Make Dbd Scary again...How?

At random times during a match, anywhere from 30 seconds in and at random intervals, the Entity reaches down and pimp slaps one of the Survivors, causing them 1 health state of damage. If they are already Dying at this point, the Entity just takes their body back with it to its home.

Lightning & Thunder, Spooky sounds, apparitions, heavy rain, no sunny maps, honestly an entire ambient work over would do wonders for DBD.

Easy, no heartbeat at all.

I would love if camera was restricted...it's weird killers can't look around but survivors can as well. Honestly I think it would balance the game a lot since looping would become severely harder because you wouldn't be able to watch the killer at all times.

While I don't think it can ever get that "horror" type of scare once you have enough playtime, I do think it should favor the Killer a bit, so coming across him is scary to your sense of survival.

That's nice but that still doesn't address the numerous 2nd chances Survivors get (DS, Adrenaline, Instant Heal, Unbreakable, and a free hatch). Not to mention all the pallets and loop spots.

I suppose in the same way multiple blinks on a nurse allows mistakes as you fail a blink but then use a correction blink.
The main issue with pallets is that there are way too many of them so when survivors do gens they no where to run and therefore do not fear a killer.

Thunder, Lightning crashing, Heavy rain in the darkness, whispering winds. Ambient rework is key here, also add spookier maps that include graveyards and tombs.

@The_Manlet said:
Survivors will never be scared of the killer because most killers are not a threat.

With that attitude, killers should be scared of Survivors.

Realistically, even if they were powerful, it'd be back down to not scary within 20 hours of facing them. For example, Hag is considered one of the weakest killers in the game, and yet people are routinely scared while facing her. If scary was determined by threat, Hag should be completely unscary.

@The_Manlet said:

With that attitude, killers should be scared of Survivors.

They absolutely should be.

You say that. But are they? Is it FEAR that you feel?

Cause I don't feel fear. I feel FRUSTRATION when faced with overwhelming odds.

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/35565#Comment_35565

From my previous post above:

I believe some of the ways to increase the creepy/scary potential are thus:

-increase the number of threats on the map. (Trees that grab you, birds that peck at you, things that grab your feet when you get to close to a storm drain, rabid demon like animal things...etc.)

-create reasons for fear. (Lights in certain houses blowing, the rattling of chains, the thumping of wood, blood dripping from the ceiling....random insane scary stuff.)

-apply different scare scenes. (set a player wandering down a dark hallway with the dripping sound of water, add the scratching of metal on floor, and then have a shadow looming behind them. They turn, and nothing is there. But now their mind is looking for evil in every corner. Jumpscares are one way to go....but true fear is a build up of anxiety, uncertainty, and just the right pinch of supernatural.)

-Less adrenaline, more uncertainty. (If you truly want fear...then you got to stop making your players run all the time. A good scare requires atmosphere, a psychological build up, and an unexpected twist or two. When you force characters to run and get all worked up....sure, they will be frustrated and filled with dread/anxiety....but they will lack that true terror.)