Dead by Daylight adds Nicolas Cage as a playable Survivor with acting-related powers
As promised, Nicolas Cage (Renfield, Pig) is now a playable character in Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive’s venerable multiplayer survival horror game pitting Survivors against Killers. He’s bringing the power of acting to the game’s realm of terror, known as the Fog.
Cage is now a selectable character in Dead by Daylight’s public test build through Steam, which will launch fully in late July.
In the new DLC, Cage plays himself: actor Nicolas Cage. During a film shoot, Nic acts with such skill and gravitas that he accidentally summons Dead by Daylight’s “malevolent being of incomprehensible power,” The Entity. Cage is thus sent to the Fog, where he fights for his life against the likes of Ghostface from Scream, Sadako from The Ring, Albert Wesker from the Resident Evil games, and many more Killers. (Cage, in fact, cited Sadako’s appearance in Dead by Daylight as one of the reasons he lent his likeness to the game.)
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Nicolas Cage brings his own unique character perks to Dead by Daylight, harnessing his massive, Academy Award-winning talents in his struggle for survival. Here’s the breakdown of Nic’s powers, including the very amusing perk Plot Twist, in which Nic Cage can kind of die but — plot twist! — fully recover:
Dramaturgy: Activates while you are healthy. While running, press the Active Ability Button 2 to run with knees high for 0.5 seconds and then gain 25% Haste for 2 seconds, followed by an unknown effect (one of the following).
• Exposed for 12 seconds
• Gain 25% Haste for 2 seconds
• Scream, but nothing happens
• Gain a random rare item in hand with random add-ons and drop any held item
The same effect cannot happen twice in a row. Causes exhaustion for 60/50/40. Can’t be used while
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