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Doom85
Member
I’m waiting until October to play this as I like to save horror games for that month (except new Resident Evil releases which require my immediate attention), but I am excited, loved Until Dawn and I honestly thought the first Dark Pictures game was fairly good (haven’t played the second or third yet).
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
It takes place in late August. Just play it then.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
There's a trophy where she's the final girl so... Maybe.Dissappointed Brenda songs character is not the main one.
Doom85
Member
I just like getting a slew of horror in October. The month that the games/movies/etc. take place in isn’t really a factor for me in that regard.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Liked Laura the most, but then she randomly died during my playthrough, so now I have to do it again...
It's the death were you have to decide between shooting her and the other, I looked at her and didn't notice the super fast timer bar, so I shot neither and everyone cept the other died lol.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Lady Redfield
Member
Finished it last night, been playing over to get the rest of the trophies. Jacob is my favorite.
I found chapter 7 to be boring, and, of course it’s the longest.
Overall, great game, enjoyed the story, the only characters I didn’t really care for were Abigail, who was just straight up boring, and Laura, who I found mostly annoying, but, all the other characters I found likeable and funny.
Little creepier than Until Dawn, but, I’d personally put both games pretty much at par with each other when it comes to the question of which is better.
I found chapter 7 to be boring, and, of course it’s the longest.
Overall, great game, enjoyed the story, the only characters I didn’t really care for were Abigail, who was just straight up boring, and Laura, who I found mostly annoying, but, all the other characters I found likeable and funny.
Little creepier than Until Dawn, but, I’d personally put both games pretty much at par with each other when it comes to the question of which is better.
Inspector Q
Member
I liked pretty much all of the characters, although some really didn't get much development, unfortunately. That could also be because of my playthrough:
My favorite was probably Laura. I was like, damn, I want a Resident Evil game with this biatch as the main character, lol. I feel like her, Max and Kaitlyn were a bit older and more mature than the rest of the crew? Kaitlyn felt like she was babysitting half of these kids, lol.
One thing I do wish was different:
Anyway, cool game, but damn...can we get an option to skip some dialogue for repeat playthroughs?
Abi getting her head torn off pretty early on is why I assume Emma had almost no one to interact with in the latter half of the game.
My favorite was probably Laura. I was like, damn, I want a Resident Evil game with this biatch as the main character, lol. I feel like her, Max and Kaitlyn were a bit older and more mature than the rest of the crew? Kaitlyn felt like she was babysitting half of these kids, lol.
One thing I do wish was different:
While I enjoyed Laura's interactions with Travis, I do wish that if you played your cards right then he would spill the beans to Laura and explain more specifically what the hell was going on. This would cause Laura NOT to kill Kaylee and maybe lead to an ending where Chris can be saved as well. Then again, this IS a horror game, so I guess it may be a bit weird to get such a perfect ending for everybody.
Oh, also, what the heck is up with the lack of Police interviews at the end like we had in Until Dawn? I thought the whole evidence thing combined with who lived/died would lead to different Police interviews. That podcast thing was....lame as hell, lol.
Oh, also, what the heck is up with the lack of Police interviews at the end like we had in Until Dawn? I thought the whole evidence thing combined with who lived/died would lead to different Police interviews. That podcast thing was....lame as hell, lol.
Anyway, cool game, but damn...can we get an option to skip some dialogue for repeat playthroughs?
Doomtrain
Member
100% this. She died early on in my first playthrough and that was so much better than my current playthrough where I saved her. I came around on almost every character except her.
Rayderism
Member
Played through it 3 times now and making different choices each time (of course). I was amazed how those choices really changed the outcome of the story's scenes, conversations and endings. Three playthrough's and three totally different endings in three different locations, and all that while maintaining the same essential story is pretty amazing to experience. The Quarry ain't playing that "illusion of choice" BS. Choices actually DO matter a whole lot more than Until Dawn ever did, or any other game like it. You can make some choice in like chapter 2 and not see the consequences of that choice until like chapter 7. Crazy cool!
I foresee lots of replays of The Quarry in my future.
I foresee lots of replays of The Quarry in my future.
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
When the game first started, I thought she was going to be the “Girl next door” type character. But then she started speaking and I wanted to find ways to kill her. Somehow I have failed to do so and everyone is still alive (just started Chapter 8). Going to keep going to see if I can save them all in my first run. However, I will absolutely slaughter her relentlessly in all future playthroughs.
Inspector Q
Member
I haven't seen everything the game has to offer, but it would be kind of lame if they don't have any way for the other characters to get her killed. Two in particular come to mind that should be really pissed at her.
Actually, the relationship between various characters should have been given a greater impact on the various story scenes. The one that they did well immediately comes to mind:
Laura and Travis.
More of that would have been welcome. Where the relationship between different characters can be the difference between life and death.
IbizaPocholo
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DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Looking forward to picking this up soon. Or hopefully, it will come to gamepass. Want to play it with the Mrs.
Negotiator101
Member
How long is one playthrough on average?
shubik
Member
Finished it once now. Really liked the overall product.
Positive:
- great characters and engaging story
- The mocap on some of those faces is absolutely insane
- The writing is heavily improved compared to Until dawn and lost its cringe (mostly)
- High replayability
Negative:
- it´s a step down from Until Dawn in terms of player agency. I really wished there was more interaction in some of the scenes. Even Quick time Events would be fine
- Although highly replayable I have the feeling that some of the scenes are too long and could be a major turn of for future playthroughs
- The technical side of the game on PS5 is not good. Only the cinematics are 60FPS. Gameplay sections are 30FPS and use a very heavy motion blur
- The darkness level of the game is completely fucked. No idea what they did there but this is not good
I really enjoyed my playthrough and will do at least 1-2 more. One will be Coop. If the game is worth full price though is up for debate. If you are a fan of these types of games, you will have a good time.
Positive:
- great characters and engaging story
- The mocap on some of those faces is absolutely insane
- The writing is heavily improved compared to Until dawn and lost its cringe (mostly)
- High replayability
Negative:
- it´s a step down from Until Dawn in terms of player agency. I really wished there was more interaction in some of the scenes. Even Quick time Events would be fine
- Although highly replayable I have the feeling that some of the scenes are too long and could be a major turn of for future playthroughs
- The technical side of the game on PS5 is not good. Only the cinematics are 60FPS. Gameplay sections are 30FPS and use a very heavy motion blur
- The darkness level of the game is completely fucked. No idea what they did there but this is not good
I really enjoyed my playthrough and will do at least 1-2 more. One will be Coop. If the game is worth full price though is up for debate. If you are a fan of these types of games, you will have a good time.
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Rayderism
Member
Shortest was 8.5 hours, longest was 10 hours 15 minutes..
Salz01
Member
Man, did not know it’s 30fps in gameplay…. That sucks so bad. I guess it’s slow movement, so might not really matter.
shubik
Member
You get used to it but it was jarring at the beginning.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Doing everyone dies movie mode atm, and I feel like chapters 1-3 could be truncated heavily, the prologue sets this awesome tone, which is very much in line with monster movies, but then it slows and drags way too much before picking up again.
I feel like it could go straight from packing the bags, to shooting the gun to truth or dare and just cut everything in between.
Even in chapters 4-6 I feel there's just parts there to pad the length, even though those are good overall until starting to be awesome again from chapter 7 onwards.
Basically they should do a Laura solo game next.
I feel like it could go straight from packing the bags, to shooting the gun to truth or dare and just cut everything in between.
Even in chapters 4-6 I feel there's just parts there to pad the length, even though those are good overall until starting to be awesome again from chapter 7 onwards.
Basically they should do a Laura solo game next.
Negotiator101
Member
Support the developer and buy the game now you cheap S.O.B.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Make perfect sense now
As for the price try looking around, I only paid £50 and games are usually £69.99 here.
Then again people bitched that RE3R was $60 but I only paid £35 for the Lenticular Cover Edition
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BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
Played through with my partner: we got so many people killed. A lot to think about for the next playthrough.
This is one of the ultimate party games. Pass the controller around and let everyone drunkingly make decisions and then everyone gasps or laughs or cheers at the results. This game is really cool.
This is one of the ultimate party games. Pass the controller around and let everyone drunkingly make decisions and then everyone gasps or laughs or cheers at the results. This game is really cool.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I'm near the end of the game with everyone alive then I get Kaitlyn killed.
That bitch obviously didn't wanna die because half-hour later my PS5 just randomly shuts down during a cutscene!
rebooted the game and my save file is corrupted!
I have to use the one from PS+Cloud....which happens to be Kaitlyn's Chapter she died on
That bitch obviously didn't wanna die because half-hour later my PS5 just randomly shuts down during a cutscene!
rebooted the game and my save file is corrupted!
I have to use the one from PS+Cloud....which happens to be Kaitlyn's Chapter she died on
bender
What time is it?
Just rolled the credits. Oddly enough, I played through Little Hope yesterday. The gulf in quality between Supermassive Games smaller titles and The Quarry/Until Dawn is massive (free pun). I just don't think the smaller titles let you spend enough time with characters to let them develop before the shit hits the fan. Until Dawn is still my favorite, mostly because The Quarry is super predictable and none of the twists or turns "got" me. I really do like the cast and performances in the game. I also like that they simplified the QTEs to directions on the analog stick with the occasion button mash. It's also a really nice looking game save for a handful of flaws that really stand out compared to everything else. Hair physics tend to kick in during cut scenes and female character's hair tends to bounce. The water effects in the game are pretty bad and some of the aliasing of background objects is jarring during conversations that feature heavy depth of field. Lastly, the overall presentation is dark as hell. I even cranked brightness to 100.
If you are on the fence like I was, loved Until Dawn but hated Medan and Little Hope (haven't played House of Ashes), I'd say this is easily worth your time.
If you are on the fence like I was, loved Until Dawn but hated Medan and Little Hope (haven't played House of Ashes), I'd say this is easily worth your time.
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Good write up
Just finished it myself, Everyone survived!
Also pop Indie Filter on, it's a lot brighter
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bender
What time is it?
Good write up
Just finished it myself, Everyone survived!
Also pop Indie Filter on, it's a lot brighter
I lost
Jacob (left him in the cage...whoops), Dylan (bullshit death at the end for not running), and Kaitlyn (held my breath too long and couldn't hold my breath a second time). I killed Constance, Chris and Silas.
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Overall I thought it was very good but
bender
said the QTE's have been watered down to be too easy
Graphically minus the few odd graphics problems I think the game looks incredible sometimes
Even to the point of forgetting it's a game and thinking you're watching the real actors in a film.
I'll probably replay it as I easily missed stuff and it will be interesting to see how things play out if certain people didn't survive.
bender
said the QTE's have been watered down to be too easyGraphically minus the few odd graphics problems I think the game looks incredible sometimes
Even to the point of forgetting it's a game and thinking you're watching the real actors in a film.
I'll probably replay it as I easily missed stuff and it will be interesting to see how things play out if certain people didn't survive.
bender
What time is it?
Overall I thought it was very good but
Graphically minus the few odd graphics problems I think the game looks incredible sometimes
Even to the point of forgetting it's a game and thinking you're watching the real actors in a film.
I'll probably replay it as I easily missed stuff and it will be interesting to see how things play out if certain people didn't survive.
You are probably right about being too easy but it seems like the easy "fix" would be to decrease the timing windows.
I'm not sure I'll replay it anytime soon but I may use the rewind feature to go back and save the kids that got killed.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Alright, since there's no way in hell I'm paying $70 for this, this is going to be my first real test of using game fly, thankfully they offer a 30 day free trial and the quarry was available, so hopefully they deliver before the weekend so I can put some time in.
Still can't believe the new gen console versions are locked to 30 FPS. Realistically the big difference between One X and Series X versions is usually double the performance .. what's it gonna be here ?
Still can't believe the new gen console versions are locked to 30 FPS. Realistically the big difference between One X and Series X versions is usually double the performance .. what's it gonna be here ?
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Reizo Ryuu
Member
Movie mode showed me how to get the final girl chapter, I set to to everyone dies so I didn't get to see the actual final girl ending, but I'm gonna try for that one next, since it feels closet to an actual horror movie.