'Dead by Daylight' Releases Chapter Featuring 'The Ring's' Sadako

Yamamura Sadako has been unleashed in "Dead by Daylight."

According to Behaviour Entertainment's accountment, the iconic horror villain from Kōji Suzuki's novel RINGU has made her debut in its asymmetrical indie survival horror game, "Dead by Daylight."

The Onryo (Japanese for vengeful spirit or wrathful spirit), as Sadako's known in-game, was previously announced to be joining the game's Killers roster on February 15, per an Engadget article.

Sadako is also joined by another character, Asakawa Yoichi - the new addition to the game's roster of survivors.

Both characters are available through the game's "Sadako Rising" DLC, which can be purchased from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, My Nintendo Store, Google Stadia, Epic Games Tore, Xbox Games Store, and Steam.

Details on 'The Onryo'

Sadako initially starts each trial invisible and undetectable to Survivors but will be revealed when she is near a Survivor. This new feature exclusive Sadako provides Killer mains with a new approach to hunting, sacrificing, and killing their victims. On the other hand, Survivors will have to rethink their plan on how they will survive and escape the trial because of this new approach.

To attack, Sadako can manifest at will or take material form by projecting herself through one of the many televisions scattered throughout the map. Doing so will teleport Sadako to a television's location and emerge, increasing the Condemned progress of any nearby Survivor.

Should a Survivor reach a full Condemned meter, Sadako can instantly kill them once downed.

The Condemned meter is a game mechanic added to the game through the "Sadako Rising" DLC and is exclusive to Sadako.

The Dead by Daylight Wiki adds further detail to Behaviour Interactive's announcement. According to the wiki, Survivors can prevent Sadako from emerging from televisions by turning them off at the cost of increasing their Condemned meter over time through a videotape acquired during the switch-off process.

PlayStation Blog has confirmed this information in its article about the game's latest chapter.

Sadako's perk consists of abilities that take advantage of her psychic powers. According to a WE PC article, Sadako's first perk, Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage, allows her to see the auras of all Survivors for five seconds if a Survivor gets unhooked from a Scourge Hook. Leveling up this perk will increase the time players' auras are visible.

Sadako's second perk, Call of Brine, is a perk that activates for 60 seconds after a generator is damaged. During these 60 seconds, the repair progress of the generator will regress at a faster rate depending on the perk's level. The perk will also reveal the affected generator's aura to the Killer.

Additionally, whenever a Survivor completes a Good Skills Check on a generator affected by Call of Brine, the Killer will receive a Loud Noise Notification.

Merciless Storm is another of Sadako's perks that require Survivors repairing a generator to 90 percent to complete continuous Skill Checks. Should Survivors stop repairing said generator or fail one of the Skill Checks, the generator will be blocked for 16 to 20 seconds depending on perk level.

Details on Asakawa Yoichi

According to the Dead by Daylight Official Website, Yoichi is a marine biologist with an interest in everything supernatural due to an inexplicable curse that claimed both his and his father's lives. He also has psychic abilities that he tried to understand all his life.

GameSpot's article adds that Yoichi is an original character inspired by Ringu's Asakawa Yoko. The article also lists two of his moves: Parental Guidance and Empathetic Connection. These moves make Yoichi more of an empathetic, caregiver type of Survivor fit for a support role for the Survivors.

Parental Guidance prevents Yoichi from leaving any scratch marks, pools of blood, and grunts of pain for five to seven seconds depending on the perk's level, per We PC's article.

The Empathetic Connection perk not only allows Yoichi to heal other Survivors 10 percent faster, but Survivors can also see if he is nearby due to his Aura being visible within 32/64/96 meters of Yoichi depending on perk level.

Lastly, Boon: Dark Theory allows Yoichi to create a Boon Totem from a Dull or Hex Totem that provides all Survivors within 24 meters with a 2 percent Haste boost. This boost will last for two to four seconds after leaving the totem's covered area, depending on perk level.

Only one totem can be blessed at a time.