PC vs CONSOLE: What's it like?

AshInTheTallGrass

If you've played DBD on console and PC, what were the biggest differences you noticed? Were the differences significant? Insignificant?

(If you've played on PC with a controller, you're welcome to share, too.)

Nazzzak

@AshInTheTallGrass said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3157988#Comment_3157988

I'm laughing and I feel guilty about it lol Those poor Switch players . . .

I'm on Switch! I have it on ps5 as well and the quality is night and day, but I started on Switch and my progress is on there so I stick with it. Plus handheld mode is nice. It's like with anything really, if you play enough you'll master it.

ReviloDBD

@Biscuits said:

The most significant I have seen is that console players are limited in the amount of commands they can put on buttons. There are instances where they need to throw the pallet or rewove chains or heal or vault, but it's all the same button. So they end up slow vaulting over to you, or healing someone on the ground instead of throwing the pallet. If you ever see someone do something really silly at a pallet/window/locker, it's probably a console player.

This is absolutely my biggest issue with console, otherwise I actually love the game on my PS5 and find it quite fun to play, but often times trying to heal someone while they are under a Pallet I end up dropping the pallet unintentionally, or other similar things which can get rather frustrating!

AshInTheTallGrass

@Hail_to_the_King said:

I'm a PS5 and PC player, I prefer playing on my ps5 since I love controller (mouse and keyboard hurts my wrists after a while) and I have more progress on console BUT my honest opinion, the difference from console to pc for me is that playing Killer naturally feels easier to play on pc but the difference gets more and more miniscule the more you get used to a controller to where the difference is almost nonexistent. I'm a killer main, I play every killer, including Blight, Nurse, Oni, and Billy all just fine on controller. It just took me a bit more time and practice on controller than it did on pc. It comes down to what the player prefers/is used to using. Playing as survivor makes no difference for me but feels more natural on controller, especially after binding my buttons away from R1 for everything. This community drastically exaggerates the differences between console to pc. There's almost a stigma against console from some pc players I have ran into. But I am specifically talking PS5 to PC, so next gen console vs high-end pc, the frames are great on PS5 with no hiccups whatsoever for me. The PS4 definitely had some issues when I played there and everyone blames last-gen console power when the truth strictly lies in poor optimistization. I feel almost no difference with PS5 vs PC though with my game knowledge and experience (over 3k hours).

Speaking of the difference between PS4 and PS5, look at these photos. Garden of Joy is night and day! That's actually the one reason I wouldn't want to play on the upgraded system. There are certain rooms that are truly pitch black for the PS5.

@AshInTheTallGrass said:

When I watch people streaming DBD on PC, the upstairs of the main building has some very distinct dark rooms with red light. I don't see that when I play on my PS4. A friend and I loaded into a private match yesterday to test it out. He's on PS5. His screen was even darker than the PC players'.

PC STREAMER:

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MY FRIEND'S VIEW:

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MY VIEW:

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SIDE BY SIDE:

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Edit: If either of you can, I'd like to hear from @Mandy or @Peanits. Is this a bug? If so, which one of us has the issue?

Also, I just played against Nemesis, and every time he powered up, my frames would drop (no matter where I was on the map). Does that happen with your systems?

AshInTheTallGrass

@ReviloDBD said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3157377#Comment_3157377

This is absolutely my biggest issue with console, otherwise I actually love the game on my PS5 and find it quite fun to play, but often times trying to heal someone while they are under a Pallet I end up dropping the pallet unintentionally, or other similar things which can get rather frustrating!

PS4 player. I feel your pain! We can change our input controls to stop that. I started playing around with mine again yesterday. I think the one button is called "action" and the other is something like "use item" (and then there are a few others, like drop item and active ability button). Anyway, if your settings are set to standard, both of those will be under R1. Change one of them to a different key. Good luck!

MrCalac123

The biggest difference is difficulty in aiming, Killer's like Huntress, Trickster, Nurse, etc that require precision are much more difficult on console.

Besides that it is basically the same, Survivor feels perfect (you can change which buttons do what, so no more accidental pallet drops or jumping in lockers), and my biggest issue with Killer is the lack of deadzone settings.