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Your Dream Map/Survivor/Killer?
If you had complete artistic control over a chapter release what would your map/Survivor/Killer be? What themes would you base it around? Would it be an original set or is there a licensed franchise you'd want to have adapted to the game?
I would love a Victorian mansion map! Something on the smaller/medium side but almost exclusively indoors (maybe a bit of the yard around it) with 'secret passages' and such. The way I envision that is running into the library and pulling the sconce by the bookshelf for it to slide back and reveal a passage which leads to the kitchen pantry or whatnot - sort of like Clue!
For the Survivor I'd love the idyllic scream queen. I'm picturing all of the tropes combined into one character - like a prom queen outfit, cheerleader outfit, 'girl-next-door' outfit, etc. Her connection to the chapter could be something as simple as her having gone into the mansion in the movie classic of teens who trespass and wind up involved in something supernatural.
For the Killer I think the sinister mansion owner could be a lot of fun, sort of a Jack the Ripper themed Victorian gentleman. Alternatively a Victorian maid who poisoned the family and assumed their lives might be a fun Killer as far as the lore goes.
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The Thing from Another World
2 maps: U.S outpost 31 and Thule Station
2 survivors: R.J MacReady and Dr. Kate Lloyd
Killer/s: The Thing but it has many base forms maybe something original by behavior but also some classical.
And they have a chance for some interesting lore and gameplay.
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Jack Torrance.
Wendy Torrance.
The Outlook Hotel.
Unfortunately, Jack is literally just "crazy man with axe" but The Shining remains to be my personal favourite horror movie. Hell, DbD and The Shining pretty much have the exact same theme, so that's already there. I recognize it'll prolly never happen tho
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@NomiNomad That would be such a fantastic chapter! I'd never even thought of how neat that would be. There's so many iconic locations too - the bar, a simplified hedge maze, the spooky bathroom, there could be a bloodstained hall (post flood). Now I have another chapter idea to pine for. 🤣
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@WishIcouldmain I've actually never seen The Thing (I know it's a classic and I should!) but a military outpost sounds like it would be a spooky and interesting map!
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Oh well, this... is a difficult question.
The thing is, A Nightmare on Elm Street already is my dream chapter, so I have no idea how to answer.
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Killer: gardener with plant relate power.
Map: green house in either Red forest or Crotus realm.
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dream idea for it (I dont see it happening like ever but...)
Dead space - Isaac Clark (various suits as cosmetics?) map being the U.S.G. Ishimura?
necromorph killer - ability to inflict madness like the doctor but with a twist. also ability to do something with dead survivor bodies?
EA would probably never allow it (even though its their fault the franchise was killed) but Id like to believe cause it just seems like an amazing idea (and Id love to see my fave horror franchise in dbd)
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I would love a zombie killer, whose power is creeping around. We can call him the creeper.
Next, I want two survivors:
- A young male with shaggy hair, loose-fitted clothing, who's also a bit of a coward. We can call him Shaggy, after his hair.
- A young female in an orange velvet-like sweater with glasses. We can call her Velma, after her sweater and undoubtedly great ass...ets.
For the map, maybe a spooky hair-raising graveyard.
Also, it's mandatory the survivors have voice lines when first meeting the killer.
Example: Shaggy and Velma would say "Jeepers, it's the Creeper!" upon seeing him.
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Now I understand your concern: "But Bea! Your suggestion is too scary! Think of the children!"
That's why we'll also add an item in-game to give survivors courage in these trying times - we'll arbitrarily call them Scooby Snacks.
As for what they do, you figure it out.
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I will also not rest until this dream comes true.
Note: Special mention to potential killer Ghost of Elias Kingston, whose episode name is "What the Hex is Going on!?" and would be an amazing chapter title for DBD.
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I would say that Friday the 13th would be a dream come true ... "Keep dreaming."
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Outpost 31 would also be a snowy map
Meh I'm satisfied
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I see what you did there...
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I knew someone would.
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FNAF Chapter, Alien Chapter.
FNAF would come with a really cool map + aesthetic, and the killer would be really interesting as well. The Xenomorph would also be awesome.
My pipe dream map would be the inside of the Aurora from Subnautica, but that's never going to happen.
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I'd make a map that would represent the Void, the thing from the lore.
Can you imagine having to rush around through a bright blue map where all the terrain is made up of writhing, half dead humans.
It would be horrifying.
Maybe throw in a few other map elements from other realms to give it that kind of "abstract" quality.
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I really want a city map for Trickster and like a scenic and decrepit map of mersaille for the twins!!!
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Survivor: Aya Brea
Killer: Eve
Map: The Operahouse
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Headless Horseman = Killer
Ichabod Crane = Survivor maybe
Map = Sleepy hallow Graveyard/bridge.
Single DLC like Ghost Face
Babadook = Killer.
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Wow, I never thought about the Headless Horseman. That's a great idea, if we could get him without the actual horse.
And man, a cemetery is PERFECT for this game, how have we never gotten one yet? A morgue would also be awesome. The Overlook Hotel (The Shining), complete with the hedge maze from the first film version, an actual insane asylum (think Session 9, for those who have seen it - those who haven't really should), a dense jungle (complete with Predator), an abandoned Walmart-style convenience store, a forested gorge with a river and wooded trails going through it. So many ideas.
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Stop what you're doing right now and watch it. :)
Oh and I never got your request, could you please send it again? Or tell me which service you used, maybe I missed it somehow.
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An underground or mine map would also be really cool.
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My dream chapter would be either Hellblazer or an occult-detective-horror chapter. They've already hinted at it with Elodie and Felix.
Demonic supernatural killer, abandoned building map, and an occultist survivor that's preferably a blonde brit with a chainsmoking habit and a tan trench coat.
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Chucky (Killer)/ Andy (Survivor)/ Toy Factory
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What if instead of jack and Wendy its doctorsleep and the shine vampire lady? That way the killers a bit more than man with axe (eventhough he's totally iconic)
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My dream killer is an scp killer
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I would love a victorian themed chapter like you described! I would maoe a medieval themed chapter, the castle would be the map, the killer could be a knight or a king, the survivor i have no idea.
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Alien chapter.
Xenomorph as the Killer, there are many things they can do with it (stealth, acid blood, being a perfect predator, wall climbing, eggs etc)
Ripley with Sigourney Weavers likeness for the model (see Alien: Isolation). Give me the cat Jones as an AI based perk (cat runs around at your side, while you are being chased the cat also creates scratchmarks to confuse the killer)
Nostromo as the map. Probably landed on a planet so exit gates make sense..
if you want to go full out, expand the chapter with Alien: Isolation stuff:
Amanda Ripley as legendary skin or her own character.
Working Joe as killer.
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I added you on the PS4! I'll add you again, sure! You can try to add me too. WitchTwice if you'd like!
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Nostromo, Ellen Ripley, The Xenomorph...yes please
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I'd definitely like to, your comments on sportsmanship made you someone I'd like to play with, should we have the opportunity to match up. I'm on Steam so I don't know if there's a certain reason I didn't see the invite or what. But I'll try adding you as well. Thanks!
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As a map I wish for an abandon university (old style like Oxford) in remniscent to the Arkham University from HP Lovecraft. The game already has a lovecraftian style so it would fit perfect. Also I want to get chased through a lecture hall and a library.
And as a killer...well we are missing out on a killer that embodies the fear of drowning and water in my opinion. I know the Flying Dutchman is a meme thanks to a certain series but I honestly think a sailor themed killer with a drowning based ability would be a good addition to the game.
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The Scissorman Chapter (overview)
New Killer: The Scissorman (Dan Barrows)
New Survivor/Survivors: Jennifer (from original, aged up to her age in the 2nd), Helen (from the 2nd game)
New map: Barrows Mansion
Both TR and chase music from Clock Tower PS1
Basic attack: Scissor swipe (swing scissors at Survivors)
Special attack: Scissor Cut (prepares by opening his scissors, then snaps them shut, insta downing Survivors)
Mori: cuts into the Survivor's midsection partway, then snips their head off
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I'd like an Amnesia or Outlast chapter, personally. I'd also take a FNaF chapter over almost anything, but I highly doubt that'll ever come.
Amnesia could have Alexander fused with the Shadow as a killer, using the Orb to make Shadow webbing appear on objects and in open spaces. Would be a bit like a spider killer, being able to place damaging/immobilising webbing in choke points and in small open spaces and gaps. You'd probably have to make the webbing only spawn after a certain ability or event if it deals damage, though - perhaps the webbing only deals 1 health state, then Deep Wound, then downed. Maybe something like every 30 seconds or so the Shadow presses a button to cause all the webbing he's placed to steadily come into existence on the objects he set them on, and gains increased movespeed for the duration.
The survivor would probably be Tasi from Rebirth, as she actually has a face and body model and is from the most recent game, and the map would likely be either Castle Brennenburg or some version of the Machine for Pig's underground machine complex if they want to incorporate all three games.
Outlast would have the Walrider as the killer as none of the other antagonists you could really do powers for. He'd have some kind of Myers buildup mechanic, where he (Miles after the course of Outlast 1) starts off with very little of the swarm surrounding him and reduced stats, but over time he gets more and more of the nanites to follow him, turning more and more from a dessicated corpse to the big silhouetted shadow from the game. You'd also have to give him a secondary power - possibly an ability where he can "fly" upwards into a nanite cloud, travelling semi-invisibly across the map from above and being able to reappear on the ground in a kind of damaging shockwave.
Survivor would be Waylon Park as he's the only protagonist who, you know, actually survived, and the map would be Temple Gate from Outlast 2. You could do a cool mind-bending sort of thing to match the game where a certain mostly blocked-off ruined building actually contains a section of the school inside of it, with a generator or two.
FNaF's killer is obvious, power possibilities are endless. There probably wouldn't be a survivor unless the girl from the new game is used, and the map would be either a mish-mash of all the games' locations like Gideon Meat Plant or the Pizza Party level in VR, or would be the mall from the new game. Would prefer the former though.
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Watch it as soon as possible it's a masterpiece in horror.
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Alien.
Ripley.
Nostromo.
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As a map I would love an old cemetery
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Ulquiorra Cider from Bleach as a killer, idgaf about the survivor, and Las Noches as in the one in Hueco Mundo as the map.
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There's so many fantastic suggestions here! The cemetery is especially great, the idea of a river/gorge map, I love the idea of a medieval castle, a cave/mine, and another snowy map! It'd be so cool if a dev saw this thread because there are some genius ideas!
@Gwinty I cannot even explain how much I love your idea! I have never considered a college before! But they could totally lean into that, have a School's Out chapter, have a psycho professor as the teacher (the community would go crazy for a male or female professor honestly, either would have the thirst) with some really twisted lore, have a typical 90's or early 2000's college kid horror trope Survivor, and an ivy league looking college for the map... I think I like this even more than my idea now! 😍
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I want the Thing as a killer and I want some sort of mansion map.
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Probably OG chucky from childs play.
Or la llorona from mexican folklore
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They might make it a paragraph like Leatherface or Ghostface where there is no survivor.
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Woodland/forest but night vision mode. Either that or a very dark map with little visibility to add tension.
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My dream map would be some fashion store where blendettes can hide in piles of clothes & my favorite killer would be either Cruella de Vil, Donatella Versace, or Lady Gaga.
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Same, i mean they could add a skin for Freddy so they have his original look (Robert Englund) also tuxedo Freddy! I would also like a skin before he was burnt Remake Freddy.
As for the survivor, Quentin actually looking like the actor and add Nancy OG and remake into the game but of course it is down to the licensing and all that stuff. Also having his sweater to the right colours.
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Definitely Chucky, he should be next.
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Killer- Alien
Survivor- Ripley
Map- Nostromo (spaceship)
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Just saw that but totally agree with it.
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You know what we truly need? This:
Just kidding. I actually like the remake, but I wouldn't mind having an OG skin. I mean, Freddy is the only killer in the game who doesn't have a single cosmetic, so pretty much anything would help.
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SURVIVOR
Lydia Deetz
KILLER
Beetlejuice
MAP
The Model Town from the film.
I DON'T CARE if it's not strictly horror, it uses horror aesthetics and would be fun as hell.
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Irish folklore chapter with a banshee killer
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Easy. Unoriginal. And as always.
Jason/Tommy Jarvis/Camp Crystal Lake.
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