A good slasher flick is sure to have a lot of blood, plenty of violence, and a lot of laughably dumb moments. All of that is definitely found in Friday the 13th: The Game, a multiplayer horror game that has players trying to escape in one piece from Crystal Lake. The concept is a great one, which is why IllFonic’s latest game was able to nab the license to one of horror’s biggest franchises and have a very successful crowdfunding campaign. Now that it’s finally out, potential doesn’t mean much, as backers are now forced to look at the monster they helped fund into existence.
My initial experience with the multiplayer-only title wasn’t a positive one, as I attempted to get into a match for over 10 minutes to no avail. When restarting the search amounted to nothing, I eventually gave up on trying to get into a match. When I returned a few hours later there was a patch out that nearly doubled the size of the game, so I thought that my problems were over with. That wasn’t the case, as my nightmare of glitches, loading times, and crashes was just beginning. Once I installed the first of two launch day patches, I eventually found myself finally joining a match. As one of seven surviving camp counselors, I was tasked with fleeing from the terrifying Jason, who had started decimating the property value by slicing up anything that moved. Similar to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the game starts the player off with nothing, so I had to ...