old licensed chapter maps
BHVR should focus on giving us full-fledged chapters instead of just adding a character just to check off their list of all the horror licenses. These chapters feel sorta empty without a map. For example it wouldve been easy to add a map for chucky like the factory in childs play 2. It would fuction similar to the game map and couldve included map oriented teleports like vecnas new map. We couldve had sliding down the metal slide conveyor belt. its still not too late to go back to certain maps which would make these chapters feel much more alive. They had done this before when they reworked multiple maps back in 2022? in place of a chapter. Having well made maps would slow the progress of the game down and make it feel more fresh. It still counts as new content and slowing the amount of content we are getting is a great way to keep the game alive. who knows how many years dbd has left if bhvr keeps pumping out these licensed chapters that dont really add anything.
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DnD just came with a new licenced map? Characters coming on their own isn't really new either. Bill and Bubba were some of the first things added,and although Bubba came with a new Coldwind variant it wasn't really tied to his release.
The Child's Play 2 Factory would've been cool, and I personally was really hoping for a leviathan map when Hellraiser released, but I think it's fine that every now and then we skip a map (BUT WHY CASTLEVANIA THO).
I think the current issue with licenses it that the community is getting burnt out on them. After Castlevania, we'll have had 7 of our past 10 releases be licenses. Skull Merchant, Singularity, Nic Cage, Alien, Chucky, Alan Wake, Unknown, DnD, Tomb Raider, Castlevania. And keep in mind that two of those three original releases were the oldest on the list. The balance between original and licenced chapters should always lean either on the even side or favoring original. Licences are good, but the more there are the more the OG cast risks getting forgotten if not expanded upon.
He came with the Grim Pantry map, which is a swamp variant.
Also licensed maps in general are at risk of potentially getting removed in case the license gets removed too, so original maps are a safer bet to do for BHVR in the end.
My bad, I could've sworn it was a Cold wind map, guess my memory of those times is kinda muddy, pun intended.
True that Licenced maps are at risk of being removed, so I agree that OG maps should get more of the focus. I don't think anybody wants another Hawkins situation. That said, it does kinda make me wonder why Chucky didn't get a map since his licence holders are reputably very friendly.
My guess would be the same reason why Freddy got a licensed tied map over Bubba, time and resources going into one unique map for one license, means any other chapters (original and licensed) will not get one as a result or at least will get a new variant for an existing realm.
Since the Alien chapter got it's own unique map, it means both Alan & Chucky doesn't get one.
Castlevania not getting a map is the primary reason I've lost interest in that chapter. The series is named after the location, like Silent Hill. We're getting Castlevania without Castlevania. The perfect opportunity to give us a big spooky Gothic castle, and it's wasted.
they clarified that licenses will never leave again as per their new contracts
Pretty sure that's not what they meant, as no license is permanent.
I know they've said that they'd do alot to keep the licenses they have in the game, as well as allowing people to keep the content they already bought, however they cannot keep licensed content available for purchase if the IP holders decides to pull the license one day. In fact, they even said that they don't know for how long the Stranger Things dlc will be available again and that people should get it while they can.