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I kind of just always said Dead by Daylight is a much better game without ever really giving this a shot. Not being able to pick Killer or Survivor always really put me off of it, but I figured I'd finally give it a chance.

It feels a lot slower and a bit clunkier than Dead by Daylight, any one got any tips to help me get the most out of it? All I've played so far are a few bot games to try and get the hang of things.

I do like how much more brutal Jason's kills are when compared to Dead by Daylight's killers. Question though, what's the point of swinging the weapon when you can just grab and do an execution?

Counselers usually carry pocket knifes as the game goes longer and killing them by swinging your weapon ends up being more effective.
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Ah, is that when they stab you real quick after a grab? I didn't know if it was like an ability like Dead by Daylight's Decisive Strike or something.

Also, @yusiko

You're the Friday the 13th: The Game guy right?

yeah i feel like dead by daylight isnt as good because there isnt much variety in terms of escape options
there are multiple ways to survive in friday the 13th as well as allowing you ways to fight back against the killer

and if you are cornered with no way out death is quick
in dead by daylight if you are cornered you get put on a meat hook and have a killer camp the hook for 2 minutes until you die.

vanessa, chad and deborah are the best characters
play as one of them
or play as tiffany but usually people only play her one handed if you know what i mean
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But at the same time Dead by Daylight offers much more killer variety and that's what I love as a Killer main. But as Survivor player, I can absolutely see where this one would shine a bit more. But again, I've only played a few bot games, so my experience with it isn't accurate yet. Gonna boot it back up a bit later and see about getting into to the real deal.

Hook camping isn't near as bad as it used to be, some of the best perks encourage leaving the hook, Barbecue and Chili, Make Your Choice, or even Hex: Devour Hope. But nobody aside from me actually runs Devour Hope because it's a Hex.

How's the online player base? There is a bit of a rivalry between the two games, so I don't know how much of what I know about Friday the 13th is actually legit. I've always heard that Friday has a really small playerbase, so I'm a little worried about finding games.

I haven't taken a look at the counselors yet, I'll keep in mind that in mind. How do they all play? How do they differ? And for reference, who's the worst counselor? I like playing the underdogs.

actually even though all the jasons have the same abilities their strengths and weaknesses makes all of them play differently and you need to adjust your strategy accordingly.
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Also, what are the odds of them adding Pamela as a killer? Or maybe Cyborg Jason? Or hell even Remake Jason. I know they have NotJason, so is there any chance, or talk about adding them?

Maybe Pamela one day
Remake Jason never unfortunately. Apparently they couldn't get the rights to remake Jason or Freddy vs Jason Jason

But we are getting in space Jason as well as a spaceship map
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yusiko posted...

But we are getting in space Jason as well as a spaceship map

Heck yeah, that should be interesting.

No Remake Jason kind of sucks though.

Looking at the counselors right now. I like the look of A.J. Kenny, and Deborah.

Joined a game, almost immediately died. Sitting here waiting really kind of sucks.

I've never felt so helpless as a Killer. Down to one guy left and he moved faster than me. I couldn't catch him. When I'd get close he'd just stun me with his weapon. I thought Killers in Dead by Daylight had it rough, but at least they run out of pallets to loop.

How does one handle this situation?

Lot of Jason bullying in that round. They surrounded him at the end and pretty much took turns beating him with weapons and stuff while laughing as he was stun locked.

It might just be a case of git gud, but I got Jason again and pretty much got pushed around the whole round.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

I've never felt so helpless as a Killer. Down to one guy left and he moved faster than me. I couldn't catch him. When I'd get close he'd just stun me with his weapon. I thought Killers in Dead by Daylight had it rough, but at least they run out of pallets to loop.

How does one handle this situation?

probably just want to look to shift close and slash him to death, if he is going to attack you then try to enter combat stance before he hits you and block it and work from there, or bait the attack and move out of the way then counter while he's recovering

throwing knives are also nice to have in these situations if you haven't had to use them previously in the match
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StraightMACLIN posted...

Counselers usually carry pocket knifes as the game goes longer and killing them by swinging your weapon ends up being more effective.

Worth noting that a lot of people think hack-n-slash Jasons are cheap and unsporting.
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ASithLord7 posted...

Worth noting that a lot of people think hack-n-slash Jasons are cheap and unsporting.

Noted, I'm trying avoid just slashing them because the executions are fantastic.

But it's also nothing new. Dead by Daylight survivors call everything cheap. So I'm used to that.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Looking at the counselors right now. I like the look of A.J. Kenny, and Deborah.

AJ is loved by new players who overrate stealth
basically anything AJ can do deborah can do only deborah can fix the car even faster.

stealth has to be 9 or higher to be useful since thats the number it has to be for you to be able to jog without making sound pings.

the only counselors with stealth that high are AJ, deborah and tiffany.
but the thing is that stealth doesnt protect against sense so the longer the match goes on the less useful stealth becomes.

kenny is a jack of all trades master of none character
honestly if you want to experiment with someone who can do a bit of everything just play as fox instead. since she can wear the sweater she is more useful.

deborah is the best fixer so yeah use her
but the issue with her is that as a fixer she has trouble getting away from jason since she is slow and not really geared towards fighting him. and any decent jason will not let a deborah get away because she is his biggest threat since she can repair things super quickly
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The girl I've playing as, Deborah, she's voiced by Cristina Vee. I now see no reason to play anyone else.

Even though I get killed pretty much whenever Jason finds me.

Ok, so this last game, got killed in a bear trap, not the point though. Was spectating, and this Tommy was running Jason in circles, dropping some stuns occasionally. But did this for the last 8-9 minutes-ish. Just damn. Poor Jason.

Done for the night.

My initial impressions, seems like the survivors hold the advantage, most of the games I played, they just bullied Jason, while it seemed Jason couldn't really do much about it.

Could be dece game here, but I haven't really gotten past the skill curve yet and still really suck, spent most of my time spectating, so I can't say for sure. Need to invest more time into the game. As of now, I'm still leaning to Dead by Daylight.

I'll just go ahead and bring this up.

ASithLord7 posted...

StraightMACLIN posted...

Counselers usually carry pocket knifes as the game goes longer and killing them by swinging your weapon ends up being more effective.

Worth noting that a lot of people think hack-n-slash Jasons are cheap and unsporting.

What a dumb stance to take. Like I'm going to risk a counselor having a pocket knife when I can just slash them to death and not worry about it.
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LArcEnCieIX posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

StraightMACLIN posted...

Counselers usually carry pocket knifes as the game goes longer and killing them by swinging your weapon ends up being more effective.

Worth noting that a lot of people think hack-n-slash Jasons are cheap and unsporting.

What a dumb stance to take. Like I'm going to risk a counselor having a pocket knife when I can just slash them to death and not worry about it.

So because you are afraid of a three second stun you are going to make the game boring for everyone since the big appeal of the game is the kills
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yusiko posted...

LArcEnCieIX posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

StraightMACLIN posted...

Counselers usually carry pocket knifes as the game goes longer and killing them by swinging your weapon ends up being more effective.

Worth noting that a lot of people think hack-n-slash Jasons are cheap and unsporting.

What a dumb stance to take. Like I'm going to risk a counselor having a pocket knife when I can just slash them to death and not worry about it.

So because you are afraid of a three second stun you are going to make the game boring for everyone since the big appeal of the game is the kills

I've seen the kills hundreds of times, I'd rather just win now.
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There is one thing that I really like about this so far though. The different Jasons all have different music. I wish Dead by Daylight did that, only Myers has a different chase theme.

Tonight's games have been uneventful. I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything. I wander around for a while, pick up a bat, someone calls the cops, and we escape. That's pretty much been my games. Barely even seen Jason.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Tonight's games have been uneventful. I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything. I wander around for a while, pick up a bat, someone calls the cops, and we escape. That's pretty much been my games. Barely even seen Jason.

you went up against some bad jasons tonight
any half decent jasons knows as soon as the match starts to morph to the phone and trap it.
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I figured they were probably just bad Jasons.

Think I'm starting to get the hang of the game though. Would like to get Jason more often. Don't like not being able to choose.

Game looks pretty cool, is there a story mode too? Will prolly get it on a steam sale
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Gunpo posted...

Game looks pretty cool, is there a story mode too? Will prolly get it on a steam sale

No story mode, but there is Offline Bots, but they really suck.

I'd also highly recommend looking into Dead by Daylight as well. Similar setup, but much faster paced with more Killers to pick from. Both games have ups and downs, but you should at least look into them both before buying one.

So I was thinking, the two games should like crossover or something.

Jason, Deborah, and a Crystal Lake map in Dead by Daylight. I say Deborah because she's my favorite, and has good repair, so she'd be good for Dead by Daylight's generators.

Evan "The Trapper" MacMillan as a Killer, Dwight Fairfield as a Counselor, and MacMillan Estate map in Friday the 13th.

Trapper could have bonuses to bear traps, grip strength, maybe weapon strength or something to do with fear maybe. Negatives on Morph, Shift, and Sense. Replace Pamela's voice with Trapper's Dad or The Entity. MacMillan Estate Map could have a unique environment kill involving meat hooks.

Would be cool as hell.

Alright, starting it back up.

a little tip
you can cancel the repair prompt by letting go of the X button and then restart it instantly without alerting jason.

this resets the skill check and you just repeat this until you get the easiest one for the character you are playing as.

this helps vanessa, jenny and chad big time because their easiest repair prompt is 5 decent sized ones that are pretty easy to do without screwing up letting them repair decently.

so only buggzy and tiffany really struggle to repair since the easiest one they can get are 6 prompts but tiny ones
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Awesome I'll take all the advice I can get.

I also just realized the map is a thing. That was a pretty big help this game. Felt like I actually did more.

Also, is it just me, or is NotJason really popular?

I also love that I can walk past a bunch of bodies and Deb is just as surprised every time.

Question. What is Jason even supposed to do against a group of counselors? There are four of them around the car and I'd try to grab one then I'd just get stunned out of the grab. And repeat. Grab, stun, grab, stun, so on and so on.

Also what do I do when they just drive the car backwards. I can't stop it that way.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Also, is it just me, or is NotJason really popular?

its cause he is new

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Question. What is Jason even supposed to do against a group of counselors? There are four of them around the car and I'd try to grab one then I'd just get stunned out of the grab. And repeat. Grab, stun, grab, stun, so on and so on.

Also what do I do when they just drive the car backwards. I can't stop it that way.

well when a group of counselors is bullying jason he is at a distinct disadvantage.
blocking the attacks can help since it takes up a hit of their weapon making them break quicker as well as protecting you from stun. when up against a group you slash instead of grab. groups will just take advantage of your grab to get a guaranteed stun off.

and when they are driving backwards just shift behind the car.
when they back up into jason the game treats it the same as if they backed up into a tree which stops the car just without the smashing animation that happens when he stops them from the front
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last night i had a great match on the pinehurst map which is a newer map

i spawned as jenny which i dont usually feel super comfortable being because im not the best at fighting so her one strength i cant usually take advantage of. jason killed 3 people pretty quickly and then he found me. and he tunneled me. all i had found for supplies was a med spray and firecrackers. i hadnt even found a map at this point. he would not leave me alone and i had to jog from cabin to cabin and i wasnt even given time to search for more supplies because this jason would not get off my tail and most of the cabins i entered to juke him had been picked clean.

i dont have the layout of the pinehurst map memorized as well as other maps so i was running around with only a vague idea of where i was and this chase went on for about 5 full minutes. then i heard the cops have been called sound started and i thought i would get a break once he went to go after the caller like most jasons would. but nope he kept going after me.

i had no map and was on a map that had 3 possible spawns for the police exit. i was screwed!

so i decided since i wasnt going to survive anyway i might as well try to waste as much of jasons time as necessary to make sure the other survivors escaped so i kept juking him. he was part 2 jason so he could jog so i wasnt getting much time to regain stamina.

eventually i ended up in the pinehurst barn and i went to a window and threw my firecrackers hoping to use them to let me get through the window and go back to the main house where i was when jason first set his sights on me.

but luckily he didnt notice i used my firecrackers and walked right into the stun so i abandoned the plan of going out the window and sprinted to the barn entrace and hid around the corner. when jason walked out i got him with my wrench and knocked him to the ground.

i went to ethel's house and locked as many doors as possible then stood by the window in the bedroom waiting to crawl out it once jason opened the bedroom door.

then the counter for the police exit stopped and somehow i lucked out because they spawned at the exit right by ethel's house.

i had forgotten that ethel's house was right beside one of the police spawn points. and since i had no map i would have had no way of knowing which exit to go to in the first place and i wouldnt have made it anyway with jason on me ass the whole match

so after 10 full minutes of jason going after me and no one else i ended up surviving
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Lol this game sounds intense, would be epic to see a Freddy character added on as well xD
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Gunpo posted...

Lol this game sounds intense, would be epic to see a Freddy character added on as well xD

Unlikely, Dead by Daylight got Freddy.

jenny is often looked at as one of the worse characters because her best stat is composure which is also one of the most useless stats in the game.

but her high luck makes her a good fighter just not as good as chad cuase she is slower than he is.
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What exactly does Luck effect?

Also, is it possible for a full stealth playstyle? Or does Jasons sense ability just throw all that out the window?

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

What exactly does Luck effect?

Also, is it possible for a full stealth playstyle? Or does Jasons sense ability just throw all that out the window?

luck gives you more hits with the weapons
so high luck characters can hit jason about 4/5 times with a bat which is always a stun before it breaks
where low luck characters can hit him 1/2 times before it breaks leaving them defenseless

also luck effects how much damage you take from broken windows and used to affect how much damage you took from bear traps but that was changed.

it also affects how fast you start the vehicles so i chad or jenny start the car much faster than an AJ or shelly.
luck is one of the more useful stats in the game.

a full stealth playstyle isnt possible sadly
stealth has limited uses.
for one its only useful if its 9 or higher because that is when you can jog without making sound pings so you can jog stuff to the objectives and repair without jason seeing any white pings letting him know someone is in the area.

but since jason can sense spam he will find the stealth characters if he is in the same area with him and once he gets rage he can find them anywhere on the map so stealth only saving grace is its easier to juke jason in large buildings like pinehursts main house because there is so many turns and corners that he wont see where you are jogging to.

so stealth is useful for the first half of the match but completely useless in the second half of the match so stealth characters gotta escape quickly
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Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Gunpo posted...

Lol this game sounds intense, would be epic to see a Freddy character added on as well xD

Unlikely, Dead by Daylight got Freddy.

Oh really that's badass, I'll check out that game too, Freddy is my favorite
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Gunpo posted...

Oh really that's badass, I'll check out that game too, Freddy is my favorite

Yep. For reference, Dead by Daylight also has Michael Myers from Halloween, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Amanda Young from Saw.

im not to big a fan of dead by daylight
its alright but i prefer jason
ive seen the opposite with other people

both are horror games so if one doesnt appeal to you the other might at least
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From what I've played so far, both are good for different reasons.

Dead by Daylight has more Killer Variety and faster and more focused gameplay.

Friday the 13th: The Game is much slower with a lot more variety on the survivor side.

Dead by Daylight let's you choose Killer or Survivor, allowing you to main one side, Friday forces you to play both.

Dead by Daylight has many different killers to select, original and licensed. Every Killer has a unique power that changes how they play. Friday offers Jason's from the different movies, all have the same powers, but are all stronger and weaker in some areas.

When you lose in Dead by Daylight, you can move on. Friday makes you spectate.

Dead by Daylight Survivors have two ways to escape, gates or the escape hatch. Friday has much more, call the police, escape by car, escape by boat, kill Jason, or wait the match out.

Dead by Daylight Killers have to sacrifice survivors on meat hooks, the killers can only kill the survivors by their own hands under certain conditions. Friday lets Jason instant kill when he catches them.

Survivors in Dead by Daylight can't fight back. Survivors in Friday the 13th can fight back.

Dead by Daylight survivors all play the same, perks are how you differentiate them. Friday's Counselors have different stats changing how they all play.

I think I covered most of the similarities and differences. I think if you want to play more Killer, Dead by Daylight is more up your alley. If you'd rather be a survivor, Friday offers much more.

actually you can go into customize and set your spawn preference
if you pick your spawn preference as counselor you will never be jason (this wasnt the case before it was changed)
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