Deathslinger's The Redeemer is a powerful long-ranged harpoon that allows the killer to launch a spear attached to a chain in an enemy's body. Once launched the Deathslinger can reel the survivor in and dish out a powerful blow downing the player. This makes the Deathslinger one of the few ranged killers within the cast. Making avoiding the character a near impossibil These two abilities cement the Demogorgon as one of the best killers for dominating map space. This makes facing the Demogorgon a...

The Archives are broken up into three distinct categories; Rift, Tome, and Shrine. They each offer something unique to help players understand the survivors' backstories, perks, and even unlock some cosmetics. There's a branching algorithm of various challenges that players must complete in order to achieve higher status and unlock character origin-story elements. Some challenges can be rolled-over across different trails and give players multiple chances to complete. However, there are higher T...

The overall mechanics between Resident Evil Resistance and Dead by Daylight are much different overall, despite similar themes and objectives. Resident Evil Resistance's Mastermind player is actually sitting at a computer terminal watching the survivors on CCTV cameras, setting traps, controlling remotely controlled gun turrets, deploying multiple zombies and hordes of other enemies, and other exploits. To make the gameplay more enjoyable, the Mastermind player can also take control of the deplo...

Asymmetrical games, on the other hand, are competitive games in which one or more player has drastically different power level and set of tools from the other players. Games like Dead by Daylight , Predator: Hunting Grounds , and Evolve have done an excellent job in creating asymmetrical worlds where both sides have wildly different power levels, objectives, and playstyles, effectively creating two games in To truly master the art of being a successful killer in Dead by Daylight players will ne...

Winning and losing at video games can often be measured by clear, quantifiable objectives, but the same is not true of several contemporary asymmetrical PvP titles. How does one quantify success in games that pit players against one another with conflicting objectives and to When in Feral Frenzy, Legion loses the ability to kill a Survivor. Rather, he can only down that Survivor and inflict them with the Deep Wound status effect. So even though the ability allows him to chase down enemies, he is...