Is DBD a fun experience?

[chad]

hey everyone, does anyone find DBD a genuine fun game and why do you think it is fun? I know that some have different experiences in playing DBD but for me, it is a mixed experience for all I know, especially killer. I just wanted to know who finds DBD fun and who doesn't, why do people still play DBD?

[ynstynct]

making others suffer (in video games) is always fun no better game to dish out that experience than DBD the incredibly fair and balanced asymmetrical horror party game.

[AmbiQue]

Mixed (at best) with each update BHVR keeping incentivizing 4king and sweaty gameplay and too boot for such little BP. They need to stop balancing the game toward sweaty SWF Streamers. It’s getting to a point where you need an active SWF just to, not even, level the playing field.

[Spoon Bending]

It really isn't on survivor unless you have a group of friends always online. An example of why it isn't happens in 2/4 matches, where you will be slugged for a 4k (even though a 3k is a win), and if you are extra lucky they will make you wait on the ground longer so they can close hatch. You will lose 10k points for not escaping (survival category) as well as whatever the BP multipliers there are. Don't get me wrong though, it sucks in a group as well, but at least you have people to joke around with to make it less boring.

[BelieveinWaheed@TTV]

when starting out yes, very fun and interactive. After a few 100 hours and working your MMR up then it becomes unbearable. Survivors have to much advantage and Killers have to adapt to "unfun" playstyles to even stand a chance. It becomes an "Us vs Them" jungle.

[VoidDomionsTTV]

its not fun on any side as a killer you run into people who have zero fun running set perk lists and flashing you so you cant see all match and as a survivor you'll get tunneled or you will get people who are just angry at the world

[Roan]

Depends.

Am I playing Survivor against a killer who hard tunnels and proxy camps? Not gonna be too fun.

Am I playing killer against a SWF or on Ormond or Autohaven? Not gonna be too fun.

Otherwise I play with / against plenty of great people.

[Kattegat Twin]

Yes.

[Mors_Indecepta]

It's not a game I'd recommend for everyone, I'll say that.
I have fun with it because I like horror games, and am a HUGE horror fan, but what I enjoy most about it is playing that "bad guy" role as killer. I'll be turning 36 soon; started gaming when I was like 5. Needless to say, I've played a LOT of games, and it is so rare to find a halfway decent game like this that lets you play the villain, especially in a PVP scenario.

I've just played so many games that are along the lines of the survivor side of DBD that the concept kinda bores me; frankly I don't normally like horror games that force you to be helpless. It usually pisses me off because it's so unrealistic...like, seriously, you can't pick up a tree branch or something?
Over time, I grew to enjoy the survivor side more and more. I think a big part of it for me was learning the lore, and understanding that survivors being powerless wasn't some arbitrary gameplay BS; it's something that makes complete sense, in a realm controlled by something like the Entity. Killer will always be my love, but survivor is something I've done more and more regularly as time has gone on. Just took me a bit to appreciate the tension of playing survivor, and that's something a lot of people just won't like; they want to shoot the killer, or as close to it as they can get, which is just not what DBD is supposed to be.

[Donut]

I think the game is fun as hell even after so many hours

The trick to playing DBD and actually getting enjoyment for yourself?

- Play how you want (includes playing with friends)
- Use whatever perks you want (Noed, Lightborn, head on, blastmine/flashbang)
- Don't read the text chat (just type "GG" and click next and go to the next match)
- follow BHVRs rules (don't actively troll/sabotage your team and follow the official rules)
- Use whatever killer/survivor you want (people will always find ways to complain)
- (Bonus) Play on the anonymous mode
- Don't follow made up rules from survivors/killers (includes the forced obligations to, "Give hatch", "stop doing gens", "don't use flashlights" or "force yourself as killer to be friendly")

follow those and the game gets 10x more fun

[Madhatter]

I'd say it's engaging and addictive. I don't think "fun" is the right word. It has moments of fun sprinkled in, but overall I'd say that it's not. Totally worth playing, though.

[LomaxGames_321]

When the game first came out, it was fun but I would say it's lost the addictive gameplay and gameplay mechanics!

Things that need to change:

Perks
Exits
Remove hatch
Gens
Cheating

[Tokogawa [GER]]

It is, but a lot of the current Playerbase is burnt out. Thats why you hear so much negative Feedback.

If you go in to have Fun here and there, you will. No matter which side

[Gangsta Hamsta]

I find it fun and then I don't, it's a loop and as a survivor main I know about loops.

[KnightForEyes]

Originally posted by wlbert aesker:

hey everyone, does anyone find DBD a genuine fun game and why do you think it is fun? I know that some have different experiences in playing DBD but for me, it is a mixed experience for all I know, especially killer. I just wanted to know who finds DBD fun and who doesn't, why do people still play DBD?

No. Personally I prefer playing the games being Immersive OR JUST FUN. Old DbD yeah why not. But current DbD is just isnt it.

Maybe ppl that with minimal game experience would play it, die alot of times and drop it real quick. Considering game filled with Metas and Addicted players ... with at least 1000 hours playing it

meanwhile my family plays this just for ... It being a game. Not really a good one but Its just there. Something to grind rather than something to have fun with.

Personally I would go play Content Warning or Lethal Company. Maybe Outlast too. Fun but also Immerses you to the world.

TLDR : Old DbD good, Current DbD cashgrab/meta filled/Broken killers/Sweatlording/cheating. Also one of the female(Survivor, I do not know her name) in the game makes REALLY WEIRD noises that make you question... "How is this noises are allowed?" My Friend that is not "hurt" thats straight up moaning bro-

Fix all of it, Then DbD would be another glorious game to be afraid of(as in being scary).

Killers / World Building / Characters are EXTREMELY GREAT. Its not about its art/graphics and world building... Its about how they're balanced out and game feels (Feel like more of a running simulator than a horror game)

[chad]

Originally posted by KnightForEyes:

Originally posted by wlbert aesker:

hey everyone, does anyone find DBD a genuine fun game and why do you think it is fun? I know that some have different experiences in playing DBD but for me, it is a mixed experience for all I know, especially killer. I just wanted to know who finds DBD fun and who doesn't, why do people still play DBD?

No. Personally I prefer playing the games being Immersive OR JUST FUN. Old DbD yeah why not. But current DbD is just isnt it.

Maybe ppl that with minimal game experience would play it, die alot of times and drop it real quick. Considering game filled with Metas and Addicted players ... with at least 1000 hours playing it

meanwhile my family plays this just for ... It being a game. Not really a good one but Its just there. Something to grind rather than something to have fun with.

Personally I would go play Content Warning or Lethal Company. Maybe Outlast too. Fun but also Immerses you to the world.

TLDR : Old DbD good, Current DbD cashgrab/meta filled/Broken killers/Sweatlording/cheating. Also one of the female(Survivor, I do not know her name) in the game makes REALLY WEIRD noises that make you question... "How is this noises are allowed?" My Friend that is not "hurt" thats straight up moaning bro-

Fix all of it, Then DbD would be another glorious game to be afraid of(as in being scary).

Killers / World Building / Characters are EXTREMELY GREAT. Its not about its art/graphics and world building... Its about how they're balanced out and game feels (Feel like more of a running simulator than a horror game)

I do agree with the old and new dbd situation, old dbd is so much more addicting to play, nowdays for me, i question if i even want to get on, at that point i shouldnt even be playing, but i guess the amount of hours/time i have put into this game just doesn't go away. Also the female survivors that come out recently, are mostly for baiting people with those "hurt noises". so they can probably grab some money.