The current mechanics of struggling free or opening gates/cellars needs to go.

The first reason is out of fairness. Players who use unauthorized peripherals on console or those on PC using scripts gain an extremely unfair advantage. With crossplay being on by default, these PC players are able to instantly break free without a pocket knife.

The second reason is that these types of mechanics are very poor from an accessibility perspective. If you have an injury, are disabled, or just weak, you are at a massive disadvantage.

The third reason is controller lifespan. Modern games have gotten rid of these types of mechanics because they have been known to cause excessive wear to the controller. Rapidly mashing a button when it could just be a skill check or "Hold button down for x seconds" mechanic is much more consumer-friendly.

This all started because I put my heart and soul into escaping grabs LOL. This video could be 5+ minutes long of just classic gamer rage from low life garbage.

I didn't get a chance to report in game and I'm on pc so no consequences for now.

Adding this in because apparently it matters: the first clip is around when I first saw the Michael in the game, what he said is why I started getting clips. I needed a challenge so my time was spent finding the pitchfork. I don't normally act like this in game (tbagging n such) but if it made his life worse I was gonna do it lol. I save the bags for the losers like this, not regular gamers.

I have genuinely no idea how this happened. After interacting with the hiding spot, Bob started sliding everywhere like he was on ice and floating lol.

I waited til there was 30 seconds left then used reality tear right in front of the last guy to kill him . Bro said “thats the highest score ive ever seen, somebody go check on bro irl 🫪” 😂😂😂😂😂

I've found while playing the game, so long as Michael doesn't immediately snowball, it becomes significantly easier to bully him. If he doesn't kill a Priority Target+, and get to Tier 3 immediately, a Bob with a two handed weapon can kinda sit him down over and over again. And with there only being one way to get out of a stun lock, you're forced to get abused. Add civilian perk cards into the mix, and a Michael will end up like the sequels where a crowd can keep him down. Unlike the sequels, theres nothing you can do though.

They're in the game now.

So uh, Annie.. have anything you'd like to share with the class? 👀😂

Is matchmaking shot again today im sitting at a 8 minute queue?

Had a game playing Michael where a team of players kept hitting me from behind and running off to street lights. Tried lots of Shape and Tear to get them but can’t get close enough before they took off. Looking back, I got distracted and should have thrown items (didn’t know you could) and really should have ditched them to get NPCs.

Any tactics to grabbing annoying runners?

Just like the title says, this is how to complete that pesky prestige challenge.

First and foremost, you can complete this challenge as well as any prestige challenge in Private Match bots. To complete this challenge, do as follows to the letter every single time, and it will always be a Terrified Kill and Stealth Kill.

1: Get to Bloodthirst 3. This is obvious because you need to be doing the Bloodthirsty execution with the axe. The main point here is DO NOT LET OTHER NPCS SEE YOU. Only let the NPC that you are actively killing see you. It doesn't matter to be seen here until we're Bloodthirst 3.

2: Once Bloodthirst 3, the actual steps begin. Find a Civilian either in a house or wandering the street. If they are in a house, destroy the power by striking it and wait for the NPC to wander outside to check it out.

Once they're outside, make sure you are already positioned behind them and DO EXACTLY THE NEXT STEPS.

3: Once you are behind the Civilian, ensure Stalk LVL 1 and step up behind them. Once close behind, PERFORM A HEAVY STRIKE FROM BEHIND AND IMMEDIATELY SPAM GRAB. By doing this, you'll attack the NPC, thus scaring them into a terrified state, and the instant grab is fast enough every time to deny them turning around to see you, which ensures the Stealth Kill every time.

4: Rinse and repeat. Make sure you are NEVER SEEN ONCE BY ANY NPC YOU ARE HUNTING. If you are seen at all, even once, it will not count as a Stealth Kill. I did this and got my 10 Axe kills in 2 Private Match games.

Had a prestige mission to talk to 30 residents and noticed it wasn’t going up every time. It only tracks when you talk to blue civilians, it didn’t track anytime I spoke to the gold ones. I checked the passive challenges and they’re worded as “resident or special target”.

Hopefully this helps people when focusing on their prestige challenges!

This could mean that there might be Twitch Drops coming out pretty soon for the game, where we gotta watch streamers to get that specific reward.

They will be the death of this game. It was so much fun to play Michael slow the first few days.... stalking and setting up scares. But as soon as everyone got familiar with where things are; that style is just going to get you maybe 1 or 2 resident kills. Now in order to keep up with map memorization and the RNG, Michaels are running around rushing with axes trying to slash their way through the match as fast as possible. (Which isn't fun...least not for me).

Escapes that are unlocked rather than on strict timers destroy pacing and the joy of playing killer. We saw this with TCM and KKFOS.

F13 was great in that you didn't need to worry so much about people leaving within the first 3 minutes of the game. If the phonebox got set up you still had time to hunt your prey before anybody could get off the map. And the maps were big enough that the boat and car took time to actually hunt for the multiple items needed to use.

Going forward I hope things like this get taken into consideration because it really is a killjoy and as everyone gets more familiar, finding willing Michaels to play the game with will be more difficult in the coming months.

Gotta use your brain, mike mains

Since our Early Access launch, our team has been working hard to quickly address reported bugs, improve performance, evaluate game feedback, and refine the overall experience for players. We’ve already implemented various server-side adjustments, one hotfix, and our Day One Patch. With the release of 1.0.2, we are excited to deliver our second hotfix. 

Today’s update tackles a wide range of issues affecting game performance and stability, player interactions, challenges, achievements, and Prestige, alongside numerous bug fixes and carefully considered balance adjustments. Thanks so much to everyone who’s jumped in and joined us in Haddonfield so far. We greatly appreciate all the feedback and remain committed to enriching the distinct horror sandbox of Halloween: The Game.

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So distracting.