Thoughts from a fresh perspective
Hi, New player here and a few random thoughts. I’m enjoying the game and found it far more addictive than I thought it would be.
I’ll be the first to admit I was very wrong about this game and I’m little late to game so to speak. Granted I’m here mostly because of the licensed killers. So a big Thank you to the Devs for putting Pinhead in a game! Much pleasure and pain has been had.
But as for Freddy, why didn’t he have a truly ‘nightmare’ inducing power like an ability to create illusionary Freddy clones that just run towards survivors from a random direction? The power can’t hurt the survivors but scare them off objectives /fake them out etc. The pallet one is just…so… meh.
On that note this game really needs the classic archetype of “The Shapeshifter.” The obvious power being the killer can turn into the last survivor it hits. It really doesn’t have to be a license of Carpenter’s “the Thing.” The Dev team could make a truly horrific creature. I imagine the killer would look the Zygote from Oats Studios (youtube it). I would love to see something along the lines of an infiltration killer, one that can get up-close and set in uncertainty to survivors before transforming and starting the chase.
And can someone explain the actual difference in survivors or is it really just their starting perks? They don’t have any individual pros/cons from one another. Like talents or anything that makes them unique besides cosmetics right?
Thanks, & see you in the trials.
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Thank you for the fresh thoughts and I'm happy you are enjoying the game.
A shape shifting killer wouldn't really work super well because a 4 man team could just communicate and break the ability
also you should probably not come here or the subreddit for views on the game lol stick with some nice streamers or youtubers that have actually been playing the game for a long time, they have a much more educated view on the game.
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Welcome to The Fog, always nice to see some new faces and I'm glad you're enjoying the game.
Freddy originally had a more unique Power, where he had to force people to enter his Dream World, though that version seemed underpowered and he got a rework to where he currently is.
A shape shifting Killer would be very fun, though as @Lochnload_exe mentioned, it would be very weak against teams of 4 coordinated Survivors
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The argument that team communication will break a shapeshifting power is irrelevant. You could say that about any killer. Observation and good communication should always thwart a killer's efforts. All you need is a few perks that causes people to scatter and the power instantly becomes viable again.
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"is it really just their starting perks?"
yup.
The only other things are how loud they are when injured and how noticeable they are. Both are not really intended, just a byproduct of voice acting and character design. All survivors can also just use Iron Will to make the sound 0.
So like, Jeff is super loud while injured but Ace is really quiet, meanwhile Claudette and Adam blend into the generally abundant darkness much more due to their design as long as you obviously don't choose bright cosmetics.
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