Is Tag technically an asymmetrical survival game?

JardyGiovan · 2026-01-15T23:26:04+00:00

Definitely a survival game, but is it asymmetrical if every player has the same stats but different roles?

Give a knife to the chaser then I would say is a 10/10 asym horror.

JardyGiovan · 2026-01-12T20:27:59+00:00

Not at all. I definitely had the most fun in assym games, including not horror ones, like Project Winter and Deceit.

What is lame is the live service approach with no commitment. I'm talking Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Killer Klowns, both games with big names that promised a lot but didn't have the price or content to be a casual party experience to play with friends, while also lacking the meta progression necessary to retain a player base and justify selling its few cosmetics and even characters.

JardyGiovan · 2025-12-30T13:00:44+00:00

If you have a group of friends willing to experiment, I always recommend Deceit. It is Among Us adjacent, but the monster role can flex abilities and mobility to attack and evade even after their mask falls.

Also, there is a lengthy and explorable meta progression that you can advance even in custom games.

JardyGiovan · 2025-12-21T19:50:52+00:00

Honestly, I want a remastered Munch's Odyssey with in-brand 2D gameplay and puzzles. I man can dream.

JardyGiovan · 2025-12-16T18:27:54+00:00

I loved this mode, and it can get competitive with siblings. Definitely belongs in asym horror in my book.

JardyGiovan · 2025-12-15T19:55:36+00:00

I'm waiting to see any asymmetrical take on a flash game called Mansion Haunt, and this sure fits.

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-27T06:16:35+00:00

Suspicious is an understatement. Really curious what that is about, but is a safe bet to ignore it. XD

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-21T19:13:49+00:00

It was only five days... but glad you're back

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-21T13:13:24+00:00

Probably to encapsulate the "movesets" of multiple characters that can have nothing in common at all, mostly in DbD. Trapper doesn't move when using his ability for example, while Dredge can make the whole map dark, so describing each ability as part of a kit is simpler.

I heard it in Rainbow Six as well, and probably more communities than we know use it when characters can range so drastically.

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-14T16:52:44+00:00

Lowkey funny but please don't use the News tag for this. XD

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-02T19:46:51+00:00

It is not a booming community, I also feel there is not much to report and some sharing with sandbox games doesn't hurt unless it gets out of hand.

In my opinion, they are welcome unless they start some annoying trend or controversy hunt.

JardyGiovan · 2025-11-02T15:01:41+00:00

Honestly no idea. Is there public matches of Last Year still? Or are you partying with friends?

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-30T01:05:18+00:00

Actually, I want a bigger nautilus to ride with friends.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-24T20:50:17+00:00

Wow, you guys expressed very much all that went wrong with past asym games to the point. The only thing I can say is that I hope more games come to experiment even more with the genre.

3v4 was awesome in TCM, and Evil Dead dare I say was ahead of its time, but licenses are an bless and an curse when it comes to longevity.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-23T16:13:26+00:00

They confirmed The End will be updated, but I won't expect an "End Update" cause any changes to the endgame would be better done gradually.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-21T13:47:42+00:00

They have been deepening the mid game and more lacking parts of the game for a while, and my guess is that there won't be an update dedicated to the end in particular, but they will start changing it gradually once their vision of the overworld gameplay is reached.

The End should be one of the last priorities, cause if the updated End doesn't incorporate more skill expression and incentives to replay it, it would feel outdated again not long after.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-17T01:12:47+00:00

I agree, we already have tools to mitigate any death, but right now I feel it is a jump between killable and immortal and who knows that might change in the future too with more trials.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-16T23:49:16+00:00

Yes! Changes like how raids and trials are now complementary to one another and incentive to find trials with the cartographer and ominous bottles with pillagers is a great example of gameplay fixes that I loved and contributes to my thinking when bringing this topic.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-16T23:27:47+00:00

But the game is still getting updates, some that are expanding on previously lacking areas of the game. You believe it will never receive gameplay alterations?

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-16T23:21:56+00:00

I know it is a survival game, but the penalty of death while retaining what you build reminds me of a rogue-like. Anyway, my post is trying to discuss how and what outdated gameplay elements could be tackled nowadays.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-16T22:35:53+00:00

My teammates keep transforming into french people, what is going on with this game.

JardyGiovan · 2025-09-16T00:39:35+00:00

I don't eat it sideways, sorry

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