Alan Wake

I'm really excited. I think he's such a cool fit for dead by daylight. The perks are as interesting as i hoped. The voice actor is great and the model looks pretty good.

I think it's great that dbd added content from a recently released game. Alan Wake 2 only released last november so they must have been working on this before release which is cool. The game is also going to get expansions this year so it came out at a great time.

That flashlight perk is such "go ######### yourself killer haha" and makes Shadowborn look bad now since you only get half of what this perk does.

The boon perk does have synergies if you use it with „Better than new“ though, then your teammates know where to run to make use of the bonus chest unlocking speed you give them.

It’s going to be so fun to use 😈

First perk is pretty much a buff to flashlights. There were plenty of cases already where survivor would blind the killer after pallet stun but that did almost nothing because killer brute forced through it and went in the same direction as survivor or guessing the location of survivor despite being blinded and still landing a hit. Now a blinded killer is also slowed so there's more distance to gain.

Second perk is pretty much a Generator beacon. It's is mediocre so I guess this perk will get a buff of some sort because nobody will lit such boon for chests, only to let other survivors know there's a generator nearby.

Third one - there are some questions here. Does player get a chance to hit great skillchecks while being wounded? If so, do great skill checks grant bonus progression? If yes, then it can work with certain perks as a combo.

Difficult to evaluate a survivor since perks feel a bit too strange compared to existing ones. They certainly are unique but also feel a bit out of place.

I've barely heard of him or his franchise, his perks are hilariously bad... not feeling anything from this one.

Who?

There afraid of another COH backlash

That flashlight perk is a secret S tier perk. It’s really good.

I saw the character model and realized BHVR's character designs are outdated. They still have that wonky PS3 look to them. Alan Wake looks almost nothing like himself. I played Alan Wake 2 and had I not seen the title, you could have told me it's original character and I would have believed you.

Wth is Alan Wake!?

Kinda surprised at the reactions. I guess this is going to end up being a pretty niche chapter. But, i think for the people that want it, it is really good.

Same thing happened when alan wake was put in fortnite actually. It's just weird, because it's so critically acclaimed.

Anyone know where we can see the perk list?

Very hype! the devs did a great job here. Although.... the champion of light perk look kinda unfair if u ask me. A good amount of pallets are safe so it's quite easy to lock a killer into a breaking animation. Why should i be hit with clown level amount of slowdown? because i broke a pallet?

PTB looking good! shout out the devs

Alan Wake being in is great! I do think BHVR missed an opportunity to bring in some more aggressive Perks involving lights from generators, but his Perks may be growers.

Champion of Light is clearly the best. It can be used in more ways than just the blind (use it with Fixated for a really fast walk - great when recovering Endurance if needed).

Boon: Illumination is more a shared planner to help SoloQ. Being able to see all Generators on the map as well as Chests will be good for tactical planning. Not sure it has much use for SWF, but it's a good Boon for newer players and for those who want more shared info in SoloQ.

Deadline at first look is a bit crap. However, I think this Perk is more an enhancer. Stick this with Hyperfocus, Autodidact, Stake Out and maybe some others will help get those bigger bonuses sooner. As an enhancer, it has promise. On its own it's sitting next to This Is Not Happening.

I really hope when Alan Wake is released we'll get Saga Anderson as a Legendary. What I would LOVE is to have Sam Lake as another legendary later on! Him on the loading screen with a mug of coffee and doing the Max Payne gurn alone would be great, but he definitely deserves a place.

Also - and I may be wrong - but is the next Tome focusing on Alan Wake? If so - and if it's written in conjunction with Remedy - that would be brilliant! Maybe they could even loosely tie the Dark Place and the Entity's Realm into the Alan Wake narrative!

Finally - and this is just a wishlist thing - but if DBD got Alan Wake, it would be quite cool to have a reference for DBD in Control 2 when it comes out, since it would absolutely be an anomaly. Even if it's just a document or something, that would be very cool!

Probably the least interesting licensed chapter so far. Kinda neat though.

Dont see why exactly that character was needed in DBD. Also i think just pumping in characters of other games is quite lame.

If you mean the reveal range on gens and chest. If you are in the boon it reveals all gens on the map and chests

The whole map. It would be absolutely underwhelming otherwise.

Alan Wake is a perfect fit for DbD, I've been wanting him in the game for quite a while now, I like his perks, I think he looks cool in-game, so I'm pretty happy. Definitely going to play as him.

If you want a Medkit from chest (where you spend 30sec to find a Dull, 14sec to bless, 15sec run to a chest, 10sec to unlock, 24sec to self healing). I suggest you to use Bond (where you spend may be 20sec to a teammate and get healed in 16sec).

If you want to find a totem (where you spend 15sec run into Boon range, 15sec run to a totem). I suggest you to use Map or either Small game or Counter force.

Map is the weakest item (and Items are already weak), that put into a perk, when perks like Sprint burst exist. You dont waste a Sprint burst to put a worse version of Map.

I'm not good with flashlights/blinding but I mean for the 50% speed boost whenever you turn it on. In a chase it'll be handy for those moments you're not sure you'll reach a vault or pallet.