For new players, this is what I think of the game...
Probably my last discussion I will ever post for a very long time!
This is for the people who are thinking of buying this game, or just for new players!
Just to be clear, this came out of my chest, and with the help of bloody veteran players and humble casual players...and salty toxic mains.
1.-The Devs exaggerated ways of making money:
I'm very surprised that the devs gets more licensed characters than actual gameplay, it is an old and yet, effective way to get more players in their pockets, more DLC and skins, packs and rift pass, all of this, is just about marketing and less quality, no love for the game itself. Even started with a DbD mobile AP for "Free", it is literally a tradition to start a new project without finishing the others, or at least making them more playable. Also the Devs push out content every 3 months, cosmetics almost daily, new tomes roughly every 3 and half months, and rarely listen to the community despite asking for our opinion.
2.-The Devs weird "Fixing" methods:
For every "Patch fix", there will ALWAYS be a new bug ready to kick in, for some people, is only natural that it is considered the bread and butter of DbD, plus, it won't be fixed completely at 100%, step by step, not baby steps tough, more like a premature baby...anyway, it will take more time to truly find the meaning of the word "Fixing".
3.-The community in general:
There is a simple phrase that I like to remember a lot: "A toxic game, means a toxic community", and this is not an exception, the meaning, is that this game has more discussions than any other game I have in my library,it means that the people are not completely happy, instead, are annoyed, mad, sad, arrogant or just being Toxic, etc. For the first time in many years that I had been on Steam, I commented and even posted on almost everything related to DbD community on some topics, I never had the need to do that for a game that was supposed to be fun, but instead, it is frustrating most of the times, knowing that it will be the same thing over and over again with the majority of players who doesn't even care about the others, only to harm and fill their egos and lack of achievement on real life. Facebook community is more complicated, so I won't even bother to explain that. And the post-chat only purpose is for people to complain (usually at the killer). Even posting something could end up pretty bad, like any other community, always check multiple times to avoid unnecessary confrontation or misunderstandings.
4.-Match search and ranking system:
For most people, what matters most is TIME, they don't care about the ranks as long they get to play in a match in a hurry, for others, ranks maters, because it reflects the "gameplay experience" of the survivor and killer "in a way", but the main trouble is that the match searching and the rank system is a total joke, I seen full higher rank (Red) survivor playing against a killer with the lowest rank (Brown) and vise versa. This is nothing new at all, and one time, not too long ago, there was a bug achievement that changed a lot of players way of thinking, ranks didn't matter anymore and since the system is broken, there is not much hope for new players if they get easily frustrated for that matter and such, there are a lot of proof, just search for them...
5.-The servers:
Lag, is the true enemy of every player, but when we talk about quantity over quality, is important to explain this, the servers are in bad condition, more people playing at the same time, means that lags can get even worse as you play, survivor or killer, it affects everything and everyone, since the pandemic started, all went to crapper and USA and Canada seems to have less trouble with this, but still, in other countries, is just harsh.Time will change, since the devs told us that they are working on it, but it will take time. And with the pandemic and the devs working at home wont help much.
6.-The GAMEPLAY:
We should never forget that this is a game of 4 vs 1 player.
-SURVIVORS:
Most of the time, survivors tends to play with each other as commonly know as SWF (Survivor With Friends or Surviving With Friends) as 2, 3 or even as a full team, meaning that they have better communication and strategy, planned perks and items with add-ons or nothing at all, all can be organized, if they have experience or know what they are doing. BUT...solo survivors are the true players of the game, since that was the main idea for randoms meeting each other and survive with no plans at all, but you know how things can change in a blink, SWF are troublesome, since not all players are good, some are worst than others, take your pick, playing with someone who knows a lot, a veteran, pro, whoever, can help them reach higher ranks, at the cost of earning personal gameplay experience, I seen a lot of red ranks with the mentality of brown ranks, and guess what...vice versa, this is were it gets complicated, since the matchmaking tends ruin almost everyone fun. SWF are usually toxic, T-bags and such other toxic behavior is presented to 70 and 90% of the time. And that's bad for the Killer and solo survivors, since SWF can change the course of the match depending of the killer ability to stop them and outsmart them, and as for the solo survivor...is a nightmare, Just convince a friend to play with you, not all of the SWF groups are toxic, but a lot of them get cocky and entitled when they're winning.
-KILLER:
Pretty normal the main reason why people buy this game in the first place, me for example, I'm a fan of horror movies, specially SAW, so that is why I bought the game on discount on a christmas eve with the DLC included, anyway, a true nightmare if you are new playing against veteran survivors, with all the bugs, crashes and bad rank system that happen very often, it doesn't surprise me that people can get really annoyed or tired of playing killer, some killers aren't not common on high rank match, for example, Pig, Ghost face and Plague, I don't often seen them, but unlike some killers that are MORE common on high ranks are Nurse, Spirit and Hillbilly, it gets annoying seeing them every match, and that is sad. BUT, it doesn't mean ALL killers are bad, it depends on the PLAYER, the best example I can think of is the Clown, he has the worst map control of all killers, but with the right perks, right add-ons and knowing all maps pretty well, can guarantee to earn a lot of BP. Its normal for killers to fail into killing a full team, 3 survivors, 2 or just 1.
The problem with tunneling and face camping is because killers are tired of entitled main survivors, since they are treated like garbage by them and still they keep playing because the feeling of killing that kind of survivor is so satisfying...or just because of being toxic, it is a cycle that never ends, but I consider main killers equal as main survivors, both of them are nasty, and some perks are even considered a crime to use them, like NOED in the first place. Even tough survivors are even worse with their perks, since SWF can have the SAME nasty perks combos, it does wonders most of the time, but when it does not happen as they wanted, they get salty as ♥♥♥♥, and again....BUT, it doesn't mean is bad, because there is no other choice for SOLO survivors, I will repeat again, solo survivors have it worse. Just try it without your friends or family.
7.-Streamers and POSERS:
People buy stuff because they just saw someone having fun with it, but what they do not know is that just because a game is popular, doesn't mean is good at all, a lot of people plays the game just because, most people doesn't even know the memes, basic knowledge of horror movies, other games, or anything else, and the majority only plays survivors because SWF is a good and sad way to get higher ranks and iridescent Shards with not much effort, plus more blood points if they coordinate with offerings for extra BP etc. It doesn't matter much anyway...
Popular streamers like "Monto" and "not otzdarvaI" can make the game look fun and easy, but its not, they were at the very BEGINNING of the game, and they know how annoying and sometimes boring it can get the majority of their match, but, they are just doing their job as streamers, sponsoring products and other stuff. Unlike some other streamers whose main purpose is to be toxic, arrogant and being an entitled player, I won't mention them, because the community already knows who they are, you can ask them yourselves!
CONCLUSION:
If you want to buy the game, do it, but with DISCOUNTS, Halloween and Leatherface DLC are the only DLCs that will provide you with useful tools. The rest you can either buy with play time or are only useful if you're invested in the franchise, and if you're willing to have a lot of mood changing, fine, just be prepared to drink a lot of toxic juice and avoid being a potato, pray that the servers won't ♥♥♥♥ you up and the community won't crush your soul down!
I will continue playing this game, I don't even have 1k hours of gameplay but, ohh well...you get the idea anyway, every time I take a little vacation from DbD, I always feel refreshed, but by only doing daily, I won't be forcing on myself and be just happy, not always, sometimes I have to play another match because I couldn't finish the daily, the irony...the problems repeats by itself...
THE END
Comments
Eventhough skins are too expensive (may cost as much as an indie game). But I can understand why.
Image they have a team of 50 people split into many group (design/concept, model, animator, script, skin, announcer, manager ect). And the company has to pay them like...150-200$ a day? Thats pretty much around 10k $ per day. They need a team that to gather money to keep the team alive, SO the game can stay alive.