Back 4 Blood - Why we've been waiting for the game for 11 years

07 January 2021 / by Fabian Roßbach
Back 4 Blood - Why we've been waiting for the game for 11 years

New and yet somehow familiar - With Back 4 Blood, a new horror survival game is ready to launch in 2021. In the game, a small group of survivors must fend off hordes of monsters on their own. On the one hand, the game looks fresh and action-packed, but it also evokes a feeling that players have been waiting for more than 11 years.

Unequal Power Struggle

In Back 4 Blood, up to four players can play as a small group of survivors fighting their way through various streets and buildings in a city infected by zombies and monsters. Their goal is to reach one of the last escape routes.

The survivors must arm themselves with clubs, swords, pistols and rifles that they can find in the various levels. The undead, on the other hand, rely on their unnatural powers. In addition, the monsters always appear in endless, massive hordes. In pursuit of the last humans, they show no mercy. Particularly tough nuts to crack are boss monsters, which in turn can be controlled by up to four other players.

These creatures are not only damned strong, but also have different special abilities. With these powers, they seek the life of the team of humans.

Familiar novelty

Back 4 Blood is scheduled for 2021. However, the game principle is very similar to the two-part game series Left 4 Dead, which Valve released in 2008 and 2009. Nasty tongues could claim that Back 4 Blood is a very brazen copy of the popular horror survival games. In fact, it is much more. The new game is being created by Turtle Rock Studios. The development team already took over the work on the first Left 4 Dead in 2006 before Valve bought the development studio in 2008. The team from Turtle Rock Studios was also the driving force behind the second part and implemented the game hit for Valve again.

So Back 4 Blood is not a brazen copy. It is rather a Left 4 Dead 3, which the fans have been waiting for since 2009. Accordingly, the expectations of the game are also very high. The players hope that it can convey the same gaming experience as the first parts already did. After all, even if

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