Halloween: The Game is out now, and we’re pretty sure a lot of Michael Myers fans are already striking from the shadows as we speak.
However, you might want to take a little break and grab the latest patch as it brings a lot of balancing changes and gameplay fixes that can make your time either hunting your prey or evading your pursuers a lot easier. Civilian Escapes can be detected from farther away, for starters, which will be handy when Myers pursues you with his relentless determination to secure a kill.
Other changes improve NPC pathing to ensure you don’t see policemen getting stuck on environmental objects and continuing to walk in place, which made us question whether they were qualified to be hunting someone as deadly as Myers in the first place when we reviewed the game. A lot of other issues that could be quite annoying to you are being addressed, and it’s a long list.
We’re especially happy about those cross-play fixes that should keep you going from game to game with your friends more seamlessly than before. Check out some of the notes below. Also, as a thank you to fans, IllFonic is providing 5000 free Perk Points for those who played before 9 AM PST on September 8th as part of early access.
Patch 1.0.1
Crossplay
With 1.0.1, our team is excited to address the cross-play matchmaking issue players were experiencing during Early Access. Cross-play party members now follow their leader into a matchmade lobby instead of being kicked to the main menu or dropped from the party.
NPC Behavior
We are continuing to make improvements to overall NPC behavior and pathing. Below you will find the AI tuning introduced with 1.0.1.
• Improved NPC pathing to prevent instances where Police NPCs would get stuck in certain locations
• Improved NPC pathing to prevent instances where Residents would not be able to path into Escapes.
Challenges/Achievements
Patch 1.0.1 provides additional fixes to challenges and achievements that weren’t tracking properly. We understand how important it is for players to obtain the rewards they’ve earned and we will continue identifying outliers and implementing fixes with future updates.
Stamina Changes
We’ve been closely monitoring the balance between Michael and Civilians when it comes to Athleticism, Stamina, and the chase. We’ve implemented a handful of key adjustments to ensure Michael can consistently apply pressure to Civilians in the open while also addressing some notable disparity between lower and higher levels of Athleticism for Civilians.
• Increased Civilian Base Stamina Regen Delay Time
• Increased the Stamina Consumption caused by Evil Presence on affected targets
• Stalked targets are now affected by reduced Stamina Regen Rate and increased Stamina Regen Delay Time (amount dependent on the Stalk level)
Athleticism Levels 1-4:
• Exhausted Duration has been decreased, allowing Civilians with lower Athleticism to recover from the Exhausted state faster
• The delay before stamina begins regenerating has been decreased, ensuring quicker recovery between actions for Civilians with lower Athleticism
• Stamina Regen Rate has been increased so Civilians with lower Athleticism recover stamina faster
Athleticism Levels 6-10:
• Slightly reduced Max Stamina to maintain chase tension with Civilians with higher Athleticism
• Reduced Stamina Regen Rate of Civilians with higher Athleticism to balance player mobility
