Artificial intelligence is a problem sufficient for recreation builders, however I can solely think about that the newest patch for the Friday The 13th recreation introduced a raft of recent and attention-grabbing issues to builders Illfonic, as they’ve needed to simulate synthetic stupidity.
As of this week, much less sociable murderers can expertise the sport from Jason’s perspective offline, with the camp-grounds populated by a swarm of as much as seven AI-controlled camp counselors possessed of virtually suicidally poor judgement. It simply wouldn’t be genuine in any other case.
Sadly, the bots solely work as fodder for Jason in offline play, so should you had been hoping to cooperate with a group of expendable AI associates whereas evading Jason, you’re out of luck. Still, on condition that Jason’s gameplay was the toughest side of the sport to study (being one in opposition to a complete group), it’s a terrific place for brand spanking new gamers to study what the massive man is supposed to be doing, all whereas observing the Do’s and Do Not’s of life as a counselor.
Bots aren’t the one main addition on this new replace. The Virtual Cabin – a mixture of digital developer diary and Easter egg repository – has been overhauled, and now boasts some new secrets and techniques to uncover. The full patch-notes counsel that there are some essential revelations to be present in there for gamers wishing to sink a bit of time into poking across the dusty previous constructing.
A brand new playable counsellor additionally joins the roster of the damned; Shelly Finkelstein from the third movie. While simply one other sufferer for Jason, this poor idiot does have the doubtful honor of being the one who inadvertently gave Jason his now-iconic hockey masks. They additionally managed to carry again unique actor – Larry Zerner – to reprise the function, though I can’t assist however marvel what number of of his traces had been variants on “Argh! Oh no! I am being stabbed in the face by a big scary man!”
The replace additionally brings a better stage cap. Very devoted gamers can now attain stage 150, unlocking new kill animations and skins for Jason, new clothes choices for the advisors, and guarantees of additional goodies to be unlocked additional down the road, assuming gamers have already reached the required stage.
All in all, that is a formidable bundle of post-release help, and not at all the final that Illfonic have deliberate for the sport. While the sport could have suffered from some technical points shortly after launch, it’s nice to see that the studio have supported it properly previous these preliminary doldrums, making it a genuinely distinctive little multiplayer expertise, albeit a barely area of interest one.
