New Killer Idea "the Thing"
This idea is based on the horror movie 'The Thing" 1982 by ' John Carpenter'
It would have the killer change shape as one of the survivor that is in the trail.
me:"how horrific it would be for your sheer delight of your friend coming to help you fix a generator..only to find out he isn't really your friend"
word of warning: i want to keep this open for edits and improvements. I myself am not a game developer, i do not know what it would take to build it, or to keep it from breaking the game. with that said lets get to it!
(edit)His main perk 'Morph'(a better name is much needed)
Morph allows the 'Thing' to change modes at will (from killer to survivor)
changing form of the survivor that is the farthest.
as well as making the survivor list ether incorrect of obstructed(maybe a perk)
muffle hook screams and hides the location that the survivor was hooked(also might be a perk)[
a Few perks i have an idea for is
'Friend or foe?': ether every survivor emits a Fake terror radius or a debuff radius ->(for every survivor near you slow repair,heal etc by a small %)
'I am you':(this perk works similar to the obsessions )"you are so dull, and unimportant, you will be the perfect hiding place" The urge to REPLACE a survivor is strong. when ever the obsessed fails a check his aura is revealed for a short time.(edit)
the main point is to cause hysteria and paranoia.
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and how would you figure? would you make a call sign. Saying "hey who's coming near me?"
more then half the time i'm playing with my pals, if I don't pay serious attention i can easily lose sight of them.
say if half the team is dwight.. and so is the killer, that means they have to play a game of "one of these things is not like the other" and paranoia sets in fast.
4 different survs
dwigth comes to meg
-dwigth, it's you?
So sounds like something the devs could have come up with.... and im not joking
This wouldn't work even against solo players. Load into a match and simply assume it's The Thing. From here on out you avoid other Survivors until you are sure it is or isn't The Thing and then play accordingly. There you go, the power is rendered basically useless with common sense. Far too situational to be a worthy power.
Then you have SWF. "Bro, is this you?" "Nah, fam. You better run"
Sure, not all teams will do this, but those that do will 100% cancel out the killers power, making him essentially useless since why would you play a killer with no power when you can choose otherwise?
So it’s power is the survivors can’t use leader? Even when doing gens solo is optimal? Woah, I’m impressed
Is he’s immune to killer aura perks, ok. If he’s immune to bond or whatever, that’s bad. Either way his power is pretty useless. Stealth killers do it better
Sounds good in theory but could have many issues, so it would be cooler if the Thing could take form of a survivor that was not in the trial lobby; or someone that died.
if that only wanted 'slashers' then i doubt they would use SAW which is a 'Splatter Film" not so much of a 'Slasher'
i mean we have bizarre killers like the Hag.
what different would it be for a incoherent flesh with a blade arm (my take of 'The Thing' out of change mode)
as well some would consider 'The Thing' as a sci-fi slasher (the 2011 film was more of a slasher then the original, not saying i prefer that one )
It'd be pointless though. People would just solo Gens and that means they'll be getting done faster.
have you ever avoided you team like they brought bad luck, have you ever ran from a savior with a med-kit (and you where injured)
to leave your gen because your partner showed up to help.
probably not i don't know how you play
but if you knew it was the THING in the trail.. you would avoid your friends,
its perfectly fine.
the main reason i made this thread is to invoke some thoughts and discussion.
i thought it would be horrific if it took the shape of someone who is dead, but if everyone is on call, its easy to know who is dead. maby his main ability would be to change form at will (with a small charge time)
So other then the fact that communication and TEAMWORK is good counter to 'the Thing'
cant forget.. that helps with every killer save a few (Freddy is hard to form a plan)
His main perk 'Morph'(a better name is much needed)
Morph allows the 'Thing' to change modes at will (from killer to survivor)
changing form of the survivor that is the farthest.
as well as making the survivor list ether incorrect of obstructed(maybe a perk)
muffle hook screams and hides the location that the survivor was hooked(also might be a perk)[
a Few perks i have an idea for is
'Friend or foe?': ether every survivor emits a Fake terror radius or a debuff radius ->(for every survivor near you slow repair,heal etc by a small %)
'I am you':(this perk works similar to the obsessions )"you are so dull, and unimportant, you will be the perfect hiding place" The urge to REPLACE a survivor is strong. when ever the obsessed fails a check his aura is revealed for a short time.
hmm i would bet he would be immune search perks like 'spine chill' 'dark sense' 'etc' and that he would show up on bond. (when he is in survivor mode. he is a survivor and could be spot with bond)
a perk that would be nasty evil would be
'Hysteria': "wait there's 4 of you..including me" this perk would basically backfire killer search perks.
exp:spine chill will now activate when a survivor is near.
Premonition will now activate when a survivor is near
(other words it cause those perks to work on other survivors and not the killer)
some ideas
I have a good feeling that swf will have a hard time.
Dwight: hold on.. there's 4 of you (using bond).
meg: well can you tell who it is while you work on a gen with me?
Dwight: run.(if he is not experience-> "what to mean, i'm hiding Felicia "
meg:....(realizing she has been duped, will no longer trust anybody)
especially if he has a perk or a offering that forces the survivors to spawn alone.
The Thing is probably my favorite horror movie of all time, I legitimately created this profile just to post my idea for a Thing Killer. Alas, you beat me to it.
While the game does tend to favor more Slasher type tropes, I see no reason why a more 'out there' character couldn't be added. Many of the 'original' characters are inspired by classic horror monster types, including the recent Spirit who feels like she'd do well in a Japanese inspired American Horror movie from the early 2000s. They certainly wouldn't need to get the license for the Thing, just create a character with shapeshifting abilities inspired by John Carpenter's film.