Brett Hamilton

Net ease developers openly use 'engagement optimization matchmaking' - not just Skill based matchmaking. Their lead developer who's in charge of matchmaking has been on a youtube video you can look up talking about it. Why is this an issue? Just ask anyone playing - you WILL go on massive lose streaks 7,10,15 game (i've just gone on another 3 wins out of 20 games). This is what their matchmaking is intended to do - keep you winning and losing to a ration where you WANT to play the game more (hence the engagement part of the matchmaking they implement). - You're supposed to always be 'chasing' that next win to get back to where you were before. You will go on win streaks but they will be fewer and further between. How do they do it? - the matchmaking takes into account things outside of just your rank/level such as who you main or have been playing and then puts you up against teams which pick characters usually which counter your picks (as well as lots of other things taken into account when matchmaking occurs). There's also videos of people showing how if they take a break from the game for a few days they come back and go on winning streaks (to again, give that feel good feeling and enhance engagement). There's also quite a lot of comments under the dev's vids from Chinese players who attest that this kind of matchmaking and practice has gone on for a long time - particularly with their devs and in mobile games etc. and it's just predatory behavior they've become accustomed to. The game is designed for you to play with noobs, go on loss streaks where you just won't win on average which then keeps you grinding - even more proof added with how you have shield in early ranked games and how you get more points for winning than losing games - allowing you to eventually grind your way up through the ranks. Exactly what the devs want you to do.

If the musical and stage productions never existed then this film would be fantastic, but given the subconscious comparison to the stage renditions one can only come to the conclusion that the songs are lackluster. The film isn’t bad, but the reality is that the general public are going to overrate the film bewitched by the brand of grande instead of judging objectively which would lead to the conclusion that the vocals are thin - not bad. But not great.

DONT buy console edition. Its total garbage. Always bugs, no new content for 6 months, new bugs with every patch. Overpriced skin store. In game, unless you run as a 5-8 man there is no game, youll last a couple days on a monthly server at best. Even low pop servers you'll just see big groups who are all too afraid to raid eachother so they just mop up small bases and keep the server dead. I used to play as a large group and its ok, but if you want to drop down to a solo/duo/trio you cant achieve anything significant in game. Uninstalled after spending money on ultimate edition, double eleven are slow, trash and out of touch with the game.

PROS: Game concept is fun, I put in 1500 hours within a few months. Lots of franchises and killers and survivors to choose from along with perks. Game can feel addictive in terms of RNG maps which can change it up a bit. Unique in being an asymmetrical horror game where you can choose to survive or kill. Lots of content released regularly such as new killers and survivors. There’s some excellent streamers who make enjoyable content of the game. Lots of cosmetics. CONS: Cross-platforms makes half the killers unviable to play on console (ranged killers are almost pointless). The devs create bugs on EVERY patch which usually involve having to remove maps for reworks for weeks at a time to sort. The mechanics of the game are flawed and encourage hook camping and tunnelling a player out meaning that for 1 person the game will be over in a few minutes sat on a hook doing nothing while other survivors go down or just do generators with no fun killer chases or interactions. The matchmaking is appalling and doesn’t match to any skill whatsoever so you can get really unbalanced games I’d say 75% of the time where you feel you literally had no chance. The forums are killer biased so don’t get involved if you play 50/50 or survivor as you will hit a brick wall trying to give any balanced opinion. The community is generally toxic and very ‘killer’ or ‘survivor’ sided. There are rarely any new maps made. Developers appear extremely slow to fix bugs but very quick to fix cosmetics and things which make them money. The game is extremely unbalanced. If you’re a survivor on soloQ, expect to win on average maybe 3 out of 10 games (let’s all a win 2+ survivors escaping). - don’t get me wrong you could have 10 escapes in a row but you’re far more likely to have 5-10 losses in a row, or even worse, games where maybe 1-2 generators are completed. The game become very boring and frustrating quickly and is entirely dependent on how the killer wants to play. The skill cap to be able to turn the tables on killers or survivors is extremely high overall so you need to sink in 1-2 years of playing solid to be consistently good in the game. Hit boxes are ridiculous. You’ll experience plenty of times when you’re around a corner and get hit by a hatchet. Or be 2 metres from a killer when you go down. Queue times can range from 10s (mostly as killer) to 10 minutes. Would I recommend? - yes when I started playing 9 months ago and brought 4-5 friends along for the ride. Now? - no, the game is going stale, playing as a duo everyday I’m finding I’m playing less and less everyday. There is 2 style of game now - you vs the same 3-4 strongest killers Every game, or someone just being tunnelled or camped out of the game early. Look for something better like home sweet home in the horror franchise!