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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@bynosaurus4024]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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,

[@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 🤭

[@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. 🤣

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. 🤣

[@monkyfromheckheeheebanana6990]

killer queen has already touched this pallet

[@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

[@bynosaurus4024]

@@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]

@@bynosaurus4024 There's always a minority. Most listen to the majority though.

[@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

[@gabrysmichalek4281]

17:58 oh my god how beautiful that looks

[@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.

[@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

[@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."

[@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

[@jellybuns1015]

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

[@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

[@Trident_Gaming03]

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

[@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.

[@andrewmcquillan6066]

Knife hand Joe makes his return

[@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!!

[@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!

[@ToxicTeacherTTV]

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

[@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..

[@liloreo2871]

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

[@egghamm]

THAT'S ME LMAO ILY

[@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]

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?

[@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....

[@vercingetorixbretwalda1325]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Lvit2BeaverTail]

I think the future of DBD would benefit from slowing down on new killers and starting to rework the existing most tenured killers. The approach I’ve seen from new killers is a multi-faceted approach where people are describing the new killer to one another as “it’s basically pyramid head meets demo, meets wraith” and I think until each killer gets a “multiple choice M2” functionality, we’ll keep seeing a growing disparity between the Trapper and Draculas of the world. In my perfect world Trapper would have a “snare and reel” style trap that operated like slinger or the dog, a “that pallet’s not your friend” trap similar to blood favor, lich hand, or even Freddy’s new explosion. Something to give him flavor and versatility in the play style.

[@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.

[@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. 😥

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@natanielescudero6267]

I don't know why but seeing this video literaly made my whole day better. I'am not going very well this time and Freddy Always was one of my favorite character but he was so boring to play a lot... It been a very long time since the last time i played dbd and seeing that he finally hot a rework and seeing how amazing he is now literaly just made my whole day. Thanks you

[@pokebasti2001]

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

[@feathero3]

Don't like losing snares as traps, and just having yet another power that can hit through obstacles. Much prefer leaving puddles to be alerted to survivors presence or lead them into a slow down. Also think being alerted to heals is already quite powerful, but also being able to teleport to them for interruption? That's insanely powerful! And finally hate that you can no longer mind game with the teleport. That was one of my favorite aspects of Freddy, and now getting locked into an incorrect gen is going to be even more obnoxious... Do appreciate getting both pallets and snares though without an add-on. And pallet bombs are interesting. And at least being asleep does seem to be even more of a threat to encourage waking, which has been made easier to accomplish.

[@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!

[@noName-tr3sv]

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

[@billybobf2852]

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

[@Herman_Hedning]

Survivors didn't like Release Freddy either because of his constant aura read and survivors still complained about the nerfed Freddy version since he still had permanent aura read. All versions except the one we have currently didn't get complained because he is a joke of a killer.

[@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

[@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.

[@TackyKnacky]

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

[@Arsene_ArAi]

As an average rebellious teenager I can confirm I have gone through less phases than freddy so far

[@TTVUndeadGaming]

Freddy CAN teleport to gens that have been completed

[@braytonewell]

Yeah, I noticed that too. 🤣

[@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

[@nooxet]

I really miss those old aura outlines where it made it way easier to see than how it is now. Never understand why they changed that and made it look worse.

[@lordofallusion5862]

I appreciate the changes, I just wish they had something to do with, you know, Freddy Krueger. Doesn't really give you the sense that you are Freddy, while every other licensed killers definitely fits their theme. But hell, best no to nitpick, at least he's playable again!

[@twosoup3252]

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

[@CaptainMantine]

2025 WILL BE MYERS YEAR BABY

[@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

[@1P_Juice]

sharp hand joe is eating good this year

[@isaiahmoyer1173]

someone was def a freddy main in the dev team

[@taco6n13]

I love how the fact that how shitty old freddy add-ons were is highlighted here because Black Box used to be one of his better add-ons, it got a slight buff with this rework, and is now one of his worst.

[@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.

[@Czesnek]

I can't believe people used to think OG Freddy was OP. If the killer was released like this today he would be D tier.

[@alainriverasanchez4795]

Great job BHVR they finally add Freddy to the game, I will miss the long fingers guy that give you some scratches in the back

[@gustavorangelmacedo987]

As we could see by Otz gameplay, old freddy was OP so he needed to be nerfed to the most recent freddy

[@BelzeOFC]

I ordered a pizza. It arrived and as youtube was opening I said "Please, tell me there's a new video" there was. I am now able to have dinner. Buon Appetito.

[@wazzok2973]

"This version of Freddy is a little bit more modern." Otz i get it, nobody likes the nightmare on elm street remake.

[@MrBlizzardy]

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

[@muunhead]

Ooh it's a fake pallet, but it looks like a fake pallet, but if you drop the pallet that you can tell is fake, you will become a little bit more sleepy, so eventually when you're fully asleep, you will become a little bit slower... Can they just relax and turn Freddy to a clown skin with a bottles-to-snares addon 😅

[@Bradles]

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

[@banditdoggo]

Hes like a teleporting artist mixed with nemsis ramp up

[@RichieGonzo]

It's taken about as long to fix Myers. Still waiting.😊

[@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.

[@albezelcz3452]

15:51 A- in my opinion... The 4 sec slow of survivors without almost any slowdown for freddy is strong in my opinion. + the healing thing... The clock might counter him so much but idk how often survivors can use that...

[@KL-ki8db]

They can't spam it, when a survivor uses one of the four clocks that specific clock cannot be used for 40 seconds.

[@Nikkibuh]

They can wake up at /any/ clock now, and each clock has a 40 second cooldown.

[@sordieo]

Stun by dream pallets feel so bad

[@Lemonmoose818]

To think about it people actually miss old Dbd

[@Dragonbro91_]

Oh my god.. They made the weakest killer in the games power easier to use while also nerfing its effectiveness, because thats balanced. And you can teleport to an injured baby in a game were you can heal within 15 seconds,soo broken. Along with finally allowing us to use both powers in a single match, which totally would've been too op on release of his first rework. BEST KILLER IN THE GAME, atleast for the first 2 days of the new patch while the last 6 main streamers play him all day. HYPE!!!

[@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

[@notmerkyy]

Would love to see you do some more Old Dead by Daylight content, can really help show how far the game has gone and also drip feed that sweet sweet nostalgia

[@myunihausen]

My boy is back! Nighty night kiddy's :)

[@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.

[@RosaTulips-n4l]

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

[@BY-xd1yr]

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

[@YaMaTo999Vir]

We are waiting for freddy vs freddy summer 2025!🗣️

[@FinestFantasyVI]

Freddy wins

[@brianugalde7394]

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

[@StarlessSupernova]

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

[@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.

[@ohenthevoidwatcher3939]

y'know what's funny ?. this new rework of freddy. feels much more like the robert englund freddy then the reboot one. the explosive pallets. teleporting to people who are healing. it gives off this vibe of someone who's having a blast of screwing with you. and while could easily make things quick. would rather toy. crack jokes. and so forth. it really does feel very fitting for the freddy we all know and love

[@felpblade3.029]

The faster pick up was insanely fast wow, thats so gonna catch me off guard when I go for saves

[@kanyaweest684]

Otz time travels to when nightmare got released. Really shows otzs dedication to dbd