Dead by Daylight

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  1. Kenstar
    May 16, 2020
    0
    The only thing good about this game is its concept, everything else is abysmal.
    -P2P hosting making matches a laggy mess or results in disconnects.
    -Balance is a joke, most changes seems rushed. -Map design is just badly balanced and really bland. -Toxic community, also most of the mechanics in the game reward bad behaviour. -New content feels rushed. -A lot of buggs and technical    The only thing good about this game is its concept, everything else is abysmal.
    -P2P hosting making matches a laggy mess or results in disconnects.
    -Balance is a joke, most changes seems rushed.
    -Map design is just badly balanced and really bland.
    -Toxic community, also most of the mechanics in the game reward bad behaviour.
    -New content feels rushed.
    -A lot of buggs and technical aspects in need of fixing.
    -High amout of hackers, cound be contributed to high amount of new Russian players which always ruins games for others.

    These developers are clueless, inexperienced and it shows. To create a game with asymmetrical pvp like this one takes skill and knowledge they seem to lack both.

    This game is even more trash now in 2020, damn 4 years and nothing learned, of pure ignorance and denial of the game's core problems. The game is still an unbalanced mess, while survivors gets 500 billion free-cards out of a bad situation killers gets nothing and realizes that the only way to "win" is to camp survivors(Both sides are cancer trash btw, especially SWF). I'm just astounded by the incompetence here by the development team, truly miserable. But hey more DLC and more battlepasses!    … Expand
  2. raviga747
    Apr 3, 2020
    7
    I spent more than 1k hours on DBD and can surely say this game is worth the price, but it's still a lot of problems. Very often dev team instead of fixing existing issues going to create new. This disappoints almost every patch, but it seems like from the last of them, game gain almost the top performance from the birthday.
  3. MountShlt2020
    Apr 1, 2020
    0
    GOVNO I PARASHA chisto dlya odnogo Kalicha delali.
    Fedor Kalitskiy ebal mamok razrabov.
  4. BurakTemur
    Apr 1, 2020
    9
    Morinin çıkma şansını düşürmeliler oyun gayet başarılı ve eylenceli muhakkak arkadaşlarınızla oynayın katile sövmenin tadı bile ayrı
  5. Metroyeta
    Mar 24, 2020
    2
    It's way too violent for my slave again, but not as violent as assassin's creed 3.
  6. nikujon
    Mar 2, 2020
    0
    bad in matchmaking... always unbalance match,survivors always with unfair skill & become toxic because he feels himself a senior even though it's nothing in the real world,because always win,the killer cannot killl anyone is because the killer is newbie like adult vs baby... what a shame,always killer get nerf but the survivors not get nerf like tom & jerry... killer the stupid cat &bad in matchmaking... always unbalance match,survivors always with unfair skill & become toxic because he feels himself a senior even though it's nothing in the real world,because always win,the killer cannot killl anyone is because the killer is newbie like adult vs baby... what a shame,always killer get nerf but the survivors not get nerf like tom & jerry... killer the stupid cat & survivors like smart mouse... sometimes survivor like mouse because always use unfair skill & he feels proud because can defeat newbie killer like adult can defeat baby is pride,like animal rules... only strong will become survive & always doing toxic dance when survivors feel victorious in escape gate like kid never grown become good people,when killer cannot kill anyone... always troll toxic dance in escape gate,when match end will troll again in chat box,is because everyone want become like youtuber made video troll people is fun..."not toxic is not fun",survivors not aware he/she brain is true killer,not become good gamer to newbie killer... dbd same toxic like dota 2,vainglory,become good guy,smart play always get troll(my experience),this is why i not like become survivors in the end,because i know will more get bully 100%,become slave etz... i choice chaos side(killer),become killer always alone,hide chat box end match,block user when people add me,all is my enemy like pubg... 1 vs 100,why play game must doing toxic to people you don't know?, because your are spoiled child?,victim bully?,nobody in real world,devil man?
    become good side(survivor) will more get bully,become slave for veteran player(always bully newbie player like loser puppy)    … Expand
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. shadowdragonlos
    Jan 31, 2020
    9
    1000+ hours somehow i got, its a fun game 4 survivors evading / hiding while killer hunts them down, they recently added a battlepass to give u more objectives and extra cosmetics. best i can recommend is watch a gameplay video and decide for yourself
  10. M0unce
    Jan 31, 2020
    3
    Was a good game in 2016, now everything is lagging, all nerfs, so the game flies to the bottom
  11. ULisianist
    Jan 24, 2020
    10
    Эта игра довольна залипательна если у тебя есть друг который готов в неё играть, но к сожалению она быстро надоедает
  12. ObjectDust
    Jan 23, 2020
    1
    Recent updates like nerfing hex: ruin is hurting the game. They went on a change of bringing in new players and making game play bad for old players. Game looks killer sided but lower ranks its all about voice chat with survivor with friends with all the best perks. They make it where it is no fun for killer any more which will kill the game. At the moment gen rushing is a problem andRecent updates like nerfing hex: ruin is hurting the game. They went on a change of bringing in new players and making game play bad for old players. Game looks killer sided but lower ranks its all about voice chat with survivor with friends with all the best perks. They make it where it is no fun for killer any more which will kill the game. At the moment gen rushing is a problem and there is going to be a small fix to tool kits but that won't help gen rush. They should just reset all ranks to 20 and have people play for it to balance out. Takes a long time to find a match up to 30 minutes at times depending on where you live. They use to have free events but removed it for a paid season pass. Game is turning to the bring players in and make them spend money before they get tired of it type of game.
    For game play, it's always fun playing survivor now. Once you get use to being chased by the killer you get use to the heart beats for when they get closer. You might get mad if the killer hits you because server lag made you lag backwards. But the game has new bugs with every patch update. But playing with friends is what makes it fun and unfair for the killer. For the killers game play can be stressful depending on everyone's connection. They tend to dodge your swings with ease and you have to out play 4 people to win the game. Graphics are very amazing, and you have to see Moo Moo the cow on a hospital bed. I'll have to get it a low rating because the current decisions they are making are hurting the game.    … Expand
  13. LatinCanadian
    Jan 5, 2020
    0
    This game is one of the most poison I have ever played. A lot of the players are racist BIGOTS and say whatever they can to try and get you to Dc and un install the game. Reporting to the developers and steam does no good at all. They get the viewers and ratings so they're happy as pigs in **** Not recommending this garbage to anyone. More issues with this game include the followingThis game is one of the most poison I have ever played. A lot of the players are racist BIGOTS and say whatever they can to try and get you to Dc and un install the game. Reporting to the developers and steam does no good at all. They get the viewers and ratings so they're happy as pigs in **** Not recommending this garbage to anyone. More issues with this game include the following LAG,bugs such as hit boxes and match making/ such as level 20 players getting matched up with level 3,4,5,6,7,8 players. Cheating is definitely an issue as well! speed hacking and lag switching lol total garbage.… Expand
  14. NoCrossPlayDBD
    Dec 25, 2019
    0
    0/10 and No Buy because there is no Cross Play. If I cant play from my PC with my friend who only has a PS4 then there is a 0% reason for me to buy this game. Its from ground up one of the most crossplay-able games in the world but the tards cant even do that.

    Theres no reason in the universe to give the developers your money if they dont add in Crossplay because Someday,Somewhere,    0/10 and No Buy because there is no Cross Play. If I cant play from my PC with my friend who only has a PS4 then there is a 0% reason for me to buy this game. Its from ground up one of the most crossplay-able games in the world but the tards cant even do that.

    Theres no reason in the universe to give the developers your money if they dont add in Crossplay because Someday,Somewhere, Someway, Somehow, Someplace, With SomeONE... Youll wanna play Cross Platform. And its just not there. #Betrayed #HighSchoolBreakupMelodrama #Hashtag    … Expand
  15. Varasy
    Dec 18, 2019
    0
    his game still feels like the beta, there are bugs, balance issues, matchmaking issues just issues all round really
    cheating and more cheating. Oh, and exploiting and stupid mechanics. You're survivor but when you run you leave a bright fire trail
  16. riquinho17
    Dec 18, 2019
    5
    So I have played this game for a few hours now and I must say... wow... Just wow. I've never seen a game be so fun but also be such trash at the same time.

    There are a multitude of issues with this game from balance issue on both survivor and killer side, such as crutch mechanics, broken killer abilities and addons. Same with perks on both sides. Some are not expressly broken but are    So I have played this game for a few hours now and I must say... wow... Just wow. I've never seen a game be so fun but also be such trash at the same time.

    There are a multitude of issues with this game from balance issue on both survivor and killer side, such as crutch mechanics, broken killer abilities and addons. Same with perks on both sides. Some are not expressly broken but are completely unfun to deal with.

    This game also has massive issues with hitboxes and server connections. The combination of the two will have you getting hit from china by the killer when you play survivor and missing grabs and hits as killer when playing against survivors.

    The community... The community for the most part is toxic af and myself am guilty of this. A lot of the toxicity in this game stems from the broken/unbalanced/straight up unfun aspects of this game.

    Other issues with this game include, poor optimization and ui design. The game does not run very well for a game that is not that graphically intense and from 2016 using the Unreal engine. Menus can be clunky and sometimes broken leading you to be kicked from your lobby just because you activate a challenge within the game. As I post this it's Dec. 15, 2019 and until about two months ago I could not run this game without massive stuttering issues unless I used a Nvidia driver that was almost a year old. I spent a lot of time looking into the issue and the best I could find from a rep from Behavior was that "it's windows 10's fault" But then about two months ago they updated their engine and now my issues is resolved... I still have an issues with crashes if I use the most recent drivers and try to play this game. My gpu is a 970, so if you have a 900 series card be cautious.
    Oh, bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. Every month and a half and two months the have a mid chapter update and a chapter update, and I can not recall an update where they did not break some aspect of the game. Some of the greatest hits include being hit through solid objects, broken sound, falling through the map, being put in a certain part of the map and losing control of your character, getting a black of grey screen, randomly losing the ability use your keyboard in game (could still use it in google and other applications and in the game only after the match had ended), and others I can not recall.

    Another thing I have a personal issues with is, the devs seem more interested in releasing cosmetics in their ingame shop than actually fixing the game. (If you like cosmetics, this game's got em in spades)

    The game 'can' be great fun if played with friends. Though played solo it can also be fun but I would not hedge you bets on that.

    At the end of the day, it's your money. If you want to try it out, go for it.    … Expand
  17. strange_love
    Dec 17, 2019
    0
    Don't believe the hype. The Positive reviews are from people that haven't played long enough to be jaded like the rest of us. It's fun until it's not fun anymore. It's the perfect example of a great idea with horrible execution.

    Recent updates have made the game punishing and extremely frustrating, leaving little room for what quirks compensated for the glaring bugs and imbalances. The    Don't believe the hype. The Positive reviews are from people that haven't played long enough to be jaded like the rest of us. It's fun until it's not fun anymore. It's the perfect example of a great idea with horrible execution.

    Recent updates have made the game punishing and extremely frustrating, leaving little room for what quirks compensated for the glaring bugs and imbalances. The Game's developers spent their time working on a repetitive daily quest point system to encourage repetitive gameplay rather than adding new features or mechanics or content to the game. Updates are lazy and poorly thought out and many of the new killers/content are behind a paywall/dlc. It's a pathetic excuse for continuity.

    First you purchase the game then you have to keep purchasing installments to get the latest abilities and killers, which is unacceptable, especially considering how little the base game is improved in the process, if at all. Now it's a hollowed out shell of a good idea, wasted on the most careless individuals. Don't encourage them any further. Behaviour Interactive expanded to new projects before they ever cleaned up their old properties. Waste of time and money.    … Expand
  18. Laffion
    Dec 11, 2019
    9
    6.6/10 of user reviews is not fair. The game is not perfect, but it is far from being an almost 6/10. I am giving a 9/10 'cause i have a lot of fun playing, even facing bugs or glitches (most of them very funny). The size of possibilites inside the game, both for survivors and killer, is huge, with many strategies to use, many perks and many mindgames for each map.
  19. elolugo
    Dec 2, 2019
    9
    Great game. For adrenaline junkies, this is a must have. It has some bugs. Now with dedicated servers
  20. Optin
    Dec 1, 2019
    5
    Experience
    This game used to be fun and fair. But now it sucks and unfair they destroyed the purpose of so many items and perks. Like for instance decisive strike used to be a great perk but now it’s ruined they ruined the game. They made too much killers over powered like Michael Myers he now has almost no heartbeat. The game also lacks listening to the fans and players. What used to be a    Experience
    This game used to be fun and fair. But now it sucks and unfair they destroyed the purpose of so many items and perks. Like for instance decisive strike used to be a great perk but now it’s ruined they ruined the game. They made too much killers over powered like Michael Myers he now has almost no heartbeat. The game also lacks listening to the fans and players. What used to be a fun and terrifying game turned into an a boring, unfun, and just overall dumb. They only help the killer side not the survivor side so as right now I rate this a 5/10. But with the soon efforts of the ink update coming with the ability to undo pallets maybe they are going to start making efforts to help the games survivor side of the spectrum. Graphics
    The games graphics are playable, not terrible but not great. We can see the hairs, but they look like rubber. You can see the cubes on the lines. If they were to update this games graphics, this game would be really cool Realistics
    This game is decently fun to play but the hit box on the survivors is just annoying. Make them smaller. Also make the clothes able to rip. Final opinion This game is decently fun. I don’t hate, but I don’t love it anymore. It used to be really fun and I use to not mind the graphics but this game no uninterest me. This game could be fun if they worked more on the survivors behalf and not just the killers.    … Expand
  21. DbrnjhElel
    Nov 3, 2019
    0
    Of course I would like to silently put the unit and leave, but I will write a few words. Developers squeeze the last money out of the game, new skins, battle pass, new DLC. There are bugs that do not fix for 3 years ... I have everything.
  22. 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
  23. PremiumR98
    Oct 27, 2019
    0
    Ужасная игра, куча платного контента, ужасная графика даже по меркам 2018'го года, мувмент никакой, атмосферы тоже
  24. Jamie98
    Oct 16, 2019
    0
    So I bought this game a few days ago and it keeps crashing in the multiplayer lobby and giving me a “host is unreachable error” almost every single game I try to join. I play with friends sometimes and they have the same exact issue and it’s getting ridiculous I was not aware of this before I bought it and I am really upset about it I paid 35 dollars for this game to work less than halfSo I bought this game a few days ago and it keeps crashing in the multiplayer lobby and giving me a “host is unreachable error” almost every single game I try to join. I play with friends sometimes and they have the same exact issue and it’s getting ridiculous I was not aware of this before I bought it and I am really upset about it I paid 35 dollars for this game to work less than half the time. This game is not worth the 35 dollars it’s a waist of my time it’s a decent game I guess but it never works and no it’s not because of my WiFi. EVERY one of my other games work perfectly fine but not this one. Please fix it… Expand
  25. Killafrogg
    Oct 9, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its ****
    11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111    … Expand
  26. CGAMER138
    Oct 5, 2019
    10
    esta muy bien y con los nuevos servidores esta de lujo pero cuando quiero jugar como asesino necesito esperar como 30 minutos o mas me encantaría que mejoren eso
  27. nofunaloud
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Salty devs target large and active members of their game just because they are salty peepeegahs.
  28. SebisDios
    Sep 5, 2019
    10
    Esta muy bueno el juego , en realidad solo estoy escribiendo esto para llegar a los 75 caracteres y ponerle un 10 a este hermoso juego , jueguenlo .

    Gracias por leer mi super-reseña
    Hasta la proximaaaa
  29. Noobplayer
    Jul 29, 2019
    1
    Not recommended! This is a game of a joke, a bad joke!

    Unbalanced, full of bugs! As a solo survivor you have no chance of getting higher rankings due to the many retarded players! 80% of killers are camper, which is fully accepted by the developers (congratulations, dear developers!) It doesn't matter that the other player hates the game from a lot of camper killers and therefore a    Not recommended! This is a game of a joke, a bad joke!

    Unbalanced, full of bugs!
    As a solo survivor you have no chance of getting higher rankings due to the many retarded players!
    80% of killers are camper, which is fully accepted by the developers (congratulations, dear developers!)

    It doesn't matter that the other player hates the game from a lot of camper killers and therefore a rage quit (for which there is a ban), but camp is a completely accepted thing in this "game" for which there is no penalty!

    And if you play a killer then you won't have much chance against swf because they are constantly communicating with each other so they can completely ruin the killer's gameing!

    But most importantly, new skins are coming, which of course you can buy for money! Instead of releasing new content or fixing that many bugs!

    Hitbox is very fantastic in this game!

    Pretty Good Job so Far, Mr. Cote!    … Expand
  30. MarceIo
    Jul 9, 2019
    10
    A very fun game worth playing. i really enjoy dead by daylight because when you play it with friends you get to experience an amazing time with them because it's all so fun. Even if you play it on your own you'll have a lot of fun as well. Once you start to understand how the game really works, you'll get addicted to it.
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#75 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

Critic Reviews

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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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