Back 4 Blood

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 40
  3. Negative: 22 out of 40
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  1. Mrblank1
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    Being as this is a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, the fact that they left out split screen, which is basically the only way I played Left 4 Dead, has ruined this before I even played it. Then they took progression away for single player. If you didn't want people to play solo or with friends at home why did you not make it online only.
  2. MikuruSaori
    Oct 30, 2021
    0
    This game has AWFUL input lag on PS4. Unplayable. If you only have access to PS4, definitely skip this game. There's a reason there aren't any critic reviews for this version of the game.. I got a refund.
  3. Modulate
    Oct 25, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This plays so bad. It’s slow, laggy, the controls are unresponsive and clunky. Trying to aim accurately is almost impossible. The graphics glitch out all the time leaving main characters spinning round in circles on the spot. It might be better on other platforms but it’s pretty awful on the PS4 to the point I’m minded to ask for a refund. They need to recall or fix this significantly.… Expand
  4. Gurpgork
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    Its left 4 dead, just not nearly as good. Get spit on? Horde. Bump into a car? Horde. Scare a bird? Horde. Open a door? Horde. Ai is brain dead. Its just boring and irritating. Pale imitation of L4D
  5. Menacing-Fish
    Oct 14, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is over priced has no single player progression has server issues I'm sure this is going to be a good game in 2years time but I payed for a good game on release not this half arse effort £60 for this are you joking it's worth £25-£30 not good value for money buy something else or save your money… Expand
  6. thatdaveguy
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    "back4blood is a very good game" -someone who never played left4dead. Honestly idk how you could look at this game and l4d and say this is an improvement over the latter, it apes the classic gameplay sure but with none of the charm or style. The absence of campaign vs is strange since that was such a big reason the original games lasted so long, the swarm vs mode in back4blood is awful by"back4blood is a very good game" -someone who never played left4dead. Honestly idk how you could look at this game and l4d and say this is an improvement over the latter, it apes the classic gameplay sure but with none of the charm or style. The absence of campaign vs is strange since that was such a big reason the original games lasted so long, the swarm vs mode in back4blood is awful by comparison its just a camp fest if you're the humans with no strategy to it.… Expand
  7. Moeminajj
    Apr 8, 2022
    1
    Game garbage wouldn't recommen, just play the original Left 4 dead. It's totally worth it
  8. DennisTorres
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    This game is Mediocre, very bad in all aspects , poorly optimized, bad graphics, crap servers without a doubt the worst purchase I've ever made in a video game, and this game is horrible
  9. deplorable
    Oct 23, 2021
    3
    let's start off at the beginning as the game offers you a "tutorial", well i say tutorial, i mean a "prologue". I think that's the word these developers were looking for with this game. Honestly, i think valve has had them chained in a basement since the last left 4 dead and they've never played a game since. And it shows. Oh boy does it show.

    Now Dark Souls, when you first play it, is    let's start off at the beginning as the game offers you a "tutorial", well i say tutorial, i mean a "prologue". I think that's the word these developers were looking for with this game. Honestly, i think valve has had them chained in a basement since the last left 4 dead and they've never played a game since. And it shows. Oh boy does it show.

    Now Dark Souls, when you first play it, is a difficult game. It's almost unnerving how quickly you may die but it tells you what button is what and gives you the bare bones of how to play. As you'd expect from a game tutorial.

    This game doesn't tell you the controls, the buttons, what everything is for or anything useful. Just puts you straight into the, say it with me, "prologue" (act 1). If you leave a game you're put into "a hub" of sorts and it gives you a couple of terrible videos about supply lines and cards. As long as you go into the menus and look for them, it'll do that.

    I know you don't start from the hub, as part of the tutorial, you're not shown around the camp. Giving the basic thing we all expect, and, then put into the action. Which just baffles me to be honest. As for the videos above, they explain a system without explaining the system. Play the game and it eventually becomes clear (eventually). It's just terrible.

    It all feels rushed. Really rushed. From the security doors (you can't disable) and just wait until zombies appear as you stand around, and one eventually breaks the door without the alarm going off (i kid you not). It's badly designed, badly choreographed and just feels off.

    I'm not going to talk about the useless bots, the useless bunched up bots which supposedly "help" you if you wanna play the campaign solo. Oh gawd. Don't do that. It just makes the game much much worse. It's fun seeing them yell out things like "molotov grenade", and you see 3 of them in the chest you just opened. So thanks for the headsup, i was suddenly blind for a second. But they won't pick up or use any of them. It's just frustrating.

    The AI of the zombies isn't much better, in the first few chapters you'll find the tallboy, exploder and stinger almost together ALL the time. All three will suddenly appear. It'll break any suspense they were going for... and makes you wish you were playing left 4 dead.

    I like to pretend this game doesn't exist, it's not something i'd ever force my friends to play. It's not fun. There's no depth unless you enjoy collecting "cards" which make little to no difference and enjoy "customisation" to show off to the same friends you're probably playing with.

    This shouldn't have been made. Like the Batman & Robin (1997) film, i'm going to pretend this doesn't even exist.    … Expand

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  1. Gameblog.fr
    Oct 22, 2021
    70
    Back 4 Blood is unquestionably a fun multiplayer zombie killfest but its card system is a bit light on the novelty side of things, and we can't help feeling that the game is still a bit of a Left 4 Dead 3.
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  2. Attack of the Fanboy
    Oct 12, 2021
    80
    It’s safe to say that we’re probably not going to be getting a Left 4 Dead 3 in our lifetimes, but Back 4 Blood is going to be as close as we’ll get in the time being. The game preserves mostly everything that made the two Left 4 Dead games so great while integrating it into the modern gaming sphere.
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