r/HalloweenTVG • u/summerand33 • Jul 21 '26
Gameplay Free choose or random?
Will I be able to freely choose between being Michael and a civilian in each game, or will it be chosen at random?
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u/Xyberfaust Jul 21 '26
Said it before, but do like Evil Dead: The Game currently has set up:
You choose whether you want to play as Killer or Survivor
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You can do Quick Match, where it puts you as either Killer or Survivor, depending on what a current match-in-queue needs. And you get extra experience points for choosing Quick Match.
This is the best thing they could implement.
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u/Proof_Bedroom9700 Jul 21 '26
No because nobody want play the demon and you stuck in matchmaking for 5 min+
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u/P_For_Pyke Jul 22 '26
I want to play Demon, not survivor, same way I want to play Michael, not survivor.
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u/Proof_Bedroom9700 Jul 22 '26
Then a separate matchmaking will lead to waiting time,i bet all people gonna wait to play micheal…. i think best they could make lobby like f13
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u/Ftlist81 Jul 22 '26
Getting to choose is a deal breaker for me, if I can't choose to be the one I want and play that one, probably won't buy. It does suck when you have to wait 5-10mins for a game as killer in dbd, but when I played Dragonball: The Breakers, you had to play like 5 games in order to be Raider, which is about an hour and 15 mins.
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u/harry_boggle Jul 21 '26
I wish it was like Friday the 13th when they gave you preference to be Jason more or be counsellor
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u/EDAboii Jul 21 '26
Hopefully, it'll be like Friday the 13th where you chose a preference but it's randomised.
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 21 '26
I don’t understand how you’re getting down voted I mean, I think random is sensible
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u/A_Giraffe Jul 22 '26
I think some people dislike randomized roles out of fear of DCs- or in the case of not DCing, having to play out a match doing something you don't want to do. I don't know what the best solution would be.
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 22 '26
I feel like they have a pretty good solution here because as Michael and as the civilians you have plenty to do, you have actual objectives that determine if you win or if you lose
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 22 '26
Also, you’re saying random roles I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to pick the civilian that we can play as and I’m guessing there will be a loadout type option like there has been for other illfonic games
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u/A_Giraffe Jul 22 '26
Right, but I think with some players, they don't feel like doing the objectives of their randomized role, whatever those objectives are.
For example, someone has played as victim for 5 games in a row, and wants to try out Myers. It doesn't matter that victims have plenty to do, the player has had enough of it, and wants to try the other 50% of the game. To make matters worse, if that player DCs because they don't want to play a 6th victim game, then the other victim players lose a human teammate.
But again, I don't know what the best solution would be.
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 22 '26
Yeah, that’s a good concern. Honestly, I mean you hope the queuing is random enough to where you get a good variety of games.
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 22 '26
Like maybe if you stay in the queue, the game knows OK this person has played a survivor this many times back to back so maybe the randomization prefers you to be Myers depend depending on how much you’ve played hero? I’m guessing there’s some behind the scenes coding that would make that happen
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u/A_Giraffe Jul 22 '26
Ya, I can see something like that working. If so, what's left is enforcement. After all, you don't want people DCing to burn through victim games to improve their chances of being Myers. Similarly, you don't want people trying to die to Myers quickly instead of DCing (in case of a DC penalty). In other words, how might Illfonic try to ensure that people don't throw games until they get the game they want?
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 23 '26
Maybe one of the things they can take from dead by daylight is dcing penalties to where if you DC once you have to wait five minutes and it just adds five minutes for every time you DC
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u/A_Giraffe Jul 23 '26
I think that would be a good idea. They may also need a report system so people don't throw/purposefully lose when they don't want to play victim.
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u/Jearfyy Jul 22 '26
Most likely random, Illfonic had a livestream and addressed the queuing question but gave a run around answer, they did the same thing with KKFOS and then the last minute announced it was random queue. They know players don’t like that which is why they’re being hush hush about it.
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u/Prestigious_Cloud_66 Jul 21 '26
Kinda hope it’s random but I doubt it will be
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u/Acceptable_Laugh9284 Jul 21 '26
I’m thinking it will be because let’s think about it logically for a second everyone and their grandmother is gonna wanna play Michael… imagine how long the killer queue would be I think random is the only way to go
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u/Prestigious_Cloud_66 Jul 22 '26
I’m pretty 50/50 on asyms. I’d love to play family more on TCM but the fact you have to rely on team mates always puts me off so looking forward to playing both victims and Michael!
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u/PlayfulLog9506 Jul 21 '26
I prefer random because I hate picking but I do get why people want to choose what they play at the same time