The Trapper
In the silence of the woods, only the snap of steel breaks the quiet.
The Trapper is one of the four killers featured in *Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim*, a parodic game where players can date the antagonists of *Dead by Daylight*. He appears on the island alongside The Huntress, The Spirit, and The Wraith. Players can romance him while learning his backstory, but if they annoy him or attempt to romance multiple killers at once, they are killed and lose the game. Minigames can also impress him.
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Lore & Background
The Trapper is one of the four serial killers from *Dead by Daylight* that players can romance in *Hooked on You*. The game presents him with a cartoon art style, as revealed in the teaser trailer during *Dead by Daylight*'s 6th anniversary livestream on May 17, 2022. Players can learn his backstory through dialogue choices and minigames. If they choose dialogue options that annoy him, they are killed and lose the game. After completing the game, players can skip through dialogue to choose different paths.
In Their Own Story
The Trapper is one of the four killers players can date in *Hooked on You*. The game's writing was praised by PC Gamer's Tyler Colp for treating the characters "like real people," regardless of how "ridiculous and detached from their violent role in the multiplayer game" they were. Evan Valentine of ComicBook.com appreciated the game's aesthetic and artwork, stating it successfully represented "the menace of each slasher." GamesRadar called the game "a bit tame" for lacking nudity or erotic content.
Reader's Guide
In *Hooked on You*, The Trapper is one of four romanceable killers. Players arrive unexpectedly on an island inhabited by these killers. To succeed, players must romance only one killer at a time and avoid dialogue options that annoy them, or they are killed and lose the game. Minigames can impress the killers. After completing the game once, players can skip dialogue to explore different paths. The game was released on August 3, 2022, developed by Psyop and published by Behaviour Interactive.
Did You Know?
- The Trapper is one of four killers featured in *Hooked on You*, alongside The Huntress, The Spirit, and The Wraith.
- The game was announced during *Dead by Daylight*'s 6th anniversary livestream on May 17, 2022.
- If players annoy The Trapper or romance multiple killers, they are killed and lose the game.
- The game's cartoon art style was revealed in the teaser trailer during the anniversary livestream.
- *Hooked on You* received 'mixed or average reviews' according to Metacritic.
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