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Why do the devs Ignore the A Nightmare On Elm Street chapter?
I always see people asking about a Freddy rework on here and no one ever addresses it. They haven’t had new content added to it since it released did DBD lose the license for it or something? The version of ANOES In dbd will never be anywhere near how perfect the OG with Robert England and Heather Langenkamp Is but they could try and make his power more fitting. I still wish they could somehow just license the OG Freddy and Nancy and give us one of Freddy’s Dream Worlds as a map. Art of #ANOES below I think the Acheron Dream World would make a cool map In dbd. A Greek temple In ruins with Freddy’s flare <3
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obviously we can only suspect but from what we know about other licensed content it’s very likely that it’s not up to the devs but the actual license holder on why we don’t get new content and why we got the remake version etc.
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True but do they need permission to rework his power and stuff?
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The devs don't ignore it, they only do what is allowed by the license holder. The remake was a flop made by hacks who had 0 respect for the franchise and led by a major production company that has 0 respect for the franchises it owns. Warner brothers doesn't care, freddy is a gimmick and is dead an buried in a vault full of failed reboots and classic cartoons
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I don’t think so. I think one of the Devs mentioned that they don’t need permission to look at killer powers. Well at least that’s what they said about Demogorgon (since he was being removed)
I assume it’s the same for all Licensed Killers.
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Devs have their schechule that they need to complete and there is simply way too many killers who would need some buffs or changes or even reworks.
Few examples: Twins, Sadako, Trapper, Shape, etc.
They are just too busy And Its not their priority. I am still waiting for some Twins changes.
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The licensing for Freddy has changed since he was added to the game, so the Devs just don't wanna mess up the agreement they already made since it has to be respected.
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That’s true but Freddy’s one of the most popular horror icons they should really put more love into his power and aesthetic like different dream worlds would be so cool
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They should definitely make his power more creative then at least aesthetically if nothing else
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As someone who has seen firsthand what a pain it is to work with IP holders, I will say: Yeah, probably. Depending on who the IP holder is and how controlling they are, they may want sign-off on every little thing, especially as it relates to how the character is depicted. Ask anyone who's worked extensively with licensed products, and they'll tell you that IP holders are typically nightmares to work with.
To answer the OP more directly: BHVR did give Freddy a lot of attention, but then they didn't have the good sense to leave him well enough alone when he was in a strong spot. It's sort of embarrassing how badly they handled it, introducing a good, very playable change for Freddy and then watering it down until it was basically at the same place that it was pre-rework.
Also, BHVR's license probably only covers the 2010 remake. Not that it's out of the realm of possibility for them to expand it, but Wes Craven's estate is complicated as I understand it. Probably not Friday the 13th-level complicated or anything -- but enough to kill any speedy negotiation for classic movie content.
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They've said in the past that the nightmare on elm street franchise is one of the more difficult license to work with for DBD. Now granted that was a couple years ago and something may have changed since then and they're working on something at the moment for the franchise but, I don't know.
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Freddy is THE ONLY killer with ZERO Cosmetics.
His Kit is weak, Dredges Nightfall is a big ..... to Freddy too. His Dreamworld is doing nothing at the moment.
He cannot use Terror-Radius-related Perks in Dream
His Addons are all C-Tier or worse besides Paint Brush. Look at Blight. S-Tier + best addons in the game.
Lowest pickrate together with Twins and Hag.
Whats wrong here???
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They ain't care enough to add homie to Multiversus. I want to mess up Bugs Bunny with Freddy. Sure, survivor mains are a decent replacement. But as annoying as they are... Bugs is just genetically designed to be worse.
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That’s a dope promotional poster… I’ve never seen that one before.
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Robert Englund Freddy & Freddy cosmetics in general are some of the few things that is most likely never going to come into the game, BHVR would obviously have gone for OG Freddy instead of the remake one given the chance, but considering New Line gave them a ¨Take it or Leave it¨ offer with the remake to begin with since they have full ownership of that movie, it's very telling that they're not gonna change things anytime soon, even less so now since they have to share the rights to the OG nightmare movies with Wes's family since the US rights to those movies has been reverted back to Wes Craven Estate.
Besides, neither New Line nor Warner Bros really gives a damn about the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise anymore since they have other franchises that makes them much more cash in the first place.
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I am very sure for balance stuff they don’t need permission, as well as bug fixes obviously.
otherwise… we don’t know. For the Quentin character model rework, they were definitely in contact and that needed much time (we know that from various Tweets from the actor that played him in the movie - him and BHVR wanted to use his likeness but apparently the license holder didn’t agree)
thiugh Freddy did get a whole power rework and Springwood was one of the first maps to get a Realm Beyond Update - and these seemed like they didn’t require much time/negotiations with the license holder.
but as I said, it’s mostly guessing here as these negotiations etc won’t be made public and it’s unlikely we get more actual details..
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I'd prefer they just delete that chapter entirely, it's existence is an affront to Nightmare on Elm Street.
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And replace it with Robert Englunds Freddy and Nancy.
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It sucks we don’t have any of Cravens creations Sidney Freddy Nancy would all be perfect In Dbd
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Agreed his power should change the trials completely he is one of the most creative horror villains and in dbd he’s so mediocre
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It’s wild they don’t let dbd license it it would just be free money for them
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Nancy would be such a cool survivor her being able to pull stuff out of her dreams would make such an interesting perk and OG Freddy could have such an interesting power to change the trials and how they look
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It is the sad reality of liking the ANOES Chapter.
No one has fought for Freddy like I did, and still do, but it is exactly the same thing as talking to a wall.
BHVR treated Freddy like utter trash: so many changes, yet not a single one of them was ever needed.
But well, there is nothing we can do except hope they will eventually listen...which, ya know, they won't.
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I saw this fanart on Twitter we wouldn’t have all these newer Iconic franchises if not for what ANOES built the devs should respect that and do better or at least try when it comes to that franchise
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