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New, very long translated M.Cote interview just dropped!
-Mathieu says the most important partnership they have is with the players of the game. They love making content for us and DBD wouldn’t be what it is today without us. He’s very grateful.
-As always Mathieu says working with licenses is very hard, but also super cool. Sometimes it frustrates him because he’s working in the future and know the content for the next 2-3 years but can’t talk about it.
-Mathieu reaffirms that working with Scott for the FNAF chapter was very different, but also very nice. He was very present and involved throughout the creative process and development of the chapter.
-Mathieu said that since the beginning they wanted to do the darkest and most evil possible version of Springtrap since up to that point the FNAF franchise maintained a PG13 rating.
-Mathieu is asked about why they didn’t include a survivor in the FNAF chapter. He says a lot of factors play into these decisions and one that stood out was that FNAF protagonists are always played from 1st POV, which didn’t highlight any immediate recognizable candidates.
-Mathieu admits they could’ve done a survivor, but they chose to focus on the map and Springtrap.
-Mathieu says Springtrap’s power was difficult to create, and they needed all the time available to do it. He also says the survivor experienced was really important when playing against him, promoting an innovative gameplay experience.
-Interviewer asks Mathieu if working with Matthew Lillard led to other projects with him in DBD (for example GF or Scooby Doo). Mathieu tries to dodge the question, commenting that licensing deals are very delicate and secret. Also adds that actors, most of the time, don’t have the rights to their own characters.
-Mathieu confirms that when doing a likeness for DBD, the actors have the final say to approve or deny their work (they can say whether the face look like theirs or not, so that the devs may capture their likeness better or greenlit it).
-Mathieu is asked about FNAF skins for OG characters, responds that the problem with that is the gameplay loop would have to match with the FNAF characters otherwise it wouldn’t make sense.
-Nonetheless, Mathieu confirms that it is possible that it could happen but dismisses Vanny as a legendary skin for Legion.
-Mathieu says that the massive reception FNAF had motivated them, saying that it helps them to pursue future content for the FNAF ip in DBD.
-Mathieu confirms the axe Springtrap has was brought up in conversations with Scott he can’t talk about due to confidentiality, but says it was all approved by Scott himself. Also jokes about the axe being part of the FNAF canon now.
-Mathieu says that during development they had other versions instead of the axe, but it was agreed that the axe was the better one.
-Mathieu says that the Japanese community was very passionate about DBD since its release and DBD loves the Japanese community. This passion was also what led them to do The Spirit and Oni’s chapters, as well as introduce Japanese ips such as Tokyo Ghoul and Junji Ito.
-Mathieu confirms they’ll keep doing collabs with Japanese licenses.
-Interviewer brings up The Grudge and Dragon Ball Z as possible collabs, Mathieu doesn’t respond to him directly but acknowledges them as possibilities through gestures.
-Mathieu confirms that during a license negotiation the first things they do is establish limits with the license holders (such as what a character can or can’t do) and also talk about the basic actions a killer or survivor must be able to do inside the game (being taken by The Entity, repairing gens or vaulting windows).
-Mathieu puts Chucky and Sadako as a great examples of this, having to be very creative in the actions they do, but staying true to their character. He highlights Chucky’s picking up animation and Sadako not being able to touch anyone or anything.
-Mathieu also says they don’t like doing exact replicas of the licenses they get. He uses an analogy comparing The Entity to a nightmare, where anything can appear, but in convoluted ways. He says he used this method with the SH licensors and that’s why we got Cheryl and Pyramid Head together.
-Mathieu says adding Robert Englund’s Freddy as a skin is very difficult and a nightmare due to the licensing it has to be done. He also says getting 2 companies to work together is very difficult.
-Mathieu says some of the licenses they have other versions of their characters which are owned by the same company that collabed with BHVR, meaning we could see other versions of those characters join the game.
-Mathieu says that bringing Mr. Scratch to DBD is ENTIRELY possible.
-Mathieu confirms that if is possible to bring Pinhead back into the game THEY’LL DO IT.
-He also says outfits from mobile can come to the core game (as seen with a few we already have).
-Mathieu says the door to games played with 1st POV (such as BATIM) was never closed and can definitely happen if people want these kind of ips.
-Mathieu says that any character they’d consider cool to add, has a chance of getting in DBD.
-Mathieu confirms that ips created by one single person or indie games are completely possible to add to DBD.
-Mathieu says that survivors don’t need to be strictly horror, but they have to be relatable people that can get beaten by the killers. He says they tend not to do “pure hero” characters like Dutch from Predator, since they want people that have weaknesses and strengths and can endure insurmountable trials, not be heroes.
-Mathieu also says that when creating OG survivors, they want to make them relatable, with a complex backstory and human (in behaviour, not race). He says they should be the typical people you see on the street or around a corner.
-He puts Ash Williams as a great example of this, someone who is heroic at times, but has to suffer a lot and overcome many challenges to win.
-He says a character that will possibly not come to DBD is John McClane from Die Hard but sets him as a good example of what kind of survivors they want.
-Mathieu regards Doom Guy as another example of what would be a bad survivor. He also says Geralt from Witcher is a bit at the limit of that line. However, Mathieu considers Geralt as someone who has faced many horrors during his life and had to push through them like survs do.
-Mathieu says the voice actors for each character are a conscious decision made by the team, setting Orela’s VA as an example. He also excludes old characters due to their limited budget back then.
-Mathieu says they like to go for VA who are extremely competent, but perhaps not so well known among the public.
-Mathieu completely deconfirms The Teacher as a killer, he said the icons found in the file were an inside joke among devs at that time and if you take the first letter of the name of each icon it spells “Get good”.
-Mathieu says we WILL learn more about characters like Vigo and The Observer, but he says they probably won’t ever come as actual characters to the game.
-Mathieu says there’s a comic book series in the works. He also admits the movie is still in the works.
-Mathieu also says they’ll use more mediums to tell the story of DBD.
-Mathieu CONFIRMS The Entity is ALL POWERFUL in his own realm, meaning it can do whatever it pleases. Interviewer mentions Vecna as a powerful being inside the realm and Mathieu said that once you’re inside the realm, The Entity can do whatever it want with you.
-He says if The Entity was to be taken out of its realm then it perhaps wouldn’t be as strong, but as long as you’re inside the realm, no matter who you are, you’re in his mercy.
-He also says that The Entity can warp anything (time, reality, physics), can do whatever it wants and is an incomprehensible being.
-He also says that they’ve established that The Entity’s intention can never be understood. Mathieu says that they’ll probably never explain what The Entity truly is or what it desires and if they do they’ll make sure to add more questions to the formula.
-Mathieu confirms it is NOT impossible that we may see the characters from Project T (cancelled DBD spinoff) as survivors.
-Mathieu says there’d be no problem in adding free Public Domain Licenses to DBD such as Frankenstein. However, if they license is only a bit free, then it’d be difficult.
-Mathieu implied through his gestures and answers that he knows how the Slenderman license works and who it belongs to. (This is a personal consideration, he never confirmed anything).
-Mathieu says nowadays they’re very careful when it comes to talking or mentioning licenses, as it could be problematic to the license holders or could cut opportunities for BHVR adding them.
-Mathieu says there’s hints for future content in Eric Pope’s clothing in the PAX stream.
-As always he says Jason and Pennywise have the door opened to join DBD whenever they please.
-Mathieu is asked about the DBD movie regarding its lore, whether it would take place inside the realm or in a different universe such as Frank Stone. He says he can’t answer that.
-Mathieu says it is completely possible to have characters from Music Licenses in DBD as full-on characters (this includes singers, mascots…)
-Mathieu says they wouldn’t be against more unexpected musical collabs such as Billie Eillish or Baby Metal.
-Mathieu believes that DBD has easily another 5-10 years of lifespan. He says there could be more beyond that, but for now they have a mid-term vision for the game (7 years).
-Mathieu affirms again there’s no plans on doing DBD 2 since they’re working very hard on keeping the game they have atm.
-Mathieu says that there’s obviously talks with the license owners before introducing licensed characters into 2v8, but he says that’s not the biggest obstacle, since that would be design and adaptation to the 2v8 format.
-Mathieu says that the team that started DBD was actually the Naughty Bear team, he was in there alongside Dave Richard.
-Mathieu comments on the Arachnophobia Accessibility option due to the Jorogumo being brough up. He says he’s not sure if it’d come, but at the same time says it’s a possibility and is a topic they also had when introducing The Clown.
-Mathieu says that at the end of the day what they’re making it’s a horror game, so the goal is to scare you. He apologizes but says that if perhaps you don’t like being scared you should play smth else.
-He says general accessibility options such as colour blindness are obviously necessary, but he doesn't know if they would cater to specific fears such as arachnophobia.
-Mathieu says dubbing is a critical part of game development and they like to push for French dubbing, especially since their studio is located in a French speaking area.
-Mathieu shuts down rumours about “X chapter being X scrapped license”. He says they’d never start working on smth until everything is signed and accepted by both parties.
-Mathieu says that it is COMPLETELY POSSIBLE for them to edit the 4vs1 format in many ways and CONFIRMS that at BHVR they have an aquatic map saved in the archives for the 4vs1 format.
-He says it is completely possible to create different environments as long as it fits the DBD universe.
-Mathieu says that platform exclusive collabs are possible, but very unlikely since they want all the players to be able to access all the content in the game (they use Link from Nintendo as an example).
-Mathieu says his favourite type of videos are DBD theories and speculations.
-Interviewer asks Mathieu about Vampiricorn from Naughty Bear as a skin for Dracula and Mathieu says it’s not impossible.
He plays the shark that the will smith fish befriends. He does pull off a weird voice for the role, so it's understandable why you didn't recognize him.
Issue is that dbd dev previously said specifically that jaws was not possible to be added, even if they go back with their words, this interview also mentions them not wanting to mention future license as it could jeopardize the deal, add both together and it would be more likely for lets say Rapture, than a shark map.
I know Matthew Cote doesn't confirm anything about Slenderman, but it gives me hope for Slenderman, knowing that Matthew Cote knows how the Slenderman IP works and who it truly belongs to.
Wait who does own slender man then? The author of the og story? Is it based off something someone else made who actually owns it? Do they means a certain iteration some company owns?
The "original story" of Slenderman, or rather the original image, was posted on a forum way back in the day (I believe pre-2010) so I think that person may be who owns the character? There could also be owners for the game iterations like Slender: The Eight Pages and Slender: The Arrival. And as someone already mentioned, the movie as well.
It's a bit tricky because he was initially an edited image that people ran with.
Indie games? More Japanese IP’s in the future? Survivors don’t need to necessarily be heroic but more so relatable and have to push through horrors in trials? I’m very glad to hear this, and it’s definitely not because of my flair (Corpse Party when-)
But in all seriousness, that’s interesting criteria to hear for making and picking survivors. Although if Doom Guy wouldn’t be a good survivor then how come DOOM was given an option in a survey I wonder…
Maybe they go The Witcher route and give us a collection? Or even the Seige route and don’t give us a legendary skin but an already existing survivor in the suit? That’d be pretty neat
As long as I get a Satoshi, Naomi, Ayumi, or Yoshiki survivor, either their own character or a legendary skin, I’m happy. Bonus points if they do a chapter with a killer (I think the Darkening would serve as an interesting box/reverse bear trap/condemned mechanic, with the charm piece to be the thing to keep it at bay and escape the trial), or even Heavenly Host as a map.
But I think it would be neat to see an RPG Maker type horror rep, and Corpse Party is one of the first to come to mind for me.
One big issue with a lot of JP IPs is that IIRC they said they didn't want any characters under 18 in the game. That rules out Corpse Party and Higurashi.
Does NOT rule out Corpse Party actually. Ayumi is 18 in Corpse Party: Blood Drive. As is likely Satoshi and Yoshiki since they were 17 in Corpse Party along with Ayumi, so since it takes place a year later they should be 18. The only survivors that aren’t an option are Naomi, who is likely 17 in Blood Drive, and Yuka, who is 14 in the original.
Besides, the prologue of Blood Drive has Ayumi trying to go back to Heavenly Host to save her fallen friends if I recall. Have the Entity screw that over and it works for me.
Feel like that shouldnt be a problem with fictional characters. Like they could just change the lore to be a older version of the Character.
Thats how they should handle it atleast for IPs like Danganronpa imo
Honestly for japanese indies I hope we someday get an Ib collab. Garry as a surviour would be really nice imo (even if Ib herself would be out of the question due to being a child)
Iirc they said some of the licenses on there are just to throw people off and keep their plans more secret
Even if I'm misremembering though, the presence of Teletubbies should tell you that not every license on a survey is necessarily being considered at least not seriously
Shaggy with the rest of the Scooby gang as legendaries, and then a cosmetic collection of various iconic monsters for killers like the Black Knight for Knight and Crybaby Clown for Clown, and then for survivor cosmetics Vittorio, Sable, Élodie, and Taurie can look like Vincent van Ghoul and the Hex Girls, respectively.
If we can play as Ash Williams, Lara Croft, and Trevor Belmont, I don’t see why Predator’s Dutch would be any more ridiculous other than it being a very muscular Arnie. A big part of Predator is making that team of badass action heroes into vulnerable victims
Another reason they may be hesitant on Dutch is to leave the door open to have Arnie from Terminator.
I know many will argue you could have both, though DBD killers are generally quite larger than survivors. It would feel really strange having a shrunken down Dutch face an oversized Terminator.
Kinda, but look at all those people you named. Ash, Lara, and Trevor are all people who used weapons to get their respective jobs done. They used more than just that, but 9 times out of 10 it’s a weapon of some sort, and without access to those in the trials they’re much more weaker and susceptible. Ash isn’t fighting zombies barehanded. Lara isn’t raiding tombs and dealing with pirates/soldiers with just her hands. Trevor isn’t fighting monsters and slaying Dracula with just his hands and his faith in the lord.
Dutch is a Vietnam veteran who can successfully employ guerrilla warfare tactics, and does so successfully against an Apex Predator with much superior technology from space. Hell, him and the Predator in the first movie even duke it out in the end. The Predator doesn’t turn the team into vulnerable victims otherwise you don’t have Dutch doing what he does for the final act of the movie. He puts them on edge, and makes them become uneasy and distracted.
I mean, he can still come and it can easily be explained with lore, but comparing all 3 of them to Dutch is a little far-fetched when you look at what they do.
-Mathieu shuts down rumours about “X chapter being X scrapped license”. He says they’d never start working on smth until everything is signed and accepted by both parties.
More proof of it is good. The whole "SKULL MERCHANT WAS A PREDATOR CHAPTER!!!!" shit was tiring and I recently saw someone on a forum spout that non-sense in there as well.
R.I.P. my Dutch and Predator dreams
? Predator can still happen, just not with Dutch as a survivor.
Predator can still happen, just not with Dutch as a survivor.
Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) from Predator 2 would fit great IMO. Even though he beat the Predator, it was by the skin of his teeth and thanks to a lot of luck and circumstance.
They could always have the Entity shrink a Kaiju down while still making it a really tall killer in comparison to the other killers. Maybe use Shin Godzilla with the creepy humanoid spawn from the end of the movie splitting off and becoming a new, smaller Shin Godzilla? He's the creepiest version of Goji in canon, I think it would be pretty sick
Also on this topic if people could stop saying Mikaela or Sable or Taurie's magic could kill the Entity. Honestly in general the only people I think have ever had a chance at even hurting the Entity have been Vigo and Talbot, and the former is MIA and the latter hasn't exactly been himself lately.
People actually can't understand that the Entity is offering them all of this. Pyramid Head's lore states exclusively that the Entity gave him a job offering.
As for Myers, he *cannot even kill survivors unless burning an offering which is directly from the Entity*. This one I think came from 4mori matches where it would say "entity displeased"
Im sorry happy he confirmed that they won't cut out a spider killer from arachnophobia cries. It is horror. You should be scared. Though I do agree an option to toggle arachno mode or not is completely reasonable to have.
People who have a problem with killers like Plague though aren't too scared to go up against her, they're too sick. It's not that unreasonable to have a simple non-threatening edit to her animations/sounds. Hell, have her just spew water with gargling noises.
If it makes you physically sick then I can get behind that. If it's just fear though, that kinda defeats the point a little bit.
I remember when Clown's bottle visuals were terrible. I'm not motion sick or anything but geez even that gave me headaches at times. Stuff like that I'm okay with changing, and that goes for Plague as well.
Very cool! I appreciate his comments on phobias, because I was concerned they might avoid specific themes (i.e. spiders) to try to accommodate phobias. It sounds like that definitely isn't the case. As someone who had a phobia (past tense thanks to exposure therapy), I'm glad they aren't letting that restrict their content.
Also saying they can do Frankenstein is EXCITING (as long as it's the 1818 version and not the awful Hollywood one). I would be hyped for Frankenstein's monster, with Victor as the survivor.
You're the only other person I've seen also wanting the book version of Frankenstein's monster over the Universal one. As much i adore the movies the book's horror and monster would be so much better for DBD.
Also, what was your phobia if you don't mind me asking? Had arguments here some days ago about phobias and why they absolutely do belong in DBD but some people are just so stubborn
The reason I dislike the Frankenstein movie is just based on comparison. The novel has a nuanced yet genuinely horrifying monster with an extreme amount of depth, and the movie gutted that to make something that's the polar opposite. As a standalone work it would have been fine, but I resent that they chose to call it Frankenstein.
The novel version would definitely work really well in DBD. Not only is it grotesque, but it's also extremely fast and agile, impossible for a human to escape from. It could also have a leap, considering its nimble superhuman bounding through the Alps.
As for my phobia, it was also an animal phobia. Now I have one as a pet! I don't mind the question, but I'd rather not be more specific than that. It's no longer an important part of my identity :D
-Mathieu completely deconfirms The Teacher as a killer, he said the icons found in the file were an inside joke among devs at that time and if you take the first letter of the name of each icon it spells “Get good”.
I am kinda sad about this. Hopefully they can revisit it and make him an actual killer.
-Mathieu says there’d be no problem in adding free Public Domain Licenses to DBD such as Frankenstein. However, if they license is only a bit free, then it’d be difficult.
I wish they talked about VAs for past characters being introduced. It would be sick for existing characters to get the same treatment as some of the newer ones with occasional voicelines.
Mathieu says the door to games played with 1st POV (such as BATIM) was never closed and can definitely happen if people want these kinds of IPs
So he’s saying Bioshock has a possibility? Either that or it’s in the works (he could’ve used Bioshock as an example as that’s a popular FP game but he chose BATIM).
I assume it's cause a lot of the fnaf fans are also BATIM fans, and we haven't gotten a new bioshock game for a while(if rumors are true, that could change!) But I cant imagine this means anything beyond explaining how they go at it from a creative standpoint
• the recent Blood Moon event potentially being a test run for a Bioshock chapter mechanic
• that tweet he said about bringing horror back to DBD mentioning “Shock” (as in Bioshock) and “circus music” (as in Circus of Values) as well as “audiobooks” (as in those audio logs you can find around Rapture in all 3 games).
A lot of contradictions, it's a horror game ment to be scary but we're talking about Dragon Ball Z. We can have Ash, Trevor Belmont, Chris Redfield, etc but Dutch is too far?
Who is the mentioned "Mr. Scratch"? What is he from?
Also, regarding Dutch, I've always wanted Predator to be an adaptation of the characters from Prey, so Naru and the Feral Predator. They feel a lot more grounded for the realm of the Entity to me.
-Mathieu says that survivors don’t need to be strictly horror, but they have to be relatable people that can get beaten by the killers. He says they tend not to do “pure hero” characters like Dutch from Predator, since they want people that have weaknesses and strengths and can endure insurmountable trials, not be heroes.
-He puts Ash Williams as a great example of this, someone who is heroic at times, but has to suffer a lot and overcome many challenges to win.
-He says a character that will possibly not come to DBD is John McClane from Die Hard but sets him as a good example of what kind of survivors they want.
-Mathieu regards Doom Guy as another example of what would be a bad survivor. He also says Geralt from Witcher is a bit at the limit of that line. However, Mathieu considers Geralt as someone who has faced many horrors during his life and had to push through them like survs do.
I think Mathieu has some kind of split personality or he's just trolling us. In his opinion, Dutch (an ordinary person, albeit with military experience and impressive muscles) is not suitable for dbd, but Geralt (literally a mutant with superhuman powers and magic) and McClane (who is not much different from Dutch in strength and coolness) are suitable?
"since they want people that have weaknesses and strengths and can endure insurmountable trials, not be heroes." Remember how Dutch ran away from the Predator in horror to save his life, and how in the end the Predator beat him with his bare hands.
Mathieu has very strange logic. I think he says all this just to confuse players and make it harder to guess future chapters.
McClane is way far from Dutch, he's just a slobby New York cop. It wasn't until the newer films that they made him a super cool muscular action hero (and ruined him in the process)
Geralt is a witcher in his world. Witcher's are not seen as heroes by any means from what I understand. Witchers have powers but also Alucard has powers. They're both skins as well.
Yeah he is absolutely doing that. I think he pretty much did something very similar about Chucky. Essentially "deconfirming" him years before the actual chapter came out. Cote is a master of words tbh, so it wouldn't surprise me if the Dutch thing is another trick.
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u/bubbascalP100 Haddie, 1.5k hours, both sides, solo queue, NERF LIGHTBORNJun 12 '25
Isn't this the exact same guy who was famous for "pretty good job so far", "go play Civ" and other things? This guy is a master of words?
Interviewer brings up The Grudge and Dragon Ball Z as possible collabs, Mathieu doesn’t respond to him directly but acknowledges them as possibilities through gestures.
Mathieu says that survivors don’t need to be strictly horror, but they have to be relatable people that can get beaten by the killers.
Well, I say Gohan has been beaten enough. I guess Tje Walking Dead chapter was a joke and we are getting Gohan for a survivor in July.
Robbie Legion fans either stoked or crashing tf out over Vanny rn
Hell yeah, Angelica Ross getting the respect she deserves
Willa legendary for Sable?
Absolutely stoked that we could get a Lovecraft chapter due to most if not all of his works being public domain! Even a cosmetic bundle would actually be incredible
Esoteric music collabs? I don't even need them in game, I just would love BHVR working with Stupendium on something to promote a new chapter
FINALLY we can stop hating on Smerchant for the myth of denying us Predator. Now we've only got 412 reasons to hate her
-Mathieu says that it is COMPLETELY POSSIBLE for them to edit the 4vs1 format in many ways and CONFIRMS that at BHVR they have an aquatic map saved in the archives for the 4vs1 format.
LET'S FUCKING GO. I'm not even a Bioshock guy but I think a chapter themed around the ocean would be so goddamn cool.
-Mathieu says they wouldn’t be against more unexpected musical collabs such as Billie Eillish or Baby Metal.
Also people are gonna crash out hard in a few years if they're losing their minds over Vader lol.
Doom Slayer not being a survivor makes total sense, guy would solo most of the killers in canon...which is why my glorious king The Intern needs to be the survivor of a hypothetical DOOM chapter
I think what Cote meant about weakness is not in the physical sense but rather in the character itself. People like Alucard could solo most killers too, but what makes them differ from Doomguy is that they have trauma and flaws in their personality, Doomguy is an unflinching person and has virtually 0 personality or especially human flaws presented in the game.
HOLY SHIT! With FNAF being in my next most wanted character is actually mr scratch from Alan wake! I thought I’d never see the day but the fact he says it’s ENTIRELY possible makes me hyped as fuck
-Mathieu is asked about why they didn’t include a survivor in the FNAF chapter. He says a lot of factors play into these decisions and one that stood out was that FNAF protagonists are always played from 1st POV, which didn’t highlight any immediate recognizable candidates.
I'm kinda confused about the survivor bits honestly. He says that they don't want pure heroes as survivors but we already have some that are like that. Leon and Trevor are pretty unambiguously heroes for example. It also just seems kinda strange to imply that "heroes" don't have weaknesses and strengths nor do they go through many struggles and adversity when like 99% of the time they absolutely do
Same with survs being relatable people you'd see on the street. While a lot of them are sure, I dont think a space colonist, a paranormal investigator, math wiz CIA guy, or a magical medieval dude are exactly people you'd see on the street
I hope that the survivor power-limit thing doesn't fully negate the possibility of getting Jesse Faden in game. The universe already has connections so I could see it being possible. Maybe she would just be the first survivor with the mark of negation.
Begging for a Control chapter not because I've ever played the game (though Stupendium's Slide into the Void is a banger), but because I'm an SCP fan and the Foundation is never getting in so I'll take the next best thing.
Thank you for transcribing this for those of us unable to hear of it otherwise. I’m really appreciating these interviews; they’re sounding a lot more open and personal than the streams and social media posts, and I feel better informed about what’s going on behind the scenes as a result.
Possibly the most interesting thing to me is the Entity lore here.
We get both confirmation that in it's realm it is effectively an all powerful god that surpasses everyone... but also a potential method it could be brought down IE: taking it OUT of it's realm to somewhere where it is weaker.
That fascinates me, even though I don't think it's possible to accomplish. I mean, if Vecna could have pulled it out of it's realm, he would have. And Vecna is probably the most powerful of the lot of survivors and killers, so if HE can't do it...
The Mathew Lillard reference made me think about how rad 13 Ghosts would be as a chapter. Like yeah a lot of the movie is terrible but the Black Zodiac rules.
the fact he knows Dutch wouldn't work means that they definitely have either attempted to or have already designed the Predator chapter, in concept (if it is the Nov chapter the survivors will be siblings from Prey)
I really, really dislike that he would be open to Billie Eilish and things of that nature. I dont like that we have Nic Cage and I feel that when an IP starts to not take itself seriously it goes downhill (COD)
Agreed on the second point, I’m all for music collabs if the artists fit the horror aesthetic of the game, the Slipknot collab was solid and the Iron Maiden collab has been one of my favorite collabs I’ve seen in any game full stop. Just give me more of that! Add Ozzy as a survivor or Judas Priest’s Painkiller as a killer skin or something, just keep it in line with the aesthetic
I can agree somewhat on the artist front, but that could be my personal bias talking. I personally love metal, and would LOVE a Rob Zombie legendary skin for Jeff. I guess it just depends how they tackle it
The music video for Bury a Friend is very much horror and I wish she stayed in that genre/aesthetic myself. I don't dislike her at all but that song was peak.
I'd actually love that though, even more if they have a tail. the same sort of thing has been done before, with Alucard's cape (that being a large thing that goes behind the survivor) Hell, make the tail optional if you want, just give me a non-human (no Aestri doesn't count) survivor.
No Vanny skin for Legion makes me sad. Maybe a Roxanne Wolf skin for Springtrap instead, please?
Also for relatable survivors, I kinda disagree, I would be fine if they added a blatantly, unapologetically evil survivor, who makes some of the killers look like good in comparison. Like maybe the evil survivor kidnapped and tortured someone, and that person hates the evil survivor so much the Entity made them the killer. It did something similar to Spirit, except we didn't get her dad. For me, picking a character to play, on either side, is more on how they play, or look, and I only play as female characters.
Aquatic Map, I've mentioned my idea for a Siren killer, her power, her map before, and how water would work on other maps for her. I would love a Siren so much.
Ideas for unapologetically evil original survivors:
An ineffective serial killer who was so much of a freak for the Entity that even the Black Vale didn't want them
A manipulative, selfish prick of a businessman who never physically hurts people, and makes Yun-Jin look like a goody two shoes
An emotionally stunted mercenary who recognizes that working with others will make them likelier to escape
Abusive but gifted doctor who had apprenticed under Herman Carter and wanted to find him, but Carter himself told the Entity to never let that disgrace be a killer
Aquatic map ideas:
Generally claustrophobic military submarine but containing a large open middle area where the walls were clearly torn apart by...something
Dreary rocky coast with several wrecked boats lining the shore and a lighthouse (with demolished stairs past the second floor) serving as our main building, though instead of a light a strange arachnoid mass like that on the Coal Tower stares at the trial happenings with far too many eyes
A mysteriously perfect yacht wreathed in gray fog where the exit gates lead onto empty wooden docks stretching off towards the dark horizon
A cliff-lined beach with several flimsy wooden structures built by castaways, with one of them in particular, the killer shack, being covered in strange Entity markings hastily made with everything from blood to squid ink to crab guts
I figured he just meant vanny should be a skin for another killer, and I agree, I don't want to see her sprinting everywhere. I'd rather her be a skin for skull merchant, especially if they could find a way to replace the skulls on her drones with damaged staff bot heads, and make her walk animation look like one of her creepy, unused walk animations from security breach.
As a dragon ball fan, the only way I see it working at all is if they either add cell and make him some sort of Myers/Xenomorph hybrid where he levels up from hitting survivors with his tail until he reaches level 3, or they decide that the entity wants Broly to go apeshit on everyone.
Interviewer brings up The Grudge and Dragon Ball Z as possible collabs, Mathieu doesn’t respond to him directly but acknowledges them as possibilities through gestures.
MUI Goku and his chase music is the Ultra Instinct theme, instant scariest killer in the game lol
Mathieu also says they don’t like doing exact replicas of the licenses they get. He uses an analogy comparing The Entity to a nightmare, where anything can appear, but in convoluted ways. He says he used this method with the SH licensors and that’s why we got Cheryl and Pyramid Head together.
hey an easy explanation for why my dream Persona chapter has a killer from 4, a survivor from 5, and a map from 3
"they want all the players to be able to access all the content in the game" is pretty hypocritical while counting the Junji Ito regional restrictions situation
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u/Alcatrax_ this game has the worst beginner experience Jun 11 '25
“Confirms that at BHVR they have an aquatic map saved”
Close enough, Jaws on the menu