Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

Banger

this game is asome

Its design puts most asymms to shame, starting with being a 7 vs 3 player game, so both sides can use teamwork, while also hitting on a bunch of other points that most of the genre has failed to even consider. For instance, both sides have an objective other than 'kill the other side' that they can use to get points and turn the game in their favor. Each of the escape options for the human players can only take 3 people out of the 7 on the human team, so there are risks, cooperation and backstabbing to consider. You're never entirely knocked out of the game, since being dead gives you minigames that can spawn items for the other players, and possibly revive you... I was sure as hell not expecting a Killer Klowns game to be a perfect storm of good game design decisions, but that's what I played. Another shock was a game that isn't a cheap bastards with its advancement system. Everything mechanical (archetypes, weapons, loadout slots) is unlocked by account level, while every class has an entire list of challenges for cosmetic unlocks. Even better, only one challenge from each class actually requires playing that class! It's been a loooooooong time since I've played a multiplayer game with a progression system that wasn't punishing, stingy or pointless (or possibly all three). That said, the gameplay can feel clunky and unpolished despite all those good features, so the devs need to spend some time making this shockingly fun concept live up to its potential.