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  • Summary: From the creators and development team behind the critically acclaimed, co-op phenomenon Left 4 Dead. Back 4 Blood is designed from the ground-up as an original, premium title and marries the best of what made the co-op zombie shooter so successful with new features and state-of-the-art technology.
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Back 4 Blood PvP Showcase | E3 2021
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 40
  2. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. 100
    Back 4 Blood definitely builds on Left 4 Dead, and it doesn’t drive too far from that steady formula. But the Left 4 Dead formula still works, and it’s a recipe for quick cooperative gaming fun whenever you take it on. Yes, there are other cooperative games out there, titles with deeper story and more lore or more involved progression. There may not be a cooperative game that’s easier to instantly jump into, though, than Back 4 Blood.
  2. Oct 14, 2021
    82
    Turtle Rock Studios managed to successfully resurrect the original Left 4 Dead games formula, improving it with modern shooter mechanics, very fun gunplay and a lot of variety thanks to the new card system. It's not a very innovative game and it's got some technical and balancing issues, but it can be damn fun and addictive.
  3. Oct 11, 2021
    80
    Back 4 Blood is more than Left 4 Dead 3 with another name. It presents a strategic use of cards and a well developed progression system that guarantees a lot of fun and replayability.
  4. Oct 20, 2021
    80
    It is fast, brutal, punishing and can bring complete strangers together into a zombie mincing machine. Swarm is there if you have the PvP itch, and if you can play with others, this is an easy sell. If you play alone, things are more problematic, as a lot of the game seems to be locked away from you, but co-op up and you’ll be sorted with the zombie killing sprees of Back 4 Blood.
  5. Oct 11, 2021
    70
    Back 4 Blood is the spiritual successor of Left 4 Dead but it's also more than this. Its sub-roguelike card system refresh the zombie-coop-FPS formula but the game needs some polish and a solid post-launch support.
  6. Nov 14, 2021
    70
    Back 4 Blood isn't perfect by any means, but it's absolutely the closest we've gotten to a new Left 4 Dead game in the years since Left 4 Dead 2. Because of this, it's hard not to have fun with B4B, even if it doesn't always feel inventive and has some notable drawbacks. Despite some qualms, if you're hungry for a new co-op shooter to jump into with some friends, Back 4 Blood has more than enough meat on the bone to keep you entertained for quite some time.
  7. Oct 12, 2021
    50
    Back 4 Blood comes after a decade of L4D-likes and from the studio that made the timeless original, but it fails to capture the same magic even as well as some prior imitators.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 83
  2. Negative: 31 out of 83
  1. Oct 11, 2021
    10
    Great fun L4D vibes, perfect for chillin and playing with friends. Great that it’s includentes in Gamepass
  2. Oct 12, 2021
    10
    I’m just here to say I absolutely detest this site the media bias shown on here is out of hand every single multiplatform game gets lowerI’m just here to say I absolutely detest this site the media bias shown on here is out of hand every single multiplatform game gets lower scores just because its on Xbox smh it’s honestly pathetic Expand
  3. Oct 11, 2021
    10
    I’m loving the progression system, ability to customize my build and my gun to play the way I want to play, and the clever variety of levelsI’m loving the progression system, ability to customize my build and my gun to play the way I want to play, and the clever variety of levels and mission objectives.

    The new types of special zombies they’ve added in addition to all the L4D classics definitely mix things up, there’s a bunch of them. Level modifiers on different difficulty levels change up each run nicely, too.

    They’ve finally hit that balance of making a co-op zombie shooter that’s fun to play through more than just once.
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  4. Jun 19, 2022
    7
    I had a lot of fun playing through this. The gameplay gunplay is excellent, Everything else though is pretty average such as the characters,I had a lot of fun playing through this. The gameplay gunplay is excellent, Everything else though is pretty average such as the characters, story, online and customization. But for a few hours mowing through zombies on single player and occasional randoms online, free via game pass, it is worth your time. Just dont expect it to be as memorable as L4D. Expand
  5. Oct 20, 2021
    5
    Super average zombies game and only playable with at least 3/4 friends playing. Play on game pass but don't drop any money for this one.
  6. Oct 13, 2021
    2
    The new era is here, services and payout over soul and inovation., this is where gaming ends with greed and grind.. There is so many of theseThe new era is here, services and payout over soul and inovation., this is where gaming ends with greed and grind.. There is so many of these Service Based, Pay or Grind games now..All the things the gaming consumer railed against has come to pass ..And now modern gaming is these souless micro transaction filled grindfests, like Back for blood..
    Movement and combat is identical to every other FPS Since 2014 and the rest is Left for Dead , pay to win..
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  7. Jan 7, 2022
    0
    Ce machin est la suite des « Left 4 Dead », des jeux à la mords-moi-le-noeud pour kévins en koopération kikoolol (un jeu triple K donc). C’estCe machin est la suite des « Left 4 Dead », des jeux à la mords-moi-le-noeud pour kévins en koopération kikoolol (un jeu triple K donc). C’est konçu pour la koop’ à 4 et même si l’on peut tenter d’y jouer en solo, on se fera autant chier qu’à plusieurs… Le caractère hautement répétitif de cette bouse, pour ne pas dire farmeux (mais pas fameux, non, non) est un gros souci, source d’ennui immédiat et prolongé.

    Il faut « finir » des zones entières avant de pouvoir sauvegarder dans le ‘refuge’ suivant, sous peine de tout recommencer… évidemment ! L’interface et la maniabilité laissent à désirer, de même que l’architecture des niveaux ou la confusion générale qui règne lors de la baston générale… On est loin, loin des Dead Rising, pourtant déjà peu avares en défauts de toute sorte…!

    Back 4 machin est par ailleurs ‘so 2010’ comme disent les djeunzs et s’il n’est pas forcément très vilain en soi, il reste étonnamment médiocre graphiquement parlant ! un système de ‘cartes’ (?!) comme dans l’infâme NFS Payback par exemple donnent des avantages éventuels mais franchement, ça ne sent pas très bon… il faut de toute façon farmer les niveaux pour débloquer des tenues, des trucs et d’autres merdes…

    Une mise-à-jour deux mois après la sortie a enfin permis de jouer hors ligne mais ça ne suffit pas à sortir ce gros étron de jeu-service du fossé où il s’est foutu !
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