Back 4 Blood

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Back 4 Blood is the Left 4 Dead 2 sequel you’ve been waiting for, but it is more than just a new coat of paint. Back 4 Blood incorporates new ideas to shake up the series, differentiating itself with a card system and new zombies that will have you coming back time and time again.

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Back 4 Blood is the Left 4 Dead 2 sequel you've been waiting for, but it is more than just a new coat of paint. Back 4 Blood incorporates new ideas to shake up the series, differentiating itself with a card system and new zombies that will have you coming back time and time again.

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Stephen Heller (Impulsegamer)

Back 4 Blood is not just a new coat of paint. It tries new ideas to shake up its legendary formula, mashing together their learning to create a cohesive, insanely fun co-op experience.

October 13, 2021 |

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Back 4 Blood shines when playing with others and has enough systems, spooks, and FPS fun to make players want to come back for more.

October 12, 2021 |

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8/10

Alex Stadnik (Game Informer)

4/5 stars

Brendan Lowry (Windows Central)

Despite a few shortcomings, Back 4 Blood is nevertheless an excellent and fresh take on the beloved Left 4 Dead formula.

October 11, 2021 |

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Stephen Heller (Impulsegamer)

4/5 - (Read Review)

Back 4 Blood is not just a new coat of paint. It tries new ideas to shake up its legendary formula, mashing together their learning to create a cohesive, insanely fun co-op experience.

Alex Stadnik (Game Informer)

8/10 - (Read Review)

Back 4 Blood shines when playing with others and has enough systems, spooks, and FPS fun to make players want to come back for more.

Brendan Lowry (Windows Central)

4/5 stars - (Read Review)

Despite a few shortcomings, Back 4 Blood is nevertheless an excellent and fresh take on the beloved Left 4 Dead formula.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
33bits	Euyen Esquefa Pons	85 / 100	10-13-2021	Enduring the comparison with the veteran Left4Dead saga is no small feat. And Back 4 Blood not only supports it, but at times it feels superior to Valve games -also developed by the people of Turtle Rock, eye-. Its large number of levels, the different characters, its card system -both for its own abilities and for modifiers in the game- or its gunplay make this game a great cooperative. Against it, some policies of the publisher, the impossibility of maps created by users or its Versus mode, here called Cloud. Still an essential game if you like cooperative titles and if you are a Left4Dead lover.	Read review
3DNews	Михаил Пономарев	7 / 10	10-16-2021	As a cooperative shooter, Back 4 Blood is not bad. But as it is, bland maps, awkward progression and controversial design decisions make it a game for only a couple of evenings.	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Not Recommended	10-11-2021	Video Review	Read review
Area Xbox	Kevin Arbelo	9.3 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is a game that has made the return of the zombie / infected genre in style. A triumphant return that has taken the formula of the great Left 4 Dead and enhanced it, creating one of the most addictive games in recent years. Without a doubt, it is a game that offers an experience like no other if we play with friends. Thanks to its fantastic technical section and its frenetic gameplay. A title that you cannot miss if you are a fan of cooperative games.	Read review
Areajugones	Cristian M. Villa	8 / 10	10-11-2021	‎The creators of Left 4 Dead return with Back 4 Blood, a cooperative experience in which to pass over hundreds, thousands of zombies with their hearts in a fist. But this is not just about killing; Back 4 Blood also has a truly interesting strategic component that is nourished, above all, by its customizable system of card advantages.‎	Read review
Atomix	Rodolfo León	80 / 100	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood lacks the personality and charisma of the Left 4 Dead franchise, but at the same time, it also introduces some quality of life changes that make this game blast to play with friends. However, playing alone feels unrewarding because of the lack of progression.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Elliott Gatica	4 / 5 stars	10-12-2021	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.	Read review
AusGamers	KostaAndreadis	5 / 10	10-20-2021	With Back 4 Blood available on Xbox Game Pass on PC and Console there’s reason to jump in if you’re looking for something new to play with friends. The look and feel is familiar and the action is engaging and chaotic when played with a group. For a while that is. Thanks to the sameness that permeates across most levels and backdrops and the predictability of the pace, it doesn’t take long for this Left 4 Dead spiritual successor to wear a little thin.	Read review
BaziCenter	Mohammad Talebian	8 / 10	10-20-2021	Back 4 Blood successfully continues what started by Left 4 Dead, and even though there some bumps here and there in the road, everything that matters for a game in this genre is done the right way.	Read review
Bazimag	Seyed Ali Rooholamini	8.2 / 10	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood is one the best multiplayer titles of these past of couple of years and this is definitely something you want to experience with your friends as it not only gets better with how good your cooperation skills are with your teammates, it is also the kind of online game that doesn’t get made as much as it used to around a decade ago.	Read review
But Why Tho?	Quinn Hiers	8.5 / 10	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood is a wonderful call-back to the games that have come before it. And even though it’s not a direct sequel to Left 4 Dead 2, it brings back the most important elements of the series. But it shouldn’t be seen as only a spiritual successor because it adds so many new features that make it an extremely satisfying modern-day FPS. While a few elements impede the gameplay, they can be easily overlooked when you have a great team to play with.	Read review
CGMagazine	Khari Taylor	6.5 / 10	10-12-2021	A tedious, time-consuming playing card mechanic, frustrating bug crashes and a repetitive, near-endless onslaught of Ridden enemies led by an uninspired AI Director, collectively drags this spiritual sequel to Left 4 Dead down from the heights it could have reached.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Omi Koulas	8 / 10	10-15-2021	Whether it’s your first time shooting zombies or you’re a Left 4 Dead veteran, Back 4 Blood is frantic action that you’ll love.	Read review
COGconnected	Rhett Waselenchuk	79 / 100	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is one that I’ll be playing for a long time to come. Turtle Rock Studios has committed to improving the game, both through new content and patches. And I trust that they’ll right most of the wrongs with their latest zombie-slaying simulator. It may feel light on content, and you’ll need a team of people if you want to make any actual progress, but hop on board now, and you still be pleasantly surprised at just how fun Back 4 Blood can be.	Read review
Destructoid	Eric Van Allen	8 / 10	10-18-2021	Whether I’m laughing out loud over a brilliant strategy gone awry or just barely getting onto an escape vehicle with Ridden right on my heels, Back 4 Blood has the right formula for a good few weekends of co-op fun. If it gets even more support and updates down the line, I could see this taking up a spot as a go-to social game for quite a while to come. Really, it just feels good to have this sort of game back again.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Ben Sheene	8.5 / 10	01-25-2020	Back 4 Blood edges past the competition in the packed cooperative shooter landscape by offering players a creative card system buffered by tight gameplay, just be sure to bring some friends along for the massacre as solo play features limitations.	Read review
Digital Trends	Otto Kratky	4 / 5 stars	10-11-2021	Back 4 Blood is a solid evolution on Left 4 Dead’s co-op action that could be further improved with some slight quality-of-life tweaks.	Read review
Easy Allies	Michael Huber	3.25 / 5 stars	10-17-2021	Back 4 Blood isn’t as memorable as its predecessors, but there’s a firm foundation to get the party started.	Read review
Echo Boomer	Diogo dos Santos	Recommended	11-06-2021	After the successful Left 4 Dead, the team behind Turtle Rock Studios brings back a new and excellent chapter to the co-op/survival genre.	Read review
EGM	Josh Harmon	8 / 10	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood certainly improves upon the gameplay formula of Turtle Rock’s earlier Left 4 Dead, with a deeper feature set that allows for greater strategy and customization while fending off Hordes of the undead. But the world of the game and its characters lack the charm of its spiritual forebear, and a few curious design choices keep it just shy of greatness.	Read review
Eurogamer	Chris Tapsell	Recommended	10-26-2021	Back 4 Blood is a strange mix of old and new, but it works. The result is a delightfully scrappy hang-out shooter.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Alessandro Bruni	8 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is certainly not a perfect title, but overall the proposal of the Californian team is effective and well thought out. It goes without saying that to fully enjoy it you will necessarily have to find companions at the height, but we can assure you that the game is worth the candle.	Read review
Explosion Network	Dylan Blight	7 / 10	10-18-2021	There are plenty of reasons why Back 4 Blood could be around for years as Turtle Rock adds additional content to the game, but I hope they start by tweaking what’s here. The difficulty, for this type of game, feels wrong. Back 4 Blood is meant to be fun with friends, and although I’m all for the challenge and reliance on communication with your teammates, the higher difficulties are sadistic.	Read review
FingerGuns	Miles Thompson	7 / 10	10-11-2021	If you have a squad of like-minded buddies ready to lose many an evening to slaying some zombie infested hordes, Back 4 Blood will provide you plenty to satisfy that urge. It doesn’t quite capture the greatness of its forebears and it stumbles over itself with its erratic difficulty curve and repetitive nature, but Back 4 Blood has immensely satisfying, if simplistic, gameplay mechanic. This is a veteran, war-torn survivor who’s maybe danced this bloody dance once too many times, but it knows damn well how to deliver that co-op fun.	Read review
Game Informer	Alex Stadnik	8 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood shines when playing with others and has enough systems, spooks, and FPS fun to make players want to come back for more	Read review
Game Rant	Joshua Duckworth	3.5 / 5 stars	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood still comes out as the best Left 4 Dead-inspired game in recent memory, taking the core design and innovating on it just enough to keep everything fresh and fun. Where Back 4 Blood gets things right, it does them really well, but where it doesn’t is often quite obvious.	Read review
Game Revolution	Jason Faulkner	4 / 5 stars	10-17-2021	The biggest question about this game is whether the player base will stay strong or not. Left 4 Dead still gets a steady stream over a decade later, but it’s still up in the air whether Back 4 Blood will inspire the same loyalty. Fortunately, it’s on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, so there’s little to no risk in giving it a try.	Read review
Gameblog	Damien Greffet	7 / 10	10-22-2021	Back 4 Blood is unquestionably a fun multiplayer zombie killfeast but its card system is a bit light on the novelty side of things, and we can’t hlep feeling that the game is still a bit of a Left 4 Dead 3.	Read review
Gamefa	Mehdi Reazaei	9 / 10	11-19-2021	You might think that these days the online gaming market is saturated and there’s no need for games like Back 4 Blood, but you’re completely wrong. If you are a fan of online team shooter games, be sure to play this great game.	Read review
GameGrin	Adam Kerr	7.5 / 10	10-11-2021	Back 4 Blood has built on the great foundations that Left 4 Dead laid over a decade ago. The gameplay is brilliant, there’s also that little bit more to keep the challenge fresh and to keep zombie killing fun.	Read review
GameMAG	Unknown	7 / 10	11-07-2021	If you can give Back 4 Blood a chance, then eventually the game will open up as a fun and original 4-player co-op based shooter.	Read review
GamePro	Eleen Reinke	75 / 100	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood offers fun co-op action with a bit bumpy start and not always successful balancing.	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	8.4 / 10	10-19-2021	Back 4 Blood is really Left 4 Dead 3 in all but the name, providing a worthy successor that is fun to play and stacked with content.	Read review
GameSkinny	Mark Delaney	5 / 10	10-12-2021	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.	Read review
GameSpace	Emily Byrnes	7 / 10	02-16-2022	Back 4 Blood is one of those games that you don’t have to particularly worry about grinding, which is incredibly refreshing. Between grinding for in-game currency for dungeon gear in FFXIV, and trying to level up my weapons in Dauntless, it’s nice to have a game I can jump back into with my friends at any point in time and just play. It’s fast-paced, creative, and just all-around good fun. What’s not to love? The game has been out for a while, but that just means that the developers have had more time to listen to feedback and start fixing some of those bugs that have been bothering players.	Read review
GameSpew	Kim Snaith	6 / 10	10-12-2021	I’ll reiterate: Back 4 Blood isn’t a bad game. But it could have been so much better. Its difficulty needs balancing, as does the amount of enemies thrown at you at any one time. Ultimately, most levels simply have too much going on to be enjoyable – and each Act would have benefitted from being substantially shorter. Get a competent group of friends together and you might have some fun, but chances are zombie fatigue is going to set in long before you reach the end of the campaign.	Read review
GameSpot	Richard Wakeling	7 / 10	10-19-2021	Back 4 Blood recaptures the spirit of Left 4 Dead while introducing some engaging modern trappings.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Rachel Weber	Recommended	10-08-2021	Despite the fact that I still feel like a bit of a Back 4 Blood baby after a full day of play, and there are times that is definitely going to trip me up until I figure it out, I’m happy to keep playing until it all clicks into place. It’s been a hell of a long time since there was a co-op game good enough to drag me away from my happy, introverted world of solo RPGs and sims, but Back 4 Blood is looking to become a major part of my social life.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Henry Yu	8 / 10	10-19-2021	Back 4 Blood is a worthy successor to the Left 4 Dead franchise. It maintains the fundamentals of what made the original so addictive and satisfying while adding its own little flair with the rogue-like deck building system. What holds Back 4 Blood from getting a better score is its high price tag and lack of solo play progression.	Read review
GamingBolt	Matt Bianucci	8 / 10	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood wastes no time trying to divert your attention from its obvious influences, but it doesn’t need to when it nearly lives up to the expectations its spiritual predecessors set so high.	Read review
GamingTrend	Anthony Shelton	75 / 100	10-12-2021	You’ll find a lot of fun in Back 4 Blood. Turtle Rock Studios managed to take something that was old and give it enough of a touch-up to make sure we recognized it but played with it differently. It’s fun to hop on with your friends and blast away the zombies and compete to potentially take out the Cleaners, but you have to get past the first half of the game to get to the best parts. It doesn’t help that the story gives you nothing to cling to, but once you get past those parts, the tension and excitement kick in. But sadly, playing solo hardly gives you anything like what you get playing online and with friends.	Read review
Geek Culture	Jake Su	8 / 10	10-25-2021	With fresh new spins on familiar elements, Back 4 Blood brings the idea of team-based zombie-killing fun to a whole new generation with some caveats.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Juan Jesús	8.2 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is the successor to Left 4 Dead, adding new enemies and an excellent card system with power-ups and new challenges.	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	9 / 10	10-12-2021	Thanks to the AI Director, incredible atmosphere and great pacing, Back 4 Blood is a triumphant return for Turtle Rock.	Read review
GotGame	David Poole	8 / 10	10-18-2021	In the end, I really enjoy playing Back 4 Blood’s campaigns. They’re just different enough from the Left 4 Dead formula and it offers a pretty satisfying challenge. The Swarm and solo modes could be a bit more rewarding, so hopefully Turtle Rock Studios addresses these soon. Overall, if you’re looking for a new co-op experience with some friends, you’ll likely have a good time with Back 4 Blood.	Read review
Guardian	Rick Lane	4 / 5 stars	10-19-2021	Despite a messy start, this spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead becomes more challenging and characterful the longer you spend with it	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Kevin Dunsmore	3.5 / 5 stars	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood manages to recapture much of the magic Turtle Rock Studios crafted more than a decade ago.	Read review
Hey Poor Player	Andrew Thornton	3.5 / 5 stars	10-23-2021	At its best, Back 4 Blood offers a ton of variety to keep you and your friends interested for a long time. Even returning to levels you’ve already played gets interesting thanks to different cards, which can make major differences in how things play out. If you have three friends to play the whole game with, I highly recommend it. That its available as a Game Pass title is awesome because you can get a group of friends together without them all having to buy the game. If you don’t have that group though, a poorly balanced solo mode and issues with matchmaking will sink this one for most.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Javier Cazallas	80 / 100	10-11-2021	We’re back to the old cooperative mode of busting zombies like there is no tomorrow with Back 4 Blood, the heir to Left 4 Dead that keeps the essence of the franchise alive and incorporates new mechanics, but with lessons to be learned in the field of PvP.	Read review
IGN	Mohamed Shorbgy	8.5 / 10	10-13-2021	If you’re an old Left 4 Dead player, Back 4 Blood will bring back memories of the long play hours you’ve spent with this fun series, its spirit hovering around Back 4 Blood with new additions to the card system that offers greater diversity, and will add fun and longer life to the game, with full Arabic support in the MENA region.	Read review
IGN Italy	Angelo Bianco	8.2 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood continues the tradition of PvE shooters started by Turtle Rock Studios with Left 4 Dead, but offering a better gameplay dinamics and a fun campaign to play online with three other players.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Mohamed Shorbgy	8.5 / 10	10-13-2021	If you’re an old Left 4 Dead player, Back 4 Blood will bring back memories of the long play hours you’ve spent with this fun series, its spirit hovering around Back 4 Blood with new additions to the card system that offers greater diversity, and will add fun and longer life to the game, with full Arabic support in the MENA region.	Read review
IGN Spain	Jose Alberto	8 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood manages to live up to its predecessors, offering an improved, deeper, funnier and more addictive experience.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Stephen Heller	4 / 5 stars	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood is not just a new coat of paint. It tries new ideas to shake up its legendary formula, mashing together their learning to create a cohesive, insanely fun co-op experience.	Read review
JVL	Kikitoès	8 / 10	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood is indeed the Left 4 Dead 3 that we were all waiting for, even if it would be clearly reductive to limit ourselves to this simple comparison as the Turtle Rock studio has made great efforts to expand and modernize a recipe of which he is still the father. The result is a tasty soft in cooperation, jubilant and surprisingly demanding as soon as you increase the difficulty. Its build card system, the complete arsenal and the many small tools next to it, offer a lot of depth to the gameplay.	Read review
M3	Raphael Cano Felix	6 / 10	10-15-2021	More than a decade after Left 4 Dead 2, Turtle Rock is back to reclaim the throne. Back 4 Blood is not a revolution in itself, but rather an evolution of the developer’s already excellent setup. Of course, we would have liked less of the small errors we find here and there, but that doesn’t stop the game from being a really entertaining and addictive action party. With human co-players, that is.	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Ersin Kılıç	80 / 100	10-21-2021	As a result, Back 4 Blood manages to provide a very fun experience when you play with your friends. I’d say it’s a worthy experience for the Left 4 Dead series fans, which is considered the best of its kind. With its card system, competitive mission structure and fun gameplay, we have a game worth checking out.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	8 / 10	10-13-2021	While it never forges its own identity, or escapes the shadow of Left 4 Dead, Back 4 Blood provides a great cover act, that captures all of the original series’ magic.	Read review
New Game Network	Ben Thomas	80 / 100	10-22-2021	Back 4 Blood is an immensely fun multiplayer shooter, with an astonishingly replayable cooperative campaign full of intense periods and challenges that encourage teamwork. The competitive Swarm mode may not have the refined suspense of Left 4 Dead’s Versus mode, but it does have a few satisfying moments.	Read review
NoesPaisparaFrikis	Oscar Garcia Mompean	8.8 / 10	11-02-2021	The best cooperative experience out there today on next-gen consoles.	Read review
NoobFeed	Adam Siddiqui	65 / 100	10-17-2021	Back 4 Blood isn’t a repeat of Turtle Rock Studios’ Evolve but doesn’t live up to the expectations many were hoping for.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Can Arabacı	8 / 10	11-05-2021	It’s not perfect, but it’s successfully fulfilled L4D’s spiritual pursuit by adding modern systems.	Read review
Paste Magazine	Holly Green	7.5 / 10	10-13-2021	But for what it is, Back 4 Blood proves that what made Left 4 Dead good is still a lot of fun, even if this new iteration doesn’t make use of every innovative convention to spring up since the series’ original release. And there’s something to be said for aging gracefully and not shoehorning in everything at once. As the old plastic surgery adage goes, sometimes it’s best not to remake but maintain.	Read review
PC Gamer	Morgan Park	Recommended	10-08-2021	Back 4 Blood is a big game, and having finished the first act of four, it’s clear I’m just now getting into the meat of it. I feel like I’ve already played one and a half Left 4 Deads in that time, so map variety probably won’t be an issue this time around. That said, it’s a shame that (as far as I can tell) Turtle Rock has no plans for official modding tools, a perk that has kept Left 4 Dead 2 and other Source games alive with new, free content years after release. Maybe somebody will find a way, but I doubt I’ll ever be able to click one button and turn Back 4 Blood’s Tallboy into Shrek.	Read review
PC Invasion	Andrew Farrell	7.5 / 10	10-10-2021	Back 4 Blood is another great multiplayer zombie game, but some serious balance issues force it to stumble out of the gate.	Read review
PCGamesN	Jordan Forward	8 / 10	10-12-2021	It can feel unbalanced and unfairly punishing at times, but when all of its systems click into place Back 4 Blood is a ton of fun.	Read review
PCMag	Gabriel Zamora	3 / 5 stars	08-20-2021	With Back 4 Blood, developer Turtle Rock tries to revive Left 4 Dead’s cooperative, zombie-shooting glory days. The result is a mixed bag that features solid ideas, but half-baked execution.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Rebecca Smith	8.5 / 10	11-01-2021	Back 4 Blood is a great game when played with other people, truly evoking the spirit of Left 4 Dead for a new generation of gamers. This time there’s the incentive of a progression system to keep players coming back, although the Corruption Cards don’t always make those repeated playthroughs as unique as they should. For those wanting to play on their own, it would be best to wait until the game has been patched to include single player progress. Hopefully that shouldn’t be too much longer.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	David Carcasole	8 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood stands as a new standard in co-op shooters. With vibrant, intricate level design, solid gunplay, and intense moments brought on by a variety of dizzying enemy types balanced through a deep card system, it stands as a great achievement. The difficulty wall is annoying and other in game choices feel odd, to say the least, but that doesn’t stop you from having an absolute blast, especially playing with friends.	Read review
Polygon	Ryan Gilliam	Recommended	10-08-2021	Left 4 Dead is a beautiful relic, something I and many others spent hundreds of hours playing in high school and college. But with games like Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and even Aliens: Fireteam Elite branching out and taking more of a class-based approach, I was sure Back 4 Blood’s more classic bone structure would crumble under the pressure. But Back 4 Blood is more like that makeshift, armor-clad Hummer you see in every zombie show and movie: The bones of what it once was are easy to see, but it’s been reinforced to survive in a new environment.	Read review
Press Start	Brodie Gibbons	6.5 / 10	10-13-2021	It’s hard to fault the moment-to-moment gameplay of Back 4 Blood when all of its pistons are working in tandem and you’re running with a good crew. Though the effort to contemporise and grow beyond its roots is commendable, just about every other aspect of the game feels like a misfire. The campaign isn’t fun and, more offensively, it pays no regard to solo players.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho	70 / 100	10-25-2021	Back 4 Blood has many frustrating moments with its numerous hordes and unbalanced difficulty spikes. Besides, it’s quite repetitive and has a weak story. Its card system only starts to get more interesting after practically finishing the campaign at least once. In the end, Back 4 Blood is only suitable for those looking for a cooperative experience and who would overlook the points mentioned.	Read review
Push Square	Stuart Gipp	8 / 10	10-16-2021	Having spent a lot of time with Back 4 Blood, we think it’s well worth your time and, crucially, your money. It’s just a lot of fun blowing Ridden heads off or smashing them with a baseball bat like a watermelon in an anime beach episode. It doesn’t really deliver a compelling experience solo – the bots are just a touch too stupid for that – but Back 4 Blood ought to become a multiplayer fixture for the rest of the generation to come. Unless they bring out Back 4 Blood 2 in, like, a year.	Read review
Rectify Gaming	Unknown	8 / 10	10-11-2021	Tons of replay value and great challenge make Back 4 Blood a fantastic co-op experience that shouldn’t be missed.	Read review
Rely On Horror	Andrew Heaton	7.5 / 10	10-31-2021	Back 4 Blood fills a zombie-starved hole in the heart for many, where the thrills of Left 4 Dead meet the modern era of gaming.	Read review
Saving Content	Scott Ellison II	4 / 5 stars	10-13-2021	There’s simply more to do and see with Back 4 Blood. It recaptures the magic of Left 4 Dead with near-infinite replayability at greater depths. The lengthy roster and varied personalities of the cleaners are entertaining. The deck building system allows you to create a devastating hand, and the weapon modding lets you grow with the increasing challenge. As you progress through the game, the AI director keeps you on the edge as you barely survive each encounter. Turtle Rock does it again, Back 4 Blood feels like an evolution on the coop zombie shooter we haven’t seen in over a decade.	Read review
Screen Rant	Phillip Tinner	3.5 / 5 stars	10-11-2021	Turtle Rock’s Back 4 Blood is tough as nails and has some minor annoyances, but it’s a refreshingly complete and competent multiplayer experience.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Branislav Kohút	8.5 / 10	10-11-2021	Is it new Left 4 Dead or not? Are There some new improvements? Is it worth to play? Yes, Yes and Yes!	Read review
Shacknews	Chris Jarrard	6 / 10	10-15-2021	Likewise, if you are burning to play a Left 4 Dead-style game but you only have a newer console, Back 4 Blood should fit the bill, though there are several more interesting options out there if you look. At the end of the day, this is an inferior version of Left 4 Dead 2 that lacks the style, charm, gore, and engaging characters it tries to reproduce. That said, there is a decent foundation here and there are worse ways you could spend a weekend with some buddies.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Jarren Navarrete	6.5 / 10	10-18-2021	On its own, Back 4 Blood isn’t a bad zombie game. I can definitely see people enjoying it with friends. However it’s difficult to give a confident recommendation when it offers such a mediocre experience. Should they be able to balance the difficulty a little better, that could be paramount into improving the game.	Read review
Skill Up	Ralph Panebianco	Recommended	10-12-2021	Video Review	Read review
Softpedia	Bogdan Popa	8.5 / 10	10-31-2021	So is Back 4 Dead worth a chance? Not only it is, but this new release, no matter if it’s supposed to be a Left 4 Dead successor or not, is one of the most challenging co-op releases I’ve seen in a long time. And this pretty much sums it all.	Read review
SpazioGames	Unknown	8 / 10	10-11-2021	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.	Read review
Stevivor	Hamish Lindsay	8.5 / 10	10-13-2021	Back 4 Blood doesn’t just imitate the Left 4 Dead formula like these titles, it elevates it past its predecessor. Perhaps it’s the nostalgia for the 12 year old title, or maybe just poor memory, that fuels our rose-tinted retrospection and distaste for something new. Regardless, Back 4 Blood takes the concept to the next level and builds in layers of cool ideas and just plain fun gameplay.	Read review
The Angry Joe Show	Joe Vargas	5 / 10	10-20-2021	Video Review	Read review
The Game Crater	Joshua Cole	8.5 / 10	11-09-2021	Back 4 Blood is a great zombie title that can fill the void of Left 4 Dead. It offers a steady narrative with fleshed-out characters and an incredibly unique card system that changes how to play each level. While the matchmaking and PvP mode feel a bit lacklustre, Back 4 Blood still provides a fabulous zombie-killing experience.	Read review
The Games Machine	Alessandro Alosi	8 / 10	10-18-2021	Back 4 Blood isn’t perfect and doesn’t revolutionize zombie-themed co-op FPS, but it effectively demonstrates that, thirteen years later, the right ideas can revitalize superb but dusty gameplay.	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Karl Smart	4 / 5 stars	10-09-2021	Back 4 Blood is a good game, it improves on the Left 4 Dead formula in a way that is challenging and creative. However, the move to forcing people to advance the overall game by going online, being forced to work with randoms in a very badly connected cross-platform multiplayer games where without a solid communication base, resulting in Back 4 Blood being an experience in frustration rather than a very enjoyable game. If Turtle Rock allows for private games where you can do under 4 players with bots instead, then maybe this game can truly be something that is a must-own. But at the moment Back 4 Blood is only worth playing if you have a premade group of friends.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Nick Petrasiti	6 / 10	10-20-2021	I so badly want to love Back 4 Blood, but its grindy nature and difficulty spikes out of nothing let it down, leaving you with a bad taste in your mouth. It has potential for those in it for the long haul, accumulating cards and building specialised decks to match the challenge, but right now I just have no desire to go back 4 more.	Read review
Thumbsticks	Aaron Bayne	3.5 / 5 stars	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood features the hectic first-person combat and brilliant co-op camaraderie that made Left 4 Dead so popular. It’s no wonder that Turtle Rock wanted to emulate that success, and while there are a few compromises – the terrible bots if you can’t round up some mates, and the extreme jump in difficulty if you want to eke out some more playtime – this spiritual successor falls into the “worthy” category.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Tom West	4 / 5 stars	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is the co-op survival shooter that we’ve been waiting for since Left 4 Dead took the world by storm. The introduction of Corruption Cards really helps the game stand out, while offering players varied gameplay that doesn’t feel stale at any point. The current issues surrounding solo play are certainly a turn-off, but not enough for me to not recommend playing it, especially if you have a group of friends ready to go. With a little TLC, Back 4 Blood has every ingredient necessary to flourish, and perhaps even dethrone its predecessors… maybe.	Read review
TrustedReviews	Alastair Stevenson	4 / 5 stars	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood is an excellent co-op zombie shooter, with a card-based perk system and wonderfully satisfying gunplay building upon the fantastic foundations of the Left 4 Dead series. But if you’re planning on playing solo you may want to stay clear, with a design clearly optimised for multiplayer.	Read review
Twinfinite	Zhiqing Wan	4 / 5 stars	10-12-2021	In spite of its shortcomings, though, Back 4 Blood is already starting to feel like it could very well become my go-to zombie shooter whenever I just want to have a fun, social experience with friends. Despite how saturated the zombie game market has become, Back 4 Blood cuts through all the noise and delivers a solid co-op shooter that oozes charm and prioritizes fun with friends over everything else.	Read review
VG247	Sherif Saed	Recommended	10-15-2021	Back 4 Blood takes an old-school approach where it makes sense, and modernises where it doesn’t. It’s heartening to be engaged by a game purely for its gameplay and variety, and not to pad out a progress bar somewhere.	Read review
VGC	Jordan Middler	3 / 5 stars	10-10-2021	It seems backhanded to say that a game is only worth playing if you can find people to distract you from the actual game, but if your group wants something mindless to wind down after an intense night on Warzone or Rainbow Six: Siege, Back 4 Blood is ideal.	Read review
VideoGamer	Josh Wise	7 / 10	10-19-2021	In Back 4 Blood, we have been given a finely tooled zombie shooter, but it lacks the power of the original.	Read review
Wccftech	Unknown	8 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood isn’t Left 4 Dead, and it doesn’t even try to be it, doing away with the classics’ straightforward campaign in favor of a more modern experience that rewards progression and offers plenty of replayability. The excellent map and mission design, the huge variety of builds made possible by the card system, and satisfying gameplay make the game by Turtle Rock Studios the one to get for those who have a team of friends ready to take on hordes of undead, but those who are looking to play the game solo would do better to look elsewhere, as Back 4 Blood doesn’t offer much for those not too keen on teamwork.	Read review
We Got This Covered	David Morgan	3 / 5 stars	10-20-2021	At every turn, Back 4 Blood frantically alludes to its superior predecessor, digging its own grave as it crumbles under the weight of blasé characters and overly complex systems.	Read review
Windows Central	Brendan Lowry	4 / 5 stars	10-11-2021	Despite a few shortcomings, Back 4 Blood is nevertheless an excellent and fresh take on the beloved Left 4 Dead formula.	Read review
Worth Playing	Cody Medellin	8.5 / 10	10-12-2021	Back 4 Blood is a fun blend of the classic Left 4 Dead template with a reasonable inclusion of modern traits. The basic zombie shooting brings forth just as many memorable and chaotic moments as the developer’s original series, and the game absolutely sings in multiplayer, but the solo experience remains engaging for those who only get along with bots. The modern touches add some depth that doesn’t detract from what makes this kind of game so fun in the first place. The steps to increase replayability accomplish that without feeling forced. Despite a few minor issues here and there, Back 4 Blood is a solid debut, and those who wanted some progress in the genre are going to find it in buckets here.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Richard Walker	80 / 100	10-13-2021	A blistering return to zombie-slaying nirvana, Back 4 Blood is an excellent spiritual follow-up to Left 4 Dead that ticks almost all of the right boxes, except for the one labelled ‘solo progression’ – if you’re planning on playing offline on your own, you might want to steer clear for now. Otherwise, jump right in.	Read review
Zoomg	افشین پیروزی	7 / 10	10-13-2021	Overall, Back 4 Blood is a good experience of a survival-driven shooter game and zombie killing.	Read review
ZTGD	Terrence Johnson	8 / 10	10-21-2021	Turtle Rock Studios have made a triumphant return to the genre that kickstarted a whole zombie craze so many years ago. That return isn’t perfect though, issues with the controls, missing game modes and bugs have marred what is otherwise an enjoyable zombie killfest. At the time of this writing a few patches have gone out that have corrected most of the larger bugs, but there are still issues with spawning too many special infected at a time and other little issues. While these things can be frustrating, they don’t destroy the fun of Back 4 Blood when playing the game as it’s meant to be. That is playing multiplayer with a group of friends smartly navigating a nightmare filled world.	Read review

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Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. You are at the center of a war against the Ridden. These once-human hosts of a deadly parasite have turned into terrifying creatures bent on devouring what remains of civilization. With humanity’s extinction on the line, it’s up to you and your friends to take the fight to the enemy, eradicate the Ridden, and reclaim the world.

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