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Nah, not for that. I was a bit disappointed with the Friday the 13th game. When footage started coming out, I found the characters to look plastic-y. (That, and they don't understand what "gameplay" is.) This game looks a hell of a lot more refined. I also like the way DBD isn't locked into one killer, which should make it way more fun down the line. I can see playing Jason over and over getting boring.
And on a more technical level, I'm not a fan of the 1v7 nature of it. That's nearly double the survivors DBD has, and I'm willing to bet that's going to hurt the game. If you let people choose to be the killer, you're going to run into massive queues because you'll have 7x the amount of people needed to play as survivor just to fill up a single lobby. Or if you pick one random person out of 8 to play as the killer, it'll be a rare occurrence to the point where most killers are going to be sloppy and inexperienced.
That's not to say that it's not interesting, though. I do like how the map in Friday the 13th seems to be much larger. I fear that would cause the gameplay to slow down to a crawl and turn into a walking simulator, but it does offer something unique. I can only imagine the amount of bricks you'll crap when you've been walking through the woods for ten minutes and suddenly, "Here's Freddy!" But of course, if it takes too long for something like that to happen, you risk people getting bored.
I am a fan of the way DBD handles things in that regard. Knowing that the killer could show up at any moment and has a rough idea of where people could be (as you can see in some of the gameplay videos out there) gives you more of the stressed slasher movie feeling, whereas with a large map like in Friday the 13th, it's more of a "nothing's here, nothing's here, nothing's here, JUMPSCARE".
I'll definitely wait until there's more to see first. I'm usually not a fan of horror games (they just don't do the trick for me, don't know why), but I found DBD to be a lot of fun. Credit where it's due, I didn't even have Friday the 13th on my radar before, but now I'm somewhat interested because of this game. Probably not going to suddenly switch over whenever it does come out, but I might try it.
And on a more technical level, I'm not a fan of the 1v7 nature of it. That's nearly double the survivors DBD has, and I'm willing to bet that's going to hurt the game. If you let people choose to be the killer, you're going to run into massive queues because you'll have 7x the amount of people needed to play as survivor just to fill up a single lobby. Or if you pick one random person out of 8 to play as the killer, it'll be a rare occurrence to the point where most killers are going to be sloppy and inexperienced.
That's not to say that it's not interesting, though. I do like how the map in Friday the 13th seems to be much larger. I fear that would cause the gameplay to slow down to a crawl and turn into a walking simulator, but it does offer something unique. I can only imagine the amount of bricks you'll crap when you've been walking through the woods for ten minutes and suddenly, "Here's Freddy!" But of course, if it takes too long for something like that to happen, you risk people getting bored.
I am a fan of the way DBD handles things in that regard. Knowing that the killer could show up at any moment and has a rough idea of where people could be (as you can see in some of the gameplay videos out there) gives you more of the stressed slasher movie feeling, whereas with a large map like in Friday the 13th, it's more of a "nothing's here, nothing's here, nothing's here, JUMPSCARE".
I'll definitely wait until there's more to see first. I'm usually not a fan of horror games (they just don't do the trick for me, don't know why), but I found DBD to be a lot of fun. Credit where it's due, I didn't even have Friday the 13th on my radar before, but now I'm somewhat interested because of this game. Probably not going to suddenly switch over whenever it does come out, but I might try it.