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If games like Dead Before Dawn or Phasmophobia stress you out, then Back 4 Blood is a fun alternative. I do wish the Special Ridden has awesome musical cues. There is a fun nod to past games with the Bar Room Blitz challenge where you need to start up a Jukebox and it calls the horde. No matter your weapon of choice, your favorite is probably available, but they aren’t the fun guitars and frying pans I was hoping for. The weapons aren’t too adventurous but they do offer a ton of variety. The graphics look great, creating creepy atmospheres, detailed character models and zombies that actually have a little variation if you are able to stop and take a look.

The environment changes from chapter to chapter but it actually looks like a progression and not the same place over and over again. There are also Supply Lines which allow you to unlock stickers, cosmetics and new cards.īack 4 Blood is definitely longer than Left 4 Dead with more acts and more chapters within those acts. There is also a card deck system that allows you to build custom perk decks with things like extra stamina, extra health, increased ammo capacity and more.Īs you progress through the acts, you gain both Corruption Cards which can add elements to the game such as mist covering the map, Quest Cards which are small challenges within chapter and Perk Cards, which give a boost on top of your established deck. You can pick one of 8 characters to play, each having their own strengths and boosts.

In similar Left 4 Dead fashion, Back 4 Blood is a 4-player co-op game that you can play with friends, strangers or bots. An even bigger question would be, does it hold up to the game’s legacy? Is Back 4 Blood just Left 4 Dead 3? Well, considering Turtle Rock was a developer to the first Left 4 Dead…kind of, but not officially. Since 2009, we have been waiting for more Left 4 Dead to fill the zombie-shapes hole in our hearts to no avail…until now? That’s the big question, isn’t it. The second game was even better than the first adding sillier achievements and melee weapons to the mix.
