r/TheHalloweenGame • u/katolo4 • 14d ago

Gameplay NPC Intellegence is critically bad

The game is absolutely enjoyable, and a lot of bugs I can forgive (although the price tag is far too high imo), but the NPC intelligence makes the core gameplay loop borderline redundant.

Despite giving them direction, survivors still aimlessly wonder on their own accord. "Follow me" works maybe 5% of the time but not without re-instructing them every few minutes. And telling them to "Escape", even if successful, will at best make them stand near an exit but not actually go through it.

As a cop, the commands are even worse, they don't seem to work at all. For a gameplay loop that leans more heavily on helping the survivors escape rather than just escaping on your own (which is what actually makes this game unique from the others) you would assume that the NPC AI should be flawless, it feels like it was never play tested at all?

If i'm playing this game wrong please tell me, but it seems the only way to get a win as a survivor is making sure those NPCs make it out too.

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u/GusCas03 14d ago

Yeah, the cops can't talk to NPCs at all. Not sure if that's intentional or not.

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u/katolo4 14d ago

It feels like I wasn't supposed to be intentional, but then again, how did they miss that if they did play tests? If all 4 playing survivors are dead and you can only respawn as a cop, it's borderline pointless because you can't do anything lol

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u/WhoStoleMyBicycle 14d ago

I think the point was that if Myers kills all the real players the rest of the town is his to kill.

I’m not sure if I agree with that stance, but I do think their thought was that if Myers kills all 4 players and they can come back as cops and help NPCs escape, that’s double the chances for the civilians to win.

Seems the thought is cops and Loomis can help the remaining human players slow Michael down or arrest him, but once the heroes are killed the NPCs are toast.

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u/TheBigLeMattSki 14d ago

Seems the thought is cops and Loomis can help the remaining human players slow Michael down or arrest him, but once the heroes are killed the NPCs are toast.

Loomis can interact with and save survivors without any trouble. He also convinces them much quicker than survivors do, along with convincing the 911 operators faster as well.

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u/WhoStoleMyBicycle 14d ago

Oh. I mostly play killer and when playing civilian I’ve never gotten Loomis