‘Halloween: The Game’ Progression and Customizations Detailed
We are now just days away from Michael Myers coming to your home to stalk your consoles in the upcoming Halloween: The Game, and today developers at Illfonic have revealed new details about progression, perks, and customization options that will be available to players starting this Friday.
From the official site: Halloween: The Game was designed to offer rich player progression, satisfying rewards, and robust customization. From compelling character cosmetic items to meaningful gameplay unlocks, our team has strived to ensure your time in Haddonfield is commended. While we’ve previously highlighted various elements of the metagame experience in our asymmetrical horror sandbox, we are thrilled to demonstrate what players can look forward to from the horrifying hook of Halloween: The Game.
Whether you’re diving into the singleplayer story mode, private matches against AI, or online 1v4 matchmaking, Halloween: The Game offers a feast of challenges to chase and a nearly endless number of milestones to achieve. We’re delivering players Passive + Progressive Challenges for both Michael and Civilians, Singleplayer Story Mode Challenges to encourage replayability, comprehensive character customization, customizable player profile cards, four levels of player progression, and a rollable perk card system complete with decks and an earnable currency. Completionists have their work cut out for them.
By completing matches or enjoying the singleplayer story mode, players earn experience points that are applied to four distinct categories of Player Progression Levels: Profile Level, Killer Level, Civilian Level, and Weapon Level. Profile Level encompasses all gained XP regardless of which role you choose to play. Killer Level is earned by becoming the Boogeyman and terrorizing the residents of Haddonfield. Civilian Level is tied to each playable Civilian character. And Weapon Level is earned by dispatching victims with specific equipable weapons as Michael.
Growing your Player Progression Levels unlocks additional playable Civilian characters, new Michael abilities, supplemental Starting Items for Civilians, cosmetic rewards, new tiers of challenges, executions, and more. Dedicated players can also prestige upon reaching the max progression level in any of these four categories to chase additional rewards and flex their achievements.
Passive + Progressive Challenges
In addition to Player Progression Levels, Halloween: The Game features an extensive suite of Passive and Progressive Challenges. Passive Challenges are divided into multiple categories for both Killer and Civilian roles and are automatically tracked regardless of which character you select. Progressive Challenges are tied to specific Civilian characters, Michael Skins, and weapon types, and players are tasked with tackling these objectives in succession to unlock rewards.
Singleplayer Challenges
Our singleplayer story mode also provides optional challenges for all six playable chapters that unlock alternate outfits and unique cosmetic items, including a legendary look for committed Boogeymen who complete every singleplayer challenge. Between Passive, Progressive, and optional singleplayer objectives, Halloween: The Game is packed with 100s of challenges for horror fans to chase.
Player Customization
Upon gaining Player Progression Levels and completing challenges, players will earn a satisfying suite of options for customizing Michael Myers and Civilians.
Michael Customization
Michael loadouts come equipped with two starting traits – Killer Sense and Shape Jump, which provide essential tools for stalking and slaying the residents of Haddonfield. From there, players can customize Michael’s appearance with Killer Skins and Tints, unlock and select new starting weapons with earnable tints, and choose three distinct Michael abilities such as Reality Tear, Blackout, Detection Pulse, and more.
Civilian Customization
Civilian Characters offer their own unique stats and signature traits, making your choices incredibly important when facing off against the Shape of Evil. Civilian loadouts allow you to customize each character’s appearance, including outfits with multiple tints, hair/headwear, eyewear, and makeup/blemishes, unlockable starting items, and Civilian Perk Decks.
Civilian Stats
Athleticism
Athleticism determines how quickly and efficiently a Civilian moves through Haddonfield on foot or by bike.
Personality
Personality affects a Civilian’s ability to convince residents, alert the authorities, and command additional followers, as well as determine their Fear and Stalk resistances.
Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness determines a Civilian’s repair expertise, environmental awareness, and competence when operating motor vehicles or firearms.
Capability
Capability represents a Civilian’s overall vigor and prowess when wielding melee weapons or throwable household items.
Profile Cards
As an added layer of customization, Halloween: The Game will also feature fully adjustable Player Profile Cards. By increasing their Player Progression Levels and completing challenges, players earn Profile Icons, Profile Backgrounds, and Profile Titles that can be used to build Profile Cards. There are dozens of options to choose from, and these personalized Profile Cards add extra flair to the online multiplayer experience.
Civilian Perks
Civilian Perk Cards enable players to craft their very own Perk Decks. Completing matches supplies Perk Points, which can be used to roll for Perk Cards that provide varying levels of gameplay boosts within matches. To increase their odds of pulling higher-rarity cards, players can choose to spend greater amounts of Perk Points during rolls. Players can also use Perk Points to temporarily upgrade cards they own, which increases their level for a set number of matches. Once players have amassed a solid collection of Perk Cards, they can construct Perk Decks which can be equipped to Civilian Loadouts. The randomized in-game Perk Card rolls ensure no two matches of Halloween: The Game play out the same.
Pre-orders are up for the physical game on PlayStation 5 and on the Xbox Series, which will now arrive on October 6, while the digital version arrives September 8, with early access for Digital Deluxe pre-orders this Friday, September 4.
The Standard Edition of Halloween: The Game will include a copy of the game for PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, an exclusive poster, and advance access to the Michael Myers Clown skin and two civilian cosmetics.
The Limited Collector’s Edition will include a copy of the game, plus an exclusive Trick or Treat Studios Shape Jump variant action figure, exclusive lenticular art, an exclusive poster, advance access to the Michael Myers Samhain and Clown skins, advance access to the two civilian cosmetics from the Standard edition and two additional civilian cosmetics, and more surprises to be revealed at a later date.
Players can also pre-order the Standard Edition or Deluxe Edition to secure the digital pre-order exclusive Phantom Michael Myers skin. The Deluxe Edition also includes 2 additional exclusive playable Civilian characters – one voiced by Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas and other by Halloween 2007 star Kristina Klebe! – the exclusive Inmate Michael Myers skin, early access to Halloween: The Game starting on September 4.
Pre-order on PlayStation 5 here. Pre-order on Xbox Series X|S here.
In Halloween: The Game, players will be able to become The Shape in the game, with a unique stalking “Shape Jump” ability that allows Michael Myers to vanish and reappear, as he does in the movies.
In the highly anticipated video game, Michael Myers will once again be played by the original Shape actor Nick Castle, as well as actor and stuntman T.J. Storm, working together performing the motion capture to bring The Shape to life.
With Malek Akkad producing and John Carpenter as executive producer, Halloween will be published by IllFonic, co-published by Gun Interactive, in partnership with Compass International Pictures and Further Front, coming to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and Epic Game Store.
Halloween: The Game will be released digitally on September 8 (early access for Deluxe Edition players on Sept. 4) and physically on October 6.
Watch the new progression and customization overview video below.
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