FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE GAME
Voorhees a jolly good fellow in this gore-packed multiplayer tie-in
You promised you wouldn’t do this but you’re under the bed. The open window was right there but you panicked and ran up the stairs. Over the sound of the crickets outside, you can hear his boots stomping in your direction. He’s in the room. Stay still. Oh dear, it looks like you’ll be staying still for a long time. Jason Voorhees has just slammed a machete through the bed, skewering you to the floor. Ouch. Welcome to enacting every terrible horror movie mistake you swore you’d never make. This asymmetric third-person multiplayer Kickstarter success is a slasher fan’s dream. Not only has original Friday The 13th maestro Tom Savini designed the kills but Jason himself, actor Kane Hodder, has been on mocap duty. Whether you decide to go behind the hockey mask as the monstrous mummy’s boy, or play as one of seven camp counsellors desperately trying to survive, this is a labour of terrifyingly gory love.
SCREAM TOO
While it would be simple just to throw out a basic deathmatch effort and hand someone a machete, that’s not what’s happening here. To make 7v1 a fair fight, counsellors come with all kinds of skills and stats, and Jason has to work up to becoming the ultimate killer. Yep, Voorhees unlocks various skills to become the scariest bogeyman of them all, complete with a Dishonored-style Blink and long-range morph moves. “The more brutal you are and the more cool things you do, the faster you get abilities like Sense, where Jason can scan the world for fear,” explains co-creator and designer Ronnie Hobbs. “All counsellors have a composure stat. Depending on the movie trope you pick, you have higher composure or lower composure and that determines your fear level.” Get scared and Jason’s coming to get you.
There is a way out of this deadly game of cat-and-mouse, but players will need to work together to escape. A car can be repaired or a boat can be fixed, but there are only so many seats… And don’t worry about feeling guilt over leaving friends on the dock; a single-player mode is also coming.
“UNLOCK VARIOUS SKILLS TO BECOME THE SCARIEST BOGEYMAN OF THEM ALL.”