Summary
Behaviour Interactive has released its 2024 roadmap forDead by Daylight, revealing many of the game’s changes in the new year.Dead by Daylight’s 2024 roadmap reveal came alongside the developer’s introduction of Chuckie to the game as the killer named The Good Guy.
Dead by Daylight’s gameplay hasexpanded and improved since its release in 2016. These expansions and improvements are due to Behaviour Interactive releasing new killers and survivors from various sources and the new gameplay mechanics that come alongside them. The game now has 34 killers (with Chuckie of theChild’s Playfranchise being the latest) and 39 survivors, each having their own unique strengths and abilities. However, having this many characters to choose from could lead to imbalances that might negatively affect the game’s fairness, which means nerfing or reworking many of the characters inDead by Daylight’s cast.
To better address players' concerns about the game’s current condition, Behaviour Interactive revealed its roadmap forDead by Daylightfor 2024 during the latter part of its recentChucky livestream. According to Behaviour Interactive Senior Product Manager Justin Banks, The Onryo, akaRingu’s Sadako Yamamura, is getting reworked to address players' concerns about her condemned playstyle and putting her closer to her “initial iteration.” The Hillbilly and the Blight are also getting a rework that will make them “less frustrating.” Players complained about the former’s “overheat mechanic” being too frustrating, while the latter’s add-ons are getting an update to address player feedback. The Twins will get a “long-awaited update” that will see a power rework that addresses frustrations from players playing as and against The Twins.
Apart from the killer updates/reworks, theDead By Daylight2024 roadmap also reveals that the game will soon get long-awaited quality-of-life improvements, such as a FOV (field of vision) slider. Behaviour Interactive will also add a system that detects if players are defending three generators during a match as a killer (akaDead by Daylight’s three-gen strategy). Lastly, the game will also receive updates to various perks like Decisive Strike, Quick Gambit, and Shadowborn, along with tweaks for The Hag, The Pig, The Huntress, and three other killers.
The updates and improvements in the roadmap Behaviour Interactive revealed span from January 2024 to June 2024, presumably until just beforeDead by Daylight’s8th-anniversary event. Players may recall that while the event doesn’t have a fixed date, it usually begins around June 14. However, Behaviour Interactive disclosed that these changes could occur on dates different from what the roadmap says. As such, players may want to givethe roadmap’s information some leeway if some of the changes listed don’t happen on schedule.
Nevertheless, Behaviour Interactive’s introduction of a system that seemingly acts as an “anti-three-gen” system/mechanic inDead by Daylightcould be as controversial for some players as it is interesting. Although theDead by Daylightdeveloperdidn’t explain how it would implement such a system in-game, it may reveal more details about it in a future update.
Dead by Daylight
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Ever wished to play as one of the characters from your favorite horror movies? Dead by Daylight is a 1v4 multiplayer game that draws from all corners of the horror world from a powerful slasher to a terrifying paranormal entity.Choose between playing an unstoppable Killer and one of 4 Survivors trying to evade a gruesome death. Each character has their own deep progression system and plenty of unlockables that can be customized to fit your personal strategy. Work together to escape, or stalk and sacrifice every Survivor.This Edition of Dead by Daylight gives you access to a roster of 7 Killers (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Hag, The Huntress and The Doctor) and 9 Survivors (Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Dwight Fairfield, Ace Visconti, Nea Karlsson, Bill Overbeck, Feng Min and David King). It also includes two cosmetic add-ons packed with outfits for various characters.
