Friday The 13th Killer Puzzle Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · December 11, 2020

Help legendary horror icon Jason Voorhees stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels in a hilariously off-kilter puzzle game. Jason will terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations… and beyond!

Pros:

403.5MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Plays on Playstation 5 via backward compatible.
Fast loading times.
Easy trophy list.
3 Modes- Play, Daily death, and murder marathon.
Play- Kind of the story mode. 12 chapters to unlock covering all the film’s eras. 13 levels within each chapter.
Puzzle gameplay, Slide Jason around, and take out the counselors.
Weapons- Earn bloodlust and level up to get a crate that has a handful of weapons.
Weapon rarity- Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
Can trade 3 weapons in for a random one.
Can rewind time in the game to undo moves or just restart.
Tutorial pops up as you play.
Easy to get into.
Can replay levels.
Death cutscenes are gory yet hilarious.
Final bonus kill pops up and triggers a stop the arrow in the marked area mini-game for bonus bloodlust.
Unlock new Jason outfits as you play.
Great brain workout.
Terrific soundtrack. Marathon mode has a rock playlist.
The pause menu has a dedicated ki-ki-ki-naa-maa button.
Murder marathon- Endurance/endless mode where you are doing the final bonus kill mini-game over and over.
Daily death- Random level, Do 13 days in a row for a bonus outfit.
Earn bloodlust in all modes.
Introduces new mechanics over time.
Plays well.
The humor throughout usually delivered from Mother the floating head.

Cons:

No PlayStation 5 upgrade option.
Nothing new from the previous games.
Doesn’t utilize the DS4 in any way.
No leaderboards.
No hint system.
Can’t skip levels in any way.
Replaying levels is not very beneficial.
Can get very repetitive.

7/10
Graphics - 7/10
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Sound - 7/10
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Accessibility - 7/10
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Length - 7/10
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Fun Factor - 7/10

7/10

Summary

A gory puzzle game that is fun to play but more importantly, easy to get into and start slaying. It plays a lot like a digital version of those old slider puzzles you got as a kid, Navigates the level, and take out the pesky kids without getting killed. It has a lot of humor and the gore really isn’t that bad at all its very light. Daily death means you always have a reason to check in daily. Marathon is for your long session and the story is played to just get variety and new costumes. It is a game that whilst fun, is basically the same game over and over and that can get tiresome but for a small price, it’s worth it just to give your brain a workout. Little has changed as the game makes the jump from handheld to the big screen on Playstation 4 and 5.