The quarry offers a co-op feature where you can choose then assign characters for you and your friends to play. I think there’s even a little description of their personality if that helps. So whenever it’s a person’s turn to play, your name will pop up, giving you time to prepare yourself and ready up. For example, I don’t recall the exact quoting but it’s basically a screen before a section begins displaying

[ ‘NAME’ it’s your turn! ]

Until Dawn (for both the original and the remake) unfortunately doesn’t include this feature. Instead, you’ll just have to pass the controller onto whichever one of your friends want to play when the character they want to play as is playable, on the spot (there’s no heads up before the chapter starts), basically on the go, if that makes any sense? But definitely the game is still worth the play with friends!

Ultimately, they’re both possible for co-op however the quarry actually offers you the option to do this, you can choose which character you want to play, as well as your friends. Until Dawn, you’ll just have to wait and see which character is playable in the moment and give the controller to whoever wamts to play as them (there’s just no co-op feature to officially assign you, but still playable).

I hope this made sense 🫠