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  1. Aug 24, 2023
    8
    Very good L4D game.

    Does not deserve 10/10 or 9/10 though because of the lobby control and QoL features to save and continue online or something like that
  2. Aug 15, 2023
    5
    I'm not a big fan of those Left 4 Dead style games but I was really expecting this one to be better. I completed all campaign set pieces 'cause the game looks good and such, but nothing to write home about.
  3. May 22, 2023
    8
    Graphics are more better on PC than PS5 also after last update most of the bugs is no more exist - 8/10
  4. May 21, 2023
    10
    Es un juegazo :"3 y está bien optimizado, no debieron de decir que era el sucesor de l4d, pero fuera de eso es muy buen juego, bonitos mapas, los infectados medios raros de entender pero entretenidos aunque el diseño es repetitivo en algunos, tiene una mecánica de cartas interesante y entretenida y es muy buen juego en general, me trae melancolía, aunque claro está que no lo deberían deEs un juegazo :"3 y está bien optimizado, no debieron de decir que era el sucesor de l4d, pero fuera de eso es muy buen juego, bonitos mapas, los infectados medios raros de entender pero entretenidos aunque el diseño es repetitivo en algunos, tiene una mecánica de cartas interesante y entretenida y es muy buen juego en general, me trae melancolía, aunque claro está que no lo deberían de ver como l4d3 Expand
  5. May 8, 2023
    0
    play around 80hrs / start from beta, bought deluxe edition

    The mesh-up of zombie apocalypse and RPG-like deck concept was fine. BOT AI was worse than a spiritual successor L4D which is like 15yr old game. Release with full of glitches. DLC was not appeal to player bases. ($40 annual pass includes 2 new campaign, 1 pit event which is kinda sarcastic to count as DLC) they were busy
    play around 80hrs / start from beta, bought deluxe edition

    The mesh-up of zombie apocalypse and RPG-like deck concept was fine.
    BOT AI was worse than a spiritual successor L4D which is like 15yr old game.
    Release with full of glitches.
    DLC was not appeal to player bases. ($40 annual pass includes 2 new campaign, 1 pit event which is kinda sarcastic to count as DLC)

    they were busy fixing glitch and improving QoL for a year- and dev were putting good effort on to it.
    But NO MOD, end of new contents pretty much end the game.
    They say the game will be available but who knows? I assume it will last about 1 or 2year for a good.

    people saying the game is now decent- but i mean, took almost 1year to fix glitches and QoL and charges you $80-90 like a AAA title.

    which means **** TRS done it again like evolve. I won't pre-order or purchase any TRS products in the future for sure.
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  6. May 6, 2023
    0
    Just another proof how many of these hollywood game companies downgrade games quality, small details, physics, story, characters again.

    Where even to start? No map editor in this game, that made a big important content in L4D. The events are boring, they feel useless. The zombies animations and ragdolls are so bad and uninteresting. In zombie fps games like these, that's a really
    Just another proof how many of these hollywood game companies downgrade games quality, small details, physics, story, characters again.

    Where even to start? No map editor in this game, that made a big important content in L4D. The events are boring, they feel useless.

    The zombies animations and ragdolls are so bad and uninteresting. In zombie fps games like these, that's a really important detail to make a game like this fun to play and replayable.

    It's really frustrating to see how a game can get any good reviews by medias with their downgrades of the previous games quality.
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  7. Apr 17, 2023
    0
    Creator Of Evolve. Not Left 4 Dead ( Terror Strike )

    Redneck Turtle Rock Studios.
  8. Mar 4, 2023
    8
    I think this game was received on the wrong way because people was specting a left 4 dead 3 when its a whole new id,Its not left 4 dead even with the same devs as left 4 dead,the game does a few things well and others bad, im gona review it on my opinion.
    Good things:The game feels modern with good graphics not as high elevated graphics because not everyone has a high end pc,the gameplay
    I think this game was received on the wrong way because people was specting a left 4 dead 3 when its a whole new id,Its not left 4 dead even with the same devs as left 4 dead,the game does a few things well and others bad, im gona review it on my opinion.
    Good things:The game feels modern with good graphics not as high elevated graphics because not everyone has a high end pc,the gameplay feels awesome like a fps modern game not as bad but not as a triple a fps game like cod,map design very good whay better than left 4 dead,very good idea of design for the infected and characters, a good variety of weapons,the card system for me it was a good feature for the game it adds a new approach on making the game more replayable and easier to complete on the long run.
    Bad things:one of the things that make so good left 4 dead it was the casual gameplay that it has it is not dificult to play it even on expert but b4b its not easy to play they maked the game more dificult and the casual aspect its not there, for me it was a good balance i´m a hardcore gamer i like fps so the dificulty part it was not an issue for me, just on a few bad things that the game has that make it harder to play it that i´m gona tell next,the IA for the bots its bad that makes the game harder for single player experience so try to have at least one friend to play the game and its more fun,the story its not so good people compair it with left 4 dead but if you look at the story it´s not as good as you think also just a little better narrative,the pvp modes are so bad haha literaly they are unplayable and unbalanced,the game was to expensive in launch for the content of the game it was a good thing they added it on game pass,the game has little bugs with walls and stuff but almost every zombie game has those its dificult to have good optimization with a tone of infected runing around the map.
    Conclusion:Overall the game its good online coop game but nothing especial, what l4d has b4b hasn´t and what b4b has l4d hasn´t,this game was develop so weird that i don´t understand maybe it was the budget or the time or it was rushed i dont know, i follow the development of the game since day 1 because l4d1 its one of my favorite games of all time it was the first fps game that i played on my life even with that i was not expecting b4b to be better than l4d2 because its a whole new different game,i think people get to nostalgic and just not review the game as a new game and they think its l4d3,it has the base of l4d but theres a lot of games that has the base as l4d like vermintide,killing floor,zombie army,wwz and a lot more,i just saw the news that the devs will not longer suport the game and in my opinion its a good idea i hope they begin to understand more the public on every aspect and focus on a new game that is not as ambitious as b4b,i hope the users understand a better way to see the new games and not just a copy of some old games or sequel when its not.i have hope for the future of turtle rock its one of my favorite studios.
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  9. Jan 31, 2023
    6
    pretty nice/Ok coop game.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  10. Jan 30, 2023
    0
    Having to restart the campaign from the beginning if you die like a rogue lite should be a separate game mod.
    No mods support
    Duo in Normal (=veteran) impossible.
    Very little ammo, feels like I'm playing Vermintide 2.
    Online only
  11. Jan 4, 2023
    8
    As a huge Left 4 Dead 2 fan, I thoroughly enjoy this title. Sure, story and character-wise this game isn't too impressive, but with all of the new additions each run brings something different and exciting.
  12. Dec 11, 2022
    6
    Malo no es, 7 como máximo, literalmente es left 4 dead pero con mejores gráficos, eso si la historia muuuuuy x.
  13. Oct 4, 2022
    10
    Игра сделана нормально. Как приемник L4D игра получилась более динамичной, прибавилось много интересных механик, в их числе карточки с перками, одноразовые карточки, карточки помех, уровни оружия, и модули на оружия Искренне не понимаю людей, которые говорят, что оружие не ощущается. Они либо играют с включённым автоцентрированием прицела, либо у них катаракта на оба глаза. В игруИгра сделана нормально. Как приемник L4D игра получилась более динамичной, прибавилось много интересных механик, в их числе карточки с перками, одноразовые карточки, карточки помех, уровни оружия, и модули на оружия Искренне не понимаю людей, которые говорят, что оружие не ощущается. Они либо играют с включённым автоцентрированием прицела, либо у них катаракта на оба глаза. В игру интересно играть как в одиночку, так и в мультиплеере. Единственный минус, который я точно могу подчеркнуть: платное DLC для открытия 5-ого акта сюжетной кампании( Expand
  14. Sep 18, 2022
    6
    Das Gameplay von Back 4 Bots ist richtig gut. Die Karten bringen tatsächlich frischen Wind in diese Art von Spiel, aber das Scheitern eines Durchlaufs ist doch etwas blöd. Der Bossfight hat keinen Spaß gemacht, Quick Play ist durch Bot Übernahme mit extrem wenig Leben und blöden Startvoraussetzungen auch nicht wirklich eine Option, da ködert man auch niemanden mit 10 Bonus Punkten, wtf?!Das Gameplay von Back 4 Bots ist richtig gut. Die Karten bringen tatsächlich frischen Wind in diese Art von Spiel, aber das Scheitern eines Durchlaufs ist doch etwas blöd. Der Bossfight hat keinen Spaß gemacht, Quick Play ist durch Bot Übernahme mit extrem wenig Leben und blöden Startvoraussetzungen auch nicht wirklich eine Option, da ködert man auch niemanden mit 10 Bonus Punkten, wtf?! und der PvP Modus ist ohne ein richtiges Team mit ts oder ähnlichem auch nicht wirklich dolle, aber eine coole Idee.

    Die Hives müssen auch nicht wirklich sein, das sind alles ekelige Maps auf denen man viel Schaden nehmen kann, schön anzusehen ist das nicht! Wird definitiv nicht gekauft...

    Soll jetzt aber alles nicht so hart klingen, das Gameplay ist wirklich super, wir spielen die Akte 1-3 wohl noch ein paar Male durch, bis wir dann auf richtige Maps warten :)
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  15. Sep 18, 2022
    4
    [PL]
    Ujdzie - 4/10
    Względem L4D kilka małych kroków w przód, więcej dużych kroków w tył. Niesatysfakcjonujące strzelanie, a zombie giną w niewidowiskowy sposób - nic im nie odpada. Brak sensownej fizyki i zniszczeń otoczenia. Wszystkie bronie są do siebie dosyć podobne i podobnie brzmią. Grafika znośna, ale nie powala, a lokacje nie zapadają w pamięć. Przeciwnicy nieciekawi i
    [PL]
    Ujdzie - 4/10
    Względem L4D kilka małych kroków w przód, więcej dużych kroków w tył.

    Niesatysfakcjonujące strzelanie, a zombie giną w niewidowiskowy sposób - nic im nie odpada.
    Brak sensownej fizyki i zniszczeń otoczenia.

    Wszystkie bronie są do siebie dosyć podobne i podobnie brzmią.

    Grafika znośna, ale nie powala, a lokacje nie zapadają w pamięć.
    Przeciwnicy nieciekawi i są do siebie zbyt podobni.

    Nieciekawe tryby gry, a karty i wszystkie inne pierdoły do odblokowania tylko odpychają.
    Kampanii nie da raczej rady przejść z randomami - ciągle ktoś wychodzi, więc ostatecznie jesteśmy skazani na powtarzanie tych samych etapów lub granie z botami.

    Postacie nieciekawe i nie mają niemal żadnych charakterów.
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  16. Sep 10, 2022
    4
    ove the concept of rogue-like style, has a card to choose your style of play.
    but it is all good things.
    Game is too short, if you play with AI, it's terrible, they cannot help you when you need help.
    I can't believe I can make through this.
  17. Aug 29, 2022
    0
    This is a really bad game it want's to be Left 4 Dead but it can't pull it off. From average gameplay to boring and forgettable characters to the stupid copper system and finally the annoyingly high spawn rate that special infected have nothing about this game is fun.

    Don't buy this game just go play Left 4 Dead 2 it's a far better game and you'll have more fun playing that then this
    This is a really bad game it want's to be Left 4 Dead but it can't pull it off. From average gameplay to boring and forgettable characters to the stupid copper system and finally the annoyingly high spawn rate that special infected have nothing about this game is fun.

    Don't buy this game just go play Left 4 Dead 2 it's a far better game and you'll have more fun playing that then this pile of garbage.
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  18. Aug 29, 2022
    0
    It's not a good game Trashy and completely unneeded title made for the Gen Z kids:
    - Poor boring story
    - Dated graphics
    - Unbalanced difficulty
    - Horrible AI
    - very poor Solo experience
    - Inferior copy of Left 4 dead
  19. Aug 24, 2022
    8
    Reviewing for 2022 it's not a bad game, but it needs work in a few places. When the game first released and I played often with friends it was a lot of fun. Then after the game was out, no content for months then a minor expansion made it difficult to want come back to. But recently after the 2nd expansion was announced I was hopeful and started playing again to see what I missed.

    The
    Reviewing for 2022 it's not a bad game, but it needs work in a few places. When the game first released and I played often with friends it was a lot of fun. Then after the game was out, no content for months then a minor expansion made it difficult to want come back to. But recently after the 2nd expansion was announced I was hopeful and started playing again to see what I missed.

    The expansion is good, but teams of randoms in the hives are often uncoordinated and can easily fall apart. Some of the grind can be downright miserable at times, and it felt like I was going to a 9-5 just to earn a new outfit for a cleaner. But playing solo with others is a fun experience I've had as
    my other friends have moved on by now.

    The cleaners have good personalities, and its fun to hear how they interact with each other, but god the voice lines are so annoying at times its like right out of a B-movie and you'll hear them a lot with how much they want you to play.

    Overall the content drought for the game is still ongoing, but I hope the expansions will breathe new life into an already good game that seemed to have lost the general audiences good graces months/years ago.
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  20. Aug 12, 2022
    1
    So, I've opened the game and the 1st thing it did was "here's a quick tutorial how to use our premium currency and cash shop".
    Graphics look dated.
    Enemies offer zero challenge, even on high difficulties. Instead of zombie hordes, there are like 5 zombies at best. I've walked through first few missions without firing even once - my bot companions did everything for me. Lootboxes are
    So, I've opened the game and the 1st thing it did was "here's a quick tutorial how to use our premium currency and cash shop".
    Graphics look dated.
    Enemies offer zero challenge, even on high difficulties. Instead of zombie hordes, there are like 5 zombies at best. I've walked through first few missions without firing even once - my bot companions did everything for me.
    Lootboxes are deeply embedded into the game. While playing, you will find closed chests you need to open by spending in-game (real) money. Which you would also find around the levels in tiny quantities (or in cash shop). So, instead of running around killing zombies and trying to survive, you job is to collect money and open chests, while bots are actually playing, fighting and taking away all the fun for themselves.
    Yes, the game offers zero fun and zero challenge. It's not about surviving, challenges, atmosphere. No. It's all about 100 ways to make you pay more. You open the game- cash shop. You start the mission- cash shop (right in the starting room area). You find some loot during the mission - you've guessed it, cash shop, pay to open the chest. There are also all sorts of cards, weapon upgrades and skins.
    At this point, the game should have been f2p.
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  21. Aug 10, 2022
    6
    I had fun playing this game, i like that you can customize your weapons and use cards that help you through the game but that's it. I recommend it playing with friends, it's more fun. The campaing is okay but it's not great. I think you might play it for 2 weeks and that's it.
  22. Jul 26, 2022
    6
    Fast food game. Campaign is good for some 8-10 hours mindless zombie killing. Would be better if you could play it actually solo with no stupid AI bots. As for the rest of the game ot doesn't worth it. The card system is grindy and cumbersome. I don't want to collect cards or manage decks to get the perfect build. I just want to carefree kill some zombies.
  23. Jun 26, 2022
    0
    Worst zombie models I've ever seen, super ugly and immersion breaking and the steam greenlight ragdolls after they get shot is pathetic. Gunplay is boring and not satisfying, card system is one of the stupidest design decisions I've seen in a horde fps
  24. Jun 25, 2022
    10
    Absolutely awesome games. The ppl here that rate it poorly don't get the game and they're probably just bad at it and have no one to play with cuz they're anti social. It's a deck builder game more than anything. How you build yr deck and the synergy it has with yr teammates decks will determine how well you play.i saw a guy here going over how bad the story is and how it's disconnected orAbsolutely awesome games. The ppl here that rate it poorly don't get the game and they're probably just bad at it and have no one to play with cuz they're anti social. It's a deck builder game more than anything. How you build yr deck and the synergy it has with yr teammates decks will determine how well you play.i saw a guy here going over how bad the story is and how it's disconnected or some lame excuse for sucking at the game. NOBODY PLAYS THIS GAME FOR THE STORY. the story isn't bad either but it gets redundant fast cuz this game is a Rouge like game that yr meant to play over and over. The story has nothing to do with the game in a way. Excellent game that will challenge the best gamers honestly like a 9/10 Expand
  25. Jun 17, 2022
    5
    Back 4 Blood is fun when played with friends or descent random players at least for the first playthrough but most of the time your team is filled with terrible bots that ignore you when a mutant grabs you or sometimes they make awkward choices and smash a Molotov in your face during the fight.
    the only interesting feature of the game is card-based abilities.
  26. Jun 16, 2022
    8
    Soy un jugador que ha jugado a este juego bastantes horas y tengo que decir que no está mal, la mayoría de las críticas que veras aquí serán de personas que se quejan de que su dificultad es muy difícil y que les gusta más left4dead, este juego no es left4dead, es Back 4 Blood. Voy a pasar a decir mis puntos buenos y malos:
    *Buenos: - Masivas hordas de zombies con muchos momentos de
    Soy un jugador que ha jugado a este juego bastantes horas y tengo que decir que no está mal, la mayoría de las críticas que veras aquí serán de personas que se quejan de que su dificultad es muy difícil y que les gusta más left4dead, este juego no es left4dead, es Back 4 Blood. Voy a pasar a decir mis puntos buenos y malos:
    *Buenos: - Masivas hordas de zombies con muchos momentos de acción
    - Varios niveles de dificultad (yo admito que fui muy cabezón y me lo intente pasar a la primera en la dificultad más difícil de ese momento, pesadilla, y no podía, fui realista y baje la dificultad, a día de hoy ya puedo en pesadilla)
    - Tienes un sistema de personalización basado en cartas que te da la posibilidad de crear muchas maneras de jugar (desde ir con un bate por el mundo hasta ir solo tirando granadas y molotovs por el mapa)
    - Mucha rejugabilidad de los niveles
    - No hay microtransacciones ni siquiera de cosméticos
    - crossplay entre plataformas
    - Las armas son divertidas de utilizar, hay variedad entre todas sus clases
    - Los gráficos son bastante cuidados
    - si no tienes amigos para jugar puedes agregar a randoms con los que juegues en su sistema de agregar a amigos que va desde agregar de tu propia plataforma hasta a otras plataformas (mi caso soy play y puedo agregar a Xbox o PC)
    - En ps5 han adaptado muy bien el mando con sus funciones especiales que tiene, desde sentir el recoil y vibración diferente a cada arma que existe
    - personalización de skins y armas bastante notable
    -Gran variedad de zombies especiales
    *Malo: - Escasez de niveles (en total hay unos 30 y pico, pero yo que he jugado cientos de horas se me queda un poco corto al final)
    - pocas actualizaciones, es cierto que no podemos comparar actualizaciones a nivel de Fortnite por ejemplo, pero a día de hoy 16 de junio de 2022, desde que ha salido el juego, solo ha recibido una actualización de contenido, tueneles del terror y 3 de reworks de cartas y skins)
    - Bots, son de inteligencia bastante mala, disparan muy bien, te curan a veces y disparan muy bien, pero a la hora de hacer objetivos y cosas así... Vale la pena jugar este juego solo online, habrán algunas zonas que en dificultad alta serán imposible de hacer con bots a no ser que estés haciendo un speed run
    - Muy pocos modos de juego, es verdad que la gente se quejan de que no haya un modo de luchar contra jugadores en campaña, pero el juego ofrece solo dos modos de jugar, campaña con gente online o el modo enjambre, solo dos modos me parece poco la verdad.

    Eso sería todo y si alguien se ha leído la revises entera y ha llegado aquí, enhorabuena, eres un crack.
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  27. Jun 12, 2022
    4
    Oyun shooter kafasıyla left 4 dead i kopyalamış ancak baya başarısız bir kopyalama olmuş hikaye sunumu berbat zaten shooter bir oyunun walking dead gibi hikaye sunması gerekmiyo ancak doomun alt loru var mesela bunda çerçöp hiç bişey yok hikaye alt temelinde boş / grafikler sorunlu oyunu midde oynamama rağmen bazen grafikler geç yükleniyo bilgte sorun yok bu arada ve birisi oyunaOyun shooter kafasıyla left 4 dead i kopyalamış ancak baya başarısız bir kopyalama olmuş hikaye sunumu berbat zaten shooter bir oyunun walking dead gibi hikaye sunması gerekmiyo ancak doomun alt loru var mesela bunda çerçöp hiç bişey yok hikaye alt temelinde boş / grafikler sorunlu oyunu midde oynamama rağmen bazen grafikler geç yükleniyo bilgte sorun yok bu arada ve birisi oyuna katılırken donma oluyo oyunun boktan serverları yüzünden hanımlar beyler almayın aldırmayın game passten oynadım 250 liranızı çöpe atmayın bu arada ben solo oynadım rahattı illa arkadaşla oynanmalı şeklinde bir düşünceye kapılmadım ama bir süre sonra kendimi zombi zannettim aq full zaman kaybı gibi hissetirdi özellikle 2. chapter yarısında sonra baydı baya Ya bide bişey sorcam warner bros senin zombi oyunuyla ne işin var aq git yeni hulk oyunu yap bidahada bu işe bulaşma al bu yorumu eve erken git /NO COPYPASTE/ PLEASE BE REAL/ 4 Puanda o emekçiler için ve birde croshairde kırmızı x çıkması(zombi ölünce) ve gameplaye olumlu dönütü ve bıçağın idare eder hissaytı içindir bilginize....NİYE MOD DESTEĞİ KOYMUYOSUNUZ SN. WARNER BROS. Expand
  28. May 16, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simplemente épico mejor que un left 4 dead 1 y sobretodo el 2 100% recomendado Expand
  29. May 7, 2022
    5
    I'd be lying if I didn't say I had fun with this game, it does a serviceable job at modernizing the Left 4 Dead formula, but lacks all the detail and heart that Valve put into Left 4 Dead. The cards, grind-game and balancing of this game are all over the place and highly inconsistent.
    If you have friends willing to play with you, then by all means pick this one up on sale, but don't
    I'd be lying if I didn't say I had fun with this game, it does a serviceable job at modernizing the Left 4 Dead formula, but lacks all the detail and heart that Valve put into Left 4 Dead. The cards, grind-game and balancing of this game are all over the place and highly inconsistent.
    If you have friends willing to play with you, then by all means pick this one up on sale, but don't expect to be able to stick with it for any meaningful amount of time.
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  30. May 5, 2022
    0
    +: No bad graphics -: Match making ( toxic player, kiddos screaming into the microphone, choosing the most unstrategic cards)

    Too expensive for the amount of content and fun ( max value would be 10€ Or they have to make it a f2p) Extremely short and boring campaign ( the only challenge you supposed to get is via those anoying card system. Which doesn’t help much in the actual gameplay.
    +: No bad graphics -: Match making ( toxic player, kiddos screaming into the microphone, choosing the most unstrategic cards)

    Too expensive for the amount of content and fun ( max value would be 10€ Or they have to make it a f2p)

    Extremely short and boring campaign ( the only challenge you supposed to get is via those anoying card system. Which doesn’t help much in the actual gameplay. It get even worse when y get those corrupted cards with negative impact on the already bad gameplay)

    and the list would go on and on.

    Don’t buy it you ll regret. I mean it. Sadly
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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 46
  2. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Feb 16, 2022
    70
    Back 4 Blood is one of those games that you don’t have to particularly worry about grinding, which is incredibly refreshing. Between grinding for in-game currency for dungeon gear in FFXIV, and trying to level up my weapons in Dauntless, it’s nice to have a game I can jump back into with my friends at any point in time and just play. It’s fast-paced, creative, and just all-around good fun. What’s not to love? The game has been out for a while, but that just means that the developers have had more time to listen to feedback and start fixing some of those bugs that have been bothering players.
  2. Jan 6, 2022
    80
    Along the way, many mutated creatures cross your path. These include not only the classic slow undead, but whole hordes of super-fast and agile, bloodthirsty zombies - called ridden in the game - to gigantic monstrosities that can send you to oblivion with a single punch. Those nine different types of opponents provide enough variety in the challenges to keep the game engaging for hours.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 30, 2021
    66
    One step forward, two steps back, couple steps to the side with some awkward shuffling thrown in-between – that’s how Back 4 Blood feels compared to Left 4 Dead. Card-based power-up system is the only interesting thing about it. [Issue#256, p.40]