Dead by Daylight’s original character catalog is entertaining and diverse, maintaining classic horror tropes in its survivors and killers. But many fans viewDead by Daylight’s downloadable-contentas its most exciting content due to the opportunity for licensed characters from other horror media franchises to be introduced.
Dead by Daylighthas recently unveiled a signature, brief tease of the next DLC that will be added. Intrepid fans have dissected the teaser’s split-second clues and have come to a couple of logical conclusions, though fans won’t be certain until Behaviour Interactive makes an official announcement. Until then, fans have enjoyed speculating about which high profile horror IPs might beadded toDead by Daylightnext.
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Reddit user “-Scolex-” has since composed a comprehensive wish list of potential killers, with some more obscure than others. Licensed characters on the list include Johnny Depp’s titular character fromSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007) and Sam from Michael Dougherty’sSeasons Greetings(1996) andTrick ‘r Treat(2007). Since the wish list is also meant to include characters that they believe would never have a chance being added toDead by Daylight’s licensed killer roster, the wish list creator also includes the murderous, psychokinetic tire fromRubber(2010).
Dead by Daylightfans rally behind the choice of Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance fromThe Shining, who the list creator has dubbed as “the Caretaker.” Fans admit that they would be interested in seeing the enigmatic Overlook Hotel implemented as an indoorDead by Daylightmap with horrific visual imagery. At the same time, fans argue that Torrance’s character lacks distinguishable traits that could make him a unique enoughDead by Daylightcharacter, particularly if he was just carrying an axe.
However, fans heraldThe Thing(1982) as an exciting choice for the wish list because of the gameplay opportunities that an imposter killer wouldpresent inDead by Daylight.The Thing’s grotesque alien doppelgänger is capable of subsuming living beings as its new host and blending in around others. When Legion’s character debuted, many fans believed that they would inherit abilities that allowed the player to disguise themselves as a roaming survivor during matches in order to deceive other survivors.
Of course, Legion’s abilities are instead much different.The Thing’s addition intoDead by Daylightcould ultimately provide that gameplay system and perhaps result in the killer accumulating the appearance of injured, downed, or slain survivors. Either way, these slasher and psychological horror characters are beloved by fans.Dead by Daylighthas tons of materialto pull from for future DLC, considering that the IPs and characters do not have a minefield of restrictive property rights attached.
Dead by Daylightis available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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