roots once more. The Quarry acts as a spiritual successor to Until Dawn, and in this tale we aren’t dealing with the supernatural happenings of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The anthology installations offered various riveting stories of the supernatural, but none of them have yet come close to Until Dawn.īut the studio’s next game, The Quarry – free from The Dark Pictures umbrella – is a contender. Since 2015, Supermassive Games has spent time working on The Dark Pictures Anthology (Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes, and soon, The Devil in Me), which follow a similar structure. In true slasher fashion, things turn awry, and it’s up to you to decide what the next step is (and how many of them survive).

Supermassive Games’ first full story-based release was Until Dawn back in 2015 (one of the best horror games of all time, by the way), which follows eight teens as they plan to party the night away at a lodge in Blackwood Mountain.

Supermassive Games is renowned for its cinematic, psychological tales that put you in the shoes of each character, while also somewhat giving you the privilege of being the director. If you’re not sure whether you know of The Quarry or not, it’s that narrative-driven horror game with 186 endings from Supermassive Games that you’ve been hearing about.

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