The Quarry

I hope you didn’t think I was done with Supermassive Games just because I finished reviewing The Dark Pictures Anthology! Just like any good horror movie monster, just when you think it’s over we’re coming back for one final scare.

The Quarry is another narrative horror game from Supermassive, in the same vein as previous entries but a bit closer to Until Dawn than Dark Pictures in that it’s longer, has a larger cast, and focuses on single-player rather than co-op. The game is fine at what it does, but misses some opportunities, and in particular how difficult it is to replay the game and explore other choices.

Switch Back / 今はもうない

The S&M series has always had a lot of character work and philosophical tangents, and while they sometimes felt a bit overbearing, they never intruded on the mystery plot too much. But in Switch Back it feels like Mori has really drank his own Kool-Aid. I don’t know if Switch Back is my least favorite S&M book, but it’s definitely in the bottom tier. While the mystery plot isn’t bad, it’s incredibly bare, leaving the rest of the page count to be filled by awful character work.