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Originally developed under the titleSlasher Vol.
Its likeDead by Daylightwith more bozo personality.
One player takes control of Jason.
The counselors have … flashlights and cardigans.
Glitches were numerous and sometimes hilarious.
As fan service, though,Friday the 13this amazing.
Unless youre very good or very lucky, you die a lot.
You learn to accept the very real possibility of losing and to appreciate times when youalmostwin.
Life as a Crystal Lake counselor is short, cheap, and cruelly pointless.
Playing as Jason is another story.
(Most of the Jasons you could choose from arent exactly swift or limber.)
Get the hang of it, andFriday the 13thbecomes a dark power trip.
Fail to, and it becomes a horror comedy of errors, a slapstick farce at your expense.
Theres no shame in dying as a puny counselor, hopelessly unmatched by a supernatural serial killer.
But getting clowned on (and tea-bagged) by your victims?
The game is fun to watch, too.
True to its source material,Friday the 13th: The Gameis usually funnier than it is scary.
But it can certainly be stressful,too.
Every match is its own race against the odds, a series of parallel or intersecting suspense sequences.
Make no mistake,Friday the 13this a flawed game, some would say a downright misbegotten one.
No amount of patches ever entirely smoothed out its kinks.
Gather them close today.
Once this game goes down, no amount of lightning or telepathy is bringing it back.
