10 Things to Know Before Starting Halloween: The Game
The title offers a fundamental overview of the game mechanics to best tackle the experience.Discover how to manage the narrative campaign, protect the NPCs in the neighborhood, and survive Michael Myers' ambushes.
Halloween: The Game is an asymmetrical horror game: on one side, the residents of Haddonfield; on the other, Michael Myers himself.The two experiences are nothing alike—those playing as the survivor must organize themselves with their team, while those playing as Myers aim to isolate their victims one at a time.Before jumping into a game, clearly decide which role you want to learn first, because the strategies are not interchangeable.
The phone is your true lifeline, not a weapon
If you play as the survivor, your main objective is to alert your neighbors to Michael Myers' presence before it's too late.To do this, you'll need to find a still-active phone and use it to contact the police. Move quickly as soon as you start exploring the map, because every minute wasted wandering aimlessly reduces your chances of activating it in time.
Don't try to kill Michael Myers
A common mistake for those coming from other survival horror games is to think they can eliminate the antagonist with a few shots.In Halloween: The Game, this isn't the case: successful attacks only slow him down, never stop him completely.The only real way to get out alive is to work as a team—reporting his location to your teammates and dividing the tasks between the phone search and the surveillance team is worth much more than a single, well-placed attack.
Single-player campaign or multiplayer match: choose based on your group
The game offers both a single-player campaign and asymmetrical multiplayer matches, similar to what IllFonic did with Friday the 13th: The Game and Predator: Hunting Grounds.If you're playing alone, the campaign is the most natural way to learn the mechanics before taking on other players online;if you already have a close-knit group, head straight for multiplayer, where real cooperation between survivors matters much more than against the AI.
