As Rae started streaming The Quarry, she realised that the game music had been turned off. As she paused to turn it on, a close-up shot of one of the protagonists in the game startled her. The extreme close-up of a moving head with its eyes twitching and lips moving was enough for Valkyrae to get agitated at the pause menu.

Valkyrae is not a fan of The Quarry pause screen and thinks the graphics cannot carry the live models

It is normal for horror games to incorporate jump scares into their plot. But Rae’s Quarry stream got its first jump scare not from the story, but from the pause menu. The incident happened in the very first scene of the game’s prologue, when Max and Laura were in a car going towards the camp.

As the car meandered under moonlight through the forest, the chat realised that the music was too low:

She paused the game during the cutscene to turn the music on. However, she was greeted by a moving head of Laura, blinking and looking about. The uncanny rendition of the head sent the streamer into a fit of anger and frustration.

Initially thinking she had accidentally skipped the introductory cutscene, the 100 Thieves co-owner burst into a tirade of horror. Quickly realising that this was not the case, her horror turned to disgust at the disembodied head:

As the song Thorn in My Side by Nik Ammar, Lucy Underhill and Michael Orchard started playing in-game, the YouTuber could not help but get back to the pause menu to further clarify her qualms with the close-up of the head.

She points out the weird contortions and constant twitching movements of the eyes as a failure on the graphical side of the game. Rae’s point was that the graphics are not good enough to carry such a pause screen.

Fans reacting to Valkyrae’s comment on the Pause Screen

Multiple fans agreed with the streamer in their reaction to the pause screen.

Some fans thought that this was an unintentional jumpscare while others found it hilarious.

The interaction was not borne out of anger but rather a relfexive action against the sudden appearance of the head as pointed out by commenters.

All in all, the moment was a fun interaction with the game and the chat who, as it appears, appreciated the funny reactions Valkyrae provided. With 3.6 million subs on YouTube, it is apparent that she is beloved by fans and her Quarry streams are no exceptions.

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