Who thinks they should add Alien?

AceupAsleeve

Honest opinions only

EnderloganYT

no

TBH Alien has gotten to a point where it's more of a dark Sci Fi than a horror (like how Child's play later became more of a dark comedy than a horror)

I wouldn't be opposed to it, and from a Business standpoint it's obviously a good deal, but I feel other licences would fit better for the time being.

AceupAsleeve

yes

yeah i guess so i thought it might have its time to be back

unlike predator hunting grounds

alien was part of the series for a while

Dr_Loomis

yes

Yes.

Since they added Demogorgon, the human origin element went out the window. It could even be argued that Alien is technically of human origin.

Alien, whilst regarded as sci-fi, is (for at least some) a scary film. Its basically horror, in space.

Stranger Things is also not regarded as horror, but the Demogorgon creature is a frightening monster.

DeadArsenal

maybe

As long as it's Scott's Alien and not Cameron's Alien.

CashelP14

maybe

I wanted the last chapter to be Alien until Silent Hill was announced. I've recently realised I don't think the game could create an Alien chapter anywhere near as good as the Alien Isolation game.

Walker_of_the_fog_96

maybe

Only if alien comes as a paragraph ,no survivor, no map .

Only alien.

alullabyfortheclarks

maybe

if they can find a way to balance him, sure

Boss

no

Should?

No, while they would do good to keep listening to us, they should just keep doing what they want, it's their product.

Seiko300

yes

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1331124#Comment_1331124

Makes a bit of sense.

A lot of people are a tad scatterbrained when it comes to what the map would be and who the survivor might be (Ellen Ripley if possible but who knows) apparently the devs said they would never make a map out in space or something (which is something I never remember hearing but I suppose it's possible this could have slipped by me) so unfortunately the Nostromo is out of the question (supposedly).

Alien Paragraph, Alien chapter, either way Alien is a hallmark for the Sci-Fi Horror genre and as it stands there is not a single sci-fi horror chapter in Dead By Daylight which is something quite strange seeing that Dead By Daylight is this amalgamation of all different kinds of horror types and genres (within the realm of slashers of course)

We've got Psychological Horror through The Doctor

Supernatural Horror through Freddy Krueger and The Spirit

Folk Horror through the Hag and the Wraith

Body Horror through The Plague, Leatherface, (soon to be) Pyramid Head, The Hillbilly

Zombie films / horror are referenced in the Left 4 Dead chapter and at least connects DBD to the sub-genre through Bill Overbeck

Comedy Horror is seen through Ash Williams from the Evil Dead franchise and Ash Vs. Evil Dead show

Holiday Horror can be found in Michael Myers

Gothic Horror can be loosely tied to the Deathslinger since a large point of inspiration for that chapter and this character was Stephen King's The Dark Tower - a modern Gothic writing.

And while it is the general umbrella over everything in DBD, the classic Slasher is seen through killers like Ghostface and the Legion

and of course a bunch of these killers (especially the original ones) overlap into each others sub genres and you can easily tie one killer into multiple, but I wanted to give a distinct example for each.

But absolutely nothing for Science Fiction horror. We have no Alien, no The Thing, no Predator, no botched science experiment gone wrong creating a monster, and before anybody says anything Stranger Things hardly counts. It takes place in the 80s and makes constant reference to D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) to explain the otherworldly things that appear in the show like the Upside Down and the Demogorgon.

Technically, we're also missing Natural Horror but since we never got that Spider Killer the community asked for a long time ago in Dead By Daylight, I think it's safe to say DBD would never cover this part of horror due to gameplay, design, and story limitations.

But it's also a bit of an unfair comparison because Natural Horror doesn't hold a candle to the impact Sci-Fi horror has had on the horror genre. Sci-Fi horror is a hugely influential and classic sub-genre which is part of what makes it so peculiar and odd that it isn't prominently featured somehow through some killer in Dead By Daylight.

P.S. On an unrelated note I think we could see a bit more representation for the Holiday Horror sub-genre, since Halloween as a holiday is so easily tied to horror. So the killer from Black Christmas which centers around Christmas or even the Miner from My Bloody Valentine which focuses on Valentines Day would be pretty cool. But of course Alien and the Sci-Fi horror chapter first.

Edit - and Gothic Horror as well since the Deathslinger I feel only has one foot in that sub-genre, still worth mentioning, but not quite fully embodying. Gothic Horror often has a romantic element to it, so an original killer like a Disgraced French Nobleman with a Rapier or a Vampire or Werewolf who accidentally slaughtered their beloved or something. That would also be cool.

AceupAsleeve

yes

These are the results i needed

thanks