Dead by Daylight, the online survival horror game where four players must work together to escape from one player controlling a serial killer, recently got a mobile version. Aside from offering pretty much everything the original game has, albeit in a more bite-sized form, this version also has a number of unique features to call its own.
Namely, these features include bots to fill in for any absent human players, the Bloodmarket that allows players to share items between different characters, a free ticket system that lets players temporarily unlock a new character to test them out, and Super Mystery Boxes, which are basically lootboxes, providing the player with random rewards at the cost of Bloodpoints, the in-game currency.
Naturally, players are wondering if we could possibly see studio Behaviour Interactive bring these features over to the console and PC versions of Dead by Daylight. Game director Matheiu Cote is definitely open to the idea, but he wasn't able to outright confirm it as definite.
In an interview with ComicBook, he explained that Behaviour is essentially waiting to see how popular these new features are and, if that's the case, then it can start figuring out how to incorporate them into the over versions:
"Well, the idea for us is the try to maximize what we get out of the work that we create for ourselves. So if we create something specifically for mobile and it ends up being something really, really cool that people get excited about, we'll of course try to find a way to put that on every platform if it makes sense for the platform."
It sounds like Behaviour is paying close attention to the community's response and wants to see how much of an impact the new features have on the game as a whole. The mobile version is still very recent so it's too early to tell how much of a positive effect the features have had yet.
"But things like the Bloodmarket changes and all of these little tweaks, once the game is live, once it's in the hand of millions of people and they play for a little bit, we'll have a better idea of how it actually enhances the game and how it could actually be converted into the rest of the platforms. But yeah, it's absolutely something that we keep in mind. We want to make sure that we reuse as much of the work as we can."
When asked about bringing the bots over, Cote said that while Behaviour would "probably run some tests" on the feature, it is trying to avoid having Dead by Daylight turn into a single-player game, where one human player is stuck playing on their own with only four bots.
While Dead by Daylight Mobile's extra features help make it more accessible to newcomers, said newcomers may want to check up on some guides before diving headfirst, such as how to play the lone killer against four survivors.
It has certainly seemed to have popularized the asymmetrical four-vs-one multiplayer genre, with developers making similar titles with popular IPs, such as Tom and Jerry (though that one's only available in China).
It could have some real competition, though, with the release of Resident Evil: Resistance, which as already received new content in the form of Jill Valentine as a playable survivor character. Capcom has also confirmed that one of Resident Evil 3's key antagonists, Nicholai, will soon be added as a Mastermind.
Dead by Daylight Mobile is available on Android and iOS devices.
