Just add Dracula instead of Carmilla lol

[Nox Blackmarrow]

In a game that is all about playing as famous folktale heroes I find it really weird we're getting Carmilla and not Dracula, the literal most famous vampire folktale.

Idk if skins exist in this game but a Dracula skin would be cool at the very least.

Also... someone on the marketing side of things should probably be questioned for this decision. Being able to market that you have a playable Dracula in your game is much more effective than Carmilla. Like, the advertisement literally writes itself.

[DaMu]

There's marketing, and then there's licensing.

Talk to Universal Studios. or Marvel. or Konami.

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by DaMu:

There's marketing, and then there's licensing.

Talk to Universal Studios. or Marvel. or Konami.

You do realize Dracula is a public domain, right? Those companies literally do not own the rights to the character.

[Aetemes]

Dracula especially with VRising being a thing as of recent...might've been a little too obvious/predictable/tacky, and vampires already can be a little on the "too basic" of a fantasy - imo.

Because Dracula is too "cliche" and this cliche has been revived too recently, maybe they tried to go for something else.

Although...going for Dracula because in VRising you only get to fight him, a "marketing angle" could've been you get to play him.

Also...lol Monkey King has been milked to death -_-. Maybe the dev just wanted a girl vampire character realised /shrug xD.

The Carmilla "twist" adds a little bit of interest...I've never heard of Carmilla...so it was nice to read about her. There's something a little too adjacent to Scarlet with her "resisting the dark side" persona which is made a little worse by Scarlet having "life steal" in her kit.
But we shall see what her gameplay vibe actually is.

Dracula voice lines could've been hilarious and fun to play around though.

Anyways, she's already here, I am just happy unlike VRising, visually it looks more like "vampire gameplay", and not basic mmorpg swords/spells with "vampire stats".

[Shoah Kahn]

She seems okay-ish... However, for another female character, I was hoping for "Morgan Le Fay"; given that she's already is both already in the game, as well as the character being of Arthurian legend.... Alas. 😑

[Samaldafadra]

Why would have have a generic Dracula everyone knows about while we can have a less known character from another tale ? Not everyone likes to see the same thing all the time.

[Samaldafadra]

Originally posted by Shoah Kahn:

She seems okay-ish... However, for another female character, I was hoping for "Morgan Le Fay"; given that she's already is both already in the game, as well as the character being of Arthurian legend.... Alas. 😑

I would have LOVED a GoldiLock character that summons bears to fight lol

[Thomastronaut]

I'm honestly so bored of dracula

[Samaldafadra]

Originally posted by Thomastronaut:

I'm honestly so bored of dracula

Like everyone should be tbh. He's as stereotypical as zombies or skeletons for necromancers. Maybe OP is a bit simple minded

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Samaldafadra:

Why would have have a generic Dracula everyone knows about while we can have a less known character from another tale ? Not everyone likes to see the same thing all the time.

Advertisement and popularity sake lol. Also the whole "lesser known" character angle doesnt hold up when a lot of the game is riding on folktales people actually know. Such as little red riding hood, three pigs, the pied piper, etc.

You cant just say it's good to have a folktale no one knows when the entire game is full of popular folktales. Also the fact you think dracula is generic when he's literally the face of vampire folk lore and has only been playable in a game less than a handful of times is very telling.

Please tell me how tired you are of seeing dracula in gaming oh noooo he's been in like 2 games for the past 5 years. Lol.

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Samaldafadra:

Originally posted by Thomastronaut:

I'm honestly so bored of dracula

Like everyone should be tbh. He's as stereotypical as zombies or skeletons for necromancers. Maybe OP is a bit simple minded

Maybe you're a little slow on the roll yourself. Did you ever consider why Dracula is so popular? Because everyone knows him and he brings attention/sales. This is a product. A game. It would have made more sense to go with the more popular option.

Also like, maybe 3 games in existence have ever let you play as Dracula yet you act like this is a common thing. Maybe you're just delusional?

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Aetemes:

Dracula especially with VRising being a thing as of recent...might've been a little too obvious/predictable/tacky, and vampires already can be a little on the "too basic" of a fantasy - imo.

Because Dracula is too "cliche" and this cliche has been revived too recently, maybe they tried to go for something else.

Although...going for Dracula because in VRising you only get to fight him, a "marketing angle" could've been you get to play him.

Also...lol Monkey King has been milked to death -_-. Maybe the dev just wanted a girl vampire character realised /shrug xD.

The Carmilla "twist" adds a little bit of interest...I've never heard of Carmilla...so it was nice to read about her. There's something a little too adjacent to Scarlet with her "resisting the dark side" persona which is made a little worse by Scarlet having "life steal" in her kit.
But we shall see what her gameplay vibe actually is.

Dracula voice lines could've been hilarious and fun to play around though.

Anyways, she's already here, I am just happy unlike VRising, visually it looks more like "vampire gameplay", and not basic mmorpg swords/spells with "vampire stats".

V-Rising did dracula and sold very well. Dead by Daylight did dracula and it sold very well. Dracula sells well because he's a liked character. Pretending people don't want more of what they like is a bit absurd.

I do agree. The angle they could have went with Dracula here was that he could have been fully playable. Which is quite rare for a game to have.

Carmilla isnt a bad choice - it just isn't the one that would net the best outcome. Im also very happy to have a vampire that actually plays like a vampire. That was one aspect to v rising I wasnt a fan of too.

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Thomastronaut:

I'm honestly so bored of dracula

Doesn't mean he wouldn't have attracted much more attention to the game, though. Lot of people love Dracula. Also how are you bored of Dracula? Up until V Rising and DBD he literally wasnt in any game for years. If you're bored of something appearing in 2 games then that's kind of weird.

[Samaldafadra]

Originally posted by Nox Blackmarrow:

Originally posted by Samaldafadra:

Like everyone should be tbh. He's as stereotypical as zombies or skeletons for necromancers. Maybe OP is a bit simple minded

Maybe you're a little slow on the roll yourself. Did you ever consider why Dracula is so popular? Because everyone knows him and he brings attention/sales. This is a product. A game. It would have made more sense to go with the more popular option.

I think you're definitely slower and you disregard completely the concept of originality. Like I said why would we have a 5845415321th Dracula instead of a less known character ? For more sales you say ? That's silly. Maybe the devs want to show something different and not the same stuff all the time. I guess you just want the game tu succeed, if your igorant views come from passion I guess I can at least understand why but really ... Not everything has to be made for money. We have so much stories and tales from a rich past. We don't need to use the same ♥♥♥♥ all the time for the sake of money.

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Shoah Kahn:

She seems okay-ish... However, for another female character, I was hoping for "Morgan Le Fay"; given that she's already is both already in the game, as well as the character being of Arthurian legend.... Alas. 😑

playable morgan would be absolutely dope I agree

[Nox Blackmarrow]

Originally posted by Samaldafadra:

Originally posted by Nox Blackmarrow:

Maybe you're a little slow on the roll yourself. Did you ever consider why Dracula is so popular? Because everyone knows him and he brings attention/sales. This is a product. A game. It would have made more sense to go with the more popular option.

I think you're definitely slower and you disregard completely the concept of originality. Like I said why would we have a 5845415321th Dracula instead of a less known character ? For more sales you say ? That's silly. Maybe the devs want to show something different and not the same stuff all the time. I guess you just want the game tu succeed, if your igorant views come from passion I guess I can at least understand why but really ... Not everything has to be made for money. We have so much stories and tales from a rich past. We don't need to use the same ♥♥♥♥ all the time for the sake of money.

Name 5 games released in the past decade where Dracula appears. Go on. Put your "lol dracula is overused" statement to the test.