So the past few days as I mentioned over in the what are you playing thread, I've been obsessed with Dead By Daylight. I realize I'm like three years late to this party, but the best part of starting now is getting to benefit from all the stuff that's been added.
So, for those that don't know, DBD is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival match in which 4 players take the role of horror movie survivors trying to escape the map, and one person plays a killer trying to capture and sacrifice them. The way this plays out is the survivors need to repair four generators located around the map to power an exit gate while trying to avoid the killer. The killer wants to chase them away from the generators to slow their progress, and injure the survivors enough to allow you to pick them up and hang them on a sacrificial hook. Survivors can rescue their fellow survivors off hooks, but the third time someone is hooked is usually an instant kill.
Each character, survivor and killer, has unique skills and different loadouts available, and leveling one character enough will unlock the ability to train their unique skills to other characters.
I normally do not like competitive online games, but I'm loving this. Maybe it's because it's honestly not all that competitive in nature. I've enjoyed playing killer the most, but an important thing to know about killer is that you are probably going to lose. Or at least know that you have no clearly defined win state outside of no one escapes, which is nearly impossible. The game is stacked in favor of the survivors. It's their game to win, as the killer you are there to be the bad guy, almost like a DM. As a killer I can usually expect to kill one of them (horror movie rules, at least one of the teens is going to die) and if I manage to kill two that's a pretty even game. 3 is great, and if I manage to kill all 4 it's a combination of playing extremely well and getting extremely lucky (or the survivors screwing up majorly).
The main reason for this post, other than to encourage people to try the game I like, is to inform that if you want to buy it, I highly recommend buying the Stranger Things bundle that's currently on sale for the next few days. The stranger things license is expiring, so after that no one will be able to buy the stranger things characters any more but those that already have them can continue to play them. The bundle includes two survivors, Nancy and Steve, and a killer in the form of the Demogorgon. All three of these are pretty fun, though once they are removed from the store their individual perks will become available to all other characters just like if you had leveled them up.
So, for those that don't know, DBD is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival match in which 4 players take the role of horror movie survivors trying to escape the map, and one person plays a killer trying to capture and sacrifice them. The way this plays out is the survivors need to repair four generators located around the map to power an exit gate while trying to avoid the killer. The killer wants to chase them away from the generators to slow their progress, and injure the survivors enough to allow you to pick them up and hang them on a sacrificial hook. Survivors can rescue their fellow survivors off hooks, but the third time someone is hooked is usually an instant kill.
Each character, survivor and killer, has unique skills and different loadouts available, and leveling one character enough will unlock the ability to train their unique skills to other characters.
I normally do not like competitive online games, but I'm loving this. Maybe it's because it's honestly not all that competitive in nature. I've enjoyed playing killer the most, but an important thing to know about killer is that you are probably going to lose. Or at least know that you have no clearly defined win state outside of no one escapes, which is nearly impossible. The game is stacked in favor of the survivors. It's their game to win, as the killer you are there to be the bad guy, almost like a DM. As a killer I can usually expect to kill one of them (horror movie rules, at least one of the teens is going to die) and if I manage to kill two that's a pretty even game. 3 is great, and if I manage to kill all 4 it's a combination of playing extremely well and getting extremely lucky (or the survivors screwing up majorly).
The main reason for this post, other than to encourage people to try the game I like, is to inform that if you want to buy it, I highly recommend buying the Stranger Things bundle that's currently on sale for the next few days. The stranger things license is expiring, so after that no one will be able to buy the stranger things characters any more but those that already have them can continue to play them. The bundle includes two survivors, Nancy and Steve, and a killer in the form of the Demogorgon. All three of these are pretty fun, though once they are removed from the store their individual perks will become available to all other characters just like if you had leveled them up.
