What the Doink dude! Circus is in town!
I have certainly been a fan of these horror franchise survival multiplayer games from starting off with the bare bones Friday the 13th to the recent release of this. This one has definitely been the most polished and impressive compared to F13 and TCM. What makes me impressed is the amount of content at launch such as all the customization features and clowns to unlock as well as finishers and special abilities for each type of clown and survivor and a good few maps to play around on. Still I cannot get over the fact these games seem to have a very limited lifespan which is unfortunate. The best fun you can have with these is close to the game's launch although some of them come at a decent price which sucks for those who much like myself, would much rather wait for a sale. The team has been listening to the player base's feedback and already working on fixes for various issues as well. Great work with the source material and a pretty addictive formula. Although, much like myself after playing for two days straight it can get a bit repetitive by that point. I want to keep seeing more of these with different horror franchises, but also I feel like they will never be able to keep huge concurrent player bases. They are short and sweet experiences unfortunately. Definitely prefer these way more than DBD that is for sure. It gives off a more immersive experience into each franchise's world.
I have certainly been a fan of these horror franchise survival multiplayer games from starting off with the bare bones Friday the 13th to the recent release of this. This one has definitely been the most polished and impressive compared to F13 and TCM. What makes me impressed is the amount of content at launch such as all the customization features and clowns to unlock as well as finishers and special abilities for each type of clown and survivor and a good few maps to play around on. Still I cannot get over the fact these games seem to have a very limited lifespan which is unfortunate. The best fun you can have with these is close to the game's launch although some of them come at a decent price which sucks for those who much like myself, would much rather wait for a sale. The team has been listening to the player base's feedback and already working on fixes for various issues as well. Great work with the source material and a pretty addictive formula. Although, much like myself after playing for two days straight it can get a bit repetitive by that point. I want to keep seeing more of these with different horror franchises, but also I feel like they will never be able to keep huge concurrent player bases. They are short and sweet experiences unfortunately. Definitely prefer these way more than DBD that is for sure. It gives off a more immersive experience into each franchise's world.
I always preferred how Friday the 13th played to Dead by Daylight and this game is just a more polished and fun version of Friday. 3v7 with proximity chat is just so fun and easily one of my favourite multiplayer games right now. If you liked Friday the 13th or just asymmetrical horror games in general you should really consider this.
feels like what friday the 13th could have been. both sides are fun, the fact that it's completely random which side you get makes it so no ones a "stinky killer main." super good with friends but pretty good solo queuing as well. the leveling doesn't give you anything absolutely game breaking (like in evil dead- the higher level & better skill tree will always be the winner.)
some things i don't like, if you're looking at reviews to decide if you want it.
- as of now (early access) you have to stay in the entire match to get your XP. it's okay because you have mini games to play, in which you can send rewards to people in game & help them. but if you get insta-killed very early in the match & your teammates look new/are only hiding in bushes & making no attempts to further the game.. it's just better to leave & get a new lobby.
- speaking of instakilling, i'm not sure i like how it works. you can either get cotton-candied & cucooned, then hung onto a generator where teammates can unhook you, or the clowns can take you down health wise & decide to cotton candy you, OR klowntality you by killing you. it's awful if the klowns decide to insta-kill for both sides. nothing to do.. people hide.. it makes it very boring. hopefully they change it so that something has to happen before you can start instakilling. as of now it's like, rare to get klown, then some people that do just instakill so it turns to like 3 people left, & someone camps the res station. no one gets points & it gets very boring. BUT those games are kind of rare. i think most of the people right now want to have fun, but yeah some people are stinkers.
things i SUPER like compared to other asym games:
- the exits can take about 3 people at a time, & most don't come back, or require more material. it makes it more of a team-based game. (instead of texas chainsaw where you could literally speedrun getting out, & if the killers break an exit, you can reset it & get out again. you can not reset in klowns.) this of course means assholes/new players will take the boat which seats 3 completely alone. lol
- love the mini games while you're dead/already escaped. if you're playing with a lot of friends & have to wait for them to end the game, you have something to do and can help them.
- the rewards you get with levels aren't too bad. the high level guns are very strong, but not too bad. you'll hear people complain about the "popcorn gun" which is a mega shotgun that tracks & hurts really bad, or the (sorry i don't remember the name) level 50 cotton candy ray. but they're both pretty reasonable & once you play around them enough you'll know their counters. of course theres things like "dont go into enclosed areas/get too close" but with the right playstyle you'll be okay :)
- both sides are really fun. in asym games sometimes the other side feels like absolute ass, but with a competent team both sides are fun. sometimes you'll beat the shit out of the clown, sometimes you're the clown getting beat up. sometimes you're the clown that 3x coccoons a bunch of humans jumping you, & sometimes you & your team can jump a clown together. i LOVE both sides!
all in all i'm excited, this one feels like it's going to stick around for a while! & i'm sure with patches & balances, things can turn out even better! i'm hopeful as fuck!
some things i don't like, if you're looking at reviews to decide if you want it.
- as of now (early access) you have to stay in the entire match to get your XP. it's okay because you have mini games to play, in which you can send rewards to people in game & help them. but if you get insta-killed very early in the match & your teammates look new/are only hiding in bushes & making no attempts to further the game.. it's just better to leave & get a new lobby.
- speaking of instakilling, i'm not sure i like how it works. you can either get cotton-candied & cucooned, then hung onto a generator where teammates can unhook you, or the clowns can take you down health wise & decide to cotton candy you, OR klowntality you by killing you. it's awful if the klowns decide to insta-kill for both sides. nothing to do.. people hide.. it makes it very boring. hopefully they change it so that something has to happen before you can start instakilling. as of now it's like, rare to get klown, then some people that do just instakill so it turns to like 3 people left, & someone camps the res station. no one gets points & it gets very boring. BUT those games are kind of rare. i think most of the people right now want to have fun, but yeah some people are stinkers.
things i SUPER like compared to other asym games:
- the exits can take about 3 people at a time, & most don't come back, or require more material. it makes it more of a team-based game. (instead of texas chainsaw where you could literally speedrun getting out, & if the killers break an exit, you can reset it & get out again. you can not reset in klowns.) this of course means assholes/new players will take the boat which seats 3 completely alone. lol
- love the mini games while you're dead/already escaped. if you're playing with a lot of friends & have to wait for them to end the game, you have something to do and can help them.
- the rewards you get with levels aren't too bad. the high level guns are very strong, but not too bad. you'll hear people complain about the "popcorn gun" which is a mega shotgun that tracks & hurts really bad, or the (sorry i don't remember the name) level 50 cotton candy ray. but they're both pretty reasonable & once you play around them enough you'll know their counters. of course theres things like "dont go into enclosed areas/get too close" but with the right playstyle you'll be okay :)
- both sides are really fun. in asym games sometimes the other side feels like absolute ass, but with a competent team both sides are fun. sometimes you'll beat the shit out of the clown, sometimes you're the clown getting beat up. sometimes you're the clown that 3x coccoons a bunch of humans jumping you, & sometimes you & your team can jump a clown together. i LOVE both sides!
all in all i'm excited, this one feels like it's going to stick around for a while! & i'm sure with patches & balances, things can turn out even better! i'm hopeful as fuck!