Please remove/rework Hag's chase theme. It doesn't fit her character and is a downgrade.
At first, I was excited to hear Hag's new chase theme that unexpectedly was announced in new patchnotes. Then I got disappointed. Very disappointed.
You made a deliberate choice to add something nobody really expected or asked for and you did it badly.
I understand it was probably done to make Hag more desirable to play while a new very unique skin is released for her or you just suddenly remembered a thing you were planning to add years ago, but it doesn't matter because the end result is really poor.
Firstly, it's monotonous. It has the same issue as Ghostface's old chase music - same beat repeating over and over every second, literally a dryer machine, not music. It lacks instruments and it feels like the cycled sample is shorter than a few seconds unlike some other killers who have their chase theme sample being as long as 7-10 seconds.
Secondly, this theme doesn't fit Hag. Be it her "original" lore or a new retconned "don't worry, granma, i will not into a swamp flesh eating monster that draws triangles in the ground to camp hooks" lore, it doesn't fit the killer with her aesthetics and gameplay. Its tribal drums would rather fit Wraith who is a lot closer to such themes, than a character like Hag.
Thirdly, It is too tame and steady, despite the fact Hag can offen instantly appear right near survivor, scaring them with a sudden burst of sound and instantly playing proximity terror theme. Just look at this prime example of Hag's jump scare. Listen to how default chase theme №2 close proximity part plays and how INTENSE it is. It perfectly conveyed that sudden burst of adrenaline and increased heartbeat as you suddenly triggered Hag's trap.
What do we have now? This. https://youtu.be/-FW2wM3LO7Q?t=124. Forgive me for not finding a clip with an actual Hag's jumpscare, but just imagine THIS music plays when you get jumpscared. I'm already feeling like falling asleep, tbh.
BHVR, please, nobody asked you for this. 1,5 Hag mains and people who could bear play against her were fine with default chase theme. Hag already has a lot of issues with her. Please don't add bad sound design to it. Rework this theme to make it actually fit a jump scare based killer or re-purpose it for someone else, just don't leave it as is. People may say they like it, but it's only because it's something new.
I know you probably forced your music composer to hastly make Hag's chase theme in a few nights before the live patch dropped so he did classic Italian strike and made this music as bad as it can possibly be to still be "acceptable", but please, do better. I know you can do it. Do Hag some justice.
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Just in case you missed the link to Hag's proper jumpscare:
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It's not that deep.
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thanks for providing valuable feedback for this topic, I'm sure your contribution would be very crucial to reaching out to devs concerning this mistake of a chase theme or gathering enough feedback to confirm people are fine with mediocre generic chase themes
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BHVR's writers themselves have no idea what her lore is so you can't blame the composer for that one.
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Am I the only person genuinely enjoying her new music? I think it fits her well and I love how abrupt it ends in chases because that also suits her. Although it is a bit fast which is weird considering that Hag moves at 110% speed.
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While I don't like her terror radius when you're far from her and when you're within 12 meters of her, I like it when she gets extremely close to you and when she's in chase with you.
It may feel less natural when in chase however as no one plays Hag for that to be tested.
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I like what they had going with the buildup, and then it just becomes Doctor's theme at double speed and it doesn't match at all.
It's not great when the only thing I can compare it to is Doctor's theme.
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Too repetitive for me, doesn't seem like the same amount of love was put into it the way they put it into Legion/Trickster/Spirit
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The ambient sections are really nice imo, but the chase section sucks.
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it feels like they were stuck with having a slower killer which they wanted to make their chase music slower.
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"You made a deliberate choice to add something nobody really expected or asked for and you did it badly."
Maybe next time add your phone number here so they can call you directly when they want to change/add to the game.
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No, I love it too. I think they nailed it with this one, hell, it's making me play more Hag at least.
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After watching that one vid from Scott all i can hear now is one of those large Dryer machines with a heavy load.
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I think the terror radius is great and suits her very well. But the chase music is the Ghostface Effect back at it again. Way too repetitive.
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Am i the only one who compairs it to oni's chase music? The both sound really simmilar to me. (Not a terrible thing as i like both, but the complaints about it being monotonous/repetitive)
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It sounds like a train. I was thinking of using it as white noise tbh 😂
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I'm sure they will get right on that, just for you, especially since you asked so nicely. 🤣🤣🤣
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I would say go for it if you can make a better chase theme for a shaman cannibal. If anything this sounds exactly like you would think it would with a heavy emphasis on the drum.
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