DBD has some kind of black curse or something.

I compare it to an addiction or gambling. It makes you suffer, but you live for those small exciting moments and that's what keeps you going.

It feeds on hope.

DBD is the first ever game I've invested time and effort in.

I didn't have video games growing up and don't have the mechanical background per se = I have butter hands and bad coordination. I recently got into Uncharted and Tomb raider (easy mode if super easy doesn't exist).

I started playing over a year ago and was interested in perks, builds, powers. Started watching videos on how to do things, etc. Something that I'd never understood before.

So yeah, this and coffee are my drugs.

It's simple: DbD is the monopolist of its genre. There is no other thriving game like this one, no real competition, although some attempts to make similar games have been made (mostly unsuccessful). The situation is unique for DbD: ie. if you don't like, say, CoD, but like the genre - you are free to go to Battlefield (and vice versa), if you don't like DOTA, but like the genre - there is LoL (and vice versa), etc. But if you like the general idea of DbD's gameplay, but hate the game itself with all your heart - you don't have much to go to, so most people uninstall, refresh and then install again, because they don't have a choice.

Although recently some more successful attempts to recreate the same idea have been made (Propnight, VHS), still they are far from DbD level of popularity and quality.

I like the idea of the gameplay changes but it for sure isn't a "horror" themed game at all. Visuals aside it could be really fun but I do agree that the look of it will automatically cause some people to ignore it totatly.