Forum Overview :: Friday the 13th: The Game
 
Picked it up by fabio 06/08/2017, 8:46am PDT
Screwed around for 50 minutes. Waiting on Rafiki and Fussbett's SLOW LAZY ASSES to play more.


Pros

- Ran into nothing but friendly players looking to have fun, nothing real obnoxious on voice chat. No raging power gamers screaming to follow the optimal winning strategy. Hopefully this won't change as the game goes on.

- Voice chat is neat in that you can only hear players whose avatars are nearby (unless you have the walkie talkie). Enhances the sense of dread when you start out all spread out and alone and relief when you find someone...only to watch them get slaughtered so they can buy you time to run ^_^

- Short shorts girl


Cons

- Dampers the immersion by allowing the Jason player to talk on voice chat. Counselors yelling dumb, panicked shit adds to the atmosphere. Jason doing the same hurts it.

- They really need a playable tutorial, or a practice mode. Even totally mindless bots running in circles would help.

- They really need more feedback for the counselor players. No clue when I can get away with jogging/sprinting. How far out can Jason hear either? How effective is hiding? When do I need to hold my breath? Does the gasping for canceling holding my breath alert him more? How fucked am I by the fear rating? When is my fear going up? By how much? Do hiding spots actually work or are the just a death sentence? It took me a bunch of games before I figured out that not having your flashlight on constantly outside causes your fear to increase. Other stuff still isn't explained like if you're on a main path but alone, does fear still increase? If you're not alone but have your flashlight off, does it increase?

- They really, really need to mark off on the mini map the cabin's you've already explored. Can they at least label the cabins with numbers? You're straining to read the tiny landmark text (which is also upside down half the time) around each cabin as your only reference.

- Stuff that isn't explained at all anywhere, even on the "how to play" screens: Jason's cabin, his mother's sweater, stuff on fear like how it affects your stumble rate while running

- Wonky controls in some parts. I have yet to get combat stance to activate hence I can never lock on, dodge, or block.

- Jason's short blink teleport, designed so that Jason can catch faster counselors and recreate the "popping up out of nowhere" from the movies, could have been handled better. L4D didn't let the zombies spawn in sight so it wouldn't pull a System Shock 2 and break the illusion. Here, Jason just disappears from plain sight. If he ends his teleport near you, there is a very annoying TV noise effect with flipping image and static. Is this supposed to mask him appearing out of thin air? Why don't they bother with this when he disappears? It's also frustrating because it's possible to dodge Jason when he teleports next to you, but that stupid graphic effect throws you and can cause your game to hiccup for half a second, making you miss your dodge window.



Protips:

- Choose "Jason spawn preference" if you want to have a shot at playing Jason. You will never, ever play him if you have the default no preference.
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Welp, here we go by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2016, 7:46pm PDT NEW
    Watched RLM playing this on Twitch. Looks like a fun multiplayer game by Rafiki 05/31/2017, 6:39pm PDT NEW
        Yes, it appears that they made a great game. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/31/2017, 9:26pm PDT NEW
            Bought it, played a few rounds, had fun by Rafiki 06/02/2017, 12:13pm PDT NEW
                There's only 3 maps, but I can't stop playing this goddamn game by Rafiki 06/03/2017, 2:52pm PDT NEW
                I take back what I said about repair. I'm appreciating stats more by Rafiki 06/04/2017, 10:30pm PDT NEW
                    Let's get it and have a Caltrops Group Outing. NT by Mysterio 06/05/2017, 12:10am PDT NEW
                        I'm down by fabio 06/05/2017, 7:51pm PDT NEW
    Picked it up by fabio 06/08/2017, 8:46am PDT NEW
        Re: Picked it up by fabio 06/08/2017, 9:14am PDT NEW
            Getting it tonight NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/08/2017, 12:42pm PDT NEW
    Finally got to play as Jason by fabio 06/08/2017, 11:08pm PDT NEW
        Re: Finally got to play as Jason by Rafiki 06/09/2017, 9:31am PDT NEW
        I would get swatted so many times trying to play this game. by Always with cause! 06/10/2017, 5:33am PDT NEW
    re: counselor balance by fabio 06/08/2017, 11:16pm PDT NEW
        Re: re: counselor balance by Rafiki 06/09/2017, 12:05pm PDT NEW
            FUCK YOU TOO PAL! NT by fabio 06/09/2017, 7:47pm PDT NEW
            That's why I don't get asshole nerd chick players by fabio 06/09/2017, 8:26pm PDT NEW
    Still figuring it out. Not bad so far. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/09/2017, 7:51pm PDT NEW
        I immediately leave any lobby where no one talks on voice NT by fabio 06/09/2017, 8:27pm PDT NEW
    Really wish they would just give counselors the map off the bat by fabio 06/09/2017, 11:12pm PDT NEW
        There's a lot of promise here by Listen to Caltrops! 06/10/2017, 5:38pm PDT NEW
    I roleplayed as a big dumb fat retard who couldn't accomplish a single goal by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/09/2017, 11:32pm PDT NEW
        I whiffed my first time as Jason too by fabio 06/10/2017, 11:19am PDT NEW
            Re: I whiffed my first time as Jason too by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/10/2017, 1:13pm PDT NEW
 
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