My conceptual issue with Vecna and the Half-Elf

[Name's Ash, Housewares]

Everything in the game up till this point can be fudged together as being in our real world. Even the Sci-Fi could just be our future.

So Vecna and the Half-Elf are a departure from that into an alternate fantasy universe. Not only does this (IMO) damage the game thematically, it opens a door. That door potentially leads to Fortnite-esque ridiculousness down the line.

Thoughts?

[skynd-sg]

You have a Bubba chasing Nicolas Cage around a pallet on the "Nostromo", while Jill is blastmining a gen and an OG character is waiting for a flashlight save , wearing an "Iron Maiden" bandshirt.

[Azelinuu]

I think Knight, Vitt, and Mikaela broke that barrier beforehand already

[ໂ‧͡‧̫ໃ]

I haven't been able to immerse myself that much in the lore since they changed up the graphics and art in this game. It looks gorgeous, but it has none of the gritty atmosphere from before so thematically it's already a mish mash for me. I think it's neat in the sense that you get so many different things in the same "universe."

[Quickjoshy]

I'm no lore expert, but I interpreted the entity's dimension to be a collection of characters from alternate universes and timelines, with no objective answer on what is and isn't "real" in the world of DBD. Also, for me personally, I'm a fan of characters who have knowledge of other realities (like Alan Wake, Vecna) joining the roster of the game because it kind of makes sense even in a cross-over.

If you can get behind that, then I think representing different forms and genres of horror becomes easier to justify within the game, since Vecna represents a fantasy horror angle that we haven't really seen yet.

[Scarsick]

Oh, come on. The Added Nic Cage a while ago. Nothing could be more "Fortnite-esque" than that.

I don't get what you mean by "our real world". What world? Some characters are based on films, others come straight from video games. As long as they don't make stuff that could be in a kids cartoon I'll be fine with it.

[Classic Bass]

They also added Lute Playing. The 'bardic inspiration' perk is basically a dance emote.

[76561199595023487]

So basically that's a poethical way to say "please dbd & minecraft collab"

[Ryles]

It's been fortnite for years.

[Oodanna]

Originally posted by Classic Bass:

They also added Lute Playing. The 'bardic inspiration' perk is basically a dance emote.

tbf, we've needed more emotes for a while now, we already use what we have for bm, why not add some more communication emotes for soloq that can also be used for bm, but also to tell others to "go for the rescue" or "work on this gen" or whatnot

(anything is bm if you use it that way, look at crouching ;D)

[Leah]

They've ran with the multiverse thing for a while, and if you really look at things realistically, are magical creatures any different from supernatural slashers?

This even goes for survivors, Mikaela and Sable use some basic magic, and I'd go as far as saying that Cheryl is more "magical" than any survivor you could pull from the D&D universe.

[Harbinger31]

how are the demogorgon, pyramid head, and dredge possible to fudge into our real world? all of those killers are alternate reality killers.

[DoctorDarling]

This was an apt post when they made Nicolas Cage but now it holds no water. That was the breaking point where the silliness has gone beyond comprehension lol

[Interrupted]

I actually believe that Nicolas Cage at peak fitness would outrun most survivors in the game.

[Machine Spirit]

I remember when some DBD players took issue with the Plague talking, they lost all perspective on the game, some even saying they would quit DBD. It was an overreaction, like this is.

[Name's Ash, Housewares]

Originally posted by skynd-sg:

You have a Bubba chasing Nicolas Cage around a pallet on the "Nostromo", while Jill is blastmining a gen and an OG character is waiting for a flashlight save , wearing an "Iron Maiden" bandshirt.

Bubba is a horror character from a movie set in the real world.
Nick Cage has been in horror movies, and he's a real human.
The Nostromo is the setting for a sci-horror movie set in our future.
Jill is from a horror game set in 'our' world.
Iron Maiden t-shirts exist and are not strange to wear.

You're doing the tired old "lol you're nitpicking nonsensical plot in Game Of Thrones, when it has freakin' dragons and magic, bro!" A piece of entertainment requires INTERNAL LOGIC. The logic of DBD is that horror monsters exist in the real world, and bits of the world from different time periods are recreated by a malevolent entity. Then they added an Elf from D&D (a fantasy world mentioned in Stranger Things, which we have characters from in DBD)

If Game Of Thrones introduced Master Chief for an episode, it would shatter the verisimilitude, even though the world has 'dragons n' ♥♥♥♥♥.'