Hey Somethings! PCR here…
So.. I managed to get my hands on a key for ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space : The Game’ and decided to give it a shot.
Now, admittedly, I’ve never seen the movie (I’ll wait… ok, done screaming? Continue), and I only ever played the ‘survivor’ side of things but.. after putting in over 1500 hours into Dead By Daylight, I feel even having only played a bit of KK, I have some insights.
For those unaware, Killer Klowns is an(other) asymmetrical killer/survivor, cat/mouse game. It shakes things up a bit by there being 7 survivors vs 3 klowns in a match, and each match has multiple exit points, but each point will only allow so many survivors to leave, forcing the other survivors to find another way out. When you get caught by a klown, they wrap you up in cotton candy and hang you on a hook. Other survivors can attempt to free you, or if you have certain weapons you can free yourself. Where KK differs from DBD (but is similar to other types) the survivors can acquire weapons to fight back. That’s the gist of it.
Is it bright? Sure. Are the survivors all bland? Yes. Can you customize your survivor’s look? Eventually. “What about the gameplay?” So glad you asked… after all those hours of DBD, it’s hard NOT to compare every other asymmetrical game I’ve played to DBD. Let me clarify.. DBD is NOT a perfect game… not by a long shot.. but in my opinion, KK misses on a bunch of the things that even DBD gets right.
The survivor movement feels way too slow and lethargic…not just in walking/running, but in ALL movements. The aiming feels atrocious and the running didn’t feel much faster than walking (although it made more noise to alert the klowns). Searching things felt like it took way too long, and then there would be an annoying cameras angle change for the game to swing around and focus on the inside of whatever you searched.. thereby taking away your ability to keep an eye on your surroundings.
Out of the 7 games I played (2 solo, 5 with other friends) I managed to escape once and that was by complete accident.
When you’re ‘out of the game’ (either dead or escaped), you can play was IGN calls “humorous carnival-based mini games” (not sure what game they were playing.. only 1 was barely ‘carnival based’ and none of them were humorous…) that allow you to choose a ‘fate card’ that can grant a player still in the game something to help them with their continued attempt. None of the games felt like there was a ‘set score/win’ point at which you could choose a card, and was more ‘oh, you’ve been doing this for 20 seconds…cool!’ as even games I did absolutely terrible at, the game would let me choose a Fate Card.
All of this said, I would venture to guess that if I had watched the movie and been a fan of the franchise, I might be inclined to be more forgiving in my take on the game… but since I haven’t and aren’t.. I won’t. I got the code for free and even factoring that in, it’s been uninstalled.
If you’re a fan, it might be worth checking out.. just keep in mind your gameplay time and Steam’s return policy if you’re going into with a 50/50 mindset.
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-PCR
