RUTHLESS

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT offers up the most interesting cat-and-mouse multiplayer on the market.

By Luke Winkie

The Dead by Daylight premise is simple: four players take the roles of survivors in a Saw-like bloodsport, fixing generators to power an exit gate before hightailing it to safety. The fifth player is a killer who has to prevent the survivors from escaping, impaling them on meathooks and leaving them for an eldritch force. In 2016, it was received as a way to indulge in a brief blood orgy before migrating to more refined multiplayer games. Perhaps you will face off against the famous Pyramid Head What I don’t think anyone saw coming was for Dead by Daylight to mature into one of the best multiplayer experiences you can play, with razor-sharp mechanical intrigue, an ultra-complex web of versatile builds and strategies, and a diverse suite of characters. What…

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PC Gamer United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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