An A to Z guide to Friday 13th: The Game

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Why? Because I feel like it. 

 

Adam Palomino. 

Adam is one of my favorite counselors. He's good at repairing, and he's even one of the best choices for removing Jason's mask. In many ways Adam and Fox are similar counselors, both have good repair and strength. 

 

Baseball bat. 

For many players this is their favorite weapon in the game because it almost always stuns, but it doesn't make much damage to Jason's mask. My favorite weapon is the axe, it both stuns and does damage. 

 

Crystal Lake. 

The infamous camping grounds, where danger always lurks. Did you know that there even are Crystal Lake Tours in New Jersey?

 

Deborah, Kim. 

One of the repairing counselors. Adorable in her bunny costume. If you don't escape early, she is difficult to survive as. 

Ending. 

Friday the 13th: The Game is coming to an end on December 31st, 2024. After that you won't be able to play it.

 

Fox. 

One of the rare counselors based on a character from the movies. Out of all the female counselors, she has the best strength, for removing Jason's mask. And like I said, she's good for repairing too.

Glitches.

F13 is notoriously full of them. Remember the times when counselors were able to go to the roof of Packanack lodge by using traps? So Jason couldn't reach them? But then a way was discovered for Jason to go to the roof as well. It required Jason to be in rage mode. And how about the time when Jason was able to destroy the cars by throwing knives? Just to name a couple.

 

Higgins Haven. 

On this map you can escape with the car via the boat exit! Yes, I have seen some streamers do it, but have never been able to do it myself. Also still to this day, Jason can shift himself to the roof of one of the cabins. Good place to hide from a kill squad?

Ice cold. 

One of the perks in the game. With the final update to the game, which gave everyone the best perks, this one was among the removed ones. It made you less fearful of your dead team mates' bodies. Did anyone ever use it? To be fair, the rare times I've gotten jump scares in this game is because the counselors are so startled by the bodies. 

Jason, Voorhees. 

The man, the  myth, the legend. A serial killer. For some reason he seems to have fans. They must be psychopaths.

 

Kensington, Chad. 

Famous for his speed and speedo. Also you should know that Chad is a dick, and a momma's boy. He's afraid of even his own shadow. By the way, if you play as Chad and wear something else than the speedo, you are doing it wrong.

Lachappa, Eric JR. 

Some people paid to be in the game, Lachappa is one of them. He's good at repairing, but his stamina is the worst in the game. Therefore he's the most difficult counselor to play as.

Mitch Floyd. 

According to a conspiracy theory Mitch is just a Kenny with a beard. And is Mitch really "a kid", as he says when he calls the cops? How old is he? 

 

New Game. 

A new Friday the 13th game is in the works, but it probably won't be a multiplayer.

Offline play. 

You can play only as Jason offline, against bots. There is no AI Jason to go against as a counselor. And the counselor bots are... extremely stupid, to put it mildly.

 

Packanack. 

One of the locations/maps in the movies, and the game. On Packanack I prefer trying the boat escape. And die trying...

 

Quiet. 

A default emote for all the counselors. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use it. 

Riedell, Kenny. The average guy, he's not good at anything. Usually the first to die, because of South Park of course. In my opinion he's the best looking male counselor.

 

Savini Jason. 

Many people would be willing to pay a lot of money to get Savini Jason now, but he was a pre order bonus. At some point Savini was also sold for a brief time by accident, was it on Xbox?

Tommy Jarvis. 

Special counselor right from the movies. Tommy is needed if you are gonna try to kill Jason. He has the best stats, and a shotgun with just one bullet. Better use it well...

 

Ultimate slasher edition. 

It has all the released content for the game, including DLCs.

Victoria Sterling. 

The blonde counselor is, according to some, the "Karen" of the game. Personally I love her looks. She also has surprisingly good stamina, 7/10.

Wilson, Brandon. 

Also known as Buggzy. The best counselor for mask removal, right after Tommy of course. So find a machete, and seek Jason. I'm sure you'll be just fine.

X. 

We never got Jason X. The lawsuit ruined everything for this game.

Youtube. 

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Zzz.

You must be asleep by now.

Have fun at the Lake, while you still can!

Friday the 13th: Cheating in a dead game?

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The ways of cheating in Friday the 13th: The Game are numerous, starting with many animation cancels for both Jason and the counselors.

But for quite some time there has been a cheat going around that makes the counselor invincible. I don't know the official name of this cheat, I call it super cheat.

 

 

The counselor who uses it can't be killed in any way. If Jason slashes them, they take no damage. If Jason grabs them, they instantly get free from the grab.

Other counselors can't kill these cheating counselors by running them over with the car, they are immune to the car.

These counselors also move super fast. If you see counselor white circles moving fast on the map, there's your first clue that there are cheaters in the lobby.

 

 

There was this person showcasing this super cheat on Youtube and maybe some other places, I don't remember. Then later this person started selling this cheat.

 

 

Image: Effin' Birds

 

That's right, the cheaters have bought this cheat, and anyone can buy it. 

At first I saw this super cheat being used by some Twitch streamer. But lately I have run into these cheaters in my own lobbies twice. On the second time there were actually two of them.

All this cheating I have seen has been on PS5. 

And of course the cheaters have the excuse that somehow it is right to cheat in a dead game.

Well, like I always say: Assholes will be assholes.

 

 

Here's a gameplay video showing some features of this super cheat.

 

 

There's one simple solution to cheaters: Refuse to play with them. If you encounter these cheaters while playing as Jason, don't bother trying to kill them, it's a waste of time. Leave the lobby. If no one plays with them they can't have their fun.

 

 

Friday the 13th: The Game not working?

The last time I was playing my all time favorite game, Friday the 13th, everything wasn't working as intended. This happened on Playstation 4.

I kept sending party invites, but despite of getting the invites my boyfriend wasn't able to join the party. The connection simply never happened. This of course isn't the first time this party problem happens with F13.

So my boyfriend's account couldn't connect to the party, and he couldn't even join any lobbies, because the quick play search was constanly in the state of "search cooldown". All he could do was to become the host himself. This kept happening despite of closing the game and even the console many times.

 

And what was even more worrisome, on my boyfriend's PSN account at one point the level went back to 0, and most of the counselors weren't available to play as. This was eerily reminiscent of the times when the hackers could reset any player's level. But the last update was supposed to fix this problem permanently, right?!

And on a third Playstation account the party invites from F13 didn't come through at all.

Some might think that all this could be caused by internet problems, but this was not the case. We were in the same room, with two different Playstations, and my account kept working fine. Except the game crashed twice in a row...

So I can't even trust the game working or the party invites working anymore. All this makes me panic because Friday the 13th: The Game is the love of my life, and I want it to keep working properly until the end of 2024, as promised.

If something was to happen to make the game not work, would they even fix it anymore? I don't think so.

 

F13 game glitches: Beyond the police exit

If you use a pocket knife too close to the police exit, this can happen. As my speedo Chad I was able to run around the police exit freely.

This Lachappa was grabbed too close to the police exit. Lachappa couldn't be controlled anymore, and he reached the end of the map.