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Year 4 has been bad
Year 4 has been the worst year IMO we got a really bad killer (trickster) a buggy DLC (a binding of kin) ######### events (Blight and lunar "event") and the mid-chapter update where they changed animations and HUD
Hopefully this year would be good...
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They reworked Clown this year so they get an exception from me but yeah this years been rough. Working from home probably made things harder
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We got much needed balance changes (just see DS and OoO, Moris), great accessibility options (Struggle and Colorblind mode), two great and fun killers (PH and Blight, Twins are also still strong)
Not saying everything was great (events were meh and some of the map reworks were not executed perfectly the Game) but not everything was bad.
Animations were also not as bad and probably needed as foundation for further improvements. same goes for HUD.
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It took 8 months for Blight to be usable on Console, and Trickster and Twins are in the same boat.
Not only that, but one of those Killers is profoundly unfun.
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3 killers who look and sound great that are fun to play against. No new maps though. Improved hud and animations but map reworks that are generally awful. I only got the game a fee months back and honestly I really only dislike most of the maps and the bloodweb. What attracted me(chases and music) is still there just not in corn
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Can we blame the pandemic and give year 4 a pass? 🥺
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Fun is subjective and on Blight… yeah they really had to do more work on him after release, not only for console, but overall gameplay and performance..
my point was not that year 4 was perfect, actually it was probably the weakest year yet, but not everything was completely bad and the general direction they are taking is a good thing for the game. And with this I don’t mean the killer powers but more the balance changes, accessibility option and communication (all of these still need improvement, but the positive direction on these started kinda in year 4), even the Blight changes especially for console were a good sign - it just took way too much time but it was still done.
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Isn't this year 5? But yeah, it almost seems like the game managed to devolve this time. Two bugged chapters in a row (Blight & Twins with tons of issues, many of those only being addressed over several months later) and the weakest killer release in the history of this game (Trickster), all of those which required immediate attention from the devs.
Now that's just one failure after another. The upcoming RE chapter is their one and only chance to give us a good chapter this year, otherwise it's over for them. So far this year comes pretty close to being the worst in the history of DbD.
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It's not all been good but it hasn't been all bad either. A very strong killer who a lot of people find fun to play as and against, the two most hated survivor perks nerfed without becoming useless, a lot of maps got better, wraith is now good - who expected that to ever happen?
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It has been a lousy year for new killers especially.
The last time I enjoyed a new killer was Demogorgon.
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Look I adore pyramid head so much but in no way can you convince me he's any fun to deal with. Same with twins, Blight, or Trickster. It's been a flop for survivors, which is good when you think about 4man swfs that so desperately need balancing but solos got shafted so, so hard during year 4 and I don't think I can forgive this year. I love pyramid head, but only to play and he was the exception not the rule.
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Most map reworks were a disappointmemt gameplay wise. But right now i have no perk/perk combo i complain about. There were are lot great changes in this regard. Maybe noed on bad killer needs a change. Map offerings and keys are still annoying, but atleast i dont need to watch out for moris anymore.
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I'd say 2 of them. One of them is just weak, but not fun in either case :s
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I actually like facing PH but don’t like playing him myself.. also I don’t think Blight is too unfun to verse as well, at least not after the Undying nerf. And I am playing mostly soloQ or (casual) 2 man swf.
i don’t think those killers are worse than previous released killers. The gap between coordinated 4man swf and Solo/casual is nothing new for year 4, but admittedly it feels worse than ever before…
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It was a tough year, there's no denying that. I feel like a lot of people are forgetting about the global pandemic which certainly had at least some sort of impact on BHVR's quality.
But yeah. Tough, tough year. Some good things, but a lot of bad too.
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Just imagine how sucky the years had come for the 4th Year for the global pandemic. At least I got two vaccines though. :)
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You forgot to mention how perfectly good maps lost their identities and had breakable walls forced into them.
And 3 of the killers released in the last year have been so unfun/unhealthy for the game, no matter how strong they actually are lmao
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Year 5 will be worse.
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I agree with most of what people are saying here.
- Terrible events
- Pointless hud changes
- One/2 good killers while the others were terrible.
- Really bad bugs (broken animations and pallet hits)
- Good balancing (Perks + Moris)
- Good map reworks
- No new maps (especially trickster's)
- Some good updates (Demo/Huntress/Clown)
- Terrible rift rewards (remember survey over a year ago? Definitely didn't want 500 useless charms)
Personally this year was a hit and a miss for me. A lot I liked and a lot I didn't like. Hope next year they actually do stuff that people ask for, not what they just want to do.
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I just don't like how far they're straying from the horror vibe this game always had. The graphic reworks for the maps look pretty good but seriously the colour pallet/lighting just looks terrible to me.
Perk balancing is still too slow.
Say what you want about hitboxes & lag I think every single person here experiences terrible hits in almost every game, to me it seems it needs more optimization with some abilities as well. I.e Pig Ambush can still hit you through a dropped pallet quite easily, Bloodlust messes up hit detection as well as faster vault perks. It's like these mechanics don't get factored into hit detection.
Blight & Trickster make Slinger and Twins fun to play against.
Don't even know ######### they're doing with events...they need to look at their mobile game and how much more fun the grind is on that game...even has ways to earn Auric cells.
The Road Map in the upcoming stream today needs to be a VERY positive one (reduce the grind, crossprogression, health patches etc).
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Theres definitely been some rough spots...
But i loved the silent hill chapter and descend beyond!
We also got some good reworks and QoL updates to certain killers :)
Its a step in the right direction and i have faith in the devs this year
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Despite being bad, if it is, some maps reworked by The Realm Beyond suck at loops and breakable gates. But if the new perks and changes were interesting.
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Agreed. I want to cut the dev's some slack cause of the pandemic but honestly some of the decisions they made were just inexcusable that I feel like nothing could make them okay.
(I'm looking at you, binding of kin and Halloween event)
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Highest highs and lowest lows.
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-Midwich
-Zonehead
-Soul Guard
-Awful map reworks
-No new maps except the W key labyrinth
-A Bugging of Kin
-Twins' entire gameplay design
-Training wheels Huntress who likes BTS
-Elodie
Only good thing to come out of this entire year is the Descend Beyond chapter and DS nerf. Change my mind.
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I liked it because of Realm Reborn, crossplay, and the hook struggle changes.
My only gripes with Year 5 was having 3 OG chapters in a row, and the Binding of Bugs chapter.
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they need to stop releasing new characters and work on balance instead.
whjy are we getting new characters now when trickster still SUCKS?
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I mean.. I would if EVERY GAME had ######### updates..
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OoO nerf too Don't forget that
And the lore was ######### ngl IMO i didn't like any of the backstories except for yun-jin
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That's what I'm doing. Regardless of if other people believe it's the pandemic or just bad decision making.
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I disagree, I think year 4 was pretty good. We got...
- Bubba rework to make him a viable killer
- The Blight, a fun and powerful killer
- Silent Hill chapter
- Undying
- Zarina, Cheryl, Felix, and Elodie
- Solid perks
- A fun 4th anniversary event
I consider Trickster, Clown rework, Demo buff, Huntress add-on pass, and all that razzle-dazzle to be part of this year. And so far it's been pretty good. Clown is actually a lot more fun to play as now, and WAY more enjoyable and strategic, so I thank BHVR for reworking him. IMO Trickster is actually fun to play. Demo and Huntress changes are self-explanatory.
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You can't change the mind of someone who is right!
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Year 5 should be better, there's bound to be new maps and better killers than Twins and Depipster.
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RIP our lord and saviour Tony.
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This was Year 5.
Also, eh, the new content wasn't the best this year, Elodie, Cheryl, and Pyramidhead make them 3/8 in terms of nice additions; but in terms of the game health, Year 5 has been pretty nice. The only time the game was truly a glitchy disaster this year was the first few weeks after BoK, but let's face it, only a few weeks of unplayable garbage a year is really good considering DBD's track record.
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Oh no, he will be missed!
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You only looked at the bright side tho
Hillbilly rework was VERY bad
######### events
A binding of kin release Do i really have to explain?
Elodie's perks
Trickster
Twins' perks
And NO Maps
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The Silent Hill Chapter was absolutely amazing and Descend Beyond was pretty cool as well in my opinion. A Binding of Kin was horrible due to the horrible launch and equally horrible mid chapter patch, and All-Kill was not great due to it being kinda underwhelming. While there was some great stuff in year 4 it's definitely the worst year so far due to A Binding of Kin and All-Kill.
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Trickster is fine. We got good things in regards to balance. Twins are one of the more fun killers to play imo. And I love the new animations and HUD.
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