Was 2024 A GOOD Year For DbD?

[@MintSkull]

In short, yes, this year was amazing! There were some problems with it, there are still problems with it, but overall, this year is better than last year, and a lot of massive improvements were added, as well as new game modes finally! Now, one thing regarding the video is that originally, there were 25 entries, but I decided to completely skip the masquerade, haunted by daylight and bone chill event (So the events entry) and focus more on the modifiers and new game modes, as I think all three of the new events were low key meh and will probably repeat again on 2025 so you didn't miss out on much, wereas modifiers and game modes actually have a chance at improving the game forever!

[@Bohh219]

@@MintSkull hey mint skull can you explain the reason for recent layoffs at behavior?

[@ghost_hotdog1420]

You forgot the fnaf crossover announcement, this was definitely one of the biggest things in the year as people having been asking for it for years

[@MintSkull]

@@ghost_hotdog1420 While true, it's a PNG! I would like to see what they end up cooking for 2025, I truly hope they go all in with a lot of cosmetics for killers and survivors, there is a lot of potential 👀

[@realjulian465]

Happy New Year🎉

[@matt2569]

Azhymovs collab when?

[@CathieMoonflower6010]

A thumbnail that isnt clickbait and actually give you the answer to the question? unbelievable. you deserve a like and sub. happy new year in advance.

[@MintSkull]

I made it that way because the video turned out to be half an hour long, so just in case I don't waste anyone's time!

[@aurahdz2468]

A lot of people complain about DBD (which is understandable a lot of the times) but this is actually one of the only games that I see it's improving little by little

[@Bohh219]

Yet layoffs happen? Something just doesn't add up

[@epickpotato25]

The problem is the "little by little" part.

[@declangrogan1168]

​@epickpotato25 tbh its better than most other games not improving at all or getting worse (overwatch)

[@Sonyaire]

@Bohh219 To be fair, nearly every big gaming company, whether they're successful or failing, has had big layoffs over the last few years. Doesn't excuse BHVR or anyone else from laying off so many employees, but it isn't really indicative of how successful BHVR and DbD is, it's more of an issue with the gaming industry overhiring during COVID and wanting to increase profits by letting go employees they don't deem essential anymore.

[@jakubjunak1195]

I agree but they need to fix their source of balancing. Maybe get better statistics or add a ranked system. Many op killer builds are gatekept and secretly op without anyone knowing while theyre overnerfing killers like chucky

[@windindi2834]

26:00 Won't lie, Dracula has been my favorite killer to ever release since I started playing. Love going against him as well as using him to smite all who stand before me.

[@bananaboy2373]

Despite all the memes, dbd didn't suck balls this year, which is actually insane to think about. The castlevainia chapter was my fav personally

[@1tsJustKetchup]

Imo it sucked performance wise. Chapter wise, this was one of the best years we’ve had

[@Thurkzs]

It sucked more balls than ever

[@saidbrizzo2187]

Yeh me too But performance, im suffering because i am a switch player (and yes i have a PC but thanks to Nintendo i will have to buy all the goddamn DLC's and i rather not do that)but ye Castlevania chapter was fire when i saw the Rift Trailer i was so happy seing the DSvanias costumes and Soma Cruz Being a Legendary outfit i just say "i will buy this Day 1" and hell now my survivor main is Deep Rift Soma And im considering to main Dracula over Wesker because im feeling that Wesker is getting pretty weak if you don't use the Hug Tech because its almost impossible on 30 unestable FPS But overrall it was a pretty great year with a lot of fun for DBD

[@flopsnextdoor]

24:10 the biggest issue with 2v8 when it was first out was the maps being different for everyone, as in certain tiles that were loaded on your screen were not there on other people’s screens😭 I remember literally walking through walls and teleporting around because of it, also there was a huge bug where if you got caged you would teleport inside of a hook which made your teammates unable to unhook you! And sometimes the fences on the edge of the map wouldn’t load and you could get out of bounds

[@zoff.him1]

Imo the only problem/major problem was the killer queues. Idek what u could do to make survivor more fun maybe introduce never seen things like voice chat? Or idk. Idek atp. Like killer will prolly always be fun imo. I hope they fix it when my main comes out, either next time or the time after that

[@notMegaM]

Happy new year 2025, MintSkull. I can't wait till you reach 100k!

[@MintSkull]

Thank you so much, happy new year 2025 for you too!

[@Zenzei842]

As a skully main I have so much respect for you and for the skull merchant segment. It’s heartbreaking seeing a killer I loved at first sight get torn to pieces over neanderthals. She wasn’t perfect and needed adjustments, and these nerfs were overkill beyond question. If survivors are gonna continue to complain for no reason, then BHVR should just do her mains justice at that point. They can’t balance stupidity after all

[@Badblood226]

Bro thinks he’s pixel bush

[@Zenzei842]

@ no sir, I’m my own person thank you lol

[@GlitchedOutZero]

I’m not a skull merc player, and tbh I don’t like to face her. But that’s not because of the killer herself. For me it’s the types of skull’s that I’ve ran into that have ran sluging builds. As a killer I find her quite interesting to face as you can’t recklessly run around the map. So I do hope that they buff her back up so she’s playable so that some of the old skull mains return

[@Zenzei842]

@@GlitchedOutZero totally valid, I feel the same about pinhead. I will say tho, this whole “skull merchant toxic” thought processes has always a bit felt self-fulfilling to me. I mean, if a group of players have been harassed for almost 2 years straight, been the target of mean spirited comments from players and content creators alike, and constantly disrespected in end game chats, why is it so surprising that they’re not friendly? It’s like slapping someone across the face, and then blaming them for their reaction, y’know? Not saying you do that, or that’s the case for everyone, just something I try to look out for

[@GlitchedOutZero]

@ yea, with the hate skull players have had I can’t been to shocked this is how a chunk of players turned out like this. And if I could change 1 thing about dbd this would be 1 of the top considerations

[@rtristan8572]

I'm surprised there is no mention of the removal of Blight's hugtech, which was very, very impactful.

[@Dg_Gaming_YT887]

I honestly believe that the best part of 2024 for DBD is The Unknown. I haven't stopped playing as it since they first released.

[@krewl1252]

sad to know most devs that worked on it got fired/layed off

[@Dg_Gaming_YT887]

@krewl1252 I'm actually pretty upset about that. They did such a great job with teasing All Things Wicked.

[@krewl1252]

@@Dg_Gaming_YT887 as am i but it seems licensed content is more important then keeping good employment

[@Marverick1998]

Me with the Houndmaster rn

[@aitormentalonso]

Now the next year will be even better because we are getting freddy rework, another skully rework, the fnaf chapter , the supposed tokyo ghoul chapter and who knows maybe a really awaited licensed chapter for the 2nd half of 2025

[@Thurkzs]

Yehh killers getting huge buffs while survs props get nerfed even more thsn this year the game sucks anyway got boring after 1k hours at 4k now. Only pop in for events and see how sweaty they are and logoff

[@Dolape007]

​@@Thurkzs chucky and skull merchant?

[@aitormentalonso]

​@@Thurkzsidk dude im sure you realized im a killer player so yeah idk what to say about survivor and i dont really want to start debating

[@Badblood226]

Jurassic park is supposed to be the solo chapter after fnaf No map No survivors

[@Drazil232]

7:46 Honestly, i would love for chaos shufel to be a permanent option in the main game, with either letting the game just randomly pick some perks and still let you change them before you play or giving bonus bloodpoints(or tbh what i prefer, a EXP bonus) without the option to change it up. Even better would be if the other team gets like a notification that they are doing that... like imagine "Killer offers chaos shufel! Do you accept?"

[@zoff.him1]

The problem I see with game modes being permanent is that normal dbd will be lost and like some ppl will lean on another side than another unless they do the blood point bonus

[@lunaliciousgeek]

@@zoff.him1 Problem with BP bonus is if it doesn't push where people are actually needed. The last week of 2v8 there were always multi-minute load times on regular games because the BP bonus pushed so many players to 2v8, so playing normal mode was a slog. I get it might be to keep activity going in 2v8 while it was around, but it still detracted from players who wanted to play the normal mode

[@difference3maker36]

Yes -Billy went back to being S tier -We got great killers like Dracula, Vecna, unknown. -a lot of balance changes that were great -great game modes that made it more spicy

[@daybroken2281]

I think it was pretty good as someone that joined during Castlevania. But I think to be funny, you should do a match as Skull Merchant where you just walk around on your radar as if Skull Merchant’s done with everyone and decides that her “phone” is more worthwhile than actually doing her job and then see if you STILL get a 4 man DC.

[@yunerz]

Alan Wake was what brought me to this game (otherwise I wouldn't honestly). After such a long drought of content for this franchise this was really cool to have! And Matthew Porretta got a chance to really play around with the character and made him more relatable out of the original games.

[@muysli.y1855]

Sad that he have very worst perks ppl ask for buff in the ptb but didn't happen

[@_o..o_1871]

2vs8 was the best part of DBD in 2024

[@evildragon04]

Man talks about Dracula being top 5, but not the clear, over high kill rate, 4 powers in 1, vecna. Wild

[@michellerahe4853]

Comparing this year to years previous, ye. We got new modes and modifiers finally all throughout the year, more consistent balance patches, more QOL updates. Unique licenses for everyone

[@morganjacob1195]

Billy was my first love. The first cross map snipe happened and I was hooked forever. And all the buffs are welcome

[@onesaucynougat7471]

I remember I mained him for a while after I got a down during the first ten seconds of a match. Nowadays I don’t really play him but pulling off good plays with him was satisfying.

[@episodalgaming7872]

The Knight bug where you can hear him stomping next to you when he is using his power honestly scares the crap outta me! My mouse goes flying!

[@YIKEDubDub]

I played a little when Huntress released, but I started really playing and getting into to it during the Epic sale during Project W. This year felt like the year of fixing really obvious and annoying issues and generally a pretty good year for new mechanics and fixes. I stopped playing around the Singularity's release, and came back. But now the game feels entirely different, Modifiers, Gamemodes, Anti-Camp, bad Killers becoming (somewhat) usable, bad perks getting adjusted and going into the meta, the multitude of licenses, new menu's, and in general alot of new things that make DbD feel better. I'm hoping 2025 continues this trend and works on old mechanics/content.

[@wwashington_]

I gotta say, “Skully” is from a Brazilian chapter and all Brazilians call her by her name, Adriana 😅

[@geheimkanal6968]

Poor Myers. My boy waited 8 Years for this Buffs and didn´t even get the Chance to say Hello :(

[@sssveden]

he got stalk buffs recently, faster stalking from afar, slower from up close. Nothing crazy but still a decent buff

[@geheimkanal6968]

@ well he was now one of the 3 worst killers in the game for years and this are the first real changes. Also the way you play him is now completely different with the new stalk system

[@nallienne]

Last year dbd kept everything in the sci-fi horror vibe. This year, I believe they went with dark fantasy, witchcraft and occult style, considering Castlevania, DnD and All things wicked. I hope they continue this weird tradition with themed chapters because it's honestly fun to keep a specific vibe for a whole year. I think this year was amazing and can't wait for the new updates and chapters!! :)

[@Platinum199]

if thats the case, we know FNAF is next year so i wonder where that would fit and what next years theme will be

[@YaMaTo999Vir]

By that logic, next year will be HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

[@Hugo-zc4no]

love you mintskull, hope you have a amazing new year

[@MintSkull]

I appreciate it, have an amazing 2025 year too!

[@GreyBokoblin3]

I get why some peoppe wpuld DC against Merchant, but I find her more fun than a good number of killers to play against. A main example for me is Clown, who I find boring to play against, or Freddy/Bubba, as I always seem to get the more toxic varity of both. It also makes me mad that they always seem to DC when I am survivor.

[@TheUnnamableHorror]

Along with the layoffs, I personally blame the lack of quality and exciting marketing for new content on leakers. Why waste the time and energy when the surprise has already been ruined?

[@troyg2102]

Chaos shuffle is life.

[@mettrixgamer]

"the unknown has a very interesting backstory" he literally has none. it's all unknown

[@gh0stf4ce84]

I'm not exactly a Alan Wake fan, but i started playing the first game, and i'm wondering how didn't the devs make a perk that heals in a place where a generator got finished. It would be lore accurate and perhaps a good healing alternative

[@opechatka]

Thanks for the video. I have my own opiniions on every chaper or patch, it's interersting how similar or different our opinions are. Happy New year!

[@mcahtme2977]

The only thing killers got that was good this year was Dracula & Vecna. Hound Master is ok but not playable & no good perks because they’re underwhelming or been nerfed.

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

I will actually disagree on the shrine of secrets one. I’ve noticed that BHVR has been putting a lot more perks from the recent chapters into the shrine, which is nice as you usually had to wait months or years for those perks to appear in the shrine ONCE. I do think it’s still overpriced, especially since they reduced the price of many characters, but it is better than it has been.

[@Alessandro90933]

I hope for Predator or Jason the next year 🫠

[@VR00100]

Im convinced BHVR pays this guy to not say anything negative about this game, even if it's bad he will say it like it's good Im really suprised he didn't mention how they gutted Blight from the second best killer in the game to somewhere in B tier (we all know Blight's power wasn't the problem, it was his add-ons which they couldn't balance so they gutted him, kinda like spirit with her audio nerf and yet survivors still complain when you can just camp a pallet, she's also 110). Also Greenville Square sucks for any killer without mobility, just play something like Legion and you will realise the map is so big that patrolling gens is basically impossible, and withe the places to cut line of slight even spotting survivors is extremely difficult You also forgot to add in the name of "balancing" killer all killer perks now a joke compared to what they were just a year or two ago, whereas the survivor arsenal is ever increasing, slowdown perks for killer is non existent

[@vaporghoul]

If u think blight is gutted you just suck at blight maybe and you're just getting beat by better survivors.

[@VR00100]

@vaporghoul lmao I suck at blight lol sure, your really saying that with a ghostface pfp 😂🤡 My main argument is why should a new survivor who wants to win games pick blight? They can pick Nurse or plague instead Let's get back to why Blight sucks now, as mentioned above bump logic is extremely RNG dependant, good luck playing Blight on RPD or any other map with close quarters and lots of obstacles If you think the removal of hug tech didn't gut blight then you have never played blight (at least seriously). Your also the same person who think Spirit is still broken even after her audio nerfs just because some Utuber (like Otz 🤡) said so

[@vaporghoul]

@@VR00100 I know hug tech removal sucks but he's genuinely still incredibly strong, v1 tech and bump logic was improved and I slide on objects way less than I did when he first came out which was unbearable. He still has the best mobility on command with practice only really being tied with billy post overdrive. If you cant catch a survivor with blight that means that you are not better than the survivors and you need to practice your flicks.

[@VR00100]

@vaporghoul "Best Mobility on command" so Nurse and Billy are a joke to you? No seriously these two have much much better map traversal and they need you to play pinball, im saying this as someone who has close to a 1000 hours on blight alone... Blight is extremely reliant on his add-ons now which is extremely bad, BHVR is known to make unnecessary changes to add-ons (usually nerfs), just see what happened to Sadako (she was another killer entirely reliant on add-ons for you to properly utilize condemn, I hated that play style because you have to slug meaning you lost hooks) Either way can't wait for BHVR to release another mid/weak killer, last good killer they released was Wesker (who is a joke now, Nemesis now is pretty good however in my opinion stronger than wesker). In terms of newer killer Singularity has grown on me (but the emp is frustrating) Bhvr didn't learn from Freddy that giving survivors the ability to counter killers isn't a good idea

[@vaporghoul]

@@VR00100 bro if you need add ons with blight you are just fucking dog shit bro. Practice the game instead of whining like a little bitch and maybe, just maybe, you might fun.

[@Zandyneer]

I also too, will randomly freeze for a few or many seconds before resuming perfectly stable gameplay, I also have this issue with other Unreal Engine 5 games like fortnite and believe the issue is tied to the engine, very annoying.

[@jackservantes6903]

Skullies 3 gen meta was gone way before 2024. They hated her on 2024 due to the scanning and haste witch people said it was unfair. SM will never be accepted if content creaters bash on her, even for the wrong reasons. The stigma videos create on her wont change, even if she just an m1 killer only with no powers.

[@yeettusmaxsemus623]

good video! its really nice to get an overview over the past year.

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

I have only 3 issues with this past year: 1- They added Castlevania without a map. CASTLEvania... but NO MAP. 2- Frank Stone wasn't added. I know he's going to show up someday, but why not closer to his game's release? No. Instead we got the dog lady who is still currently on killswitch. 3-SBMMR is still a thing. Every year in this game where SBMMR is a thing is always going to be haunted by that system. Bonus - Lara Croft was added without her true iconic outfit. Which is odd considering Kate Denson has shorts but Lara Croft doesn't????

[@CrungleTheGoober]

We got two well written original killers, Dracula from castlevania, vecna from dnd, 2v8, and the FNaF chapter was announced. They truly did a pretty good job so far.

[@RykerSaddler]

Mint skull I would say yes but what’s your favourite perk from this year

[@MintSkull]

From this year it's Unforeseen, I love it and how well it integrates with previous gen kicking perks! The other is Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass, I started running pure scourge hook builds thanks to it! Survivor wise, the only perk I actively use in a lot of my matches is Strenght in Shadows with Botany, so I have to go with that one! Finesse is also really fun.

[@RykerSaddler]

@ Finesse is my favourite. I also like how unknowns perks start with un

[@ThatOneCucumber721]

Honestly I don’t really struggle with stuttering, I struggle with the game just literally crashing. The amount of times that I racked up DC penalties because the game crashed Is absurd and it’s extremely fucking annoying.

[@timothybyrne7698]

I honestly am happy Chucky got nerfed but honestly I think they over buffed the singularity, he feels pretty boring to play against.

[@Piromysl359]

The only bad thing that happened in DBD this year is how BHVR basically admitted that Skull Merchant is their biggest failure and she is beyond saving by basically nerfed her to the ground just so people wouldn't play her.

[@freezerounds]

Beyond saving? *That* they did not admit, seeing as they literally announced yet another rework for her.

[@CookieTaiga]

​@@freezerounds to gutted her again? No thank you my child is going through enough. She need to settle down cuz survivors maun are whinny bitches that dont want killer to have anything

[@heronik79]

I mean can you say that devs gave up with Skull Merchant when they literally never gave her any changes after the rework? No nerf, no buff, some minor quality of life changes but besides that, nothing, they didn't touch her which kinda makes me think that the rework was made fast to just not make her play chess but was not what they wanted so they just left her be until now. And ye, I have no idea why people still complain about Skill Merchant when she sucks so much after the gutting and all I wanted is just finally a 3rd trap killer with some stealth cause I like traps and how they make me feel smart when I get value and dumb when they completely fail, and some stealth, Hex Plaything my beloved bwaha

[@CounterGoose53]

I agree it’s absurd to DC against skull merchant now because she sucks but I disagree on why people hated her before. It’s not that nobody knew the counter play. it’s that the counter play was stay at loop and get damaged/slowed or leave loop. Her counter play is still boring today it’s just not needed since she is so bad.

[@Sonicrobb]

Hoping next year has a casting of frank stone chapter🙏🙏

[@DavidLucian]

We need more Indoor Maps

[@anierikidemona]

Nah man. Take it back. Alan's skill check perk was the final gem in a masterpiece build. Honestly I'm starting to think that I just have a knack for picking perks accepted as nonmeta or downright bad, and making them work

[@muysli.y1855]

Still one of the worst perks, as i said no buff in the ptb his perks will die fast Other skillcheck perks are stronger and have less disadvantage Maybe this year his perks will get buffed

[@anierikidemona]

@muysli.y1855 I just grab it for the frequency paired with hyper focus. I hit the greats like 2/3 of the time and use them with the one where you cover other peoples screwed up checks. I've not found a favorite 4th for them but RN I'm using the one where you build tokens being in the killers radius, but it's honestly just a comfort pick from when I hit the checks less frequently and was using this build for practice. The builds punished severely against the doctor. But otherwise it's a great generalist build that doesn't restrict where your benefits apply. If I had any skill at all with flashlights, I'd probably put the build a chunk lower. But currently I just make nice flashlights and drop them for other survivors when I'm running chest builds or something. Edit: I've also run into a recent issue where survivors won't let me heal them, much less heal me. So I spend a lot of time injured either way.

[@carloscoda1273]

Honestly at 2025 i think that people who DCs against Skully is wild Sure i hate her for 3 important reasons 1- Her older version 2- The clickbait that BHVR did to us about futuristic killers (i was soooo excited to see "The Horror" finally on the game, only to he a recycle of Trickster's facial with Nea haircut, with the most unconfortable suits to wear in tropical environments, to end being an otaku instead of mercenarie) pathetic lore and visuals stills bothers me 3- One content creator who mained Skully attacked me twice calling me "-phobic" for not liking Skully and putting me on Twitter ridiculized me back on 2022 But since the first rework i learnt to play against her and appreciate her a bit, until today which my first match of the year was a heartwarming Skully But i hate more Sable

[@ottooctavius9552]

The Freddy rework will be the most important

[@ericbotondbatternay8452]

Regarding Sable's lore, I think it's meant to be a joke on those who are or want to be "different" leaning into the ironic trope. If it's genuine, then it is horrific, but sadly, we don't have confirmation.

[@onesaucynougat7471]

I really hope it is but looking at the DBD community I’m leaning towards someone writing down the lore and going “wow this is some good stuff”

[@badatdbd444]

I want more love for Baermar, I honestly love him. Wish he was a tiefling tho.

[@Dhampire1976]

This year definitely was a good one,even with the questionable reworks/nerfs or buffs and balance over all but outside of that,it's the best so far. And next year is gonna be getting fnaf as well and the march license is 99% slender so it's only gonna get better

[@Toxel5]

(13:50) I thought the FPS stutters were only me and I was worried that my GPU was dying, I also have a strong pc. I’m glad it’s a game issue and not me, I hope it gets fixed soon.

[@shadowforce1987]

The only game stuttering I get is usually at the very start of the match for the first match I'm on for the day

[@Foudremagic]

About the lags at the patch when they switched to UE5, I remember I never experienced this issue

[@adumbledoor394]

The issues that UE5 brought to the game, which still for the most part are present to this day, make this not a good year, in my opinion. I don't think that any content update or QoL really matters at all, if the game is plagued by issues that frequently make the game unplayable and at the bare minimum constantly frustrating to play. It's the year with, by far, the least amount of playtime in the past 3-ish years for me because the game performs horribly.

[@thomashaught1295]

all things wicked was definitely the most exciting part of this year for me. the anticipation of that chapter and those first few days before and after it was released were the best!

[@Maitapa1]

I bet Behaviour will make skull merchant playable if you manage to say "skull" instead of "school"

[@OtakuJuanma2]

I dont understand what the big deal with the FOV slider is. Theres literally no difference in-game, and when you show the before and after side by side, they are identical.

[@LeGabrielMan]

have you tried opening your eyes when you play the game

[@nicjoy4407]

I feel like you are watching a different video.

[@sssveden]

FOV slider actually may nerf you with some killers, because it's an absolutely garbage implementation of it. The way how it works is that it moves the camera behind you, meaning yes - you see more but also the perception of the distance is flawed, which can fuck up your lunges or make you feel you are in a safe spot in front of a pallet when in reality you are about to get stunned.

[@Frost_Winterfall]

people like to forget that Alan Wake inspired nearly the entire gameplay loop of the game for the survivors

[@aidanssquarebrain7323]

you know skull merchant is bad when one of the only times I've played against her since the nerf was just her running in circles the whole game

[@realjulian465]

7:51 - I agree with that. All Things Wicked is the best original chapter in my opinion.

[@ZamasuManzon]

I thought it was the Steam Recording function that made the 1s random freezes, but now seeing that there's A LOT of people experiencing this too... DAMN!

[@Shadowlink-bt7tv]

The unreal engine 5 update ruined performance for me. Before, the game was very stable but now, microstutters are always happening in the game.

[@thefluffyaj4119]

they have tried to combat 3 of the most annoying thongs in dbd. 3 gens, camping, and tunneling. they all still exist to sone degree of course, but I find it great that they are finally trying to address these in the first place. I've noticed a lot of good progression, while it's not perfect (looking at skull merchants dead body) I think it's good that they're finally trying. yknow. 8 or sonething years later

[@cupidbirds]

ace visconti

[@magganboi1350]

Visconti ace

[@parkers3250]

Vvace Vvisconti

[@archael7807]

I would love to see 5v5 mode

[@Platinum199]

genuinely, i didnt see many complain about the stuttering. It happens to me too, often enough to be really bothering. I also have a strong pc that is more than capable of playing dbd at 120fps on max settings and same with you DBD is the only game i get these stutters on. Hope they get fixed soon since a lot of UE5 games have stutters that go unfixed

[@mywifeisntdead]

this year genuinely has some of my favorite chapters (alan wake, castlevania, all things wicked, doomed course) so character-wise, it's been a huge dub for me and i'm so excited for 2025 because it also has a potential to be insanely huge with their licenses (i'm looking at you, fnaf)

[@jburnaquatic]

Until they make an offline mode where I can play survivor with 3 ai survivor teammates and an ai killer, which I can set the difficulty of, easy, medium, or hard, I will not be satisfied with this game. Sometimes I just want to run gens and hide and run, for fun, not with other people, against a cpu. The one player killer mode, is too dang hard to practice as killers. They should have an easy setting. What if I just want to play as Twins but not have a challenge. The game needs to appeal more to casuals. Not all of us want to grind, and not of all us have twitch we stream on. I just want a fun game with all cpus and changeable difficult. Is that too much to ask for? In my opinion, thats what I would like.

[@lethal6973]

Honestly, I had some big issues with how they handled the technical side of the game and some buffs and nerfs, alongside the whole layoff shit, but content wise we had it quite good this year, except for houndmaster release. Now, the wait for fnaf is gonna be even shorter 👀.

[@BasementDweller_]

I’m hyped for next year.

[@braytonewell]

As an epileptic myself, epilepsy has a lot more to it than many understand. Truthfully, I am not affected by the flashing like many people think, nor do I shake. It is way more complex than believed.

[@lokyproduction6187]

finally someone how say the truth about skull merchant because i'm really sad to see how dev destroy this killer because of some dude dosen't understand her i really think bubba or trickster is WORST

[@coytheboyy]

Wake up (imaginary) babe new MintSkull video

[@sleepybim]

Mirrored illusion is NOT a good perk, but it is a FUN perk

[@tigerplace3397]

0:01 Massive you say? You know what else is massive? The amount of licensed chapters for DBD in 2025

[@Its_SaberHG]

This is the first year imo where no chapter was horrendous and a complete failure

[@RemyMa88]

Pretty sure the most recent chapter bombed hard.

[@Its_SaberHG]

@RemyMa88 It wasn't perfect but it definitely didn't bomb hard as the killer was just buggy. She was actually super fun to play as + the survivor was amazing

[@pacorka9943]

1. Yes. I experience stutters and lag spikes almost every single game. It's gotten so bad in the last week that I'm on a mini break from DBD. 2. I had a Knight bug while playing him a couple months ago where a survivor got literally stuck inside of a locker mid guard chase. I could open the locker and it would do the normal open and slam animation. Another survivor could get inside the locker in front of the other survivor. And then get out and be grabbed as normal. It was the weirdest bug I've ever seen. Somehow about 5-10m later the bug stopped and the survivor was able to escape. 3. I loved playing against Skull Merchant pre this last nerf. And she was fun to play. The community really sucks the joy out of trap killers such as Trapper, Hag, or SM

[@christopherlmoo]

I bet that 2025 will be the best year for DBD than 2024.

[@Mercer526]

As a singularity and skull merchant enjoyer, their reworks were simultaneously the best and worst parts of the year

[@chinchillinDaily]

The highest skill killer vs lowest skill killer

[@holyw5478]

I would say the FOV slider while useful, still looks super unpolished. The skins of the killer break and the audio gets out of synced to your FOV

[@Scyclo]

you know i get your videos recommended to me so often i thought i was subbed but apparently not, there ya go. The community entitlement thing is something i 100% agree with you on. It's gotten so bad lately that its kinda unfun, and i dislike that i cant play characters that i wanna play without survivors being little entitled babies refusing to learn counterplay mechanics. Skull merchant was fine, she was gutted because her high kill rate due to survivors being babies sacrificing themselves on hook not wanting to deal with her. The only thing they needed to rework was the haste on detection. the only thing needed was what she has now for her haste, everything else was unwarrented. It also set a precedent that is concerning for the future of the game too as it has happened with Twins, SM and Houndmaster, and thats this kicking the can down the road mentality they have as of late. Twins just recieved QoL changes, which imo puts them in a decent spot now, but iirc they said they will look at them later, they gutted SM because she needs a fix but refused to fix her properly because they are promising a rework in the next 8 years probably (overexageration obv), and they giga buffed houndmaster because they were going on vacation and didnt wanna leave her in a terrible state, because people just bought her and they didnt want to have backlash from people that just bought her happing because of a kill switch. This precedent they have set is quite concerning, and its not the first time its happened, it happened with freddy all those years ago. they left him a terrible state until his rework with the micro sleep stuff. I'm hoping they dont keep doing stuff like this, as its not good for game health.

[@krewl1252]

if you like licensed chapters it a great year and same for next year if you like og chapters, quality of life fixes, reworking the hillbilly (after asking him not to get the over heat mechanics) and fixes to barely played killers when there are much more overplayed killers that need reworks and more then no

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

*N O* Literally left. Never have I refused to play the game during Halloween before.

[@Rordan03]

You forgot about dbdmobile 😢

[@notname1199]

I had forgotten about all those important changes in the game, like being able to change the FOV, I think it was a good year for DBD in general. About the game freezing, that happened to me too, I thought it was a problem with my PC.

[@DCPTF2]

the fact that DBD is still alive means it was in fact a bad year for DBD, because now we all have to play it for another year

[@wojskowy1182]

who tells you to play?

[@DCPTF2]

@@wojskowy1182 1: my friends who keep saying every time i stop that "the game has gotten better", 2: my addictive personality which has latched onto this game for whatever stupid reason, 3: the devs coming out with a ton of FOMO stuff that feeds back into my addictive personality

[@wojskowy1182]

@@DCPTF2 bro if you don't enjoy playing then dosen't matter what is happening in the game just stop playing and it will be better for you

[@onesaucynougat7471]

I’m glad the game is doing well and staying alive but yeah lmao it’s just not fun in general

[@DCPTF2]

@@wojskowy1182 did you miss the part where i've tried?, multiple times in fact to quit this game?

[@Grey_Skies]

16:53 Hey, as the only existing Baermar main I completely understand

[@YOGAMALLAMA]

OMG YESS!! I had no issues when I first streamed DBD, it was fine and worked perfectly, but ever since that update, whenever I stream, I get FPS drops as well as delay issues more and more, I would complain a lot during my streams when it happens, its sadly not that fun whenever I stream this game with this ongoing issue but I try my best to make it work, my inputs can go up to 10 seconds delayed reactions in worse cases! Its starting to hinder my streaming career for this game and don't know how to fix it ;-;

[@talion5481]

KILLERS went on next level Crying Mode, every test in DbD is worst than previous

[@RemyMa88]

And every time they cried they got their way. And it’s never gonna change.

[@imreviving]

About the stuttering, since I've always played in 150ms of ping, jokes on you guys, I don't see any changes. Nah, but seriously, it has been worse, even with my ping it is very annoying, but I guess it's DBD after all.

[@polterkhoist]

This was probably the best time ever for me to get into dbd. (I started in mid January 2024)

[@timothybyrne7698]

Imma be honest saying that Greenville square is well balanced is hilarious asf

[@erickr6400]

Dungeons and Dragons' map was such a disappointment. Instead of being a full dungeon, half of it is a generic mess of tiles thrown around, and you spend the majority of the match in the boring part. I would've rather we got Dracula's castle and I hope they don't do this for FNAF. A cool pizzeria packed with references and easter eggs but then you spend 90% of the match in a half-baked forest or suburb or some boring setting we already have.

[@SeeNogDBDYT]

All Things Wicked, being the scariest chapter we got in a long time waaas great. I wonder what original chapter in the future will live up to this one.

[@LolyAnna-n1d]

6:01 LoL if you don't hear about her anymore it's because no one plays her anymore. At the same time we can understand we start from a killer where you were shaking when you faced her... Who as a killer did you face? Sadako Did I say a killer please?

[@aubreygordon7492]

dont forget the singularity quality of life changes this year were my favorite