Solve my dilemma, Cohost: The base Dead By Daylight game is $8 on the Steam sale rn, but the DLC collectively costs checks notes like $200 even with most of it at 50% off. Is the game itself worth picking up without all the bells and whistles? Is any of the DLC must-have to make the game enjoyable, or just go by having an affinity for that particular character/franchise?
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in reply to @RoxannaRachnid's post:
I've got DbD in Epic (I believe it was one of the freebies) and I believe one or two of the DLC as gifts or further freebies; the gist I get is that the DLC- assuming the implication is that you need some or all of it to merit the play that is impressed as the best- is not necessary to playing the game and its core mechanics on the Killer's side, but adds creative and narrative novelty.
I am not personally comfortable with playing Dead by Daylight as a habit, as the default reactive soundscapes and vocal effects almost all of the prey/survivors have built into them are of a type and realistic enough to be exceptionally disturbing to me; even watching a Twitch stream of the gameplay I find very uncomfortable to listen to a great span of.
Ahh, yeah, I can definitely understand that being an issue for someone. And thank you for the input! That jibes with the impression I had but it seemed worth hearing from folks with actual experience rather than dive in uneducated.
Having good friends who also stream games I haven't tried but have considered giving a go, who'll understand if I have to mute the audio or leave suddenly, are often how I find games I actually do enjoy.
Zone Engineers is a great example of a really good-looking game with a sensory-dealbreaker for me (there are a couple of other recurring effects in game environment I find difficult to manage, but this one is The Big One) involving the sound effect each and every time you open a cupboard, chest or locker to loot the contents.
Invariably, the opening sound effect is a loud, violent SLAM in metal and hard tone, and even if I know it's about to happen it triggers my younger self's sensory memory so severely I've had to fight off a panic attack more than a few times and again, because of how it affects me I can't know if I'll dislike it but manage, or if my emotional and psychic response will be a whole lot worse.
Dead by Daylight's sound effects of suffering- crying, shrieking, agonized and painful sobbing, even visceral onomatopaea when a Survivor/Victim's body is impaled, cut or stabbed in the in-game mechanics- I can't handle, not remotely. The actual, novel mechanics of the gameplay I rather like but the sound-sensory environment hits me too hard in the gut and in the heart.
-2Paw.
the only thing that's ostensibly required nowadays is...eugh, it's hard. because the answer is that you're going to do best buying killers that look cool for you to play, and avoiding buying things for being "good." the problem is that "what perks you need" are really dependent on what killers you enjoy (different killers need different perks to shore up weaknesses) and what your personal struggles are (we have a friend who struggles with hearing out of one ear, and benefits greatly from perks that make large visual notifications to compensate).
our recommendation used to be "buy dbd & the texas chainsaw massacre dlc" but that's not as necessary anymore, i'd really just recommend picking up the game, any killers that really look cool to you (they all have demonstrations of their power on their dlc pages), and one of the following:
- the hag
- the plague
- demogorgon
- legion
- nemesis
- tickster
these killers all have at least one perk that offers an enormous boon to your play, and they're all pretty fun as well (except hag. hag is generally considered very painful).
Thank ya! I picked up the base game so I will poke around and see what vibes.
You can pretty much unlock everything for free if you put enough time in! There's free currency and unlockable perks in the shrine. Only thing is I think the licensed characters can only be bought with real cash, but you aren't locked out of their perks if you can't purchase them.