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Friday the 13th: The Game is an asymmetrical horror game, pitting a group of player controlled survivors against a player controlled Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise. Up to eight players will play together, with one player randomly (or not-randomly if designated by a private match host) spawning as Jason. You then have to try and survive / kill everyone.

For the purposes of this thread, we'll be talking primarily about the multiplayer mode of the game. There is a singleplayer mode planned, but IDK why you would play that, because killing goons is just wonderful.

This game is coming out in EARLY 2017. The term "Early 2017" has become a meme of sorts, as the definition of "Early" is a hot point of contention, especially if it winds up meaning: "August." According to the developers - release will be approximately 1 month after they complete "console certification." As of the writing of this thread (April), they are "close" to console cert - so expect the game in mid-late May.


• Game released on May 26th. My accuracy in predicting this should not go unnoticed.
  
  The digital version of the game is $40USD while the physical edition is $60USD. You will get the multiplayer portion of the game in early 2017 with the single player portion being patched in during the summer of 2017.
  
  Savini Jason is a backer reward and will not be purchasable. Don't cry big tears.
  
  
  

There's a few factors which separate this game from other Asymmetrical horror games, such as DbD:

• You cannot "Main" playing Jason. Jason is randomized except in private games, where he can be designated specifically. You can "opt out" of playing Jason, but you can never opt out of playing Counselors. There are (or have been promised) mechanics in place to prevent people from "game shopping" for the 1/8 chance to spawn as Jason.
  
• It's entertaining to die, and it's entertaining to spectate the camp / other Counselors after you are dead. There's also a mechanic where you may come back into the game after you are dead. (Tommy Jarvis)
  
• It's even MORE entertaining to play Jason, and it feels "special" to get him. The more you play with Counselor, the more you can anticipate the laws of statistics to grant you the big guy.
  
• Once the game ends, you will automatically rejoin the lobby with the same people. You kind of build up a sense of comradery, and it seems to reduce the salt levels dramatically compared to other, similar games. That being said, Private matches are the poo poo.

Victory Conditions:
So you want to survive the night? Just power up a couple gates and run away! Haha, just kidding - if you tried that nonsense on Mr. Voorhees you'd be Dead by Daylight!

First method: Vehicular Homicide Escape!

• Each map will have vehicles which can be repaired and used to escape the map. For one of the cars, you will require a battery, gas, and the keys - which can be looted / found in areas around the map. A boat may also spawn, which requires gas and the propeller to be installed.
  
• Installing any of these items will require a repair stat based QTE. Failure of which will make noise and set your progress back a little bit. You may ask why it is so goddamn difficult for your particular counselor to fill up the gas tank, or why this activity requires any skill in repair at all. But you'll be too busy getting your head crushed by Jason to ponder these questions.
  
• Each map will have a 4-person "blue" car. There is a 50/50 shot at the other vehicle being a boat or a 2-door car.
  
• Oh, I should mention: You can kill other counselors with the car, and Jason can stop it. Jason can also flip your boat and quickly drag you to a watery grave. You kids buckle up and stay safe!
  
  Second method: Call the Cops!
  
• That's right, the most straightforward and realistic answer to a serial killer attack. Call the police. Unfortunately you will need to locate a fuse and repair the phone box. (Another repair based QTE) Then you will need to make the call and wait 5 minutes for them to arrive at one randomly chosen location for you to escape on foot. You will likely need to run through the woods to get there once they arrived. I'm sure it will be fine.
  
• Oh, I should mention: If you flub the QTE, which you absolutely will because it's harder than repairing the car and you chose the hot black girl, a dial tone noise will play for everyone in the game. Including Jason. Who knows where the phone is. I wonder if the 911 operator can understand the sound of blood gurgling through a crushed windpipe? (They can't)
  
• PRO TIP: Jason will likely be very cognizant of anything going on around the phone early game.
  
  Third method: Time out.
  
• After 20 minutes the match will end. If you're alive, you will survive. Simple as that.
  
• Oh, I should mention: Jason gets increasingly more powerful as the match goes on, and his ability cooldowns are almost instant by the end. And you'll probably be all alone, in a completely trashed camp with few places to barricade or run to safely. Good luck!
  
  Secret Victory Option: Killing Jason (Don't try this)
  
• There is a means by which you can kill Jason. It is not meant to be easy, it is not meant to be widely known or seen. In fact, it may not be real at all. it is Do not try this.
  
• You can "unmask" Jason when he is damaged enough. Do not try this.
  
• Encourage your friends to try this.
  
• Goons are good at doing this, but I'm not going to just put this information out for any sperg to see. Talk to your local Friday the 13th Goon expert to be trained on how to kill Jason.
  
  
  The Counselors
  There's a whole host of counselors to chose from, with perks you can unlock and give them. The perks are universal and earned through leveling, but the counselors themselves vary in stats. The following video gives a great rundown of each counselor and their respective stats:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7cNr6cemA
  
  For those too lazy to click your mouse and watch a 30 second advertisement for Boniva, the stats are as follows:
  
  
  • Strength: How hard you hit, gives a higher chance to stun Jason with a melee weapon. Do not try to kill him.
    
  • Luck: Reduces chance weapons will break when hitting Jason, minor boost to other stats. I don't know what that means.
    
  • Speed: Your top speed. Handy if it's higher than those around you.
    
  • Stamina: Your Stamina pool and regen.
    
  • Composure: How easily fear affects you. (important - more on this later)
    
  • Stealth: How good you are at not making sound. Handy for hiding from the supernatural senses of a giant killing machine.
    
  • Repair: How not stupid you are. Stupid people have difficulty and take longer performing complex tasks such as replacing a battery, or filling a gas tank. (Because they like to huff the fumes)

Useful Items!
You may be fortunate enough to survive the short hike to a nearby cabin or structure! Consider yourself lucky if you made it far enough to begin looting items if it's your first game.
The following list are consumables in no particular order:



• Pocket Knife - You need to get yourself one of these or you are probably going to die. Used for stabbing Jason in the neck when he grabs you, automatically deploys. Also can disarm Jason traps. Far and away the best item to have on you.
  
• Flare Gun - Shoot Jason in the face to stun him and knock him to the ground! Or miss him and probably die. Also can highlight Jason on the minimap.
  
• Walkie-Talkie -Used to voice comm with other players who have a walkie. (Note: Other players nearby you can always hear you. Jason can too.)
  
• First Aid Spray -The fabled 1980's technology of instant healing in an aerosol can is available for your use! Neat!
  
• Firecrackers -Used to confuse Jason's sense ability, make noise, and stun him briefly if he's on top of them.
  (Repair/Vehicle Items:)
  
• Fuse
  
• Gas can (non-inventory carry item)
  
• Battery (non-inventory carry item)
  
• Boat Propeller (non-inventory carry item)
  
• Keys
  
• Bear Trap (non-inventory carry item)
  

Weapons!
Ahh good old fashion combat with Jason. Smart move kiddo! I'm sure he'll be dead for good once YOU try to kill him.
Generally speaking, blunt weapons have a better shot at stunning Jason, while bladed weapons do more "damage." You may be asking questions such as "What does 'damage' to Jason do?" and "Why am I trying to fight Jason?" Good questions!

Jason can be struck while he is griping another counselor and trying to line up a kill, this will break the grip and briefly stun Jason 100% of the time provided you don't hit him too early in the grip animation, or once he has started the death animation. Sometimes this window is depressingly small.

Your weapons have durability, meaning they will break eventually if you hit Jason with them. Counselors with high Luck have less of a chance for this to happen.


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  The following are the scenarios when hitting Jason is a good idea:
  • He is holding someone else by the neck, who doesn't have a knife, and you have a clear shot, and you think you can get away after.
    
  • You are good and practiced at baiting grabs and Jason swings and feel you can knock him out with your Counselor.
    

Jason is going to scare your character shitless. This is a problem, because Jason has this handy tool called Sense which detects scared counselors. When Jason uses sense, counselors he can detect are highlighted visually for him. The more scared your counselor is, and the closer you are to Jason, the better the chance at him seeing your bright red silhouette. Example below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqNmvr1PzTw

If you're in a cabin, the entire cabin will glow red, but he will not be able to see where you are exactly inside.

If you maintain your fear level low, you will be harder to detect this way, which is why composure is a good stat. (This also depends on the Jason, some are better than others at sensing)

Other things such as radios and firecrackers, can throw off sense or throw out false noise pings.

• Seeing Jason
  
• Seeing Jason kill someone
  
• Jason breaking windows or doors in a cabin you are in
  
• Seeing a dead body
  
• Jason killing the lights
  
• Walking around without a flashlight on
  
• Walking off trails
  
• Getting in the water

• Using your flashlight
  
• Staying on paths
  
• Locking a door
  
• Finding another Counselor
  
• Healing yourself
  
• Finding a Weapon or repair object

• Play to your strengths. If you're fast, go grab car components and give them to someone who knows how to pour gas. If you're strong, protect that fat kid from Jason, if you ARE the fat kid, go put that gas in - everyone is having trouble with it.
  
• Get a pocketknife ASAP. 2 is even better. 3 is perfect.
  
• Jumping through broken windows will make you take damage, but it's relatively minor. Jumping through a second story window is a really bad idea.
  
• Remember that Jason can use his abilities to get in cabins, don't get too smug with that trap at the doorway if the door is open.
  
• Tell your friends what components you have. (i.e. keys, fuse) in case you die. It's better to drop these components near the objectives if you can't put them in yourself or Jason is giving chase.
  
• Tell your friends where the phone is if you find it. Do not confuse the ham radio for the phone and lie to them.
  
• Swimming is a bad idea. It drains your stamina, Jason can insta-gib you, he swims faster than you, you can't see him doing it, and you make a shitton of noise.
  
• You might think you're clever, finding Jasons shack and hiding with Pamela. Unfortunately Pamela is a pretty big chatterbox, and she isn't chatting with you.
  
• Locking doors doesn't slow Jason down much - but it does reduce your fear. Barricading doors will slow Jason down quite a bit - but some can still get in very quickly.
  
• Early game Jason takes a bit to get through a door when it's braced. Once Jason has rage he can KOOL-AID man any door, so it may not be worth the time.
  
• The "ki ki ki ma ma ma's" are when Jasons skills are unlocking, not that he's near.
  
• Fleeing Jason is usually the best option during the early game depending on your counselor. He's going to have a harder time catching you, and if he chases it's less time he gets to "invest" in cabin ransacking or camping objectives- which will help you later.
  
• Shotguns are much more lethal to other counselors than to Jason. Shoot at Jason's feet for the best chance not to kill someone else and lose 1000EXP.
  

Sense
Your bread and butter detection skill. Any counselors within your "Sensable area" who have a sufficiently high fear level will light up like great big bags of red luminous meat, or at least the cabin they are in.

Morph
This ability lets you instantly teleport to an area on the map. It's not extremely accurate, however. It's used to get you to the general area. Also the first one to unlock!

Shift
Ahh the skill you will hear the most crying about. This lets Jason disappear and rapidly move around in first person view. He can easily catch up to running counselors, go into a cabin, or dart in front of a car. Fun!
Once the game launches, please head over to or the official forums for dissertations on why this skill is OP and should be removed because people don't like dying in this game about dying.

Stalk
The last to unlock, this skill allows Jason to turn off the proximity music which alerts Counselors to him being nearby. Standing still allows the effect to last longer, while moving ends the skill much earlier.

The most effective usage of this is to turn it on, morph to an area you know counselors are, then shift right up to them. They'll never know you're coming and is good for a grab kill or at least a pocketknife use.

Rage (passive)
About halfway through the game, Jason will enter RAGE MODE! Where he can break down doors and walls instantly. This skill applies automatically and requires no action from the player to toggle. Hit "E" on doors to instantly go through them. Note: there is a small animation, and a good counselor might be able to wind up a swing and bean you the moment you come through.

Strengths

• Can Run
  
• Traps (Starts with more)
  
• Morph
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Shift
  
• Defense
  
• Water Speed

Strengths

• Can Run
  
• Weapon Strength
  
• Grip Strength
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Stun Resistance
  
• Sense
  
• Stalk

Strengths

• Throwing Knives (starts with some, other have to find)
  
• Sense
  
• Shift
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Defense
  
• Can't Run
  
• Morph

Strengths

• Sense
  
• Water Speed
  
• Grip Strength
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Can't Run
  
• Traps
  
• Shift

Strengths

• Water Speed
  
• Destruction
  
• Stalk
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Can't Run
  
• Grip Strength
  
• Sense

Strengths

• Shift
  
• Stun Resistance
  
• Stalk
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Can't Run
  
• Less Hit Points
  
• Traps

Strengths

• Shift
  
• Weapon Strength
  
• Destruction
  
  Weaknesses
  
• Water Speed
  
• Can't Run
  
• Grip Strength

Melee Weapons
All Jason's melee weapons are functionally similar. Hit people, they take damage. Hit them a lot, they die! Some Jasons can hit harder than others.

Traps
Not to be outdone by Mr. Macmillan - Jason can lay traps. Traps can only be placed outdoors. You can lay them very close to each other - sometimes even stack them up. Many, many good Jasons will lay traps at the phone. Some will lay all of them there.

Throwing Knives
Whip a throwing knife at your nearby Counselor and wound them!

• Teleport to the phone area first - you want to keep them from calling the cops early. Cars can be stopped, boats can be flipped, keys can be lost, but the police countdown is forever. (or 5 minutes)
  
• These kids and their microphones will offer up loads of good information. Like: "I found a pocketknife!" or "I got the keys!" or "How do I sprint?"
  
• Busted doors and windows last all game. I wonder if there's a cabin in particular you don't want them to be in? ( THE ONE WITH THE PHONE)
  
• Sometimes it's just easier to mangle them with your melee hits rather than going for a grab kill. Like if they're together and plan to save each other by hitting you once you grab. Or of they're Duster and have 4 pocket knives.
  
• Don't fret about kills too early, take them if the opportunity is there, but don't go chasing Vanessa for 4 minutes.
  
• Kill the smart ones first. That Vanessa will be a smug poo poo all the way until she realizes she's all alone, the cops aren't coming, and she hasn't a goddamn chance in hell to get anything done.
  
• It's not easy to get a shift-grab combo. Do it if you have an opportunity, but vs. a running target it's better to shift-melee or just use it to chase hard. Once they are wounded and scared, they are going down.
  
• If the cops are called, the Counselors will begin congregating in the area where the police will arrive. Smart counselors will fix the car while this happens.
  
• Once you hit the ~15 minute mark, the phone doesn't really matter any more.

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Mar 21, 2018

**re-spawn** "Sweet! I got Tommy Jarvis!"
**Does not attempt to repair phone or repair car, immediately heads for Jason**
**Shoots Jason**
"WOOOO YEEEEAH! TAKE THAT JASON!"
.....
"Oh poo poo...."
**Dies**

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Apr 18, 2017

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Apr 20, 2017

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Apr 18, 2017

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Apr 19, 2017

• Defense
  
• Can't Run
  
• Morph

• Sense
  
• Can't run
  
• Grip Strength

• Can't run
  
• Less hit points (?)
  
• Morph