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Not Recommended 1,152.7 hrs on record

I've been playing dead by daylight since 2016, this game has a great concept, interesting lore, and they've added loads of cool new stuff throughout the years. It's addicting, it's got some gore, and it's alright to play with friends. BUT, there's lots of reasons that I do not recommend this game to anyone.



1. The community is SUPER toxic, both killers and survivors. It makes the game lose its charm and gets old very fast. So bad it's almost the first thing people tell others about the game, or this is the only info they've heard and don't wish to buy it. In addition to this, the reporting system does absolutely nothing and hasn't for a long time.



2. Server latency, they've just upgraded it recently I believe, but it's still not good enough on their end. I've both hit survivors and been hit as a survivor when I know I shouldn't have (eg, windows after vaulting and running away for 2 seconds, then going down out of the killers reach). I've heard a lot of the community complain about how dedicated servers aren't helping the situation either.



3. Crucial game mechanics not working. For killers, I've started the animation to grab survivors off generators, and it cancels halfway through, I haven't been able to vault windows after survivors because it glitches. Survivors can get stuck in place at the bottom of the hill on many maps, I've used dead hard, became exhausted but still went down, then the exhausted debuff immediately went away (It's to the point people have made videos asking devs to fix it). I'm sure there's other issues but I'm speaking from only my own experiences.



4. The devs not really caring about these issues. Some of these issues have been around for a while, and instead of taking the time to fix them, they seem to be too worried about pumping out new content instead. For example, the server issue has been around for way too long and every time the devs stream, it's the first thing to flood the chat "fix the game! fix the servers!" etc.. (Most people are annoyed that people do this now it's happened so much). But instead of working on server lag issues, we got a new chapter, a graphics update, and cross-play. So now you can lag as a new character in better graphics with friends from consoles! With the Silent Hill Chapter came something called the Fog Whisperers, which are people that give feedback on behalf of the game community, it seems like the devs aren't even listening to them.



So all in all, the game CAN be fun, if it works and you aren't stuck with toxic people. But honestly, the cons outweigh the pros. For the price of the game and DLC, I'd assume they have more than enough money and time to fix these issues but they clearly have different priorities. There are other issues with this game, like the ranking system being messed up and practically useless, but I feel what I've said is more than enough. It's sad to see a game like this end up on a track this bad.