We have temporarily disabled Baermar Uraz's Ugly Sweater Cosmetic (all queues) due to issues affecting gameplay.

Visit the Kill Switch Master List for more information on this and other current known issues: https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/299-kill-switch-master-list
It's stats time! Sign up for our newsletter with your BHVR account by January 13 to receive your personalized 2024 Dead by Daylight stats!

Get all the details on our forums: https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/436478/sign-up-now-to-receive-a-recap-of-your-2024-dead-by-daylight-stats/p1?new=1

Possibly Unpopular Opinion: DBD is Great As a Casual Game

HagIsBestGirl
HagIsBestGirl Member Posts: 158
in General Discussions

I know that a lot of us like to deep dive dbd and play with the intent, or the incidental outcome, of getting better than average or higher.

But I've been working a lot lately, and haven't had much time to just sit and play for hours. And I've noticed something: dbd is actually really great as a casual game.

Occasionally long waits aside, picking up and playing a few rounds (at least between rank 16-10) is an honestly enjoyably chill experience. As both survivor and killer.

Yeah, occasionally you get a rando bully squad. But mostly people play fair and are pretty cool. My most notable bully squad (PS4) actually invited me to their party right after to just chill and chew the fat. Not too bad.

So, I know we push back against that casual label. But... honestly...dbd does kinda seem to be at its best when you don't try to go HAM. Ignore the meta 98% of the time and just relax. Makes the game way more fun.

Comments

  • Rivyn
    Rivyn Member Posts: 3,022

    Honestly, I don't see how a game like this can be taken as casual. It's competitive by nature. Maybe I don't have the mindset, but, well, how?

  • 53nation
    53nation Member Posts: 681

    I agree. At some point I decided to only play on weekends (work ft as well) and it works out great.

    You don't get burned out, and you'll actually look forward to playing after taking a 4 day break.

    If youre a solo survivor or killer main, no one will even notice you're gone.

  • ad19970
    ad19970 Member Posts: 6,468
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1175160#Comment_1175160

    I would argue the rng of maps and addons and items alone is why this game can't really be seen as a competitive game. Or even more importantly, that it doesn't have a clear definition of what winning and losing is. It definitely has competitive traits though, but it's not meant to be fully competitive. I personally think it's a bit of a shame too many people want to see it as a fully competitive game.

  • xCarrie
    xCarrie Member Posts: 982

    it can be causal, but with the player base being 70% ggez, bby killer/survivor, get gud, t-bagging, mori spamming, it’s kinda hard to play casual knowing someone is gonna be annoying during or outside of the match. that’s why a casual mode would be nice but the player base is too small unfortunately.

    i’ll just stick to swf when I want to play casual lol