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On top of jump scares, it is a game full of blood and guts that may put off the squeamish. The chainsaw with вЂњgroovyвЂќ written on the side, a tip of the hat to The Evil Dead, also serves as a bit of grim foreshadowing for those in the know.ДЄs horror games go, The Quarry doesnвЂ™t downplay the gore. The game is filled with familiar situations to those of 80s horror movies, some subtle and some not so subtle. Once the cards are on the table things do start to become a bit predictable, just as they do with pretty much every 80s horror movie. On the whole, though, the gameвЂ™s story is good with a few twists and turns thrown in to keep players on their toes, especially at the beginning. Without spoiling the plot, I canвЂ™t go into detail about this.

The game is also not without its plot holes, one of which really bugged me. The cast brings the characters to life in a way that is a credit to both the actors and the developers placing them in the digital realm. With plenty of familiar faces and the older cast members bringing their genre credentials, the voice and motion capture performances are impeccable. The cast is rounded off by David Arquette, as Chris Hackett, Ted Rami, Ethan Suplee, Lance Henriksen, and Grace Zabriskie. Then thereвЂ™s the hapless Max (Skyler Gisondo) and Laura (Siobhan Williams) who introduce us to the horrors of HackettвЂ™s Quarry. You have Emma (Halston Sage) the slightly bitchy popular girl type, Jacob (Jake Tinkler) the jock, the feisty Kaitlyn (Brenda Song), the reserved Ryan (Justice Smith), Dylan (Miles Robbins) the joker, the bookish Abigail (Ariel Winter) and the awkward Nick (Evan Evagora). The game draws upon familiar teen-horror character traits. It doesnвЂ™t help that the developers seek to allow the player to вЂњhave a turnвЂќ with each character, further bouncing the plot around. ItвЂ™s not as much as the teen-angst-fuelled Life is Strange Games, but a lot more than the horror movies of old that it seeks to ape. The Quarry does dwell heavily on melodrama. This is another reason why the prelude serves the game well to provide some scares before it gets down to setting up the plot of the main story. Just as with Until Dawn, the developer goes to great lengths, to allow the player to get to know each character. The prelude does a good job of both foreshadowing future events and giving players a run-down of the game mechanics. Even though the cop is quite insistent, the counsellors proceed to HackettвЂ™s Quarry, where they find the place (almost) deserted. After running off the road to avoid something in their path the two are warned by a creepy cop to book themselves into a nearby motel rather than proceed to the campground. The Quarry starts with a prelude that has two camp counselors arriving early, the night before the camp. The game does a great job of dumping the player right into the unnerving gameplay.

With their mini-bus ride home broken down, despite the camp ownerвЂ™s misgivings, the counsellors decide to stay on for one more night. ItвЂ™s the end of the summer camp at HackettвЂ™s Quarry and the summer camp counselors have waved goodbye to the last of the kids. However, instead of just screaming at the TV screen it is down to the player to keep the somewhat foolish characters out of harmвЂ™s way.

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The Quarry feels most like Wes CravenвЂ™s Scream, in that whilst contemporary, it is a homage to the horror movie tropes and cliches of the 1980s that this writer grew up with. The Quarry, however, draws more from the developerвЂ™s 2015 PlayStation game, Until Dawn, the new game having a similar-aged ensemble cast and the same 80s slasher-movie style.

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Their successful TV show-like series The Dark Pictures Anthology awaits the release of the final instalment of its first season. Over the last few years, Supermassive Games have made a name for themselves by producing narrative-based macabre horror games. Supermassive Games channel 1980s teen horror movies with their latest suspense-filled cinematic adventure, The Quarry.

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