Dead by Daylight

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  1. C3realkillah
    Jun 18, 2016
    4
    Don't let some reviews fool you this game is very tedious and even boring at times on top that it is plagued with glitches and bugs. Matchmaking is also very bad and you'll be waiting up to 30 minutes to get into a match. The only way you can kill people is hanging them on a hook so don't think you can hack and slash a person to death. It really isn't a good game although sometimes it canDon't let some reviews fool you this game is very tedious and even boring at times on top that it is plagued with glitches and bugs. Matchmaking is also very bad and you'll be waiting up to 30 minutes to get into a match. The only way you can kill people is hanging them on a hook so don't think you can hack and slash a person to death. It really isn't a good game although sometimes it can get intense trying to stay alive but playing as the killer isn't very fun and you'll probablly want to play survivor the majority.Id recommend maybe trying it but don't buy it its not worth the budget price either 4.5/10… Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 21, 2017
    4
    Dead by Daylight
    Annoying for everyone
    Dead by Daylight is a competitive online game where you play as either a survivor, or the killer… Both of these characters are customizable....and are leveled up by completeing tasks and actions in a match… At the end of a match you can use your earned points and dump them into a skill tree to buff your character… And all matches are ranked so    Dead by Daylight
    Annoying for everyone
    Dead by Daylight is a competitive online game where you play as either a survivor, or the killer…
    Both of these characters are customizable....and are leveled up by completeing tasks and actions in a match…
    At the end of a match you can use your earned points and dump them into a skill tree to buff your character…
    And all matches are ranked so don’t worry about unbalanced games
    But these features are the only good this game has going for it, because the rest is a bunch of sluggish and boring garbage…
    There is no story mode here, no prepper tutorial... Just 1 single game mode of survive or hunt…
    As a survivor your goal is to escape with all the members in your group…
    This is a 4 v 1 game
    Run around an uninteresting map looking for repair parts and using these parts the sabotage hooks and fix the generators around the map…
    then activate the gates and escape…
    All the meanwhile trying not get caught and healing teammates that do get injured as you’re able to wiggle your way from the killer, and you’re able to help your teammates off of the hooks…
    Being a survivor is in no way fun at all though...
    You can hide in closets... push things in front of the killer as you try to run away...
    But for the most part youre just feeling your way around a dark map hoping you find something so you can leave…
    chases aren’t thrilling, theyre sluggish and cheap…
    And things are just as annoying for the killer…
    As the killer you run around the map trying to either zap or slash the players trying to survive..
    You can grab the hurt player, carry them to a hook and sacrifice them...
    Your goal is to sacrifice all 4 before they can escape…
    This really feels like a game of freeze tag…
    And players will constantly do the annoying playground tactics of run around a giant rock…
    or copping over a ledge over and over until you just get annoyed and crush it with your foot giving them time to run away...
    This definitely keeps the game feeling balanced…
    But it also keeps the game feeling annoying…
    especially the whole running around in circles but trying to get in a lucky swing…
    it is more satisfying to play as the killer though…
    Of catching someone who thinks they’re clever…
    And you’re given enhanced hearing so you can sense when a survivor is repairing a generator or just recently hid in a closet...
    These moments are enjoyable and almost make up for the overall dull experience that is dead by daylight…
    Almost...
    This game is still bad…
    I give Dead by Daylight
    a 4/10    … Expand
  3. TronDogg
    Jul 24, 2016
    4
    This game got pulled from Beta way too early and is still littered with game breaking bugs that turn off a lot of new players. This was obviously rushed to market by Starbreeze as a cash grab (remember that Payday 2 micro-transaction fiasco? Same studio...). The matchmaking system is completely broken and the ranking system seems to provide no real purpose because of it.
    Example. You    This game got pulled from Beta way too early and is still littered with game breaking bugs that turn off a lot of new players. This was obviously rushed to market by Starbreeze as a cash grab (remember that Payday 2 micro-transaction fiasco? Same studio...). The matchmaking system is completely broken and the ranking system seems to provide no real purpose because of it.
    Example. You just started and you're rank 20 survivor, you're really going to like when the terrible matchmaking system puts your group up against a rank 10 or even a rank 1 killer...that is, after you've spent 5 minutes just trying to find a match.
    Now that you're in the game, you get to sneak around fixing generators and evading capture. But surprise! The match is HOSTED BY THE KILLER! Hope he has a good internet connection, because if he doesn't and you didn't type a bunch of stuff in chat to test his ping (that's the only way to do it so far, as a latency meter or even minimum requirements are not yet implemented to let you know that you can barely maintain a solid connection to the host who must be using some sort of Pre-Y2K internet provider.
    If you got in a game and the host has good ping, you are going to be in for a good time....unless you get stuck on one of the several terrain glitches which will make it impossible to move and out in the open to get helplessly murdered. If the killer is the Hillbilly, pray that he doesn't have his chain add-on which makes it impossible for others to heal you.
    Barring that, you just have to hope that you can stay alive long enough to either escape or be the last one left and get out through a hatch in the ground.
    You got out...good job, but you didn't do enough to get a pip to rank up and unfortunately escaping doesn't always equal a win. Better luck next time!

    Just to show that it's not all survivor based bugs, lets talk about being the killer. Not quite as bad a situation with the matchmaking. You start up a lobby and wait for people to join....what's this?! You're rank 20 and there's a rank 17 survivor (because Killers can see the survivors ranks and levels before starting a match), now your going to have to leave close the lobby and try to find a better group.
    Ok, all rank 20 survivors and nobody over level 10, this is going to be easy! Start game....things are going well so far, you've found some survivors fixing a generator and you've got one of them on the run. Looks like we're headed into some broken down silo...and he's through the window.

    Still chasing this guy around this broken down silo and everyone else has left the game and he just escaped through the hatch that always spawns right next to the silo. RAGE QUIT!
    Check out the discussion boards, because this can't be how the game is meant to be played....looks like this is an "infinite" and was even confirmed by the devs as an exploit.....but, if it's an exploit, why is it still in the game????

    There are a lot of problems with this game, but in all honestly, it is still a lot of fun to play. Before purchasing, check out the discussion forums on Steam to see for yourself the laundry list of things that are wrong. If you're not a patient person, you're not going to be happy with this purchase in its current state. If you have the patience and time to put into the game, eventually you will learn the maps and level up enough to start really enjoying the game for what it is....a good way to make people rage quit and an addictingly fun time!

    Currently, the best way to enjoy this game is by watching AngryPug play it on twitch....it's a riot to watch (dewdewdew!)    … Expand
  4. FakeNerdGuy
    Oct 29, 2016
    4
    I bought this game on Halloween Steam sale... I heard how great this game is a lot so I decided to check it. The concept is kind of great... but technical part sucks. Its laggy, locations are boring, not enough characters, and matchmaking doesn't work at all. All locations are almost identical the only difference is blocks (yeah exactly blocks) that used to built most part of locations onI bought this game on Halloween Steam sale... I heard how great this game is a lot so I decided to check it. The concept is kind of great... but technical part sucks. Its laggy, locations are boring, not enough characters, and matchmaking doesn't work at all. All locations are almost identical the only difference is blocks (yeah exactly blocks) that used to built most part of locations on some locations its junk on other bricks and etc. Characters look dumb and not interesting and to customize them player must buy pile of clothes packs for 2$.… Expand
  5. ssx3000
    Nov 24, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I tried to give this game a chance and building my second PC, this is one of the games I wanted to play. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the game. The optimization is bad. At first, I didn't have a problem, but by the seventh, eighth, and ninth game it's clear the game is not properly optimized and I'm running two MSI RX-480 video cards. The game is unbalanced. If you are a low level, whether killer or survivor, good luck. Survivor was boring; I remember playing one match as a survivor and I waited around for others to do work and walked out the door not lifting a finger other than escaping. Playing as a killer is the worse. The only one I got a KILL AFTER FIVE RANDOM GAMES was the witch and it took me three tries to kill the person on the meat hook. The only saving grace is the cost because the game is cheap. Unless you plan on playing with friends, you will not like the grind aspect of the game and how they use the microtransactions in the game **** up the flow. AGAIN, if you not playing with friends, pass on this. I will keep the game whenever I can convince my friend's to play.… Expand
  6. CoreGamer1408
    Dec 30, 2021
    4
    Free drop on the Epic Store. Wow you know those old horror movies are cheaply made schlock right? This game encaspluates all that perfectly. It looks cheap and it's pure schlock for sure. They nailed the formula for sure. Right off to play an actual good game, laters.
  7. Kromheim
    Oct 2, 2017
    4
    A unique 1vs4 PvP experience which showed promise during it's first half after release but has to deal with balancing issues, tipped towards the Survivor side, due to the Developers not adjusting the Games rules to the added content that breaks the currently aimed time per match of 9-12 minutes.
    All in all it's a mixed bag of frustration made by the communities outcry for unnecessary    A unique 1vs4 PvP experience which showed promise during it's first half after release but has to deal with balancing issues, tipped towards the Survivor side, due to the Developers not adjusting the Games rules to the added content that breaks the currently aimed time per match of 9-12 minutes.
    All in all it's a mixed bag of frustration made by the communities outcry for unnecessary changes and the Developer listening to it.    … Expand
  8. Mikosaka
    Oct 16, 2018
    4
    I once really enjoyed this game, however the most recent updates to the game have done nothing but ruined it. The atmosphere is no longer creepy, everything feels unrewarding, the leveling and ranking system is broken, and the cosmetics system is a huge, disappointing money-grab.
  9. DeathKillerNOR
    Feb 13, 2020
    4
    This game is kinda boring, With random survivors, you will likely fail to escape the "Monster".
    The gameplay is boring in its self, the only good thing with the gameplay might be the jump scares when you get caught by the "Monster". But overall a boring game, and i would not recommend it for something to play in 2020.
    The game isn't fun. It's not the kind of game people enjoy playing.    This game is kinda boring, With random survivors, you will likely fail to escape the "Monster".
    The gameplay is boring in its self, the only good thing with the gameplay might be the jump scares when you get caught by the "Monster". But overall a boring game, and i would not recommend it for something to play in 2020.
    The game isn't fun. It's not the kind of game people enjoy playing. There are no unique modes. There are no modding or custom maps for the game, and all you do is to repair generators and get out.
    It's only popular because of its fancy marketing and deep lore and just capitalized on that CS GO type crowd that blames each other when a game has even the most obvious problems.

    "4/10 – Bad.
    These recommendations come with a boatload of “ifs.” There’s a good game in here somewhere, but in order to find it you’ll have to know where to look, and perhaps turn a blind eye to some big drawbacks.
    This game suffers from fundamental design issues, significant bugs, and other serious flaws. We don't recommend it"
    ~DeathKillerNOR~    … Expand
  10. TheLongestLad
    Nov 1, 2019
    4
    Might be better but my teammates keep farming me and the killers keep camping me. If I play killer well then I rank up and go into the red rank territory of Survive with Friends which also means, "Be prepared to lose unless they are so pants on head dumb that they can't even coordinate through voice coms", which coincidentally is the best way to rank up as survivor (or make sure that yourMight be better but my teammates keep farming me and the killers keep camping me. If I play killer well then I rank up and go into the red rank territory of Survive with Friends which also means, "Be prepared to lose unless they are so pants on head dumb that they can't even coordinate through voice coms", which coincidentally is the best way to rank up as survivor (or make sure that your teammates are people that you can trust no to farm you) even if you're making the killer's game experience worse. Not to mention that solo-queiengpeople in purple/red ranks still don't know how to hit skill checks or get people off hooks. Playing this game is truly an existential nightmare distilled in video game form. Really 1/4 games are good and that is why my score is a 4/10.

    Fun game though    … Expand
  11. Rundogie
    Aug 29, 2020
    4
    The developers can barely get anything to work in this game but they also manage to break old mechanics we old players got used to.
  12. Paradisey
    Dec 19, 2020
    4
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  13. Wondux
    Jan 3, 2022
    4
    Fun to play with friends but there are so few mechanics that it gets boring real quick. I did not enjoy the game much.
  14. JasonTVoorhees
    Aug 2, 2021
    4
    The game lacks any and all types of balance for either side, Survivors can/could/have straight-up finished games by gen rushing the killer within 4-5 mins of the game, the DbD community is overall toxic, you have people messaging others on all platforms with hostility when losing, what they give is nothing but DLC instead of actually fixing the major platform problems with bugs, connectionThe game lacks any and all types of balance for either side, Survivors can/could/have straight-up finished games by gen rushing the killer within 4-5 mins of the game, the DbD community is overall toxic, you have people messaging others on all platforms with hostility when losing, what they give is nothing but DLC instead of actually fixing the major platform problems with bugs, connection issues, and hackers on PC, the game is just not worth playing unless its with friends and only with that.… Expand
  15. gunga
    Oct 30, 2021
    4
    The amount of bugs and awful mechanics make it a clunky somewhat enjoyable experience with friends but playing solo is a nightmare.
  16. Lynnoz
    Jun 23, 2022
    4
    This game is supposed to be played with friends and have fun obviously, but, we all know how bad a game can be in terms of balanced gameplay, theres a lot of people who argue with each other about the game being either survivor sided or killer sided, i think this mode of gameplay where the killer has to kill the 4 survivors can be really unfair to both sides, but we cant ignore the factThis game is supposed to be played with friends and have fun obviously, but, we all know how bad a game can be in terms of balanced gameplay, theres a lot of people who argue with each other about the game being either survivor sided or killer sided, i think this mode of gameplay where the killer has to kill the 4 survivors can be really unfair to both sides, but we cant ignore the fact that this game is about survival horror or even just a challenge, because its really easy to win as a killer and really hard to win as a survivor, specially if youre playing alone as surv. Of course its not every case that this reality will come to affect you, its not every game you loose , and its not every game you win, but even playing with teamates the game tends to still be very hard for some players, even if theyre pros. for a killer otherwise, each one of them have a very especific and different way of persuing the survivors, different weapons, different attacks, abilitys and etc. But it gets even worse when we come to talk about the add-ons for killers, some of them can and will be really even more game changing for the killer, and will give a very big advantage to kill all 4 survivors, competitively that is a very hard scenario to counter for the 4 survivors, and even tho thats not the only problem, we also have a very out of sync system when the killer is chasing you and hitting you, causing you die because of some bug or something that was not supposed to happen, plus all the other bugs and problems with the ping in game where for the killer can be really powerful since theres nothing a survivor can do other then run, but wait, did i also tell you that survivors don't run as fast as the killer run? Thats right. I think theres alot of reasons for everyone to hate this game, and that is obvious, the only good thing i can think about dbd is playing a custom match with friends and using all the fun perks where you do as much as possible to make the killer angry, because thats the only thing you can do to "counter" the killer or gain up time for your teamates to be able to escape, In general its not a bad game, but competitively, its totally unbalenced, unsyncronized , bad hitboxes, alot of bugs that can and will get you killed in the middle of a chase… Expand
  17. SirFranzALot
    Jan 16, 2023
    4
    I started playing DBD back in January 2017 and I loved it. It wasn´t flawless but fun af especially with friends. But I never fully committed to this game. I basically played in phases. Sometimes I cranked the hours up but between these times I stopped playing for months. Nowadays I turn it on every one to two months and stop playing after one trial. sometimes after a half. The gameI started playing DBD back in January 2017 and I loved it. It wasn´t flawless but fun af especially with friends. But I never fully committed to this game. I basically played in phases. Sometimes I cranked the hours up but between these times I stopped playing for months. Nowadays I turn it on every one to two months and stop playing after one trial. sometimes after a half. The game became an unfunny and buggy mess. All my friends who play this game are constantly permanently complaining. It's kinda annoying.
    Another big problem is the monetization. The base game is fairly priced but when it comes to skins things are getting ridiculous. But you don't have to buy them and the devs have to pay the servers. But given how bad the servers are and how unscary this so called "horrorgame" is, it´s not worth it.
    Here comes a recommendation for you if you still want to try this game: Don't buy to many DLC's at once. At first, when you don't know which of them is worth it, you can end up buying a pretty low quality killer. Also you should focus on learning one or two killers. I can imagine thath DBD with it's actual size can be quite overwhelming for new players. But a big advantage of being new to the game is that you won't recognize the most of the games flaws.
    In the case of Dead by Daylight I think it's quite important to consider how the community is treated by the developers. Because it is a constantly evolving live service game the dev's are supposed to listen to the community. The sad reallity is that they neither listen to their fans nor are they receptive to critsism. Behavior even throws content creators out of their partnerahip program if they complain about the game.    … Expand
  18. vagmkr4
    Feb 1, 2023
    4
    Of course, there is no place for the faint-hearted.
    Despite the fact that the reviews of this game in Steam are "Positive", I still do not recommend playing this game.
    DBD just isn't fun. Rather, it takes time and gives almost nothing in return.
    There is no place for beginners, simply because it makes no sense.
    The players themselves are killing this game with their toxic behavior.
  19. HorseLover1989
    Feb 12, 2023
    4
    Eh the gameplay is whatever but that really pisses me off is that game devs LOVE to give Feng and other **** ass characters skin. ALL. THE. TIME. I want my new Jane skin in shorts already!
  20. JackFrostyG
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    Pros

    - Private games with 4 close friends are probably the most fun you can have playing this game. - There are regular updates and events which keep the game on life support. Cons: - The ranking system is for low self esteem people who are weak-willed as you can't even be demoted. It's like spoon feeding babies. - There is STILL massive lag and discrepancy in hitboxes.    Pros

    - Private games with 4 close friends are probably the most fun you can have playing this game.

    - There are regular updates and events which keep the game on life support.

    Cons:

    - The ranking system is for low self esteem people who are weak-willed as you can't even be demoted. It's like spoon feeding babies.

    - There is STILL massive lag and discrepancy in hitboxes. Jumping over a pallet or window from a killer and moving will sometimes still allow you to be hit from afar. Huntress STILL hits you from around corners.

    - Playing with randoms is one of the worst experiences imaginable in most circumstances. Survivors will camp unhooks instead of working gens, killers will face camp and tunnel out of the whazoo, if you 4 kill as killer god help you because you'll be getting passive aggressive messages calling you trash.

    - The more killers and survivors which are released, the more of an unbalanced mess the game becomes. Ever since the perk and prestige rework the game has dramatically gone downhill.    … Expand
  21. deadbydaylight
    Jun 19, 2016
    3
    No resolution options
    No control rebinding
    No sensitivity options
    No way to play with friends and progress
    Numerous exploits
    P2P
    Tied to starbreeze of payday "fame"
  22. ExRegeOberon
    Jun 20, 2016
    3
    So far, this game is utterly unplayable at a satisfying level.

    If this game has set out to be an immersive, terrifying horror experience, it has failed. The moment you introduce a progression system and a ranking system, it becomes all about the grind. People will play it not for the experience, but to be the best, to be number one at all costs. This, in most situations, would not be    So far, this game is utterly unplayable at a satisfying level.

    If this game has set out to be an immersive, terrifying horror experience, it has failed. The moment you introduce a progression system and a ranking system, it becomes all about the grind. People will play it not for the experience, but to be the best, to be number one at all costs. This, in most situations, would not be all that bad, if we were talking about a sports game or a MOBA. However, this is not either of those. This is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror title.

    When you enable players to begin playing "for points," all elements of immersion are tossed out the window. Survivors are encouraged to do blatantly stupid things such as encourage killers to chase them, not as distractions serving to buy their friends more time but simply to farm the points. When something doesn't go their way, killers and survivors alike quit to avoid losing precious, precious rank.

    There is no replayability here. Once survivors learn "the tactics," the juke spots, how to exploit animations, how to exploit mechanics, and most importantly, that nothing but the sweet points matter, there will be no game. There will be no engagement, no variation and no fun.

    The only attraction this game has is to frighten Youtubers and have a laughing good time with a small group of friends, and then discard it immediately.

    If that were not enough, this game is a buggy, unplayable mess.

    There are good ideas here. The overall theme of the game, that of an asymmetrical multiplayer horror title, is interesting. Some of the mechanics presented are unique, and on the surface, they work. However, if you go anywhere deeper into this game, more than just a game or two with friends, you will run into countless bugs including, but not limited to:

    *Perks that do not work. Some perks are simply nonfunctional. There has been a patch to address nonfunctioning perks, but it has not fixed all of them.

    *Latency issues causing warping/teleporting survivors - this appears to be because the killer is the host in all situations, regardless of who has the best internet connection. This also allows the killer to DC and take the game, and everyone's points, with them.

    *If survivors are knocked down near other things that require the interaction key to be pressed (default Spacebar), such as being knocked down next to a window that you can vault over, the survivor can become uninteractable, preventing the killer from picking them up to go sacrifice them, or friends from being able to help them back up.

    *Problems with hacking and exploiting are abundant. The game stores everything locally, and as a result it is possible for players to compromise the game using tricks or malicious tools or editing software that grants them anything from experience points (called blood points in-game) to invincibility, invisibility, super speed, infinite limited-use items, and worse.

    *There are a million, million clipping issues, places to get hung up on or stuck on terrain, animation errors, hit box errors, and issues such as "If someone disconnects while the killer is carrying them, the killer's game will freeze." You can also become stuck in the geometry with no way out.

    *Various problems with the ranked system. Currently the game is plagued by disconnects and ragequitters who will pull the plug because disconnecting does NOT cause you to lose ranks, only your accumulated points. Disconnecting is completely safe because you do not lose any rank rating AT ALL for disconnecting.

    *Balancing issues abound. Currently, survivors are able to "cheese" the killer by using window ledges or pallets that they can jump over indefinitely, while killers traverse much slower. Survivors are able to hop over windows infinitely, kiting killers with no recourse (such as the hillbilly and wraith, both of whom have no effective counterplay to window hopping).

    *An absolutely terrible progression system that rewards you with RANDOM upgrades that you purchase with points earned in every match, which encourages people to farm points. This sometimes leads to survivors purposefully baiting killers, or killiers repeatedly spamming abilities (such as the wraith's invisibility) just to earn points. If you don't get ENOUGH points in a match, regardless of whether you escape or everyone dies, you lost rank.

    *A terrible ranking system based on the points you earn, which can be impeded in a number of ways, as described above. If a survivor ragequits because a killer grabbed them early, the killer gets NO points and may even lose ranking!

    Do not purchase this game. It is not worth your money.    … Expand
  23. CaptainDoomsday
    Sep 8, 2016
    3
    Dead by Daylight is what happens when developers have no idea what they're doing. The basic premise appears to be inspired by Last Year, while the game itself appears to have raced against it for release.

    DbD is currently a beta. The devs have the audacity to call it a full release and charge $20 for it, but if it isn't a beta, it's an alpha. It's riddled with bugs which seem to    Dead by Daylight is what happens when developers have no idea what they're doing. The basic premise appears to be inspired by Last Year, while the game itself appears to have raced against it for release.

    DbD is currently a beta. The devs have the audacity to call it a full release and charge $20 for it, but if it isn't a beta, it's an alpha. It's riddled with bugs which seem to increase in number every patch, and every aspect of the design shows little to no thought.

    The gameplay is a fairly novel idea, which explains one of the points I gave the game. One player is the Killer, one of now-four, each with a unique special ability. The Killer must locate and kill the four Survivors they're made to host, with the advantages of superior footspeed and constant knowledge of the location of generators, the Survivors' objectives. Survivors must repair generators, open escape doors, and leave.

    Here's where the mess begins. Killers can only kill via the sacrificial hooks scattered around the level. In order to secure a kill, they must hit someone twice without them being healed in the interim, haul them over to an available hook, put them on it, and then either repeat the process two more times or prevent any other Survivor from coming near them for two minutes. Survivors can unhook each other, and apparently meat hooks through the intestines require no delicacy in removing, because doing so takes a fraction of a second and isn't interrupted if the hooked Survivor is struck instead of the unhooker by a misfortune of hitboxes. This is why some Killers take to their most reviled behaviour: Facecamping. Rather than attempt to play the game, some Killers will hover in front of their victims to ensure they generate the pitiful trickle of "BloodPoints" all life in the game revolves around. This is indescribably boring for both parties involved.

    Survivors can also destroy hooks, either with an item or with a unique slotted ability, which as one might predict, can lead to the Killer being completely impotent. Killers do have four indestructible hooks in their basements, but two problems arise there:
    -Maps are quasi-randomly generated, meaning the basement can easily be too far away from where anything is happening.
    -A Killer Perk which extends the time for which Survivors may be carried is near-mandatory, which also pisses off Survivors.

    Why can't a Killer -by name- actually kill people? Oh, they can. You just need to obtain and consume a single-use rare item which puts a stipulation on which person you may kill and is lost regardless of if it's used.

    While these and the generally shallow gameplay of Killer might be enough to make someone abandon the role alone, another fun factor is the terrible community. Toxic and entitled, countless players will go out of their way to antagonize Killers (since Survivors are better at this than Killers are), or even sabotage their teammates for more income. The miserible natures of these players are only supplmented by the developers' apparent inability to remove what are called "infinites;" areas where Survivors can make use of windows or terrain to be literally impossible for a Killer to catch, failing an error.

    Killers only need to be 20% of the population, and still Survivor queues are massive because the devs can't even make that many people enjoy the position.

    Perhaps the game would be less of a misery pit were it not constantly demanding the aformentioned BloodPoints (or BP). If you're a new player, collect a few hundred thousand (many hours fo gameplay, inflated further due to lack of game knowledge) before you can use a second Perk (up to 4) against all of your opponents, who likely have the complete meta build due to the complete absence of matchmaking. If you're a competitive player, enjoy agonizing over the meaningless presence of rankings in this asymmetrical, RNG-based game, and then feel the biases the arbitrary "pip" requirements of BP to earn in a match instill in the community. Thankfully, there is no reward for being a higher rank, or the community could find a way to be even more salty and miserible.

    The actual "shop" system is also RNG, and also an atrocity, but I'm running short on space. Suffice it to say that players must make many worthless purchases, even of items they outright don't want, can't share items between compatable characters, and are fundamentally locked into progressing a single character at a time as a result. Thankfully for Survivors, all this means is that it's more of a pain to get the Perks they want, because Survivors have nothing unique about them intrinsically.

    If you've even considered getting Dead by Daylight, get Friday the 13th, or Last Year, or nothing, or just wait. Just don't buy this.    … Expand
  24. axtonrider
    Nov 24, 2016
    3
    hundreds of thousands people bought this game and dlc's but they won't afford a server, the matchmaking is screwed it disconnects often and if the player who hosts the game has a bad ping....its unplayable and you just lose....
  25. Hobobo
    Jan 15, 2019
    3
    Like a lot of user reviews have already said, this game has a wonderfully fresh concept, but the devs blew it hard by not balancing it correctly. That and the amount of glitches this game still has is insane, considering it has been out this long.

    Why is the balancing bad? To put it simple, there are exploits for both survivors and killer that throttle any enjoyment one may get from    Like a lot of user reviews have already said, this game has a wonderfully fresh concept, but the devs blew it hard by not balancing it correctly. That and the amount of glitches this game still has is insane, considering it has been out this long.

    Why is the balancing bad? To put it simple, there are exploits for both survivors and killer that throttle any enjoyment one may get from playing this game. Survivors will use exploits like 'infinite looping' in levels mixed in with 'pallet looping' so the killer can never catch them. That and SWF, a feature that lets 4 friends play together, often destroy killer players because of how over powered it is. Players on mic can always tell each other where the killer is on the map and coordinate accordingly, ruining any surprise elements the game has to offer. This feature is gamebreaking, but the devs still allow it.

    On the killer side of things, killers use an exploit called 'hook camping.' With how broken the game is, there really isn't much incentive to actually play it correctly. Which is to chase survivors. What killers will do is hook someone and just stand in front of them, which is also known as 'face camping.' 7/10 games I play these days consist of these kinds of players. There's also another exploit where killers can put players in what's called a 'basement' then use a perk that allows them to camp even harder. Survivors will try to play the game normally, which is saving each other, only to get killed trying to save the person being hook camped. Making an easy win for the killer. Until this day the devs acknowledge this as a legitimate strategy and won't fix it. This feature is gamebreaking, but the devs still allow it.

    Killers camp and as a result players try to infinite loop the killers so they don't get caught. It's a vicious cycle that has gotten out of control lately. Most games just come out to who can be the most toxic/trolly towards each other. With survivors teabagging and killers taunting each other. The whole horror element is stripped and the fun is just not there anymore.

    When I first started playing Dead by Daylight, it was fun. As I grew in skill and rank "I'm both rank 1 for survivor and killer" the toxicity only got worse. These days it's hard to find enjoyment playing this game and again the glitches make the whole experience that much more painful. I really wanted this game to succeed at one point, but with the way things are it's not going to. Things have gotten too out of hand at this point and the devs won't do anything about it. Of course they have no problem releasing purchasable cosmetics through the in game store though. I think the devs pretty much know this game is a sinking ship at this point and are just trying to get cash out of it with as minimal effort to actually fixing it as possible. Like scraping an empty jar of peanut butter for one last in hopes to make on last sandwich.    … Expand
  26. JetbalanceTLT
    Jul 27, 2022
    3
    Игру убили, баланс слишком сильно в сторону убийц. Хитбоксы у оружия убийц огромный, респ ворот вообще ужасный, выжить почти нет шансов.
  27. Donnie_Plays
    May 31, 2019
    3
    While I can appreciate the general overall idea of what this game does... I'm just not on board with how it's executed. The game is very repetitive. It's one of the most noticeable things about the game. Basically every match plays out the same way. Players sneak around, run generators and attempt to escape a murderer. There are times when I think the game has potential. I bought threeWhile I can appreciate the general overall idea of what this game does... I'm just not on board with how it's executed. The game is very repetitive. It's one of the most noticeable things about the game. Basically every match plays out the same way. Players sneak around, run generators and attempt to escape a murderer. There are times when I think the game has potential. I bought three DLC's with this game. I wanted to play as Freddy, Leatherface and Michael Myers. I realized that I had already spent $40 on this game. I began looking at all the content. It's $120 worth of content.

    Basically... there are cosmetic and animation differences between the DLC"s and that's basically it. The game does not change. It's the same game. Sure you go into different environments but you do not do anything different. Regardless of the DLC. The game seems fun at first but wears out fast. There is an upgrade system to unlock things... but it's just not enough for me.    … Expand
  28. GureynDormin
    Jan 15, 2022
    3
    Это по подлому плохая игра. Сначала первые часов 10 вам будет весело пока вы вникаете в игру и пока играете с такими же новичками. За это время игра работает как нужно и затягивает играть в себя. Но потом вы начинаете осознавать насколько игра дисбалансная и кривая во всех возможных смыслах. И так как она уже зацепила вас, то хочется в неё играть ещё, ведь она и правда иногда можетЭто по подлому плохая игра. Сначала первые часов 10 вам будет весело пока вы вникаете в игру и пока играете с такими же новичками. За это время игра работает как нужно и затягивает играть в себя. Но потом вы начинаете осознавать насколько игра дисбалансная и кривая во всех возможных смыслах. И так как она уже зацепила вас, то хочется в неё играть ещё, ведь она и правда иногда может подарить те самые эмоции, что были в первые часы игры, но всё же теперь она в основном дарит злость и раздражение.… Expand
  29. M0unce
    Jan 31, 2020
    3
    Was a good game in 2016, now everything is lagging, all nerfs, so the game flies to the bottom
  30. Murlop
    Feb 25, 2020
    3
    1679/5000
    The game is fun, but the developers are lousy, they only know how to get outfits and nothing else, the game is very badly optimized and the servers are lousy, and the game is totally unbalanced and broken.
    Billy: pass the map like on a motorcycle without exhaustion and also throws you with 1 stroke. Nurse: destroy the mechanics of running, jumping windows and throwing    1679/5000
    The game is fun, but the developers are lousy, they only know how to get outfits and nothing else, the game is very badly optimized and the servers are lousy, and the game is totally unbalanced and broken.

    Billy: pass the map like on a motorcycle without exhaustion and also throws you with 1 stroke.

    Nurse: destroy the mechanics of running, jumping windows and throwing palees, (can be teleported).

    Spirit: with a single button you can pass from 1 side of the map to the other, and the mechanics where they are?

    Oni: it's the same as Billy, he can run all over the map and shoot several 1-click survivors, besides the turns he makes are broken.

    Fredy: this is one of the most broken of all, it can be teleported directly to the engines, you do not have to run or do chases, it can also put fake palees and slow down and has the strongest hitbox in the game.
    Hitbox: (hit with more distance from the game).

    Besides that the assassins can camper and tunnel you or leave you on the ground without receiving any punishment, they can play in the most toxic way and nothing will happen to them, but the survivors punish them for everything.

    Survivors: the rank systems are dismal, there are red ranks that only know how to make engines and in chases it doesn't last 15 seconds, besides there are players who pass stuck to the engine and do not rescue the teammates, the genrush is a problem and it is because Those people who only enter to make motors, have to make a new system of ranges because this is very badly done and put more points for persecutions and put new objects for the survivors, because the only thing there is is the medicine cabinet lantern and toolboxes.    … Expand
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#75 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Games Machine
    Jul 4, 2017
    64
    Dead by Daylight is a missed opportunity. Despite an intriguing concept, the final result is flawed by a lot of small problems. You could still enjoy it, but in order to do so you should get over a terrible netcode, a grind-based progression system, and all too random rewards.
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  2. Stevivor
    Oct 24, 2016
    90
    An amazing survival horror experience and my favourite indie game so far this year; you’ll sure as hell see this one on my list of top 5 games of 2016.
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  3. CD-Action
    Sep 17, 2016
    60
    Disastrous scoring system encourages some players to cooperate with the killer instead of running from him and reduces promising gameplay to nonsense (e.g. when the killer picks you up, throws you into a trap, resets it, picks you up, throws you into a trap, resets it, picks you up, throws you into a trap, resets it, picks you up...). [09/2016, p.58]
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