The Dredge is amazing, i do however have one complaint

I feel kind of bad for people with phobias. 🙁 It’s going to be a nightmare for some players if they ever do a spider killer.

Can't phobias be overcome though? There's something called "exposure therapy" which has been proven to work for arachnophobia...

I agree, there ought to be some sfx toggles. - Toning Nightfall and the other sounds that can be triggering down is one way to go. I can however see the argument being made that some people might just use that feature to tune down a whole lot of sfx to gain some sort of advantage from hearing less background noise. - Maybe the option to replace certain sounds would make sense. For Dredge dynamic noise might be an option; just as loud, just as distracting when it comes to covering up other noises - but pretty trigger-free i imagine. Also not exactly pleasant to listen to, so if you don't have an issue with the original sfx there is little to be gained from going for the trigger-free version.

(And on a side note: the whole "just deal with it because x" line of argument is not helpful, imho. You don't tell a colourbling person to expect there to be colours in a video game and just deal with it either; you expect that key-colours can be clearly distinguished from each other by colourblind people as well.)

I get where you are coming from, I am myself having mayor anxiety problems, but comon after all it's a horror game 👻

Time for some electroshock theraphy🌩

I feel for your situation, but i dont think itd be practical to make design decisions around those types of restriction. When the game is a bit scary or uncomfortable thats when its at its best.

That said, i have something for you to try. When youre playing the game, be aware of your breathing. Make sure to take slow, deep breaths...almost in a meditative way. All panic responses begin with shallow, rapid breathing and that triggers a physiological response in the body. "Fight or flight" kicks in. Ppl with strong phobias lose control of this response and it spirals out of control. However, if you teach yourself to control your breathing, it wont escalate to the point where you lose control. Sounds silly, but i swear it works.

While I do agree 100% with you, and would love to see acessibility options in the game, it is a fact that horror games, movies, books, and media are wont to prey on phobias and fears to create discomfort and the general atmosphere. DBD has this argument, but it is less valid as it is a "competitive" multiplayer, and a player like you that can panic without your general control will obviously enjoy the game and compete way less than the average. I don't think the "competitive advantage" for players "abusing" acessibility options is valid at this point. As for a short-term solution, lowering game volume doesn't help? It hinders gameplay, but may make it easier for you to ignore what's triggering you. And maybe try playing Dredge, who knows, maybe feeling that you are in control of things will help in dealing with it? It helps with some people, may help you, who knows.

Can we change the name killer while where at it, it promotes a negative image. I for one don’t want be killed so if we could remove killer then I could play and not worry about being killed.

As comically snide as it may be, I gotta agree with this comment.

If DBD is triggering anxiety you gotta ask is it really the game for you?

I play fall guys for the family friendly silly, I play dbd for the horror.

FYI, I’d love there to be a spider killer, good horror plays on people’s fears that’s why it’s horror.

I have kind of the same issue. I have really bad sound sensitivity and the sound in Nightfall really bother me. The whispering and chanting irritates me (The same thing happens with Plague's whispers, which is why I don't play her as much) and the screaming and crying sounds in Nightfall trigger my anxiety, so I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack every time Nightfall is active.

There needs to be some sort of toggle to lower the sound of Nightfall or just remove it completely. I hate feeling in distress every time I go against this killer, he would be very fun to face otherwise.

DbD is a horror game.

Well, it's supposed to be a horror game.

I say "supposed to", because I have to admit that after playing the right amount of games, from the survivor's point of view, it's more like hide-and-seek ... when it's not the killer himself who gets victimized.

The only moments when you are startled are when you step on a trap, or when you play against a scratched mirror Myers.

And as a result, the Dredged FINALLY brings some horror into the game.

FINALLY, a killer who is something other than a human gone bad!

FINALLY, a killer who is something else that is not human (the demogorgon and the plague were the first steps towards this loss of humanity, with the Dredge, we reach something really interesting)!

FINALLY, a killer whose music is scary and oppressive!

FINALLY, a killer who brings something unhealthy, creepy to the game lore and to the atmosphere of the game!

FINALLY, a killer who is a little bit coherent with the word "horror":

FINALLY, a killer that asks the survivor to think in a way that is less basic than: "Me go through window; me drop pallet; me leave this loop and go to the other loop. I win. Me so hard."

Because let's be honest, if I take for example Legion or Farceur ... how to say ...

So: very clearly: we FINALLY have a killer that most closely matches the definition of what horror should be.

If you can't stand this killer, it's unfortunate to say but ... don't play a horror game.

Because if you don't, what do we do with those who have a phobia of clowns? Delete the clown?

The phobia of blades? Remove all weapons and give stuffed animals to the killers instead?

The phobia of masks? Delete Myers?

Puke phobia? Delete Plague ?

Disease phobia? Delete Hague and Plague ?

Bird phobia? Do we remove the artist and ... the game?

The phobia of blood? Do we remove ... the game?

The phobia of dead animals? We delete Coldwin farm?

The Dredge is fine as it is.

The night it brings down is not too dark at all, and the atmosphere it gives off is creepy as hell.

Personally, I think the developers could have made the atmosphere even more unhealthy!

And I say that having played against him !

This makes my Day 😂😂😂

I never ceases to amaze me how callous a lot of DBD players are when even the mention of a potential accessibility issue comes up.

To the OP: In my experience of trying to talk to people about accessibility in DBD, unless you're having an issue that people can visualize they aren't going to be the most receptive. It's sad, but it's that way whether you're on DBD twitter or forums. I don't understand why DBD is as bad as it is with accessibility features as it is and why there is such a vocal disrespect towards accessibility features in this community. Honestly if you want a better time with accessibility I would suggest switching to Evil Dead, VHS, or Identity V(If this is still around)

This would normally be an solid argument if it wasn't being made for a phobia, something that is proven to be defeatable with therapy. The response of "it's a horror game" works as a result, especially since horror tends to play off of phobias to begin with to make you feel fear.

I just want the dam screams on Dredge toned down because they are so dam loud I can't even hear the Boon totems being activated; I don't know if its a bug but I'm sure the Boon totem sound going is off and is just being drowned out by all the moaning.

I appreciate the strength of your conviction in the idea that you are right and other people are unreasonable, but righteous indignation is a poor substitute for a structured rebuttal.

I'm not sure if there's much for me to add without merely reiterating what I've already said, as your argument amounts to a shining confidence in the universal success rate and accessibility of behavioral therapy, anointing yourself the position to separate whose experiences are more or less worthy of accessibility assistance, accusing your peers of arguing in bad faith, and taking offense to the idea that this somehow fails to culminate in the image of a caring and considerate person, but I'll at least add that one of my friends is deaf and ultimately put the game down for absence of any support for her condition. She did not want to keep trying and failing at the game just to try unlocking Spine Chill (and did not want to be dependent on a perk just to compete in the realm of having anything resembling gamesense), and found the inability to hear sound check cues and the terror radius to be too unfair for her to play. She's never coming back to the game. Fortunately, she's got plenty of other options that do cater to her needs, so it is more our collective loss than hers.

Is this an outcome that we can be happy with? Is Dead by Daylight a more successful game when we claim that some people are simply unfit to play it, instead of making an effort to welcome them in? Where do we set the standard for who is and isn't making an unreasonable request to be accommodated and, by extension, included? Currently, the bar is set very high.

What would you lose by supporting the idea that everyone in the community should be able to be included?

Or, I guess more urgently, what are you gaining by holding to the contrarian's position?

I have a phobia of cars, could we remove all the cars from GTA and rally games, please, so I can still play them?

What I just said is certainly ironic, but it sums it up pretty well.