The new chapter is very... meh

Toastyy
Toastyy Member Posts: 226
edited March 2020 in General Discussions

First off I love the concept behind deathslinger it was a big risk, you took it and it sort of worked out for starters I can say he is super fun to play and some of his perks I like. The problems begin with he is not a very threatening killer, whenever I go up against him I don’t see him as a challenge at all I know people are still learning him but his harpoon is so easy to counter simply by just dodging it or simply by getting another survivor to walk in front of it.

So he can already have a hard time catching survivors what makes it worse is how slow he is so he takes time to traverse the map and I hear you say that Huntress, Spirit and Hag have the same movement speed well Huntress’s hatchets aren’t limited in range a good huntress will know how to snipe survivors with hatchets and I don’t really need to explain why Spirit doesn’t have trouble with traversing the map cough cough (mother daughter ring op) and Hag I guess if you use mint rag she can traverse the map pretty quickly ?

All in all I think idea was good but it wasn’t thought out properly and put in perspective with getting big maps like Red forest etc.

The new map is cool I like it but I feel again I feel like it’s Hawkins all over again so many of the pallets are unsafe and sometimes the outskirts of the town is barren waste land where if you were to travel the outskirts you’d die in 5 seconds because there are no pallets. The place seems good for balanced landing though so that’s a positive.

Now the moment we’ve all been waiting for the new survivor god I’m sorry for the people who worked on her but she looks very um how do I put this, very ugly the default hair NEEDS to stop being used, I get it we all bought that Kate outfit awhile ago but it doesn’t mean that we want it on EVERY FEMALE you have in the game and her face doesn’t look anything like her picture or any trailer she’s been in.

Her perks I don’t think are very useful off the record is basically a better baby sitter but a worse iron will, Red herring could maybe throw the killer off once or twice but a good killer will figure out what you’re doing pretty quickly and for the people is probably the most useful of them all I can see some good plays there but again it’s situational and I don’t see it replacing meta perks builds that consist the usual Iron will, Borrowed time, Dead hard and Decisive strike or anything similar to that.

Don’t even get me started on her screams, get ready doctor mains because when you shock this girl you don’t know what the hell Just come out of that girls mouth, why does she not sound like a normal female when she screams like what can I even describe her as when she does ? Finally the outfits for her aren’t very satisfying either the award outfits look hideous the only semi decent outfit that “like” is the grant applicant outfit (big forehead gang) and I’m going out on a limb there.

Hopefully my criticism isn’t taken too harshly but I’m speaking from my experience and what I think of the new chapter. There is probably a whole bunch of grammar mistakes but spoiler alert I’m not very good at English.

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Comments

  • tactic
    tactic Member Posts: 356
    edited March 2020

    I agree with you!

    I wouldn’t say it’s underwhelming but...

    I enjoy deathslinger, but he just really doesn’t work on maps like red forest..

    The map is also very strange; strong loops where killers need to break walls to have a chance, but then there’s also extremely open areas with no pallets, and very unsafe pallets that are basically suicide.

    overall though, I think the new killer & his perks are interesting, the map is strange but it works.

    (also, your English is actually really good, don’t worry about it!)

  • Pirscher
    Pirscher Member Posts: 663

    It is very underwhelming - my issue is the design choice.

    The horror genre has just gone completely out the window here! A cowboy killer in a sunny yellow desert? It is just terrible!

    With the spear gun surely they could have created a water themed character like a flying dutchman and set the map on an abandoned ocean liner or submarine or something!?

    Bring back Horror and darkness!

  • deadbyhitbox
    deadbyhitbox Member Posts: 1,117

    I think its fantastic. The new map is one of the most balanced maps they've released in awhile, they fixed certain breakable walls and actually implemented them very well on the map, and added probably one of the most fun killers we've had in awhile. And to top it off Doc and Plague got buffs. I just can't wait for breakable walls to come to other maps honestly.

  • oh_0k
    oh_0k Member Posts: 712

    "We at BHVR hear what you, the player base wants, MORE HORROR and to get this we've made all the maps pitch black and nerfed pig"