148 - Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
The Ultimate Slasher Superstar
So this was my inebriated first purchase of the new year that thankfully didn't turn out to be a regrettable one. If you've every played Slayaway Camp it's basically that game with Mr. Vorhees himself as the star slasher. If not it's, as the title suggests, a puzzle game with murder being the goal.
But you can't go hackin' at campers all willy-nilly, you need to set up kills in the correct order to reach the final kill of each level. Most are pretty simple but there's a rewind feature and Momma Vorhees is there (well her head anyway) with hints and emotional support. She'll even show you how to solve each level, making it a game of memory if you choose the quick and easy way.
The game has two other modes, Daily Challenge is one level that changes each day but no help from Mom on these. Not too bad and with some date manipulation in system settings the trophy for a 13 day streak can be done in a half-hour or less. Then there's Murder Marathon where you have to time hitting on a bar to get as many kills in a row as you can. The sweet spot changes in size and location randomly and can be a challenge to get to the max kills trophies up to 30, still not too hard.
There's plenty of content here, over a hundred levels and different weapons and skins for Jason. All of that is cosmetic though but still fun to mess around with. My only real complaint is that all of the kill animations, especially in Murder Marathon, get pretty repetitive for the amount of grinding a few trophies require. Otherwise it's a fun game, pretty easy but a bit of grind. If you like puzzles and murderous hockey goalies named Jason this may be worth a look for you.
Difficultly: 2/10 Fun:8/10