For the past few years, I have always posted about video games that are good in a weekly (well, sometimes weekly) article named 'Games To Try Before You Die.' I have always been a happy video game player, but when I looked at my game collection. I realized I have a lot of games that are just awful. Why do I own these? Why am I attracted to crappy games? Starting today, I'm going to post about games that you really SHOULD'NT try before you die.

What: In Friday the 13th, you play as the camp counselors that are attempting to survive Camp Crystal Lake. Jason Vorhees is on the loose and you must defeat him to survive!

What's wrong: What can I say that the Angry Video Game Nerd already hasn't. It's just a game based on a horror movie franchise, but we all know that back then when you mixed a movie with a video game, it never really turned out. Back to the Future is most likely one of the best examples, but we'll get to that another day.

First of all, the look of the game is just horrible. When I think of Friday the 13th, I want to be frightened and scared! In this game though, it doesn't even come close to that. The happy faces on the counselors, the music, the bright and vibrant colors. It's just not the atmosphere that I think about when I talk about Friday the 13th. Going back to the music, that damn music just keeps going and going, it never ends. You only hear different music when you enter a cabin or going against Jason, but even that music is barely anything creepy.

That damn map screen, makes no sense. If you are going right, sometimes you will end up going left in the complete opposite direction of where you want to go! Say the a counselor needs your help right? Well you better get running! You see that he/she is all the way across the map, so you run in the direction that you need to go, which you assume is right. You spend over a minute going that direction, just to find out that you went the complete opposite direction! It's frustrating as all hell!

Now to Jason Vorhees, when you are attempting to kill him, good luck trying to do that with that base weapon you are given....a rock. Unless you get the throwing knife, you may as well shut the stupid game off because you're just gonna lose anyway.

I never did beat this game because I put it in for cheap laughs and if I am feeling lucky and really have nothing else to play. Fortunately, this is the only Friday the 13th game out there, and it should stay that way.

*DISCLAIMER* Yes I know, AVGN already talked about this game and I am prepared to receive the 'You just ripped off AVGN.' Well it's my blog, I'll do what I want.

 

 

 

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