10 GENIUS Concepts Wasted On Buggy Video Games
3. Friday The 13th
Jason Vorhees is not a laddie who does things by halves (unless we’re talking about literally bisecting people).
He’s killed in cabins, killed in the wilderness, killed in space and... killed in his own game!
The idea behind Friday the 13th is a solid one - instead of screaming at the TV for the gormless sods to “run, don’t hide in the cupboard you goober”, you and a team of other human players actually get to control the hapless Camp Crystal Lake holidaymakers... whilst another, more stabby person controls Jason. In order to win, the teenaged knife-dodgers must complete preparatory tasks in order to escape, whilst Jason has to make them a pot of tea and Viennese whirls (and/or murder them).
So far, so good - except, the game has more bugs than a lakeside barbecue, with some of the most egregious being Jason just... walking through closed doors intended to slow him down, and magically teleporting victims back to him to deliver a final blow (affectionately referred to by players as “his rubber band”).
In addition, the game stopped receiving updates years ago, so unless they pull a “Jason X”, looks like Friday the 13th is gubbed... for good.