I added you on XBL. I’ll be around this weekend playing here and there.
Tonight at 9
tried to get into a session few minutes ago and still couldn’t get in. WTF. Severs are porked!
Need people later to play private matches. Be there!
We were on at 9, we had 4 or 5 of us. A bunch of server problems in private though too.
Anyone play now? Hmmm…
Just finished my ball game. I’ll prob. be on before 10.
It’s sort of like Evolve, offering asymmetrical multiplayer where one player controls Jason who wields all sorts of sharp weapons and teleports through the darkness to prey on unsuspecting counselors, who are,controlled y up to seven other players. Those counselors try to escape by any means necessary and it sounds like it might make for a fun time. With features like proximity voice chat unless you find a walkie, it just might make for a frighteningly memorable experience.
But is it? And at US $39.99, does it really justify its cost? That’s what we’ve got Renn to answer in his first impression of the game.
I completely agree with him and can’t wait for all the bugs to be fixed.
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I have barely played this. Too many issues at launch. Maybe I will give it a go this weekend.
I tried a quick match Monday, it still doesn’t work.
Maybe time to try again this weekend.
Gun Media has delivered a new patch for their troubled title Friday the 13th: The Game, which targets exploits, betrayals, stability, matchmaking speed and more.
Gun Media’s announcement of the update states they have been working non-stop to resolve problems with Friday the 13th: The Game and are continuing to monitor memory-leak issues. Their advice to anyone still experiencing game crashes is to do a hard reset of the console and try again. More exploit fixes are planned for future updates, along with a report feature to address problems with griefing and harassment.
New Features
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Increased betrayal penalty from -200 XP to -1000 XP per kill -
Added gamma slider -
Added extra confirmation when the host tries to leave a match, informing them it will end the match or close the lobby for everyone
Improvements
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Greatly improved matchmaking search times -
Improved backend reliability -
Reduced movie playback stuttering on host -
Closed off a lot of spots that only counselors could get to on all maps -
Decreased initial load times (can skip videos about halfway through now) -
Improved pickup reliability for Jason’s throwing knives -
Disabled navigation on the talking player list -
Improved camera returning to the player when leaving a hide spot or kicking out of a grab -
Improved Jason morph point reliability -
Reduced chance for characters to float when killed
Bugs
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Fixed a number of memory leaks causing crashes -
Fixed crashes when trying to spawn Tommy Jarvis -
Fixed items floating when dropped -
Fixed highlight not going away on grab kill selection -
Fixed PhD in murder achievement -
Fixed stat tracking for all achievements -
Fixed a number of memory leaks causing crashes -
Fixed Deborah's DLC clothing showing up for everyone -
Fixed dead body not showing up for clients -
Fixed window showing wrong position for open/close on host -
Fixed interactions get out of sync from client and server causing players to be stuck -
Fixed counselor not showing up in grabbed state all the time -
Fixed being able to run through hide spots just after leaving them -
Fixed getting stuck in a hide spot that someone else is leaving -
Fixed sometimes not being able to kill someone in a hide spot -
Fixed getting stuck in a cabin near Packanack when barricading the door -
Fixed counselors escaping while being murdered near the police
The update for Friday the 13th: The Game is available now.
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Perhaps I will give this a go tomorrow night. Still have barely played it. Always playing PUBG. lol
Friday the 13th did not have a particularly auspicious start for an online game. We actually liked it quite a bit, calling it “a gory game of hide-and-go-seek that’s fun with funny people” in our review, but it was plagued by serious server issues that kept an awful lot of people from taking part. Some problems remain, going by the state of the discussions on Steam, but the situation has apparently improved enough that developer Illfonic has decided that it’s time to start trying to make up for it.
“We do want to make note that you are being heard and updates will continually be rolling in. We have a lot planned to continue this trend, but we hope this first one will be interesting to you as we move towards more and more for this game,” the studio wrote.
As mentioned in the video above, a free content update coming June 20 adds a new “retro” model for Jason, two new costumes for each counselor, and doles out 13,000 Customization Points to all players. There’s also a double XP weekend starting on June 23.
“Our thanks to the community for their support, their feedback, their concern and their suggestions. This has been a rocky release, to be frank. Our team is looking forward to the future to get more features, more content, more updates rolling at a quick pace and we hope you enjoy!”
Just ahead of the weekend, Illfonic also rolled out a “quick stopgap” update to Friday the 13th that plugs a number of security holes, including “the perk selling issue that users have been running into.” Full patch notes are below.
Improvements
Steam matchmaking searches longer for lower pinged games.
Various minor matchmaking optimizations made.
Lobby countdown timer closes menus at the 3 second mark instead of when it starts.
Warning beeps can now be heard from sub-menus.
Added lots more environmental kill locations to all of the maps.
Leaving a match while a party leader now prompts you to disband or take the party with you.
Security updates to prevent account spoofing.
Dynamic camera and character animation improvements.
Added an option for controlling the PTT sound.
Increased XP penalty of team killing fellow counselors to -1,000XP from -200XP.
Fixes
Fixed several exploit locations on all maps.
Fixed Steam party members not following the party leader.
Fixed Steam party main menu voice stuttering.
Fixed Jason getting stuck in the grab pose if a grabbed counselor disconnects while being pulled out of a car.
Fixed an issue with block detection on boat seats.
Fixed some counselor vehicle interactions not being blocked while in a context kill.
Fixed some floating items on item swap and with traps.
Fixed the Shotgun sometimes floating after use.
Fixed an issue with tracking total Jason kills.
Fixed multiple achievement related bugs.
Fixed windows sometimes displaying the wrong open/close position on listen servers.
Fixed an issue where sprint was canceling fear animations & some stances.
Fixed some dynamic camera issues when interpolating from a kill back to the player.
Fixed Jason being able to morph into the boat and get shoved out of the map.
Fixed a case where spectators would not hear alive players.
Fixed session presence not always updating immediately to point at your game session (for invites) after you leave a party session.
Fixed some game server specific crashes.
Fixed the game sitting for the duration of the outro when no outro is played.
Fixed the scoreboard staying on the screen when the end match menu opens.
Locking the end match scoreboard on-screen.
Fixed defaults not always functioning in Video Settings.
Made the Gamma slider easier to use with a gamepad.
Fixed a case where a player’s mute state may not be sent to the server after loading the map.
Fixed character placement issue when getting out of a tent.
Fixed character placement issue when ejected from a car and your door is blocked.
Fixed being able to use other items while using the sweater.
Fixed some exploits with trap placement.
Fixed multiple crouch exploits.
Fixed multiple fireplace kill interaction distances.
Fixed multiple cases of Jason being struck and flying off the map.
Fixed multiple interaction lock bugs.
Optimized Steam P2P lobby tag updates, dedicated server tag space usage.
I’ve tried to play it last few days, still cant find a quick match.
I don’t remember watching any Jason movie where he looked that stupid purple? Did I miss one.
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always the Optimist
Still have less than an hour played on this game. Some day… some day…
I got some games in the 2XP weekend but went back in after for quick match and couldn’t find one.