Killer Klowns From Outer Space The Game Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published June 14, 2024 · Updated June 13, 2024

Killer Klowns From Outer Space The Game Review, Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, crazy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!

Killer Klowns From Outer Space The Game Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Epic Games friend list integration. (optional)
Display settings – monitor, window mode, resolution, frame rate limit, color deficiency, color deficiency strength, gamma, and v-sync.
Graphics settings – texture quality, effects quality, post-processing quality, shadow quality, foliage, shading, View distance, resolution scale, and motion blur.
Upscaling settings – Upscaling method, DLSS mode, DLSS sharpness, FSR 2 quality, and FSR 2 sharpness.
Accessibility options – subtitles, text color, background color, text scale slider, color deficiency, color deficiency, and gamma.
Cross-play matchmaking can be turned on or off.
Tutorial section which is optional.
Challenges are like the game’s own achievements but with rewards and they are grouped.
Five locations – Amusement Park, top of the world, the suburbs, downtown Crescent Cove, and clown summer camp.
You can customize your Klowns or human characters.
Private match option with full friend integration.
The goal of the humans is to escape and the goal of the Klowns is to kill all humans.
When you die as a human you can spectate and take part in mini-games to earn items which you can keep for yourself in the hope you get revived or give to the person you are spectating.
Fantastic music.
Earn experience from playing the game and doing tasks.
Noise markers trigger when you do things like opening windows, turning on TVs, etc.
You can rescue and release captured teammates.
Emote wheel.
Klowns shoot you and then capture you in a pod that they then hang on spots, team-mates can rescue you or give you a weapon to help you escape.
Stamina plays a huge part in running and fighting.
It’s possible to kill the Klowns.
A torch can be turned on and off to help navigate the darkness.
You have a death bar that goes down slowly when your human is captured but you can speed up your death if you want.
Button prompts show up for interactions.
When it’s all rocking and you know what you are doing the game is a lot of fun even with randoms.
Find and use health items.
Handy behind you camera that works really well and adds to the tension.
As a klown, you can use abilities that have a cool down. Things like transporting around the map or gaining health back.
Lackeys are Ai-controlled smaller Klowns that patrol the map, as a Klown you can upgrade those stations you make the Lackeys better.
Hidden Collectibles to find.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space The Game Review Cons:

Cannot remap controls.
The tutorials are all text-based.
Doesn’t offer a benchmark test for graphics and performance.
Online is quick play only, with no server browsers or Map/team choice.
When dead you get bombarded with mini-game after mini-game, so after learning what to do there, you also miss out on watching the match unfold.
Had it where I got spawned into a game in progress and put straight in front of the Klowns and died.
It’s a horrible experience for the first-timer as you get no map and no idea where to go or what to do.
Slow-paced game.
The game all comes down to learning the maps so you know the exit points, and you can get used to noise markers and all that.
Klowns are just frustrating to play because every action is slow or has Needless animations. Catching up with humans is a tall order.

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