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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9340412" data-attributes="member: 6669048">I think DBD came first in that particular genre of game. If not, it was the one that popularized it before the official Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Evil Dead games used the same format along with one Resident Evil spin-off.It's 4v1 asymmetrical multiplayer. One person is the killer and each killer has their own special powers. Only the killer knows which killer it is at the start. For example, Freddy Kruger can drag Survivors into the Dream World, while Michael Myers has stealth abilities to allow him to pop up out of anywhere.The other four players are Survivors, who the only difference it makes between characters is their appearance. Jill Valentine plays exactly the same as Laurie Strode plays exactly the same as Nancy Wheeler. However, players get points for how well they play and for pulling various "stunts" like barely escaping from the killer or blocking them by knocking over a large wooden board to block their path. Those can be used to level up your character and buy more abilities for your Survivors, but none are unique to specific characters the way Killers get unique powers.The Killer wins by killing the Survivors before they can escape the level. This is done by knocking down the Survivor by stabbing or otherwise attacking them and then carrying them (kicking and screaming often) to a sacrificial hook. After some time on the hook, the Survivor will be killed. They can either wiggle their way off the hook or be rescued by another Survivor, but if they're put on the hook a second time, they die instantly.The Survivors win by escaping the level, which they do by either finding a secret escape hatch (harder than it sounds) or by repairing a number of power generators hidden around the level that will allow you to open one of two powered gates to let you out.There's a number of different levels, each with their own feel and different types of obstacles and early warning systems. Some of the aspects of the level can be randomized like the locations of generators, exits, hooks, totems (small items that give the Killer their power which can be destroyed by the Survivors to even the playing field a bit), giant hooden plywood boards used to block off narrow paths, etc.I would like to say that I only know this much because I mod for a Twitch streamer who played this game regularly until 2021 when they promoted an NFT scheme. So if they've made any changes since then, I'm not aware of them and they didn't show up on my quick searches to fact-check myself.</blockquote>

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