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We need more female killers in this game
I dont want to be sexist but 3 of the best killers in the game are females: Nurse, Hag and Spirit, and I think it's a bit weird. I really like their powers and all, and I really dont want to offend anybody, but I suddenly thought about this and decided to start a discussion.
Either way, with the adition of Pyramid Head, I think we need a female killer now, just to even things up.
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It's a horror game, and THIS is the stuff people are worried about?
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Agreed. Also, maybe some more male survivors. The last 3 chapters had female survivors, so it may be nice to reverse the roles next time.
Could we even get an unknown sex, like Demi was!
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Yeah, no one cares about Male/Female ratio.
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I would love an original killer that impersonates a fallen angel in some way.
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Well, of the 18/19 whatever many killers we got, we got "7" female ones. Nurse, huntress, hag, plague, pig, spirit and then "legion". I dont think they should add more female killers just for the sake of them being female, a good fun killer is good regardless of their gender
Plus, not to detract from the "issue", there is alot more female survivors than male ones
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THANK YOU! I want interesting characters, their sex doesnt matter.
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So excluding the original killers released with the base game (Trapper, Wraith and Billy) They did do a decent job at trying to switch between male and female killers.
Meaning all DLC characters up to Ghostface toggled between with the exception of Freddy
Nurse than Myers
Hag than Doctor
Huntress than Billy
Freddy
Pig than Clown
Spirit than Legion (Technically legion is both male and female 2 of each Frank and Joey than Julie and Susie)
Plague than Ghostface
Demodoggy isn't technically a gendered creature, but everyone after than has been a man. I am going to assume the next killer will be a female.
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As a woman myself I feel male killers are more intimidating then female in my opinion.A female killer would probably just end up breaking her nails while trying to kill.
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"A lot more female survivors than male ones".
Completely, factually and undeniably wrong. There are 22 Survivors. 11 female and 11 male.
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The only thing really skewing the male to female ratio for killers is the licensed ones.
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Ah, it must have just felt like that due to the recent releases, with 4 of the last 5 survivors being female. I forgot about bill and Ash who where added independent of a killer. My apologies
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The Blair Witch :P
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As much as I love that movie I would say no.
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Yeah, I'd like more female killers.
Didn't realize a perfectly even split was 'a lot more'
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I'm very surprised by these responses. You would think the same people who care about LGBT representation would also care about Male/female balance.
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Like i said previously, i was mistaken. It just felt like there was more female survivors since 4 of the last 5 survivors added where female, and i forgot about Ash since he was added without a killer
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Sure they can make more female killers but I dont think the ratio is bad or something to be really concerned right now. There are a lot of female killers, if you dont count licensed characters (since they are fixed and they cant work much with them except maybe Ghostface, female killers in slasher movies are rare) the ratio is almost 50/50.
8 male killers: Trapper, Wraith, Hillbilly, Doctor, Clown, Legion, Oni and Deathslinger.
6 female killers: Nurse, Hag, Huntress, Spirit, Legion and Plague.
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Another thread about a topic that is irrelevant. Why have good story telling when you can make a killer with a certain set of genitals 🙄. Or would it help the op sleep at night knowing there was a quota system?
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You don't have to participate if you think it's irrelevant, but I do find it funny how you think creating a female killer and creating a killer with a good background are mutually exclusive concepts.
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No, because if I don't participate people go on thinking their point has merit.
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To them, it might. Your opinion is not the only one that matters. I edited my previous comment after you quoted it. Here you go:
I do find it funny how you think creating a female killer and creating a killer with a good background are mutually exclusive concepts.
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The ratio is fine IMO. I think the devs should make killers as they envision them and focus more on making the killer fun to play and balanced. It really shouldn't be a quota thing where they're like 'So we made a male killer now we have to make a female one.' They should make the killer whatever they believe best fits their design.
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They never said "female" and "story" were mutually exclusive.
I suppose it's fun to play that social media, "I'm going to hint that you're an -ist of some variety if you say something I don't like." game for some people, though.
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I never hinted they "[were] an -ist of some variety" (if that's what it sounded like, it wasn't intentional). However, when they imply that the devs should focus on good stories (as opposed to what the OP is asking), it does seem like that's what they're saying. If I'm wrong, they just have to say so and clarify their position.
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ok so I lowkey regret making this discussion, but that was just a thought I wanted to share. Do I think that killers must be labelled by their "genitals"? No, as someone mentioned before, this is a horror game and this kind of thing isn't its main goal, BUT personally I like female killers more than male killers . I have nothing against non-gendered killers like demo, but as I said before, Female killers are more relevant to my preferences.
Now regarding this, I am sure there are people out there who have preferences towards a specific gender, Thousands of people play this game daily thus this assumtion is completly wrong from my point of view. I find it weird tho that on the LGBT topic no one said "Yeah, no one cares about sexuality" but on the topic of male/female ratio, this statement suddenly is relevant.
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I'd rather just have two versions of each Killer, one male and one female. Of course, that would require more work.
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I'm still waiting for Samara/Sadako (The Ring)
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@Awakey you're making it a big deal when you imply like that. All op ask for was a female character. I don't see the harm in that.
Anytime someone ask for something specific you guys always pull the card it's a game. Yeah, a game is form of art. And in art you create characters that have unique characteristic whether it be their gender, sexuality, and etc.
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Spider/bug lady hybrid next pls
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Male:
Bubba, Oni, Gun person, Myers, Clown, Frank, Joey, Doc, Billy, Wraith, Trapper, Freddy
Female:
Plague, Pig, Spirit, Huntress, Hag, Nurse, Susie, Julie
Both/Neither:
Demo (Wierd plant alien thing), PHead (Looks like a guy but has no sex), Ghostface (portrayed by both guys and girls)
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How is Pyramid Head not a male? It's the Silent Hill 2 / James Sunderland version which rapes a mannequin-monster in the game.
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Nobody:
Snowflake Liberalists:
We need more DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
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Can we get a female killer as thicc as Jane Romero plz?
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Like someone else posted, I never said story telling needed to be sacrificed for another female killer. This is so similar to the other threads though about gay characters. Don't just put something in the game because you need to feel like it's "fair". If that's the case I want several more black characters along with one native American from North America and one Aboriginal character. We also need to increase Chinese representation because there are 2 Japanese characters. See how that works?
A killer should be designed by the devs from their creativity, not what the public seems the flavor of the day.
Look at the spirit, great killer with a great story. No one cared that she was female.
So what I'm saying is, just stop with the gender/sexuality/race crap and let it come organically like it will.
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I wouldn't mind more, but a need for more?
Nah.
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Well said.
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All i want is
Big. Bouncing. Jiggle Physics. Anime Tiddy. Killer
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Every killer is a female killer. In fact, the whole of the killer roster are killers of females because the majority of the time the survivors chosen are the female ones.
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I personally enjoy the female killers more because they typically have cooler powers, an intriguing backstory, and are very well designed. Not saying the male killers aren’t but the female ones just look better IMO.
For the females you have a killer who can go through walls, a ghost who can go invisible, a priestess who vomits on you, a grandma who can teleport to a different body, and a Russian who sings a lullaby and chucks hatchets.
I wouldn’t want more female killers just for the sake of them being female but I’d want more females because they just seem better to me than most of the male killers.
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Too true. Anna (Huntress) is probably the biggest badass in the entire roster, taking out armed soldiers with crude weapons and living on her own in the middle of nowhere after her mother died. As for the men, well, once you've heard about one crazy guy who killed a bunch of people because of mommy and/or daddy issues or just plain sadism/evil, you've heard about them all.
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I think most people are more interested in unique or cool characters, than what their genders are
That said, I think it'd be fun if they did another chapter with a female killer and male survivor
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^ This is actual facts. And a seriously overlooked comment on this thread.
The only reason that there are more male killers than female killers is because of the licensed killers. If you count up only the original killers male to female it becomes an 8:6 ratio or simplified 4:3.
Trapper, Wraith, Hillbilly, Doc, Clown, Legion, Oni, Deathslinger
Nurse, Hag, Huntress, Spirit, Legion, Plague
Making the disparity in all reality, not that wide
And on a personal note, sorry that guys are naturally villains and females are the heroic "final girls" especially in horror slasher? Is... is that something we should be angry about?
Something like this better not stand in the way of future licensed characters like Pennywise, Pinhead, Candyman, Jason etc. or I'm gonna lose my sh*t.
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omg, you worded that better than I could have ever done. Thank you sir :0
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Same I kind of lean more towards female killers :/ I like the cosmetics and stuff.
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Lmao ofc you'd bring ######### into this that has nothing to do with it
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If we get another female licensed killer, I'd love Carrie, with Tommy Ross as survivor
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Ghostace's backstory in dbd portrays him as a male, Danny Johnson.
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OOOOH! Yes! I didn't know I wanted this....
Make it happen! (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzBrOW)
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And on a personal note, sorry that guys are naturally villains and females are the heroic "final girls" especially in horror slasher? Is... is that something we should be angry about?
Angry about? No, which is why nobody here is angry about it. Aim to change it? Yes, because I think we all like stories that aren't 100% predictable.
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Sure. But in the meantime, don't let that stop people from appreciating the good stories and unique characters that we did get in the past, like the licensed ones I mentioned we have yet to see in dead by daylight.
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