Gun Media has announced the next patch for Friday the 13th: The Game will include improved bots for the single-player mode. The patch does not yet have a release date, but will focus on improving the offline play.

A New Way to Play

When Gun Media first released Friday the 13th: The Game on May 26th, 2017, it exclusively released as an online-only game, though promising backers who helped fund the project that an offline mode was in the works. While online play was enjoyable, some fans longed to play as Jason Voorhees offline. The team patched in an offline mode on December 18th, 2017 to allow players to play as Jason and kill bot-controlled counselors.

Friday the 13th: The Game Gets Smarter

Bots are pretty notorious for not being the most challenging opposition. At initial release, the computer-driven counselors made poor decisions and did not take advantage of certain game mechanics. The new patch will revamp the AI of counselors to create a better difficulty curve and make the game more challenging. One of the most important changes will make the counselors utilize more of the game’s mechanics. At higher difficulties, this means we will see counselors using the radios as a distraction and setting traps.

The patch will also see Counselor bots behave more like their human counterparts. At higher levels, the bots will choose better perks that work well together. The bots will react more realistically to sounds and their surroundings. This will make for more intuitive gameplay and should make offline mode more enjoyable. Gun Media’s highlighted all of the changes coming in a recent forum post:

AI will now be equipped with Perks that better match the selected difficulty level. Playing on Hard? The counselors might be packing a Perk that starts them out with a defensive item, just like their human counterparts.

AI will be better at choosing a hiding spot, and what cabins they should enter based on the number of other counselors in the cabin.

At higher difficulties, counselors will more carefully select and use weapons, especially weighing their chance to stun. They’ll probably ditch that stick for something that packs a bit more punch.

AI might not be able to appreciate music, but higher difficulty AI will use the radios located in the cabins as a means of distraction.

Higher difficulty AI can shoot more accurately, place traps, and will attempt to open Jason’s traps with pocket knives.

They have become better at repairing vehicles and letting friends into a repaired car before they take off, as well as getting back onto the road in case they wreck.

Counselors will react more realistically to sounds – broken windows, doors, walls – and depending on difficulty and the counselor you snatch up, they may have an easier time of breaking free of Jason’s grasp.

Gun Media has proven their dedication to Friday the 13th: The Game with their steady updates. From the many versions of Jason and new maps to the implementation of new game modes, they’re keeping things fresh. Friday the 13th: The Game has a lot of fun in store for any fan of the franchise. If you haven’t picked it up yet the offline mode will make learning the game much easier.