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Do you think VHS will kill DBD?
I personally think it could put DBD in hot water giving how the game looks GOOD, it's nostalgic, it looks well polished and most of all it WORKS if your game can't even do that then congratulations your game is BROKEN.
but enough about my opinion what's yours?
Do you think VHS will kill DBD? 171 votes
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No
Generally speaking games have to play similarly to topple the current reigning king of a genre, on top of being well made and fun. VHS looks pretty fun, but it looks like it has a very different gameplay style to DBD from what I've seen.
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No and I hope so.
"kill" is a strong word but I do want competition to hopefully kick Behavior in the pants to make better decisions.
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No and I hope so.
If hope so as in hope it kills DBD, then yeah this is my closest answer. I don't want it to actually kill DBD, I just want it to step its game up, but I doubt that'll happen. I want to be wrong though.
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No
It's not going to kill the game, but it should give it some competition especially after them decimating a lot of goodwill recently.
BHVR is always going to have the advantage of recognizable icons.
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No
Why is multiple games of the same genre existing at the same time such a foreign concept to some people? Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Rushdown Revolt, etc. are all doing fine despite all being platform fighters. Halo, Call of Duty, Fortnite, etc. all exist despite being shooters.
Why can't VHS and DBD exist at once?
But to take it less seriously VHS will likely do well but not even get close to DBD's numbers, but it doesn't need to.
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No
No but I hope it's successful so we have an alternative.
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No
but no, I don't think it will
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No
After playing DBD for five years since 2016- I've heard the "If *blank- insert horror game here* quite a number of times already. F13, Last Year, Hide or Die, I've seen plenty of titles fill in that open statement and they've all either 1. failed to live up to expectation or even worse 2. actually failed and died, unable to sustain even a small playerbase.
Also, we in the community like to think that Dead by Daylight is somehow this exceptional breeding ground for bugs because of some obscure "spaghetti code" (even though that was supposedly cleaned up years ago) or the devs are somehow incompetent, but the truth is virtually all of DBD's competitors in the past have equally suffered from bugs, optimization issues, and more. DBD is not some statistically significant outlier, it has bugs yes, but so does nearly every other game.
DBD earns its criticism because people love DBD. It's very easy to see that the developers have the resources, the consistent player numbers, the established connections, and the reputation, to make some truly fantastic changes that would benefit the game and its playerbase, but they chose not to.
If people were quiet about Dead by Daylight that is what would be concerning- because it would show that people don't care. But always, DBD has been if nothing else, a lively and chaotic place filled with passionate players who raise their voices to show their concerns about changes or the path forward. On multiple platforms: Youtube, Twitch, Twitter, these here forums, conversations about Dead by Daylight never seems to cease and like it or not that is a good thing for DBD.
If anything, I'm more concerned about the games coming into the genre than I am about Dead by Daylight. Because as we've already pointed out- historically speaking DBD competitors haven't had the longest of life spans, and at best have enjoyed limited success. Even BHVRs own Deathgarden couldn't compete with its older sister in the family.
So like others, I'm hoping that a cool coexistence can be achieved for VHS' sake- and that hopefully a game that can actually prove its salt, and stick around for a good long while, will push DBD to become a better game.
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No and I hope so.
It won't come even close to Dbds success imo, but I hope it will be enough to compete with dbd
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No
Yeah, like Last Year or Home Sweet Home? lol
Like most people here, I do want some strong competition to DbD. Not just to try out other games, but also to give DbD a reason to improve and polish the game more frequently. To be fair tho, DbD has licensed Killers/survivors, and that's a big upper hand, no matter how many bugs or balancing issues exist at any given time.
But let's be real, these "other" games are the talk of the class for 1 or 2 months top. Then no one says a word for, like, half a year. Playercount goes down and devs don't update frequently. And then, sometime later, people ask: "Hey, remember X game? What happened to it?" --> the game dying on a corner. The reason for this is that they don't bring anything particularly new to the table. Better graphics are nice, but what's critical here is gameplay. Attacking the killer? We've seen that in other games. And those games didn't get much far.
So yes, I want competition to DbD (and I don't think there's real competition to it... yet). But no, I don't want DbD to die. I want options, and like everyone, I want those options to be as good or even better than what we already have. That's all.
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No
maybe. if it's sufficiently good, I'll give it a try.
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No and I hope so.
I would rather it be competition that makes Behavior work harder to make the game better which is a win win because I get a new game with new interesting gameplay and it makes DBD try to make their game better and something that is more fun to play.
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No
Of course not.
It is just wishful thinking by people who want to see dbd fall because they feel wronged by bhvr.
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No
I am waiting for it and I want to play it.
I certainly hope it would grow to become a competitor to DbD, but it just not gonna kill it, periodt. It just doesn't have the same strong base.
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No
Not gonna play it, Im extremely hard to get as a Gamer. The only way idd play it is if my friends do.
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No
If it's any good I'll probably play both.
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No
I hope it does well but people aren't gonna quit DBD.
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No
No. Playing as a child is very unappealing to me. But I will still try VHS. I don't think it will kill DBD but it will be OK competition.
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No and I hope so.
I may have misinterpreted it, as I don't want it to kill dbd, but main point is I highly doubt itll go anywhere.
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No
No, at most it will hurt the pc player base. VHS currently doesn't have plans to go to console so at the very least DBD will still have those players. DBD also has the licensed content that brings in alot of players. If VHS were to manage to get some licenses content and get onto consoles then BHVR would definitely need to work harder to keep their player base interested in DBD.
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No
I have no ######### clue what I wrote.
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No
No and I wouldn't want it to, I love DBD. I think some competition would be good but man I am tired of hearing these people say I hope it kills DBD like zzzz.
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I'm not sure it's possible it could but it's gonna have a bit of a climb to catch up with DBD maybe
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No
Never in a million years. With any luck, it might be some meaningful competition. Although, I kind of doubt it.
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No
I watched some of the gameplay videos of VHS and not really digging it so far. 🤷♂️ Looked more like a shooter than a horror game.
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No
Watching streamers play it, it's a Fortnite version of asymmetrical horror. It goes in the opposite direction that I'd personally like to see: I want more horror, more gore. I want to see more kill animations. I like that VHS is more interactive between the monsters and teens, but I don't like that it's, ya know, Fortnite.
So far, I don't find the monsters very interesting, either. I like the hunters in Identity V a lot more.
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No
I don't mind playing as kid in video games but seeing some vhs outfits makes me uncomfortable.
Revealing outfits on kids I mean. :S
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Yes and I hope so.
Realistically it won't.
But im holding hopes that its at least good enough to put bhvr on their toes and make them shape up a bit.
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No
its not going to.
but to me it seems like a cool alternative to play while the DbD Devs are still trying to somehow justify that mess they call SBMM :)
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Yes and I hope so.
I think and hope so because the survivors are actually fighting back rather than just running like defenseless infants, its like a refresh resident evil resistance , to fight back the killer really nice.
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No
No, and I don't want it to. However I do want it to be up there with DBD, so that DBD is forced to evolve into what we all know it could be. With good competition it'll force behavior to do better. Maybe update their engine, and create a more healthy game state. Otherwise I could see a lot of people, myself included, moving to VHS permanently. Would it kill it? No. But it could knock it down a few pegs
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No
After watching quite a lot of different gameplay on VHS, I still say that, no, VHS will not kill DBD at all. Will it put a dent in the numbers, that's a possibility but DBD and VHS are VERY different styles of games. The only real similarity I can see are that it's asymmetrical and that it has some window vaults. I think if VHS is able to actually stick around where quite a few others have(sadly) failed, both games can coexist and take inspiration from each other and make each other better in the long run.
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No
VHS is its own thing and should be appreciated as its own thing rather than in comparison to a game that has been out five years and has had the benefit of getting into the genre early enough to dominate the market.
If we go by the law of averages things aren't in VHS's favor as there have been a alot of assym horror games made across the spectrum and most of them are dead, dying, or failed to thrive from jump. How much of that has to do with dbd? Not much actually, the others usually fail on their own merits.
RE Resistance: Weird balance, zero long term support
RE Verse: See above, but somehow even worse
Gold Express: Dead in the water
Last Year: Two tries, still can't thrive
Hunt Showdown: It made the right call and just went and did something different enough it is hard to compare
F13: Death By Lawsuit
The list goes on, but you get the picture.
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No
Nah that game lacks the polish DBD has. Also lacks the franchise killers everyone knows and loves.
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No and I hope so.
In vhs you play as a teenager
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No
Some competition might make the devs GAF, but it there's only room for one game like this, there wouldn't be so much money in it.
It will cause some player drain, many of us will play both but angry/frustrated players will have somewhere to go. Maybe BHVR will act like they like the players.
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No
Why did you repeat what I wrote?
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No and I hope so.
you said child, a teen isnt a child
(Edit) i see what you mean lol
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No
I guess it depends on your definition. I use it to mean a minor, so a teen would be a child.
I prefer to play as crusty, crotchety old survivors like Bill. 😁
child
/CHīld/
noun
a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
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No
Dbd is too good at making players feel like they are progressing towards something with all the little numbers, skins and unlockables.
Huge amount of well known licensed characters constantly bring new people in.
While I don't agree with recent direction the game is going (New map design (balance-wise, it looks dope actually)) hit validation, buff to Iron Will ect) it is and will be best in it's unique genre.
I also really like the concept of the Entity.
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No
Yeah, but the stereotypical slasher flick involves a masked psycho killing teenagers. Bill's the old guy that said "You're all gonna die up there!" but then comes to help.
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Yes and I hope so.
I hope he will be a serious competitor.
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No
The PC only game?
No.
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No
This keeps happening every single time an asym game is released... people thought the same thing about Home Sweet Home Survive, look how that turned out.
It's not impossible, but it's going to take a lot in order to pull this off.
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No
Nothing will kill DBD rather than DBD itself
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No and I hope so.
This game has so much advertisement and branding
Really, if you were just some dude scrolling through Steam looking for something to play for a bit with his buds, which would you pick? The one with thousands of positive reviews, brand recognition, and years of updates... or some Fortnite-esque copycat (not my opinion, but probably what most think) 3 pages into the Specials category.
The quality of the games doesn't really matter. DbD is just so recognizable and established.
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