Inspired By The Ring Movie, Dead By Daylight's Sadako Rising Chapter Is Out Today
JAKARTA - Dead By Daylight's Chapter 23 adds two new characters to the asymmetrical survival horror game: killer Onryo Sadako Yamamura and survivor Yoichi Asakawa.
Dead By Daylight, Sadako Rising, now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and PC.
Based on the 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu, the game adds two new characters to the ever-expanding roster of killers and survivors of survival horror games, Onryo Sadako Yamamura and Yoichi Asakawa.
Referred to as The Onry in the game, Sadako is sure to be a familiar face for horror fans. The main antagonist in Japanese Ringu and its American adaptation, The Ring. Sadako is widely known for crawling out of television sets and jerky movements, both of which are featured in Dead By Daylight.
Yoichi Asakawa, is an original character inspired by Ringu's Yoko Asakawa. While it's unknown how exactly Yoichi fits into the narrative, his movements make it clear that he's a more empathetic, nurturing type.
Yoichi uses the two moves Parental Guidance and Empathy Connection to help and heal his teammates.
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In addition to Sadako and Yoichi, Sadako Rising added many bug fixes and six new achievements to the game. Three of these achievements require players to purchase the new character Sadako Rising, while the other three are already available to everyone.
Sadako Rising is Dead By Daylight's first new chapter of 2022 and follows the recent Resident Evil and Hellraiser collaboration.
However, Sadako Rising may temporarily be the first new piece of Dead By Daylight content this year.
Just last month, it was revealed that developer Dead by Daylight Behavior Interactive had filed a trademark application for a dating spinoff game called "Hooked On You: A Dead By Daylight Dating Sim."