Dead by Daylight's original character catalog is entertaining and diverse, maintaining classic horror tropes in its survivors and killers. But many fans view Dead by Daylight's downloadable-content as its most exciting content due to the opportunity for licensed characters from other horror media franchises to be introduced.
Dead by Daylight has recently unveiled a signature, brief tease of the next DLC that will be added. Intrepid fans have dissected the teaser's split-second clues and have come to a couple of logical conclusions, though fans won't be certain until Behaviour Interactive makes an official announcement. Until then, fans have enjoyed speculating about which high profile horror IPs might be added to Dead by Daylight next.
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Reddit user "-Scolex-" has since composed a comprehensive wish list of potential killers, with some more obscure than others. Licensed characters on the list include Johnny Depp's titular character from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Sam from Michael Dougherty's Seasons Greetings (1996) and Trick 'r Treat (2007). Since the wish list is also meant to include characters that they believe would never have a chance being added to Dead by Daylight's licensed killer roster, the wish list creator also includes the murderous, psychokinetic tire from Rubber (2010).
Dead by Daylight fans rally behind the choice of Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance from The Shining, who the list creator has dubbed as "the Caretaker." Fans admit that they would be interested in seeing the enigmatic Overlook Hotel implemented as an indoor Dead by Daylight map with horrific visual imagery. At the same time, fans argue that Torrance's character lacks distinguishable traits that could make him a unique enough Dead by Daylight character, particularly if he was just carrying an axe.
However, fans herald The Thing (1982) as an exciting choice for the wish list because of the gameplay opportunities that an imposter killer would present in Dead by Daylight. The Thing's grotesque alien doppelgänger is capable of subsuming living beings as its new host and blending in around others. When Legion's character debuted, many fans believed that they would inherit abilities that allowed the player to disguise themselves as a roaming survivor during matches in order to deceive other survivors.
Of course, Legion's abilities are instead much different. The Thing's addition into Dead by Daylight could ultimately provide that gameplay system and perhaps result in the killer accumulating the appearance of injured, downed, or slain survivors. Either way, these slasher and psychological horror characters are beloved by fans. Dead by Daylight has tons of material to pull from for future DLC, considering that the IPs and characters do not have a minefield of restrictive property rights attached.
Dead by Daylight is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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