One of the most exciting parts ofTexas Chain Saw Massacreis how players can customize their characters. These types of cosmetic and gameplay customizations can alter the experience in the genre as the game hopes to be abig change fromDead By Daylight.

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But as players first join teams for either the victims or the family, they’ll notice that they can’t customize their characters right away.Texas Chain Saw Massacregives players a message that says, “This feature is currently locked. Play more to unlock.” Yet there is no text that tells gamers exactly how much more they have to play.

How To Unlock Loadouts & Skills

It will take several matches to get to level five. Since the characters will be so much weaker without any skills, boosted attributes, or selected perks, this does mean that many newcomers will be losing most of their games until hitting level five.Playing with friendscan alleviate this difficulty some but not entirely.

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The good news is that by the time players hit level five, they’ll have accumulated a healthy stash of skill points to invest in any player. Choose afavorite victimand customize the character until it feels just right. After that, the game’s difficulty eases up.

Those interested in playing the role of an antagonist can also reset their skill trees and all those skills will carry over to one ofthe best family members. Eventually, players will have so many hit points that they can have multiple maxed-out characters and be ready for anything. At first, don’t be afraid to leave and rejoin matches until the preferred character is available. Or ask a teammate to trade characters, everybody playing their best will help the entire team.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre Customizing At Level Five

Texas Chain Saw Massacreis available now for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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