At launch, the DLC was rather good. It felt like a worthwhile purchase; decent killer and slightly sub-par survivor and map, but boy was it fun to play. After a week, it felt like a mistake.

As a player of both survivor and killer equally, I found the creativity of Freddy's playstyle enjoyable for both sides, but, as with most new killers, people call "OP". With the last DLCs, this was mostly ignored by the devs and those who complained started to learn how to counter, and changed their opinions. With Freddy, this was not the case.

They have nerfed Freddy from being mid-tier to the worst killer in the game by a landslide. He must find his prey, tag them, wait seven seconds and only then is allowed to hit them. The only benefit he receives from this is a slowed interaction speed and the ability to see the survivor when they are outside of his terror radius. This would be alright if it wasn't for the movement penalty he receives by sleeping survivors and how easy it is to wake up again. Survivors can find each other, be hooked or fail a skillcheck and wake up. His perks are not terrible, but often don't have a very strong presence in-game, other than Remember Me, which is meh at best.

Quentin isn't much better, sadly. His perks are the least powerful of the survivors in the game, and are in dire need of a buff. His best perk is Vigil, which takes a whole 6 seconds off of status effects like exhaustion (AT MAX LEVEL) and his worst is Wake Up!, which reveals the exits within range, which often isn't very helpful as they can be seen from much further away.

The map is incredible looking, but feels really messy. There are areas that are incredibly killer sided and others that are unbelievably survivor sided. There are also a great deal of "fat shaming" spots; areas that the killer cant walk through but survivors can, which can change the tide of a match.

Overall, until they buff Freddy and the perks, this is a "pay-to-lose, but have one hell of a ride doing it" DLC. I'll update this whenever the DLC content becomes viable.

Perhaps the devs should let the saltwave pass before making such drastic changes next time? They did a damn well good job with The Doctor, who had a very similar problem to Freddy. Why couldn't they repeat that?

At launch, the DLC was rather good. It felt like a worthwhile purchase; decent killer and slightly sub-par survivor and map, but boy was it fun to play. After a week, it felt like a mistake. As a player of both survivor and killer equally, I found the creativity of Freddy's playstyle enjoyable for both sides, but, as with most new killers, people call "OP". With the last DLCs, this was mostly ignored by the devs and those who complained started to learn how to counter, and changed their opinions. With Freddy, this was not the case. They have nerfed Freddy from being mid-tier to the worst killer in the game by a landslide. He must find his prey, tag them, wait seven seconds and only then is allowed to hit them. The only benefit he receives from this is a slowed interaction speed and the ability to see the survivor when they are outside of his terror radius. This would be alright if it wasn't for the movement penalty he receives by sleeping survivors and how easy it is to wake up again. Survivors can find each other, be hooked or fail a skillcheck and wake up. His perks are not terrible, but often don't have a very strong presence in-game, other than Remember Me, which is meh at best. Quentin isn't much better, sadly. His perks are the least powerful of the survivors in the game, and are in dire need of a buff. His best perk is Vigil, which takes a whole 6 seconds off of status effects like exhaustion (AT MAX LEVEL) and his worst is Wake Up!, which reveals the exits within range, which often isn't very helpful as they can be seen from much further away. The map is incredible looking, but feels really messy. There are areas that are incredibly killer sided and others that are unbelievably survivor sided. There are also a great deal of "fat shaming" spots; areas that the killer cant walk through but survivors can, which can change the tide of a match. Overall, until they buff Freddy and the perks, this is a "pay-to-lose, but have one hell of a ride doing it" DLC. I'll update this whenever the DLC content becomes viable. Perhaps the devs should let the saltwave pass before making such drastic changes next time? They did a damn well good job with The Doctor, who had a very similar problem to Freddy. Why couldn't they repeat that?