{"id":3317,"date":"2021-10-19T10:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/back-4-blood-review-a-zombie-shooter-tribute-act-with-brains-of-its-own\/"},"modified":"2021-10-19T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:40:04","slug":"back-4-blood-review-a-zombie-shooter-tribute-act-with-brains-of-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/back-4-blood-review-a-zombie-shooter-tribute-act-with-brains-of-its-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Back 4 Blood review \u2013 a zombie-shooter tribute act with brains of its own"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox, PlayStation 4\/5, PC; Turtle Rock\/Warner Bros Interactive<\/strong>
Despite a messy start, this spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead becomes more challenging and characterful the longer you spend with it<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what I expected from Turtle Rock\u2019s spiritual successor to zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, but I know that card-collecting wasn\u2019t on the list. Valve\u2019s 2008 cooperative classic was beautiful in its simplicity, a simplicity Back 4 Blood seems determined to bury beneath a mountain of artifice. Card powers! Loot tiers! Custom character skins! It\u2019s like ordering chips in a trendy burger restaurant and finding your fried potatoes barely visible beneath a pile of jalape\u00f1os and pulled pork.<\/p>\n

Despite a messy first impression, the spice and protein Back 4 Blood heaps atop Left 4 Dead\u2019s framework ultimately pays off. It is an off-brand imitation of Left 4 Dead\u2019s classic action: up to four players band together as \u2018Cleaners\u2019, embarking on a four-act campaign to wash a post-apocalyptic world in the blood of awkwardly named zombies, the Ridden. Most missions involve players fighting with guns, bombs, and baseball bats to reach a safe-room, all while the game makes active efforts to thwart you. The action is overseen by an AI \u2018Game Director\u2019 that harries players with carefully timed undead hordes and an array of super-zombies, variously able to trap you in a sticky web or spatter your team with Ridden-attracting vomit.<\/p>\n

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\nXbox, PlayStation 4\/5, PC; Turtle Rock\/Warner Bros InteractiveDespite a messy start, this spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead becomes more challenging and characterful the longer you spend with it
\nI\u2019m not sure what I expected from Turtle Rock\u2019s spiritual successor to zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, but I know that card-collecting wasn\u2019t on the list. Valve\u2019s 2008 cooperative classic was beautiful in its simplicity, a simplicity Back 4 Blood seems determined to bury beneath a mountain of artifice. Card powers! Loot tiers! Custom character skins! It\u2019s like ordering chips in a trendy burger restaurant and finding your fried potatoes barely visible beneath a pile of jalape\u00f1os and pulled pork.
\nDespite a messy first impression, the spice and protein Back 4 Blood heaps atop Left 4 Dead\u2019s framework ultimately pays off. It is an off-brand imitation of Left 4 Dead\u2019s classic action: up to four players band together as \u2018Cleaners\u2019, embarking on a four-act campaign to wash a post-apocalyptic world in the blood of awkwardly named zombies, the Ridden. Most missions involve players fighting with guns, bombs, and baseball bats to reach a safe-room, all while the game makes active efforts to thwart you. The action is overseen by an AI \u2018Game Director\u2019 that harries players with carefully timed undead hordes and an array of super-zombies, variously able to trap you in a sticky web or spatter your team with Ridden-attracting vomit. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox, PlayStation 4\/5, PC; Turtle Rock\/Warner Bros InteractiveDespite a messy start, this spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead becomes more challenging and characterful the longer you spend with it I\u2019m not sure what I expected from Turtle Rock\u2019s spiritual successor to zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, but I know that card-collecting wasn\u2019t on the list. …<\/p>\n

Back 4 Blood review \u2013 a zombie-shooter tribute act with brains of its own<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}