Summary
Few horror classics have yet to make their way toDead by Daylight, and among those are IPs fans have waited a long time for. There’s no word on whether aFriday the 13thadaptation is any closer to being fulfilled, for example, but many iconic slashers and horror progenitors are still on the table. It was recently confirmed in a teaser thatAlienis coming toDead by Daylightsoon, whetting the palate of science-fiction horror enthusiasts and introducing another goldmine of content for the asymmetrical cat-and-mouse game.
Based on the fact that this crossover content chapter will likely encompassAlienalone and not its sequels or spin-offs quite yet, there is still a lot of potential for the franchise inDead by Daylight. The Nostromo will be an incredible map to explore and telegraph, and the Xenomorph as a killer would be paired well with Ripley as a survivor, though a survivor has not yet been confirmed for the update.The Xenomorph has multiple different abilitiesthat make it horrifying, but one associable creature that is even more terrifying could easily make an appearance as a killer power for the Xenomorph.
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Of course, the Xenomorph could be similar toPlagueand have acidic vomit it sprays on survivors, though molecular acid is its blood and not something it spews. The Xenomorph’s long tail will most likely be what it attacks with as a mid-range power, or at least that would be the simplest option.
Rather,the facehugger creature fromAlienloreis revolting and terrifying in its own right, particularly in its role as the alien that latches onto a human’s face and plunges an egg down their throat for an infant alien to burst from their chest thereafter. The facehugger perishes after that point, but the trauma and impending demise have already been administered. Fortunately,Dead by Daylightalready has the foundations of such a creature included with the Twins killer characters.
Victor Deshayes is independently controllable apart from Charlotteand leaps at survivors, latching onto them as they struggle to wrench him free. Facehuggers are notoriously difficult to remove, though, which could mean that facehuggers cannot be freed from the survivor’s face, and maybe there could be emergency medical pods scattered throughout each map to allow players to cut the embryo out of their stomachs.
This would admittedly take a lot more work than a simpler power would afford, and for that reason it might be too much of an effort to consider. Regardless, facehuggers are a truly unnerving part of the Xenomorph’s life cycle and it would be intriguing to see them added to the Xenomorph’s arsenal of abilities inDead by Daylight.
Other considerations are likely easier to make for the killer character, such as it being humanoid enough to be able to carry downed survivors and hook them, and seeing what Behavior has in store for balancing its power with other mechanics in the game will be interesting, to say the least. Because while having a popular killer character is perhaps half the battle already,Dead by Daylightwill need to prioritize making the Xenomorph incredibly fun and engaging, too.
Dead by Daylightis available on Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
