It took 8 years to fix Freddy

[@notOtzdarva]

2025 Freddy gameplay: 00:20 2017 Freddy gameplay: 17:04

[@Wayhoo]

We are so back

[@braden6986]

Fresh off the press

[@bajhi_]

fruh

[@Ssebyt12-f2n]

1.8.0 or 1.9.3?

[@VenclaireVR]

@@Ssebyt12-f2n definitely post 1.8.1 cause he has the 3 second speed penalty

[@Dhampire1976]

Kinda funny how this year we got the fnaf chapter and the Freddy rework. Truly is the year of Freddy

[@BlizzardofDreams]

Sorry the WHAT??? They actually did it?! Incredible!

[@neehko18]

@@BlizzardofDreamsit's coming in march i believe 😍

[@zGabro]

@@neehko18 actually no! march is another chapter, the fnaf one is probably coming in june with the anniversary

[@EthanFilmsYT86]

On summer 2025 , Springtrap , michael afton , and hopefully Fazbear Fright will come to the game , ( est june)​@@BlizzardofDreams

[@notgabriel8624]

Now we just need the scooby doo collab to get three Fred’s in one year

[@triggeredcripple8668]

The theming of previous Freddy was undeniably much better though; being able to put the actual survivor players to sleep was an underrated and unique capability that fit perfectly with his theme

[@temperaturecheck]

got me in the first half

[@taylozen]

i'm always going to miss that version. i would be so happy to play a weak character as long as they're cool enough.

[@Vedo_Woomyari]

I feel like with the new perks MAYBE he wouldn't be that bad, maybe with some extra changes to give him more chase potential

[@Moghster6969]

Sadly he was absolute garbadge, and argubly wrost killer to ever exist

[@lindleya]

Yeah, and much more mechanically unique. I do wonder how that sort of design would work in modern dbd

[@revenge3265]

Here's hoping they someday fix his licensing issues and give the man some cosmetics. Freddy has so many fun and goofy outfits in the movies. Not to mention, there's like a dozen legendaries they could make for Quentin.

[@bynosaurus]

if they could get the proper license, they'd probably go ahead and redesign him to the original instead of reboot freddy

[@heksevillehero]

​@bynosaurus4024 It would probably have to be a cosmetic, they can't just screw over New Line Cinema like that, they have a contract.

[@8BitSkorPO]

It would surprise me if they gave Quentin a legendary cosmetic of Nancy or and of the OG characters from the OG Freddy movies

[@Ross516]

unfortunately it's out of their hands, if the license holders won't play ball there's not much they can do

[@MrWayneDX]

Doesn’t the license holder absolutely hate video games? Or is that the owner of the original Ghostface.

[@Dafreshcut]

The 3 Freddy mains out there are popping champagne. 2025 seems like a good year for them right now

[@paintycup]

I am THRILLED

[@BotWhisperer]

I was p 💯 freddy before he was cool to play 😉

[@theobscured_one]

Freddy mains rise up

[@Dafreshcut]

@@BotWhisperer That's what I'm saying. Dunno how you got the patience to play pre-rework Freddy, he was considered the second worst killer for a reason. But I respect the hustle (also wondering if you're a sane person).

[@austintomlinson7863]

Freddy main here, actually super sad to see teleport faking go away. I'd rather have the longer teleport time and be able to fake it since it allows for cooler macro plays. If that decision gets reversed though this'll be a great DbD year for me!

[@DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheapD4C]

They should add the faces on Freddy's hand when he uses the snares, like he was in the og version when he put people to sleep, it's genuinely sad they removed that super cool detail when he first got reworked

[@daddyhanratty8989]

Add it when someone falls asleep

[@firecrusades3397]

cant fix greed

[@typervader]

@@DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheapD4C I like how Freddy litterly has 3 animations and that's it

[@arara7713]

I really liked the anime eye above the survivors head when Adriana saw them on her phone aswell, I know it was bad gameplay wise for the killer, but it was really cool looking

[@AceDefective231]

That old freddy gameplay was so nostalgic, i kinda miss it in a way even though he was so bad

[@tastezemelon7229]

There was a trick with old freddy that actualy allowed you to have some sort of power in chase. He would vanish in and out during the dream transition and you could use that to mind-game since it occurred at set intervals, this works similar to current onryo except the invisibility was longer and the killer had no way of knowing when they were invisible outside of remembering the timing. When mastered with the brown sheep block addon you would appear real almost instantly after the last invisibility period allowing for some crazy mind-games. the youtuber Pyrus did a really old guide on this and i quite miss it. Of course nobody used this mechanic due to how difficult it was to learn and it eventually got removed entirely with the dream world rework.

[@maximusthegoat8034]

@@tastezemelon7229little niche things like that make killer feel so rewarding. Similar to how with Billy you could charge your chainsaw after being stunned and have some of your charge bar left, or being able to hit survivors while they disarm your trap as trapper,

[@DaveyTheDuck]

i do miss how unique and fitting og freddy’s kit was. with the right tweaks and a better focus on dreamworld antics instead of just boring slowdown, it could’ve been pretty cool. maybe even incorporating the micro sleep stuff from the remake movie. that aspect of the movie was always pretty cool

[@glaive616]

Agreed, they should have adapted the original concept, whatever this is, I hate it, it’s basically a teleporting clown.

[@AirLight1646]

I do believe microsleep is used to explain why he can hit survivors when they are "awake" as they are never actually awake when going against Freddy. But it's obviously not a very good reason

[@HB-fq9nn]

@@AirLight1646 Microsleeps were used to explain why survivors have a sleep timer.

[@muunhead]

There is no innovated variety anymore. It feels like the game only has like 6 varieties of killer plays with actual different powers, otherwise they only shuffle the same 5 tricks around and change the graphics. This snare thing works just like The Artist's crows, except worse because it doesn't do any damage. Instead, it slows down survivors in chase, and this power is already used in Clown much more efficiently, without an added condition of survivors being asleep😅 The fake pallet thing used to be cool and original to Freddy but they made it much more complicated and useless..

[@irregularassassin6380]

@@muunhead It's more like a hybrid of Doctor's shocks and Clown's bottles. And the pallets weren't wholly unique to Freddy, because Survivors in Doctor's tier three madness can see fake pallets. They just disappear when you get close, unlike Freddy's which you could throw to no effect. I agree Freddy's new pallets are more complicated, but it's probably a much better trap. Now they will lure survivors to false safety, but instead of having to continually loop until you catch up, you can trigger the detonation which forces them to leave the loop. This should let you catch them in the open which _should_ mean a faster hit than if you were playing Ring-Around-the-Rosie. It's not meant to secure the hit itself, it's meant to force them into the open or take a worse path, like an obvious Trapper trap would.

[@nox2367]

Excellent to see them fixing Freddy, heres hoping they continue looking at other killers that have been languishing in poor states

[@CookieTaiga]

The...*hint*..*hint*...hant

[@YaMaTo999Vir]

Yeah. We just need another 5-10 years! 👍

[@YoBoyMerciless]

*sad trapper noises*

[@maryapple7108]

Hopefully they'll put Chucky back to his previous state. He's so weak now it's a joke

[@imaginativmauv8044]

Except for the Skull Merchant, she can stay down there 🤭

[@TheVoidWanderer]

One thing I desperately want is a meme addon for new Freddy that brings back the old invisible Freddy, and not being able to interact with awake survivors. Here's the idea, Freddy is completely invisible to awake survivors, but he can't m1 them, grab them, or body block them. His dream snares and pallets now put survivors 90% to sleep, and bypass immunity. Survivors do not fall asleep passively.

[@feathero3]

I like that idea! Add-ons in general should allow for more unique gameplay like this already, but especially for something players genuinely enjoyed. (If it's balanced around the fact of being an add-on of course)

[@irregularassassin6380]

That could be busted when combined with instadown perks like Make Your Choice, and possibly even just for grabbing off gens. It would turn him into a better Ghostface because you could control when you reveal. You'd hit them with a dream snare, and then just ... leave. Let them sit at 90% sleepiness. Then come back later, crawl up their butt, hit them with another snare, and then immediately grab them off a gen if they're not fast enough, or wait by the hook and dunk on them with Make Your Choice. The idea is fantastic, but it would need a tweak. Whatever that tweak is, though, it can't just turn him into Old Freddy, Wraith, or Sadako. It's a tricky design space, but there's definitely potential!

[@radishstew]

Wait invisible freddy is gone?

[@kyakeshavarz3595]

@@irregularassassin6380 But back then, invisible Freddy had his lullaby as a "terror radius" for awake survivors, and I imagine that'd be the case here as well. Would be pretty hard for you to realistically sneak up on players for a grab if they can clearly hear you coming from the singing.

[@irregularassassin6380]

@kyakeshavarz3595 That's a fair point. I hadn't thought of his lullaby. It would still be strong, for sure, but the big problem is it would probably function too much like Wraith. Possibly also like Spirit with the audio-cue warning.

[@glaive616]

With every change he strays further away from the authenticity of his franchise, his original concept was amazing, only being able to see him when sleeping, they should have adapted that concept, now he just has a blood gun and exploding wood…

[@feathero3]

Yeah... I was excited at first for this, but even as a Freddy player I don't care for the changes. Replacing a trap mechanic with yet another power that can hit through walls. Ruining pallets so they can't really trick players anymore. Removing the ability to mind game teleporting. All these things were at least more in character for Freddy, and could have been adjusted to work better. But instead he has gun, grenades, more teleport spam and even free wall hacks with add-ons or if people heal. Don't like these changes from playing either side now.

[@bduder]

Blood gun and exploding wood....LOL. I agree. This rework seems incredibly uninspired. I guess I should wait till I play him, but from what I've seen of gameplay vids, he looks trash.

[@spengler2258]

His original concept was awful though. Yeah, it was cool being able to only be seen when the survivors are in the dream world, but the novelty of the concept was ruined by some severe flaws at that design’s core that couldn’t be fixed really. He felt awful to play compared to every other killer in the game at the time. Nostalgia and hindsight are great, but it can’t really mask what was a horribly designed killer from day 1.

[@glaive616]

@@spengler2258 His original concept was flawed but they could have worked with it, made it less weak.

[@hotdinsomniac1995]

idk what you guys are talking about i saw the new snares and instantly thought of his shadow attack from freddy v jason also falling asleep without knowing it is a theme for the whole series and fit WAY better than his original power

[@jaynexus1639]

Old Freddy was a vibe. The face when casting power, the bass sound effect, he was a macro killer who had to spread sleep. A lot cooler than the snare Freddy we got for years.

[@braytonewell]

I mained him back then. It was so cool knowing that you were entirely invisible.

[@rtristan8572]

The 2017 gameplay is peak DBD nostalgia. I remember being genuinelly scared to face Freddy, panicing when I heard the song, not knowing wbere he came from becouse he was invisible, and then, when asleep, rushing to a gen to blow it up becouse I knew he could see me from anywhere, and I wasn't very confortable on my looping back then. The (not really)good old days...

[@braytonewell]

I mained Old Freddy because I loved the idea of him being entirely invisible. I like killers like that. 🤣

[@norishimogawa6125]

yeah, back then dbd in general was definitely i think scarier

[@HarryH426]

I cant believe that we finally got freddy kruger from nightmare on elm street in dbd

[@k4wh924]

On*

[@HarryH426]

Thanks :)

[@AnOwlDownByTheRiver2]

@@k4wh924did it rlly matter

[@DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheapD4C]

People made this same joke when he first got reworked after the initial nerf... I wonder if in the future he will remain decent or he is gonna need another buff lmao

[@graduatedpinksnowball668]

That's grammatically incorrect! Fail😂​@@k4wh924

[@grenadier4702]

I like the Freddy's old mechanics where you're invisible and put people to sleep. Maybe they should've preserved those mechanics and balance him around them

[@feathero3]

At least they should make them available with add-ons and balance them around that fact.

[@gaddummit]

Yep he was way cooler and they didn't address the issue of him just being lame af now

[@monkyfromheckheeheebanana6990]

killer queen has already touched this pallet

[@Sir_Slice]

Watching 2017 gameplay makes me appreciate the game as it is now

[@braytonewell]

Yeah, I joined summer 2017 I think, and the game is WAY better than it was back then. 🤣

[@magronorph5029]

9:19 dead hard was so strong I got an ad

[@braytonewell]

Gosh, they kept the original DH in the game for WAAAAAYYYYY too long....

[@firepheonix1584]

Same lol

[@gabrysmichalek4281]

17:58 oh my god how beautiful that looks

[@jellybuns1015]

2025 is starting off strong for me and the other 3 Freddy mains

[@GoGoRoboto]

I always liked the darker, slower animation version of things. The reasons for the new look and overall theming is fine but even with those grab animations you feel like your man handling people with weight.

[@Mafilovy]

Samee, i played back in 2018 , so a bit after those animations got removed and dam, they hit different

[@lindleya]

I would love an addon that gave freddy the old pallets back: indistinguishable, don't get stunned etc. cos pallet Freddy is one of my favourite ways to play freddy at the moment

[@JIGSAW941]

I wish the pallets looked the same too but being able to self detonate forcing survivor to take a hit or repath poorly is still great value

[@Kibermozgai]

Same, man. It's much more fun to have that tricky pallets. Well, guess back to playing doctor now

[@bynosaurus]

@@Kibermozgaiman, they really are right when they say you can't satisfy everyone. saved freddy from years of D tier and some people are still disappointed

[@itscinovel]

I've always liked pallet Freddy, and hoped his rework would revolve more around a deception-style of trap killers, making survivors paranoid about what's real or fake (like how he is in the movies). Trying to memorize what's real is a very unique counterplay that I found already enjoyable. The rework we got is fine and all, and a step in the right direction, but I think that would've made for a more interactive power than being another projectile killer. Though I genuinely enjoy the exploding pallets, they just need less of a delay imo

[@Cam28388]

@@bynosaurus There's always a minority. Most listen to the majority though.

[@harroldjimbob02]

watching the old freddy gameplay makes me feel so nostalgic. it was the first major DLC to come out when i started playing, so seeing him again is nice. thanks otz!

[@bababouille9707]

Damn hearing Nina on the old gameplay was a flashbang. Hope you’re doing well with all of that Alex

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

???

[@jordannolan4008]

Bruh.

[@b2superbattledroid977]

​@@TheCosmicAstro- Nina's a massive weirdo and they broke up

[@6powersofM]

Can anyone tell me what happened?

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@@b2superbattledroid977 as the other guy is asking. Any idea why?

[@Memento_Morrigan]

Old survivor health state HUD, my beloved

[@saulmendoza729]

It was far worse than the one we have now, but I feel the same, just seeing it brings back a good feeling I cant express in words.

[@szczurekpropagandy8753]

@@saulmendoza729 It's Nostalgia

[@saulmendoza729]

@@szczurekpropagandy8753 Not nostalgia, a little bit of nostalgia of course but a feeling of seeing something antique or old and feeling that it has a different style that you like.

[@liloreo2871]

1:11 shoutout eggha.. in the chat...WE LOVE YOU TOO

[@egghamm]

THAT'S ME LMAO ILY

[@Rebazar]

I really hope they don't overnerf him for a THIRD time, this iteration looks really cool

[@TLtheDude]

I hope they don't either, the counter play against him is pretty strong, so it's genuinely confusing how some people want it to happen anyway

[@sssveden]

@@TLtheDude most of players refuse to learn how to counter so they ask for nerfs. I feel like many people forget that despite the snare, he is still M1 killer with teleport

[@leonthegamer2839]

I dont think they will. The only concern so far is the slugging part which might get addressed but I dont think he will get changed too much. And yeah many people will always go for the easiest way possible and as soon as something is a little bit more difficult they avoid it or ask behaviour to take care of it. Not saying that there cant be valid critisism or people shouldnt consider the health of the game though.

[@JM_Traslo]

Freddy has multiple full reworks and the Shape still can't get a rebalance that doesn't purely depend around builds that have you buy addons.

[@lunaliciousgeek]

The Shape got a rebalance in November, the iri addons are nerfed, while his base kit and [non-infinite tier 3 Myers] builds are more effective now.

[@theproffesir]

@@lunaliciousgeekplus he’s getting a rework next.

[@typervader]

@@lunaliciousgeek the buffs moved him one spot on the tier list. He's still awful

[@brobot_8371]

@@theproffesir he is? i thought the last change they did was it

[@brobot_8371]

@@typervader i think the base buffs were good. not enough but ill take it after thinking theyd never touch him. now his biggest problem are his addons

[@MrMattderp]

I have a certain fondness for the old Freddy that would have to put people to sleep before hitting them. Not because it was good, it wasn't, but because I'd run slowdown/Gen regression perks and add-ons to make the sleep harder to wake up from and not really aim to kill people. Just keep them asleep. I'd end the game by saying in the chat "Sleep deprivation is the real killer."

[@boomnukeshroom]

your steam/Xbox/PlayStation messages must of been full of sweet and thoughtful words of encouragement.

[@zestydbd6830]

​@@boomnukeshroom😂

[@braytonewell]

I mained the Old Freddy those years ago, and he was one of my firsts to P3. What I always said at the end of matches was something like, "Never Doubt Bloody Freddy."

[@vercingetorixbretwalda1325]

thanks for taking the time to showcase old Freddy. I didn't start playing til like 2022 so that was interesting to see.

[@ToxicTeacherTTV]

This video is perfect evidence of how good the art style used to be

[@BannOxx-21]

Now we are waiting for trapper buff/rework

[@zashimi1345]

They said they don't want to because he is good for new players to learn the game. Which is a little unbelievable because new killers they add bring in new players and they are not playing trapper past the tutorial

[@juicepouch1]

If true, them not wanting to work on him is really lame. Trapper has been power crept significantly, they could make him suck less without changing him to the point he'd be unintuitive for new players

[@braytonewell]

@@juicepouch1 They have actually given him a bit of buffs over the last year or two, like allowing you to normally carry more traps and giving you a small speed boost after setting one up. The buffs were small, but they add up.

[@michaelvalentine8305]

I felt a crazy wave of nostalgia when you played the old version of Freddy, not because of the character but because of how certain mechanics and perks used to be

[@DarkDemonSCP]

2630 days from Freddy's arrival in the game until his rework was announced in the Developer Update on Reddit. 2630 days being a walking meme is tough.

[@ZombieaidZ]

Do you not remember forever Freddy

[@feathero3]

Darn...

[@andrewmcquillan6066]

Knife hand Joe makes his return

[@Trident_Gaming03]

People always say old DbD was better, but seeing that match from 2017 makes me miss it somehow even less

[@PowerV3]

0:07 Freddy Cougar? I’m in.

[@AlliedX]

THERE AREN'T COUGARS IN DBD

[@thejsix]

​@@AlliedX 1 in a million one in a billion even

[@noName-tr3sv]

Hitting us with the "2017 was 8 years ago"... Man I feel old

[@mongosute467]

I just remembered right here at 24:57 you could have dribbled the survivor since decisive strike didn't show the skill check until much later. OMG, old dbd was bull.

[@henriquerodrigues7795]

7:40 "No matter what im tunnelling someone now". Its kinda sad that we've all been gaslit and manipulated into even thinking any tunnelling happened this game, the meaning of tunnelling is pretty much gone

[@SaitamaW]

He is just smart

[@bduder]

100%. I get that this was a "friendly" game, but I've never seen a game where players have to apologize for winning, or using winning strats. This is truly what's wrong with this game.

[@MrPendalv]

Surv kids have no idea what tunneling is. I always smile when I see these cries about me tunneling, cause I know how I could really tunnel the f off from them ruthless. And remember survkids, hardcore tunneling is normal thing, and is not toxic or anything

[@SaitamaW]

@@MrPendalv 😂😂

[@Rustyyhello]

This is the best rework they’ve ever done i hope they keep it up for skull merchant

[@Дмитрий-д1ю9б]

Hillbilly rework? Legion rework?

[@Rustyyhello]

@ nah

[@waddlez7192]

​@Дмитрий-д1ю9б The legion one wasn't a rework 😂😂😂 those were just some minor buffs and tweaks

[@Дмитрий-д1ю9б]

@@waddlez7192 I think the ability to knock in frenzy with 5th hit, rework almost addons, adding a speed up after every hit, adding a chase theme and many more is rework

[@ainsley1073]

@@Дмитрий-д1ю9бyou still play legion in the same boring way so no, not a rework

[@dDeckon]

As someone who only played Pallet Freddy: I'm actually excited for the add-on that let's me immediately teleport to a survivor who starts going around and dropping all my fake pallets!!

[@Pichudiamond3]

I unironically miss old Freddy so much, he used to be my main then. He was objectively bad but for some reason I loved him. (I think I might be a masochist because my first three mains were wraith, into old Bubba, into old Freddy)

[@braytonewell]

I just loved the idea of being entirely invisible! He was my first main, and among my first to P3. At the ends of rounds, I often said something like, "Never Doubt Bloody Freddy." 🤣 I knew that old man well. 😥

[@SkyBlitz64]

Yeah that old Freddy gameplay might have been unique, but you are practically neutered when you do not first put them to sleep. There wasn't anything besides the generator debuff and that force sleep mode that you always had to do before you could even attack a survivor. Crazy how the current one just trumps the old one. At least you can damage the survivors in the current era, the new Freddy buffs are mandatory and balanced. Long range is what Freddy needed more to begin with, them buffing not just snares, pallets but even the ENDGAME where he used to suffer the most. I can already see him being a true dream demon with some of the newer perks (Jagged Compass) mixed with Fire Up and Leverage for instance. Add in a generator regress or a haste/ undetectable perk and he's going to dominate the match. With the proper add-ons to match with the perks you want to combine with..oh boy, BHVR definitely cooked good this time. Current reworked Freddy is gonna make him a real nightmare once again, making people actually fear him and want to wake up as soon as possible. And not just the rookies/ newcomers of the game, but even veterans who have to be cautious around a talented killer now. He's truly up to A- right now, with right perks at least. Mark my words.Without them.. I'd say probably at least B. Definitely not even close to C or D at this point. Now if we only could have some skins though..

[@AirLight1646]

I love how they kind of returned an aspect of Freddy 1.0 by making it so you can use the snares to put survivors asleep manually at a range. Obviously it's very different, but still a ranged sleep ability to awake survivors. When I saw that the new snares added to their sleep, it felt like a natural iteration of his old sleep beam while making it more skillful.

[@escadora2206]

i think the rework is hella boring and generic, they just slap ranged sht on each killer atp, i liked it when he was invisible unless you are asleep, that was soo incredibly cool especially with the terror radius ... they just had to do a better job at balancing it out :(

[@braytonewell]

Though I do think this Freddy is pretty fun (I've tried him myself), I do agree with your second half. I always found it awesome being entirely invisible, people getting up and trying to hide as they had no idea where you were, only hearing your theme. 🤣 He was my first main.

[@isaiahmoyer1173]

someone was def a freddy main in the dev team

[@pokebasti2001]

Ngl ,seeing old dbd kinda made me feel nostalgic...wish i could play it !

[@the_furf_of_july4652]

Main criticism I have about this rework is that I wish there was more focus on deception. Loved the feeling of walking through a dream pallet and getting a hit, same goes for pallet hallucinations as doctor

[@twosoup3252]

Now begins the long and arduous journey that is waiting for the Skull Merchant rework in 2033

[@kyorgeeeez]

Are we going to get that freddy montage now?

[@TTVUndeadGaming]

Freddy CAN teleport to gens that have been completed

[@braytonewell]

Yeah, I noticed that too. 🤣

[@Goner21]

the old grab animation was sooooo good, we need that one again

[@BY-xd1yr]

I love new freddy but I will miss the old pallets. The mind gaming you could do with them was super satisfying.

[@YupielServant]

dropping pallets early after the blood spills out, but before it detonates, acts like a "defuse" for the dream pallet. You dont take damage. It's useful when the killer does it from afar and they have the extra radius addon, but if they are looping you, they get the basic attack anyway because you were in an animation and not running. OR if the freddy messes up/ mistimes the detonation with you being under the pallet already and Freddy gets too close due to overconfidence, you stun them AND dont take damage from detonation.

[@1P_Juice]

sharp hand joe is eating good this year

[@CosmicAshe]

To answer your question about the knight change from your discord message, it was a different bug they fixed. "Yes that's correct, and this bug fix doesn't affect the window faking. It fixes the situations where a survivor would be close to the window (having not faked it), but the guard would prioritise the window instead of the survivor. The ability to window fake is still in the game, it's an intended mechanic." This is from the dev account on Reddit.

[@Bradles]

Quite literally wondering when his next video was going to be out for Freddy, what do you know, intuition is strong.

[@StandBySky]

I am honestly loving the new Freddy! He feels a lot of fun to play now! Am I the only one who misses that old loading screen?

[@The_Nocturnal_Raven]

The pallets shouldn’t warn survivors until ruptured. They’re far worse because survivors can tell at a glance.

[@musashixz]

They actually look real until survivors are really close.

[@greeny3x399]

the only thing this made me realise is that id actually love old freddy back ._. He was so incredibly unique and flavorful. Now he feels like yet another projectile killer like Doctor, Plague, Pyramidhead etc. The invis to awake survivors, being able to see them when they were far and yes even having to manually putting them to sleep and not being able to touch them made him actually feel like a nightmare.

[@ahregabuongiornoclips]

0:07 otz what are you trying to tell us with that? 🤨

[@notOtzdarva]

I don't know what you're talking about!

[@asteria_era]

even though old freddy was awful strength-wise, that was still one of the most cool and unique abilities that i visually adored his hand animations, the faces appearing upon putting someone to sleep SO GOODD I wish instead of getting a complete rework his original power was rebalanced, but that certainly wont come

[@CaptainMantine]

2025 WILL BE MYERS YEAR BABY

[@Mistarpotato]

Man 2017 was such a chaotic time for DBD, I honestly don't miss it though. Old DH and D-strike were ridiculous.

[@braytonewell]

The really were. It just reminds me of how long they kept Old DH in the game before reworking it. It practically was an on-command way to boost yourself a few feet forwards, getting you to a pallet or window you would've otherwise died at.

[@TackyKnacky]

THEY FINALLY FIXED MY BOY!!!! THE OTHER 2 FREDDY MAINS AND MYSELF ARE ALL BACK BAYBEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bark_743]

I was one of the few who enjoyed "current" Freddy, mostly for his animations and simple gameplay but this version, oh man I am exited ! I haven't played this game in a few months but when this hits live servers, I'm gonna play this shit. I usually like simple characters in complex games and I don't know how different it'll feel but I'm definitely willing to try a more complex version of Freddy, especially if it enables me to do things I couldn't do before or gives me more ways to approach any specific scenario. Current Freddy is (I think) the only killer that grows weaker as the game goes on (because he can't tp to completed gens), which doesn't really make sense considering that all 3 of his perks are end game perks. So in a way I feel like these changes to the teleport will bring Freddy closer to his perks. Ps : The tp seems anoying to aim but that's maybe just on pbe, and ifnot it's fine, it'll always be better than current only uncompleted gens tp.

[@Dragonrazor741]

I think his healing teleport is gonna be a non issue. Too easy to get out of dream once people figure out being in dream=bad, they will do everything in their power to get out which is easy. I think dream pallets should not stun, and you should not be able to see dream pallets while in dream. I think he’s at least B tier above dredge. Survivors are probably gonna kill themselves on hook a lot with him because they don’t want to spend 4 seconds clapping to get out of dream.

[@StarlessSupernova]

I started in ‘19. Seeing ‘17 gameplay is… just shocking. It’s such a different game now.

[@dearcastiel4667]

So they turned him into basicaly every other killer they make nowadays ? Great.

[@Ryan-kx9iq]

This rework makes me excited to try Freddy out for the first time! I bought him post-nerf for bloodwarden and literally never played him, but I will now!

[@YaMaTo999Vir]

We are waiting for freddy vs freddy summer 2025!🗣️

[@FinestFantasyVI]

Freddy wins

[@tanuki7053]

Ur movement is so sick, its realy fun watching you

[@Lemonmoose818]

To think about it people actually miss old Dbd

[@dhgaming3798]

Personally I wish they had kept old pallets but made them visible while awake. It was always super satisfying to set one up and later have a domino fall into place mid chase. Now there is no mind game or is it real or fake. Everything else here is excellent and I’m excited for his rework.

[@dhgaming3798]

I feel that the fake pallets are too weak to be useful, between stunning the killer (no other killer can basically stun themselves), being very obvious, countered by dropping mid explosion timer, or just running. It should be a mix between the old and new pallets in that they remain not obvious but they explode on drop retaining the current functionality including the stun. This would make pallets very mind gamey and would make it to where you can’t trust what is real or fake fitting his design.

[@typervader]

its funny, people dont rembmer how often old freddy was complained about, on both sides, but now suddenly everyone wants it back?

[@braytonewell]

I've always missed him. Over the years, whenever Freddy was mentioned at all, I always remembered Old Freddy. He was my very first main. 😪

[@Koszutar]

I miss him as well, he was one;s of my main... people complained about him because he was not good against high tier players so people ignored how unique he was. Now he is boring, what the do with new killers is basically mixing existing powers.

[@braytonewell]

@@Koszutar Thos reworked Freddy is pretty fun, IMO, but I will never forget how unique the first Freddy was. 😢

[@RosaTulips-n4l]

I had finally gotten around to playing Freddy for the first time, and now they're reworking him almost immediately.

[@brianugalde7394]

I feel like being able to teleport to people healing will lead to some really toxic gameplay

[@oFcEliphas]

the old freddy looked so fun and so much more lore accurate btw

[@loner419]

00:07 that dlc skin will easily go for $200.

[@chaos7049]

What dlc?

[@UncalibratedAimbot]

@@chaos7049it’s a joke on Otz mispronouncing the name as “Freddy Cougar”

[@TurbulentEitri]

​@@chaos7049 Sexy Catgirl Freddy

[@tomtomate31]

So wait, freddy can now teleport on healing survivors like pinhead when they solve the box, except its not when you touch the box, its when you touch eachother that freddy comes? Yeah it doesn't sound right if you think about it.

[@tiagoparriaodesantanacampo5198]

just if you're awake

[@07kilswitch]

I find it a bit much. If this was in the time of old dead hard and stronger loops i would deem it absolutely necessary but no it feels like he is good at everything for like no downsides like: Wanna do gens: teleport Wanna heal: teleports Wanna vault: snare Wanna loop pallet: pallet injured you Wanna open exit: teleport Like i get if you have a good swf its still not great but most soloque teammates i get kill themselves on hook because they couldnt loop a clown for longer then 2 seconds..

[@braytonewell]

He has a lot of downsides though, too, that counteract some of those; keep that in mind. You can dodge snares, you can see fake pallets when close, and you can wake up from any clock now. And the exit gate thing is an add-on.

[@StandBySky]

There’s seriously something about dbd’s old lighting that felt so much nicer than the current lighting. Current graphics are nice but it feels like it would be better if they still had the old lighting

[@t_gabiuel6058]

Better 8 years later than never, I guess BVHR.

[@bschneidez]

I hope that gen teleport cancelling is re-instated at some point though... Those mind games were unuque to freddy (and always the most fun thing he could do) and I'm really going to miss that ability

[@lumityquw]

Meow meow finally I can see freddy being played again...I actually miss him

[@lordtoast344]

Bork There was barely any Freddy's when I played so I can't precisely give an opinion

[@soulsells]

seeing freddy buffed is bittersweet i met my best friend in a random dead by daylight match been buddies for 7 years since we would always joke about his lunge animation was the only good thing about freddy after all this time he’s finally getting a rework i think it will convince him to get back on the game again

[@ThePykeSpy]

They managed to fix Freddy just in time before they release the next Freddy. /j

[@Dhampire1976]

Next Freddy is just gonna be a cosmetic for trapper. The killer is 100000000000% springtrap. No one else is the franchise is a serial killer or as important as Afton,as he's the main driving focus of the franchise

[@captainjobber3284]

@@Dhampire1976 It's either Springtrap, low chance of Freddy, or a fairly decent chance they might do like a unique animatronic that's unique to this game, which everyone might hate cuz it's not THE guy

[@billybobf2852]

I definitely miss old Freddy. He was so much more interesting back in 2018 when I started playing.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

BHVR starting out the year strong, if they keep this up maybe this year they’ll actually deserve to be nominated for the Labor of Love Steam Award.

[@HelluGoes]

Haha good one

[@romanchavez5408]

Imo they already do

[@zashimi1345]

They scammed someone out of his money because he bought 2 of the Junji Ito skins when its not available in his area (game didn't show this but), skins are not shown in his inventory, they refuse to give him either his money or his Auric cells because though he can't use them, they are in his inventory

[@lefteron6804]

11:38 "Oh, my bad, didn't know you were chill like that".

[@MAC_HAMMER]

Not trying to take credit, but i highlighted freddy's need for a rework in the latest customer survey, so you're welcome

[@allu983]

They actually mentioned you in the patch note but they must've removed your name from it after! Thanks for making this happen!

[@qazolump]

o7

[@MrBlizzardy]

Its not 8 years to fix him, its 8 years to make him a priority.

[@deletedaccount7]

I just wish people would stop praising the heal teleport as some OP thing. Is it a strong ability? Yes. I'm not saying it isn't good. I'm just saying it isn't as bonkers OP as multiple people have been saying. I'm constantly seeing example clips where the entire example literally falls apart when you realize nothing was stopping that survivor from waking up before healing. As more survivors learn he has that ability and learn to wake up, it's going to become less often that a decent survivor actually uses it unless they WANT to be chased like how some players use the pinhead box to start a chase in a good area for them. This is exactly what i was worried about when they revealed his rework. They only made the issue they wanted to fix worse. Yes, he's better than before. But good survivors still won't have much of a problem dealing with him while he has become even bigger of a noob stomper. If this gets reverted because people refuse to wake up first and then whine and cry about something they could have prevented, then I've honestly lost hope for the community because of this and multiple other things of a similar nature.

[@8BitCyberWarrior]

Ngl the old aesthetic for Freddy's dream world and the darkness of the map in general is so much more immersive and scary. Even the effect of putting someone in the dream world is reminiscent of his nightmare powers from the movies. Man sometimes I miss how old DBD felt like a real horror game

[@Ouroboros619]

Why did it take them this long? I'm not giving them props for doing their JOB

[@Gameking0201]

Because BHVR can do the Bare Minimum, and the community lets them get away with it without a slap on the wrist

[@dains6623]

Indie company

[@primalryquaza]

Real reason is the creators have the final say on what goes through. BHVR can't make changes without their consent, and if the creators want him changed, BHVR have to abide by that

[@sellingmysoulbrb2993]

I doubt that they need creator consent for balance changes lol ​@@primalryquaza

[@zashimi1345]

​@@dains6623they have over 1000 employees. Boasted that in 2022, DBD had gone over 60 million players (might be DBD Mobile incl). They are not indie anymore but it is the reason their spaghetti code is as bad as it is

[@li0n735]

maby you could change, that if surv are awake the fake pallets look "fake" and if they are asleep the fake pallets look real and cant stun freddy like the old ones. Because they now seem pretty avoidable.

[@publicznygosc]

I was the first one to say "hi yt" 🤩🤩0:30

[@TheOneTrueRayMan]

Otz....you fiend. I happened to LOVE old freddy. the different playstyle was beautifully fun. Seeing you play old freddy made me so happy. Thank you for the video, Otz.

[@Mr-Geist-Bong]

decent rework though this is still the bare minimum I expect. I understand the issue with rights to IP's but BHVR should really give us a Robert Englund skin with his voice lines. BHVR just love doing the least amount of work (skins and lackluster changes) I refuse to believe that they don't have enough money to put back into the actual game.

[@zashimi1345]

Yeah, I refuse to think that the IP holders would be against them adding in Robert and Freddie is still sold as seperate dlc so one gets him for free but I would pay Legendary skin to play proper Freddie