I would love to see old Freddy again.
Everyone can agree that Freddy went from weak and unique, to strong but boring, to weak and boring. Dream Snares are kinda useless, his addons suck (except that one paintbrush i guess).
I would love to see him come back with maybe that Teleport ability in addition to keep his mobility around map, or maybe with numbers changed.
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Oh boy, here we go again.
I'd buy chapter again for Old Freddy. He was good designed killer.
I’ve always prefer a fun but weak killer compared to a strong but boring one. Old Freddy was definitely weak but did everything a licensed character was supposed to do by perfectly encapsulating 2010 Freddy as a character. Honestly it’s a shame we’ll never be able to play him again
Literally just bring him back with the teleport and some QOL changes (Like incapacitated while in dream transition) and add a cap of 60% generator debuff speed so he doesn’t get out of hand with pentimento and thana.
If you want Old Freddy except with teleports or other powers or debuffs ect, you don't want Old Freddy, you want New New Freddy.
Being unique or thematic isn't a very good substitute for actual gameplay. Old Freddy was waiting to hit survivors and waiting longer to finish generators. That's it. That's literally it. Waiting. Dolled-up waiting, but still waiting.
New Freddy blows, but at least he's active.
Whilst I agree that old Freddy was unique and more thematic, he was in an awkward position design wise.
New players who didn't know how to loop yet or relied on hiding went against a killer they felt was oppressive, and survivors who knew how to chase/loop/etc. found him extremely weak. Regardless of what some experienced players in this game think about balancing 'around the best', you still need to make the new player experience enjoyable, so just straight buffing old Freddy would have been awful for new players to go against.
He was also frustrating from a killer perspective, because you just had to sit there and watch your objectives get done in situations where you probably needed the pressure the most. Any person who's played old Freddy remembers putting survivors to sleep and watching for seconds as your last gen gets done in your face.
Could they re-work Freddy again so he's more a blend of old and new? Maybe, but I think the game has more important things they could be prioritising right now.
No.
Never again.
A thousand times YES, my friend.
The struggle carries on and on, until we get our character back!