Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

It is inevitable that movies eventually get turned into a game, including horror movies. "Friday the 13th" is no exceptional.

This is mainly an online multi-player game, though it does have a limited offline single player mode. I wouldn't mind seeing a sort of campaign mode added at some point to give it more options for playability.

I don't have much to complain about this game, actually. You, and up to seven other players are in a match. One of you plays Jason, while the others are all "camp counsellors". Jason's aim is to kill the counsellors (naturally), while the counsellors try to either survive to the end of the time- or escape.

As a counsellor, you move around the map from one cabin to another collecting items to aid your survival. Along the way, you can also find parts of the escape car or boat- or you can find the parts to repair the phone, and call the cops. In addition, there's a way to contact Tommy Jarvis, and resurrect a dead player as him.

As Jason, you stalk your prey, lay traps, chop through doors, and ultimately kill the counsellors. You have a few special abilities to aid you, and can kill your victims with unique interactive points in the surrounding environment (door jams, wall mounted antlers, the classic sleeping bag, etc.).

These fairly simple mechanics make it easy to get started in this game, as you don't need to learn a lot of complicated button combos and such. You spawn and go, pretty much. But they do provide enough of a challenge for Jason, as there are multiple versions you can choose, and each one has slightly different advantages and disadvantages that help to keep game play interesting.

The counsellors for new players start out fairly out matched by Jason- but, unlike Jason, you can level up the skills for counsellors. This means that players can level out the playing field a bit.

The original composer for "Friday the 13th", Harry Manfredini, also did the music for the game- which is just plain awesome.

My only real complaint about the game is that it can be hard to find matches to play at times. Beyond, I find IllFonic's "Friday the 13th: The Game" an enjoyable game- and I'm putting it in "The Good".

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