Coming out in 2017, around the same time as Friday the 13th: The Game, the asymmetrical survival horror Dead by Daylight had some stiff competition. But which came first — the chicken or the egg? Well, it was Gun Media’s Friday the 13th that beat Behaviour Interactive to the mark, coming out in May 2017 — whereas Dead by Daylight didn’t debut until June of the same year. Knowing how immensely popular Friday the 13th: The Game would be (and it was), Behaviour had to outmatch its competitor by branching out in regard to original characters (OCs) and giving audiences something they hadn’t seen before, unlike Jason Voorhees. That also explains why Jason isn’t a playable character in Dead by Daylight, considering the legal battle happening behind the scenes for the rights to the character between the director of several Friday the 13th films, Sean S. Cunningham, and the screenwriter for the 1980 original, Victor Miller.
Needless to say, Behaviour Interactive was fortunate enough to have creative freedom with their non-license characters, allowing for Killers varying in strength, weakness, and abilities, as well as unique lore embedded in the overarching backstory of the game. There are some fan favorites cropping up here and there, such as Michael Myers and Leatherface, but Dead by Daylight has found undeniable success with its OCs, many of whom are Killer Mains for the majority of the community. We gave you some insight as to what your Survivor Main says about you, so what about the Killers?
Anyone who mains Trapper will generally fall under two categories: either you’re a newbie who resonated with Trapper, the poster boy of Dead by Daylight, or you’ve been playing for so long — since the very beginning — and you’ve got a
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