I’ve by no means been into slasher flicks: gore for the sake of gore tends to bore. Gore for the sake of enhancing a sensible, top-down puzzle recreation about murdering cute bobble-headed civilians although? That I can get on board with.
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is the followup to Slayaway Camp, each from PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka’s new studio, Blue Wizard. This time you’re explicitly taking part in as Jason Voorhees, which basically makes this Slayaway 2: The Brandening. It’s popping out on Friday the 13th of April, due to course it’s.
What’s new with Killer Puzzle? Beyond the rejigged artwork and contemporary puzzles, the core of the sport appears to be like to be a lot the identical. Expect extra tile-based slide murdering, punctuated by little timing mini-games the place you chop folks up in novel and exiting methods. Also novel are the degrees, which vary out of your tried and examined campsites and amusement parks, by to outer house and Victorian London (in some way).
I’ve simply had a bit of play of the original free version of Slayaway, and it’s good…err, healthful stuff. I imply healthful within the sense that it’s a stable puzzler about skidding round small ranges whereas making an attempt to homicide folks and keep away from getting your self caught, slightly than in an emotionally nourishing form of approach.
As morbid as it might be, it’s the presentation that makes it worthy of a advice: there’s a sure glee to sliding as much as a hapless camper and watching them flee in terror into a close-by hearth. It’s much less terrible than it sounds, sincere.
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle can be out on Steam on April 13th.
