Back 4 Blood

[Oblivion Knight]

I was always gutted that the Left 4 Dead series never made it to PlayStation.. They weren't the best games, but they were pretty fun to play a bit of co-op with mates.

I've just randomly stumbled upon this upcoming release, and it seems my prayers will be answered! I'd never even heard of this until now (yes I'm out of the loop!), but having seen the trailers there's no mistaking that it's the same development team behind it.

 

[Gemma]

Looks good - basically Left4Dead 3, right down to the safe rooms, special infected and weapons.

The key for these type of games is content. World War Z was a good looking game but only having 3 or 4 locations meant it got stale quick.

L4D thrived on PC with the free map content made by the community.

It will be interesting to see how this one shapes up.

 

[Oblivion Knight]

Looks like this one got delayed without me realising..

It should have been released on 22nd June 2021, but appears to have been pushed back to 12th October 2021. I did wonder how come I'd not seen/heard much about it!

 

[apathy]

Looks like this one got delayed without me realising..

It should have been released on 22nd June 2021, but appears to have been pushed back to 12th October 2021. I did wonder how come I'd not seen/heard much about it!

Dang you're right, I totally forgot about this when before I was hearing about it quite a bit - had no idea it was delayed.
I reckon I'll pick up a 4-pack for me and the lads when it eventually does come out.

 

[Grant]

Did any of you guys play the beta that dropped this past August? I played a bit of it, and it is very Left 4 Dead like. But there seems to be a lot more enemies than both Left 4 Dead games.

From the little I played of the beta, I thought it was great. Plays almost exactly like you'd expect. I just hope there's more to it, because Left 4 Dead did get boring after a while of playing it, so I have a feeling it's going to be the same result with Back 4 Blood, unless they keep it fresh by adding more stuff and enemies. And levels of course.

 

[Oblivion Knight]

I managed to get an invite to the beta, but never got around to installing and playing it.. not that I didn't want to, but life just got in the way.

Totally agree with the Left 4 Dead eventually getting boring though, @Grant, fingers crossed the developers have plans in the pipeline to freshen up Back 4 Blood once in a while.. Even if they just change things up slightly on a weekly rotation like Epic did with Gears of War 2 onwards.

 

[Oblivion Knight]

Has this flopped? I saw Tesco selling PS5 copies pretty cheaply considering it's a relatively new game..