What to Expect From Dead by Daylight's Walking Dead…

After years of fan requests, the popular survival horror game Dead by Daylight will finally crossover with one of horror’s most popular comic and television show franchises: The Walking Dead. Initially teased on July 7th with an image of The Walking Dead’s iconic “Don’t Open, Dead Inside” hospital doors, Dead by Daylight’s Behaviour Interactive released an official trailer for their Walking Dead crossover a day after. Filmed in the style of The Walking Dead’s iconic intros of its early seasons, the trailer teased several aspects of the new Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead crossover which is currently available in the Player Test Build but won’t officially debut till Tuesday, July 29th.

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By Jo Craig

Confirmed Details of Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead

In Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead’s official trailer, a newspaper clipping of popular Walking Dead protagonists Rick Grimes and Michonne is shown similar to the newspaper headline detailing Rick’s shooting at the beginning of The Walking Dead season 1. Later on, a punched-out, shattered photo frame of Daryl Dixon is shown akin to the shattered frame of fellow police officer turned rival to Rick, Shane Walsh. These three are the only Walking Dead characters depicted in the trailer, with Rick and Michonne slated to be two brand-new playable survivors, while Daryl is only going to be portrayed through a Legendary Outfit, not a full-blown survivor himself.

Shortly after the trailer’s debut, Behaviour Interactive released a brief update detailing Rick and Michonne's new perks and brief character bios for players unfamiliar with the nearly 15-year-old Walking Dead show. Rick features three new perks: Apocalyptic Ingenuity, Come and Get Me!, and Teamwork: Toughen Up. Apocalyptic Ingenuity will allow players to craft a Fragile Pallet from a Broken Pallet after rummaging through chests. Come and Get Me! Will cause players to make a loud, distracting scream after unhooking a fellow survivor. This will briefly reveal their Aura to the Killer and allow other injured survivors to make silent escapes. Teamwork: Toughen Up is a cooperative-focused perk that will reduce players’ Grunts of Pain, Scratch Marks, and Pools of Blood after another nearby Survivor stuns the Killer.

Dead by Daylight’s Michonne Perks Explained

While Dead by Daylight’s Michonne won’t appear with her iconic katana sword, she will appear in Trials with three new perks similar and supportive to Rick’s, including Conviction, Last Stand, and Teamwork: Throw Down. Conviction will allow players to immediately recover from the Downed State after previously healing a fellow survivor. After spending a brief period of time near the Killer, Michonne could use Last Stand to stun the Killer after performing a fast vault, but this perk can only be used once per match. Finally, Teamwork: Throw Down will cause nearby survivors to briefly gain Endurance after having previously stunned or blinded the Killer.

Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead is currently playable in the Player Test Build, but only Rick is playable in the PTB. Michonne’s survivor perks are usable in the PTB, but not her full character.

Potential Further Features in Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead

Most of Dead by Daylight: The Walking Dead's confirmed details only pertain to the gameplay of Rick and Michonne, but the crossover’s marketing suggests that Dead by Daylight and Walking Dead fans may be getting more features in the upcoming update. The crossover’s official trailer, while filmed similarly to The Walking Dead’s early intros, is seemingly made entirely with Dead by Daylight’s assets, as some of the game’s Lockers, Generators, Hooks, Bear Traps, and Pallets can be seen in the trailer. This suggests that Dead by Daylight’s Walking Dead Chapter may debut with a Walking Dead map based on some of the show's most iconic locations.

While The Walking Dead show has featured several locations from all over the United States’ eastern coast, Dead by Daylight’s Walking Dead crossover appears to be taking influence from the show’s Georgia-based scenery seen in seasons 1-4 rather than the more Virginia-based scenery of later seasons. For example, the trailer features the Greene family farm and the West Georgia Correctional Facility, which were the primary settings of The Walking Dead seasons 2-4. Some parts of the trailer even appear to depict season 1’s Harrison Memorial Hospital and parts of the highway seen in season 2. These recreations likely don’t indicate several distinct maps but rather a nightmarish map merging many of The Walking Dead’s most iconic settings.

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