#also me: anyway here's word vomit about dead by daylight speculation and hopes and a thinly-veiled excuse to talk about CV faves

[thecodeveronica]

Not having a fun time work-wise so I'm gonna keep my sanity here by giving my last-minute Survivor predictions for the Castlevania chapter in Dead by Daylight.

My serious predictions for the Survivor: Alucard and/or Richter Belmont

It's gotta be one of them. Alucard is iconic and, like... THE Castlevania character. And Richter was in multiple games, one of which with Alucard, and is in the current Netflix show. The DBD license is specifically for the games alone, but I think the Netflix boost indirectly also makes him likely.

They also both have several cosmetics options to go for. Alucard can have SotN, CV3 (lol), Judgment, the Genya Arikado disguise (LOVE that one ❤️), etc. Richter has his very 80s headband from Rondo of Blood, the longhair look from SotN, and (my favorite) the Dracula X Chronicles look that is kinda the most similar to the Netflix show design.

I could also see Richter + Maria (SotN specifically) as a Survivor pair, if the chapter comes with two Survivors like the Resident Evil ones did. In that case, Alucard would work well as a Legendary skin and it'd be the whole SotN crew.

Soma Cruz is a darkhorse pick here too though! He starred in two games, one of which is widely considered a close second best of the Metroidvanias to SotN, is very memorable given his connection to Dracula, and has a modern aesthetic that might fit DBD best. I'd be very happy with him getting in as well.

...I just hope it's NOT Simon Belmont. Yeah, he's the original Belmont (as far as game releases go, not chronologically in-universe), but who really cares about him lol. Also I'm shallow and hate the barbarian design he has in the old games and Smash Bros. At least give him the BDSM redhead look from Castlevania Chronicles or something if it has to be him. But he'd be literally the single most disappointing-yet-realistic pick for me.

Now, for my less-realistic, personal wishes for the Survivors? I looooooove Leon Belmont, and his design is so fantastic, god I love him.

He's the chronological first Belmont and even got a little nod in the Netflix show, so I think he maaaaaaybe could have a chance as a Legendary skin at least? I'm a big Lament of Innocence fan (2nd favorite Castlevania), I would go so nuts for that.

And my other dream picks (that are less likely) would be Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin as a Survivor pair! Portrait of Ruin is my #1 favorite Castlevania and I played the hell out of that game. Loved those two and their dynamic, they were such a fun little pair. And I like the red/blue color palette they bring (and Charlotte has one of my favorite designs in video games tbh, she has such a cute outfit).

They could also have some new Teamwork perks (or whatever the Thalita and Renato ones are called; I kinda forget because nobody uses them lmao). And lobby lines for each other of "Jonathan!" "Charlotte!" because those little voice clips are seared into my brain forever.

Not really much they could do cosmetic-wise though, unless they had alt costumes in whatever that one iOS-only mobile game is. I guess they could do a wedding dress for Charlotte (from the one unlockable armor set in that game, even if it didn't change her sprite) and maybe Jonathan could get an outfit inspired by his dad's in Castlevania: Bloodlines?

Dracula is obviously going to be the Killer so I'm not gonna speculate on that. I do wonder what his chase and terror radius music will be like, though! Will they get Michiru Yamane to do the music like they got Akira Yamaoka to do the music for Pyramid Head? Hopefully it's good, like... you've GOTTA have good Castlevania music, it's like a staple of the series.