Would Jack The Ripper Be A Good Addition To DBD

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reffrence: the serial killer that made impact on history.

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  • @Alice_pbg said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515796#Comment_1515796

    several people were/are expecullated to have been jack the ripper.

    but he was never caught.

    kinda like the zodiac killer, for a more recent example

    True but what amazes me now is that its still popular debat, but if Jack was to be in the game he could ahve aline of interesting cosmetics

    Like a barber, for example, butcher, fisherman, store owner and so on

  • The thing is, a lot of the people don't know in just how many other games and movies the persona of Jack the Ripper has been used in. So they have this idea as if this would be the first time he's used in media(a game in this case). But it's not.

  • @Dabihwow said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515810#Comment_1515810

    True but what amazes me now is that its still popular debat, but if Jack was to be in the game he could ahve aline of interesting cosmetics

    Like a barber, for example, butcher, fisherman, store owner and so on

    we can have the cosmetics without the real life serial killer.

  • @Alice_pbg said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515837#Comment_1515837

    we can have the cosmetics without the real life serial killer.

    Eh you could but I was thinking in where it could allow the players to choose the fantasies, or allow them to choose like who Jack the Ripper was. Like for a barber people could think he's Sweeny Todd, or the Butcher that could portain to that part, I'm just saying they have a lot of possabilties with this character cosmetic wise

  • @Spectre13 said:

    Rule numero uno.

    Don't dive into anything real life. Hits too close to home and could dig up bad rep with the associated nation.

    Would be like if they added Stalin or Hitler to the Civilization games.

    I agree but civ is a little bit different, those are nations with real historical leaders, for obvious reasons they are leaders typically not known for mass genocide, which is a good thing. So yeah depiction of real people in media and games needs to be thought out.



    @MusicNerd_TC said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515553#Comment_1515553

    There is a difference between a character being inspired by a real life killer, and the real life killer themselves.

    Jack the ripper is a real serial killer and probably shouldn't be in the game, but a killer inspired by that circumstance would be pretty good. Again a Victorian/Edwardian era gentleman in a top hat with a razor chasing survivors around cobblestone streets. Think how cool the map could be.

    It could have a bunch of period/Gothic costume cosmetics for survivors and would fit with DBD really well.

    While the generators are modern in design, the first generators (at least Faraday Disks) stem back to the early 1800's with more modern gens appearing in the early 1900's its not a stretch to include the theme.

    What name though?

    "The Ripper"

    "The Undertaker"

    "The Mad Hatter"

  • @Dabihwow said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1514435#Comment_1514435

    Well I've heard of a documentry once that Jack the Ripper was H.H. Holmes but then again it hasn't been official

    Actually, new forensic evidence says the ripper was a man named Aaron Kosminski, A prime suspect at the time. The H.H Holmes thing only really matches the time period, not much else. I still don't care to see him in the game, I don't think IRL killers are the way to go.

  • @SCP_FOR_DBD said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515796#Comment_1515796

    Actually, new forensic evidence says the ripper was a man named Aaron Kosminski, A prime suspect at the time. The H.H Holmes thing only really matches the time period, not much else. I still don't care to see him in the game, I don't think IRL killers are the way to go.

    Really I didnt know that huh cool, but now I've put more thought into it maybe Irl killers aren't a good idea but I would like to see killers that took inspiration off of them

  • @Dabihwow said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515951#Comment_1515951

    Really I didnt know that huh cool, but now I've put more thought into it maybe Irl killers aren't a good idea but I would like to see killers that took inspiration off of them

    I'd be down for an inspired killer. That could be cool.

  • @MusicNerd_TC said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515553#Comment_1515553

    There is a difference between a character being inspired by a real life killer, and the real life killer themselves.

    Except Jack is a myth and not a person, they never identified him.

    Like a wrestling persona.

  • I didn't watch stranger things. Is that what it is?

  • @pseudechis said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515821#Comment_1515821

    I agree but civ is a little bit different, those are nations with real historical leaders, for obvious reasons they are leaders typically not known for mass genocide, which is a good thing. So yeah depiction of real people in media and games needs to be thought out.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515782#Comment_1515782

    Jack the ripper is a real serial killer and probably shouldn't be in the game, but a killer inspired by that circumstance would be pretty good. Again a Victorian/Edwardian era gentleman in a top hat with a razor chasing survivors around cobblestone streets. Think how cool the map could be.

    It could have a bunch of period/Gothic costume cosmetics for survivors and would fit with DBD really well.

    While the generators are modern in design, the first generators (at least Faraday Disks) stem back to the early 1800's with more modern gens appearing in the early 1900's its not a stretch to include the theme.

    What name though?

    "The Ripper"

    "The Undertaker"

    "The Mad Hatter"

    I'm thinking of a Tim Burtonesque character large top hat, razor, cane, cape and in all black.

    As for a name, you've got some good ones, but i think the 'The Shadow' could work as well. Really like the idea of that era and setting.

    The Shadow.jpg


  • @supersonic853 said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515577#Comment_1515577

    Jack The ripper is the character though since the identified who he actually was. Jack the ripper the character has been in a bunch of media. The multiple movies (including one he faces off against sherlock holmes) he's in assassind creed. There was a scooby doo back in time episode that involved him if i remember correctly. The character jack the ripper (who i don't even know is licensed) they could literally just do what they did was ghostface and name the killer "the ripper" and give him their own backstory. He'd probably be more of a scary character than the legion and clown anyway. You are not glorifying Aaron Kosminski as he wouldn't be the character in this world.

    It's something completely different to make a NPC, or a secondary character based on a serial killer and make it a playable character.

    The examples you used never put Jack as the protagonist, the playable character. Never made people try to "be good" using his method. Never glorified and gave points for your brutality. And putting him as a killer on a game you control makes you do all that. Put the man on evidence. Help creating a new image, certainly more positive, which is a terrible thing.

  • @EverflowingRiver said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515625#Comment_1515625

    1. The real jack the ripper has never been identified. Kosminski was just a subject.

    2. With all the interesting folklore and horror these still not utilized for killers, why pick a real life killer? That would be lazy and in poor taste.

    3. Just because others have done it doesn't make it cool.

    They found forensic evidence that proved Kosminski was the ripper.

  • @SCP_FOR_DBD said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515703#Comment_1515703

    They found forensic evidence that proved Kosminski was the ripper.

    Not to hijack the thread but they found mitochondrial DNA with partial matches from maternal line to one victim and Kosminski, however the sample is not without contamination. The mtDNA sequenced is a very common one and without the full sequence being provided in the published paper due to cited privacy concerns, I'm afraid it could have come from a number of sources as the overlaps are from mtDNA that is common to a huge number of European people.

    Also mtDNA is primarily and most reliably used as a tool to show two samples aren't related and exclude suspects, rather than direct relatedness to show guilt. Its use then is not entirely appropriate to say Kosminski is the ripper but rather to say there is common enough mtDNA to be unable to dismiss him as a suspect based on it alone. But that could be said for 100's of other unrelated Europeans who share the similar mtDNA profile.

    So while it is potentially good evidence it in no way proves beyond doubt that Kosminski was the ripper. Sadly we wind up back at square one.

    But yes top hat and cape wearing slasher would be a great DBD killer.

  • It certainly doesn't belong in our world.

  • @pseudechis said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1516251#Comment_1516251

    Not to hijack the thread but they found mitochondrial DNA with partial matches from maternal line to one victim and Kosminski, however the sample is not without contamination. The mtDNA sequenced is a very common one and without the full sequence being provided in the published paper due to cited privacy concerns, I'm afraid it could have come from a number of sources as the overlaps are from mtDNA that is common to a huge number of European people.

    Also mtDNA is primarily and most reliably used as a tool to show two samples aren't related and exclude suspects, rather than direct relatedness to show guilt. Its use then is not entirely appropriate to say Kosminski is the ripper but rather to say there is common enough mtDNA to be unable to dismiss him as a suspect based on it alone. But that could be said for 100's of other unrelated Europeans who share the similar mtDNA profile.

    So while it is potentially good evidence it in no way proves beyond doubt that Kosminski was the ripper. Sadly we wind up back at square one.

    But yes top hat and cape wearing slasher would be a great DBD killer.

    Damn, thank you for educating me on this.

  • @Raptorrotas said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1515782#Comment_1515782

    Except Jack is a myth and not a person, they never identified him.

    Like a wrestling persona.

    please say sike...

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