Dead by Daylight Drops Cosmetic Crossover with Attack on Titan

Ethan Dickinson July twentieth, 2022 – 12:33 AM

Today, the long-running multiplayer horror recreation Dead by Daylight dropped its beforehand introduced crossover with the worldwide anime phenomenon Attack on Titan. This occasion was first introduced on Twitter with a teaser photograph of the huge notorious Armored Titan peering right into a constructing on the viewer. However, somewhat than receiving the complete DLC therapy as some followers might have hoped, Attack on Titan might be coming into the sport as costumed reimaginings of authentic Dead by Daylight “Survivors.” As such, the solid of characters might seem a bit totally different than the anime portrayals you’re used to. 

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However, the thought behind the reimaginings is attention-grabbing, because the Dead by Daylight workforce wished to attach every particular Attack on Titan character with a corresponding Survivor, ensuring there was some factor of similarity between the 2 apart from aesthetic. As defined within the official weblog submit by Rose Li, Dead by Daylight’s Product Manager: 

We dove into the backstories of our characters to make sure their outfits had been consultant of the unique Attack on Titan character feelings or values.

For instance, Titan’s Historia was assigned to Survivor Kate Denson and wears an identical cloak to mirror the 2 characters’ shared persona trait of compassion – Historia wears the cloak to go to an orphanage within the anime, connecting these two over their “embodied kindness.” Similarly Survivor Dwight Fairfield, as Eren Yeager, wears related glasses to Eren’s father Grisha. This rings true for the remainder of the entire 8 Survivors, together with Yui Kimura as Mikasa, Felix Richter as Armin, Meg Thomas as Annie, Zarina Kassir as Zoe Hange, Jake Park as Levi, Ace Visconti as Kenny, and naturally, Kate Denson as Historia and Dwight Fairfield as Eren. All 8 might be Very Rare outfits accessible alongside two extra Ultra Rare outfits devoted to the Killers. 

Continuing the philosophy of connecting particular outfit selections with occasions from the anime/manga, the 2 Ultra Rare Killer outfits are for The Oni because the Armored Titan and The Spirit because the War Hammer Titan. In order to completely carry the “constant source of danger” of Attack on Titan’s namesake Titans to life, the workforce determined to “highlight two generations of the Yamaoka bloodline.” Thus, the Spirit’s teleportation mimics the War Hammer’s skills and The Oni’s Blood Fury visually “holds true” to the anime, along with the Thunder Spears embedded in his pores and skin (Thunder Spears had been Titan-killing gadgets developed particularly to fight the Armored Titan). 

While there are the paid cosmetics on supply, these opting to keep away from purchases can nonetheless obtain an in-game reward; anybody logging in beginning in the present day will instantly obtain the Cadet Corps Crest Charm. Additionally, 4 different unique Charms will turn into accessible with purchases of the skins, together with the Scout Regiment Crest, Military Police Regiment Crest, Garrison Regiment Crest, and the Wall Titan Charm.

This follows scorching on the tails of a number of different anime crossovers, from Fortnite’s new Anime Legends pack and standard crossover with Naruto final month to Apex Legends’ latest anime-themed Gaiden occasion.