Jason Voorhees: He's actually a real possibility now.

I would normally say: Trapper's kind based on him (Mask, doesn't always just come up to someone to kill them, big buff guy etc.), so that wouldn't happen.
But then they said they based Hillbilly on Leatherface and brought him in, so, y'know, whatever.

Might_Oakk said:

I was under the impression the ruling was immediately appealed?

I don't really think anything has changed.

The guy who was suing for rights said he likes what theyve done with the game and wants to see progress, but also wants to get his fair pay of the original. Which has happened now I believe.

No he won't.
Having any licensed killer at all since the devs rebought the publicing right from Starbreeze is unlikely, since they where the one that where doing the demarching to acquire licensing deal in the first place.

Dreamnomad said:

I honestly don't care if they ever add Jason or not. It seems like the design space for his character is pretty crowded already. What would his power even be?

I suggested in another thread that he has a charge meter like.Myers where he stalks for a certain amount of time, and once the meter fills, you teleport right in front of your victim.

He does this in the movies frequently. Players would know when he is charging his meter because he would either be moving very slowly or just standing. 

I think it might require some tech because what if the survivor was running face first into a wall? Would be push the survivor back or just teleport behind the survivor....anyway, kinks to work out.I

Haven't given thought to perks of add-ons but I am sure the developers could think of something.

Just one idea. I know people compare him to trapper a lot but I see him playing very differently.

Visionmaker said:

No more teleporting please. That's literally his dumbest, most unbelievable power.

It just happens so often in his movies....I think of it less like teleporting (like nurse) and more like....idk...reappearing lol?

Maybe he has to lose LoS first, so it's more like his movies.

Aside from that..I am not really sure what his powers would be.

Go to the Slash n Cast youtube page, watch the latest video interview with Larry Zerner (Shelly from Friday 13th part 3). The whole situation is a right headache.

I wouldn't mind Jason being in the game, although I always imagined "Spirit Fury" would be suited to his character of being unstoppable. I would be interested to see what they came up with.

Jason doesn't teleport. Where did all this come from? You can't use F13 as source material to justify the power.

harley_gibson said:

Jason Voorhees.

The 1 big killer missing from the Dead By Daylight world is actually able to be acquired and added to the Dead by Daylight roster, as far as I can tell.

OK, so hear me out. After looking into the final decisions of the court the final decision was in favor of the original author of the first movies script, however, that is actually not a bad thing for DBD. In the first film all that existed of Jason was a "ghost boy at the bottom of a lake", and not the hockey mask machete wielding killer who he is after the first movie. Thus Miller has absolutely no rights to Jason as we all know and love him. Those rights and story are completely owned by Horror Inc who are aggressively looking at opportunities for the character now.

With the legal dispute now resolved I can't see any reason as to why Dead By Daylight can't acquire licensing from Horror Inc to add Jason Voorhees to the game. The only exception currently is that there could be no mention at all of the first movies title (Friday the 13th) listed in the game and they'd have to be careful with how they explain his back story making sure not to infringe on any rights that belong to Miller exclusively.

The "Friday the 13th Game" has a major issue because they used aspects from both new and original Jason movies and content. Thus they can no longer do any additional content to the game.

Now that the lawsuit is over Dead By Daylight would not have that issue as it will be very clear what they can and cannot have in the game. And should the independent developers of the Friday the 13th game hold licenses that DBD would need to make the character then I honestly don't see that it would be that difficult to acquire the licensing from this small independent developer that now has a game which can only go downhill from here. It would be smarter for them to sell whatever rights they have to the game, perhaps with contingencies that their game in it's current state can continue to exist and make whatever money they can off of it before it's completely dead.

Feel free to discuss this, or tell me if I'm missing anything that would still be holding DBD back from getting him in the game?

Sorry, but I don’t agree with you on that one! To put it simply, his abilities are far too numerous for dead by daylight; and some killers (like the Spirit, as in the shifting) already have his abilities! Plus, they wouldn’t want to risk the ability of getting sued like F13 devs did. It’s a fun idea, but I highly doubt it’ll ever happen.

I really enjoy the F13 movies, but the Trapper is so close to him that it doesn't really matter if we get an official Jason or not.

Attackfrog said:

Dreamnomad said:

Jason doesn't teleport. Where did all this come from? You can't use F13 as source material to justify the power.

In his movies there have been several instances where the victim is running from him, they round a corner or turn around and he is right there in front of them. It usually happens when they are running from him.

I can think of two instances off the top of my head (in part VIII). Obviously, we never actually see him teleport since it happens when the victim looks away.

Maybe "teleport" is probably not quite the right word....It's not exactly a teleport like nurse, but it is about the only thing I can think of (in terms of powers) that might be viable in this game.

Shifting? I’ve played the F13 game before, so I was going off that. And since he just kinda... appears outta nowhere, he’s like the Spirit- in a sense.

for jasons power how about everytime a survior escapes jason grows in power when 15 surviors escape 15 tokens are cap then all surviors can be killed by his hand and suffer from the exposed status also he gains a 3% movement speed for every token but every time he hits a survior he loses 2 or 3 tokens

Watery said:

Attackfrog said:

Dreamnomad said:

Jason doesn't teleport. Where did all this come from? You can't use F13 as source material to justify the power.

In his movies there have been several instances where the victim is running from him, they round a corner or turn around and he is right there in front of them. It usually happens when they are running from him.

I can think of two instances off the top of my head (in part VIII). Obviously, we never actually see him teleport since it happens when the victim looks away.

Maybe "teleport" is probably not quite the right word....It's not exactly a teleport like nurse, but it is about the only thing I can think of (in terms of powers) that might be viable in this game.

Shifting? I’ve played the F13 game before, so I was going off that. And since he just kinda... appears outta nowhere, he’s like the Spirit- in a sense.

Yeah, shifting works and sounds better than teleporting lol. It's just one of those things I think that works in the movies but might be hard to put into a video game without making it seem out of character for him. Part of what makes it work in the movies is that you don't ever actually see him do it...just the before and after lol.

I would be all for them to try though.

purebalance said:

@Attackfrog said:
Watery said:

Attackfrog said:

Dreamnomad said:

Jason doesn't teleport. Where did all this come from? You can't use F13 as source material to justify the power.

In his movies there have been several instances where the victim is running from him, they round a corner or turn around and he is right there in front of them. It usually happens when they are running from him.

I can think of two instances off the top of my head (in part VIII). Obviously, we never actually see him teleport since it happens when the victim looks away.

Maybe "teleport" is probably not quite the right word....It's not exactly a teleport like nurse, but it is about the only thing I can think of (in terms of powers) that might be viable in this game.

Shifting? I’ve played the F13 game before, so I was going off that. And since he just kinda... appears outta nowhere, he’s like the Spirit- in a sense.

Yeah, shifting works and sounds better than teleporting lol. It's just one of those things I think that works in the movies but might be hard to put into a video game without making it seem out of character for him. Part of what makes it work in the movies is that you don't ever actually see him do it...just the before and after lol.

I would be all for them to try though.

Except it really doesn't happen in the movies. He's just really fast and stealthy. I mean Myers does the same things in the movies and doesn't have anything other than stealth and speed.

It happens off screen. I can think of 1 particular instance with the principle in part VIII in the alley...he sees jason, runs inside a building then gets thrown out the 2nd floorfloor almost immediately.

It would have to be super speed then, but the idea is the same...first he is in one place, then in an instant he is in the next. It is almost like the instant you take your eyes off him he can reappear right next to you.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffscreenTeleportation

Not actual teleport powers like in the game.

Hes only a trapper powerwise

Id like something like a Mothers Rage... Something's that builds over time, as gens are completed, or something that ups his speed, bumps up his bloodlust, and allows him to walk through pallets uninterrupted. 

Or Mother's Watching, that shows survivors auras with a voiceline from Mama that sounds to everyone so they know. Pair this with a slower default speed, MAYBE ability to walk through pallets, and always a 1 hit down, and he's intimidating with a Jason feel from the movies. Slow, strong, and scary. 

Even a shift like in F13 might be cool.. only to locations out of survivors line of sight or X meters away, with a ki ki ki ma ma ma that sounds so you know he may pop up. 

Lots of unique options that could work for him and set him apart from Trappy.