Key Takeaways
- Dead by Daylight’s new chapter introduces The Houndmaster, a pirate Killer who can sic her dog on survivors.
- However, its review score on Steam has already dropped to “Mostly Negative” as many players report running into a litany of bugs.
Dead by Daylight’s newest chapter, Doomed Course, is off to a rocky start. A week on from launch, it sits at “Mostly Negative” reviews on Steam, with many citing the litany of bugs plaguing its new Killer, The Houndmaster.
What The Reviews Are Saying
“This chapter introduces a new Killer to the game, The Buggy Mess,” VitherMaster puts it plainly.
“If there’s one Killer that has been the buggiest and jankiest in DbD history it’s gotta be The Twins, but Houndmaster is ON A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL,” WisdomWangle writes in their scathing review.
One of the most broken and unfinished releases in the history of the game. Don’t waste your money — Real_Pat_FTW
The Houndmaster, as you can guess from their name, can use her dog to chase, track, and grip survivors. The idea is that they’ll bring survivors back to you so that you can hook them, but as pointed out by several fans on the subreddit, the dog is incredibly janky at the moment, often getting stuck or even pulling survivors away from you.
However, even if the dog works as intended, players point out that it has a whole slew of “overbalanced” drawbacks that make the Houndmaster a less viable Killer than alternatives like Wesker or The Nurse.
“She has six different counters to the dog,” Jsoledout explains. “For Chase:
- Juke
- She’s stationary, so she loses distance on redirect
- Pallet on Successful dog incap
- She’s hindered after using whistle and not using power
- Dog *must* be returned and at your side before you can use the power (cannot be used immediately if the dog is away)
- Dog can be stunned *and* dog does not follow up if anything is blocking its [line of sight] new or otherwise.”
Others also note that The Houndmaster has a higher skill ceiling than most other Killers, but that she “isn’t even particularly good if played well”.
The reviews have risen from “Overwhelmingly Negative” in the last few hours at least, but it’s clear that the community isn’t taking well to this new chapter so far.
Marrying the survival horror genre with classic slasher movie vibes, Dead by Daylight sees you take the role of either a brutal killer or one of four survivors. Do all you can to find your prey, or survive the night and find an exit from this hell.