Dev Interview about iconic characters in DbD

Apart from a couple of mistakes like how the guy who talks in the video says Nemesis infects Survivors with the G-Virus or the fact they didn't even cover Hellraiser, Project W & Stranger Things, it's otherwise a solid interview.

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I will say this, Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeyman might be the first game ever (albeit fan made) to bring all of the famous 80's & 90's mainstream horror icons & a few of the big cult classic horror icons together to fight each other between locations from their respective movies, and Mortal Kombat being the first official game ever to try and do what Terrordrome did except legally (granted, to a lesser degree without any movie locations for stages), but DBD is the first and currently only game ever to not only actively seek out these horror properties & icons to it's ever increasing collection, but to also let you play as said horror icons authentically.

It'll be interesting to see how high dbd can climb in popularity and if it can ever reach a high enough point in pop culture to become as instantly recognizable to the same degree most people would recognize Jason by his Hockey mask and Machete alone.

Regardless of anything, i'm riding this game to it's end to see how high it can fly and what it's legacy within horror will end up look like.

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Also just for fun, i've been compiling a list for a while now of everything dbd have been the first to accomplish.

• The first game ever to legally and officially release Hellraiser content for a video game.
• The first game ever to have a Child's Play/Chucky crossover
• The game that officially debuted Pinhead's first appearance in a released video game and also being the first game ever to legally let you play as him.
• The first game ever to have Brad Dourif officially voice Chucky in a video game.
• The first game ever to have Doug Bradley officially voice Pinhead in a video game.
• The first game ever to have official Crypt TV content in a video game.
• The first (and currently only) game ever to have both Silent Hill & Resident Evil content together in the same game.
• The first game ever to let you play as Amanda Young from SAW.
• The first multiplayer game ever to let you play as Detective David Tapp.
• The first game ever that let's you play as Sadako Yamamura.
• The first game ever to let you play as characters like Laurie Strode, Quentin Smith and the version of Ash from Ash vs Evil Dead.
• The first game ever to create it's very own original ghostface character that isn't connected to scream nor is just an extra costume only and who's lore revolve around the ghostface moniker.
• The first multiplayer game ever to legally let you play as Michael Myers in an authentic way.
• The first game ever to official license Ringu and also create lore for it's character that have been considered a canon part of it's own lore by the license holder
• The game that officially debuted Nicolas Cage's first appearance in a video game.

If dbd manages to get either Pennywise, Candyman, Jason, Kayako, The Tall Man, then dbd will have managed to do the following.

• it'll not only be the game to debut Pennywise's first video game adaptation, but they'll also be the first game in almost 3 decades to release anything Stephen King related content in a video game as well as the first ever modern video game to even have any.
• It'll be the game that debuted Candyman, The Tall Man & Pennywise's first official video game appearances and also being the first game ever to legally let you play as them.
• It'll be first game ever to have both Sadako & Kayako in the same video game.
• The first game ever to legally and officially release Candyman, Phantasm & IT content for a video game.
• It will have accomplished what Mortal Kombat could not, It'll be the first game ever in existence to officially have every iconic old school slasher villain within the same game (If we ignore the fact that Freddy is not the OG version.)

I'm glad they talked about picking amanda instead of john kramer. Saw a thread a few weeks ago and i was very surprised that people unironically thought jigsaw could be a killer.

They probably just thought about it on the surface level, aka assumed he'd be the killer because he's the main "villain". When people think of the "killer" from SAW, they think of John Kramer, not Amanda.

As far as i know, Cote did say no to when asked if we can still get more Hellraiser content last year (i think), so i guess not which is a shame as Pinhead's Gash will remain incomplete, however i really doubt the dlc is getting removed anytime soon and would be surprised (and bummed) if it actually did.

As far as the list goes, i mean you could say some of the points are redudant, i just personally prefer keeping it as vast as possible since i think that's more fun to do.

What nice comment to read. Thank you.

Also +1 for mentioning the Phantasm.

Phantasm is a pretty deep cut, good call. Would love to see it. DBD needs to either jump for more niche/cult licenses like Phantasm or embrace modern horror (the only licenses originating from post-2004 are Stranger Things and Left 4 Dead)