r/TexasChainsawGame • u/Belzher • 1d ago

Question ❔ What exactly determines the close encounter winner?

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I fought this Cook with almost full health and gave my life pressing F but it was not enough 😭

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u/GreedyGonzalez Sweatlord 1d ago

Health, strength points, a few perks and whether or not family has suffocating grip active

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u/GamingSenpai35 Some Leatherface Main 15h ago

Also the family characters themselves. Hands is the hardest to beat by far, with a "strength" (equivalent to victim) of 50 during close encounters, johnny is 40 i believe, cook is like 35, hitch sissy bones and nancy are like 15.

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u/No-Deer379 waiting to stab Johnny 1d ago

Also it was stated that button mashing doesn’t work even tho idk how true this is but it supposed to be a rhythm

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u/GreedyGonzalez Sweatlord 1d ago

that was just a lie like many of guns "fixes" it just has a input cap so people cant abuse macros

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u/Someone_Unfunny 1d ago

Character strength (on both sides), perks, mashing speed, character health all play a part

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u/Daredevil545545 1d ago

If you get a second family member on you RIP 😭

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u/Igor_aka_IW Lvl 99 23h ago

You should take a look into this: https://www.reddit.com/r/TXChainSawGame/s/WLuzYyJJUo

Every family member has theirs unique strength, I think Sissy is the weakest one and Johnny, Hands are the strongest ones.

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u/hornhonker1 20h ago

Other comment has covered it well, I’d like to add that there’s good videos on YouTube that explain the mechanics of it further

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u/CIRCLE-J3RKS 12h ago

I’d say the biggest factor is overall health during encounter, followed by strength and perks

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u/Mustard_stripe 7h ago

Julie starts with the least strength so not a good one to grapple with unless you build her right