I have a bad feeling Chapter 30 is Five Nights at Freddy's

Sorry, but I don't agree with you, starting with DbD would make exactly the same job conveying FNAF as it did conveying Alien, in the sense that it feels and plays just like another DbD killer with a power instead of feeling like an Alien at all.

About the narrative, the first games already had a good paranormal lore in them, even if the game didn't shove it in your face and you have to fit the subtle clues you would be finding. In fact, I think that is what maintained most of the people hooked to the franchise, as like you said, the main game mechanics was simply jumpscares that get boring as soon as you get used to them... just like in DbD, ironically.

So, again, I think that "an animatronic that in reality is a device to dispose corpses possessed by the vengeful soul of a child" is a pretty cool and fitting concept for a game like DbD. They don't even have to think in the mori, as the logical thing will be the animatronic opening and capturing the survivors inside like the "meat grinder iron maidens" they are.

If they do an FNAF chapter and they put Springtrap as the killer, now that would be a real shame.

And +1 for Scissor Man and a Clock Tower chapter.

I'd be happy for FNAF 🤷🏻

To each their own. Trickster is still the king of cringe in my book.

There are more interesting IPs to pick than fnaf.

I suppose there is the argument of you could just not buy the chapter I suppose.

I personally would hate FNAF, because it's bargain jump scare horror... This is where I start to sound like a pompous ass... but to me FNAF is the prime example of just throwing something onto the screen that is very fast and obnoxiously loud to spook the player. That does have some value, but it's not in the same league as making someone genuinely afraid of a creaking door, or a glint on a window, or a shadow under a doorframe only to learn nothing was there, before finally hitting you with a really disturbing death/fate for the victims.

I've deleted a whole long winded explanation, but the short of it is, FNAF doesn't carry the same weight as other horror franchises because it was always predictable and its scare was just to have one of the anamatronics stare at you a half second before screaming at the top of it's lungs and racing towards you. There is something to be said for letting your imagination do the work, and the original FNAF did an OK job at that with it's end game death screen... but that is peak it has to offer, making it basically kiddie entry level horror.

It simply doesn't compare to Freddy throwing Philip off the top of the church while puppetting him using his tendons as strings, or Myers pinning Bob to the cabinet by stabbing his kitchen knife through the chest, or Jason using a Saw to slice the Coronors throat before twisting his head backwards, literally anything that Pinhead does in all of the movies, etc, etc.

So I don't think FNAF belongs... but FNAF fans could probably say the same thing about the goofiness of classic slasher films, of which there is no shortage of dumb tones.... so... who am I to gatekeep really?

What I meant with "Alien feeling" is literally the feeling when playing it. It just plays like any other killer and don't really feel like you are playing a xenomorph except when you are in the tunnels, as besides their tail attack they are also known for being fast and stealthy. Sincerely, a Praetorian xenomorph would have being more fitting for the kind of gameplay the Alien has here.

For the rest, I mostly agree with you, even if I still thinks an FNAF killer would fit pretty well in the game if done right.

No its an old game that does not nearly have the same amount of fanbase behind it then the other ones the listed

Right now I'm so deep in Texas Chainsaw Massacre I have no desire to touch Dead by Daylight.

Five Nights at Freddy's is one of only three things I would come back for. The other 2 being new Silent Hill stuff or TCM dying off

It won't be FNAF as I'm assuming FNAF will come with map when it eventually gets it. I highly doubt they'd release another map so close to the new Alien map they just made. Candyman and Predator are possible however.

And jsyk in the grand scheme of all IPs, FNAF is most certainly a "big L" in terms of fan request. I still don't think it'll be FNAF though. When they said "big L", I'm almost certain they meant franchises that are more old school and have been wanted for a long time. The "big L" licenses are most assuredly from movies and not video games. FNAF would for sure fit the bill on the "big L" though.

security breach was the worst one in the series worse than fnaf world

I did say that it was the thing least liked by FNAF fans.

Thanks for confirming that.

No doubt. I do like more of the Friday the 13ths than I'd like to admit though..lol.

We get that every couple months and it always turned out to be wrong.

BHVR also has connections to a few other license holders and probably quite a lot of opportunities before they will get desperate enough to start scraping the bottom of the barrel with FNAF, especially because BHVR could be accused of hypocrisy by supporting Scott Cawthon in any way.

They still have connections with Blumhouse. Ubisoft and Games Workshop possibly too so even Warhammer 40k is more likely than Fnaf and any WH40k fans will tell you how much scum the company behind it can be when it comes to their license.

thats wat im sayin man

Yeah that is perfect I really wish it would already be in the game.

My 3 guesses were Friday the 13th (since there is a new game and show coming), FNAF as in what you mentioned, and Predator since we got Alien (same license holders?). BUT since it won't have a new map or survivor with it, I think that rules out both Friday and FNAF, because both are pretty big and have iconic map potential (camp crystal lake, Pizza joint) So my guess then is it will be Predator, which would work great as a stand alone killer chapter.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Jason, M3gan, Pennywise, and/or Chucky make their way into DbD, but if their IP holder says no then there's nothing BHVR can do, but if FNAF's IP said yes, then people will just have to live with it.

So I agree with a couple of other commenters here, if FNAF is the next licensed chapter, let the FNAF fans enjoy the content, as they have the grace to accept and enjoy IP's they're not huge fans of at all. And of course, you are not forced to buy the licensed chapter if it's not something you enjoy.