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Back 4 Blood - New Trailer and Open BETA, August 12th
- Thread starter IbizaPocholo
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Can any fans of L4D articulate why this game isn't living up to expectations? It looks like the same game to me.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Fucking card system (which is always bullshit and usually a way to add MTX to the game to sell packs of random cards), feels more like CoD than L4D.
Swipeyowifelike
Member
Do you think the marketing team is the same as the development team?
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jigglet
Banned
They're already openly talking about DLC so it seems they learned nothing after the Evolve implosion. Hire a fucking PR person Turtlerock, it'll pay for itself.
MiguelItUp
Member
Same. I adored L4D and L4D2, and this is about as close as we'll get to 3. I'm glad it exists. I played a bit of the beta, don't wanna play too much to the point where I'll get burn out on release, but I dig what I played!
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Haven't we known about the card system for a while now? And I'm pretty sure you can opt out of using cards if you want.
Also, what does CoD feel like compared to L4D?
This reaction feels so bizarre to me considering how similar the games look like they play.
MiguelItUp
Member
Yeaaaaah, to me it honestly feels more like L4D than COD. The only thing that I think is very COD-like is ADS existing. That's really it. The movement itself feels slightly slower than L4D/L4D2, but it's not bad. The card system also doesn't really feel game breaking to me either. But, to each their own I guess?
idk how you opt out other than drafting an empty deck and then going from there? The card stuff isn't that bad. MAKING the deck is annoying because I don't care to think about that stuff, but the drawing aspect inbetween rounds is fine by me. That's why I like games like Slay The Spire more than Hearthstone. Procedural choices to go with the flow is better to me than having to create some crafted meta thing.
It's still similar to L4D other than you can aim down sights and there are weapon attachments basically. And sprint and stamina... There's also ammo types for the different weapons that you have to source on the map. It's not just some unanimous ammo pool you find here and there. There's no flashlight you can control yourself, it turns on for you when you get into very dark or specific areas.
I actually REALLY like the Corruption cards. They add a nice twist every time you play.
For me, what is mostly souring the experience is the difficulty. Easy is too easy. There's hardly any special infected and it's a breeze with resources. "Medium" is fucking hard with plenty of special infected and the big arm dude will just wreck your team. It's not like L4D either where you can basically only have one of a kind spawned at any given moment. You can have back to back to back big arm guys coming at you, screwing you over. I can't even imagine what the hardest difficulty is like.
Additionally, the campaign levels are ok, but there's not the narrative tie in like what L4D has. No intro cutscene, no little "story" progression as you carry through. There's some NPC chatter over the radio and such, but it's not the same. You're not going from iconic set piece or region to another inbetween campaign levels. It's just like get from here to the safe house and COMPLETE. The sections to trigger a hoarde to move on aren't flashy or exhilarating, at least not in this first campaign thing. Nothing like the maze and alarm in L4D2's new orleans level.
It runs well on PC, controls well, graphics and sound design is pretty solid. It just loses some points from its presentation and UI I think. It doesn't have quite the same charm. I still find myself enjoying it, and hopefully it improves by launch and the campaigns are interesting and PVP Campaign is announced...
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These all sound like HORRIBLE game ruining choices.
How many years have people wanted a L4D3 now, and this is what they come up with? Did... did they learn nothing from Evolve?
Ribi
Member
Game is good
M.W.
Member
They didn't learn shit. It's fucking drab.
balls of snow
Member
Hype for beta. Cant say no to gamepass.
anthony2690
Gold Member
I went back to l4d2 recently and it looks and plays awfully now even in 4k on th Xbox.
This looks and plays a lot better, as you would expect, my main complaint is when you aim/zoom with a weapon, it's so sensitive, I'll have to mess around with the settings I think, I only played a very briefly though and then went bed as I was knackered.
This looks and plays a lot better, as you would expect, my main complaint is when you aim/zoom with a weapon, it's so sensitive, I'll have to mess around with the settings I think, I only played a very briefly though and then went bed as I was knackered.
Romulus
Member
I enjoyed it. Needs some work but it was fun.
Off topic, are you an OG Team Xbox guy? I used to lurk there.
Off topic, are you an OG Team Xbox guy? I used to lurk there.
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VN1X
Banned
We played it with a full group yesterday and I kind of love it (even more so than L4D)! The card system is a really fun addition and everything down from the weapon customisation/upgrade to the map design and visual readability is just fantastic. The only thing I'm not too keen on are the weapon sounds (which is something I rarely have issue with in games) and the current performance issues (lots of stutter when jump crouching or freezes during certain events such as explosions or what not).
Definitely going to buy this now.
Definitely going to buy this now.
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VN1X
Banned
vaibhavpisal
Member
What's wrong with mindless shooting?
You have to survive as a team. That's the point.
Blitzmangoman
Member
I have a code for PS from the official site, account created etc but the Playstation store says that my code isn't for this region. Is Germany excluded? I tried a few codes, always the same. Would love to try but the store doesn't take my codes.
MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah, no code will be required then. However it's insanely easy to get one now. If you enable drops and just sit on a Twitch streamer playing it you'll get one.
I mean, did L4D1/2? It's about survival and making it through.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Some prefer media that engages their minds. The word "mindless" is by nature objectively bad.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Played for a bit this morning, had a blast. But man the bots are fucking braindead sometimes.
Fake
Member
Does even matter? Is the same strategy. They're never open about their strategy to the public anw.
vaibhavpisal
Member
But, mindless shooting in Vidya games is objectively awesome.
Maybe Death Stranding is more upto your speed. One has to be mindful while delivering couriers.
M.W.
Member
You know it. Miss that place.
Hari Seldon
Member
This game looks really meh. Turtlerock needs Valve to come in and finish this game and cut all of this obvious MTX-ready shit out of the game. It looks like it has an extreme lack of polish and no where near the same awesome atmosphere as L4D2. It is also waaaay too overpriced for a game that requires coop to have fun.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
i got into the beta thanks to a buddy,
looking at that card system made me vomit a little in my mouth.
this game will be another fucking trainwreck like evolve
gun sounds suck
gore is fucking weak LOL that pipebomb
why add AI bots in your team when pacman had better AI?
fuck that card system yo fuck it so fucking much piece of shit mobile phone crap
srsly go play left4dead forget that this is a thing.
looking at that card system made me vomit a little in my mouth.
this game will be another fucking trainwreck like evolve
gun sounds suck
gore is fucking weak LOL that pipebomb
why add AI bots in your team when pacman had better AI?
fuck that card system yo fuck it so fucking much piece of shit mobile phone crap
srsly go play left4dead forget that this is a thing.
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VN1X
Banned
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
SpecialAgentZ
Member
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Jesus shit is not explained/intuitive. I went through a whole match with no idea how to heal. Could I heal? Everyone else seemed to. If so, how the fuck would I go about doing that?
Bad first impression.
Intuitively from other games on PS5 I was trying the d-pad buttons but that didnt seem to do anything...bad bad bad.
Edit: Ok so after playing again there's cache boxes at the start and in between levels and you can buy a med kit from those. There's also med boxes on walls at certain points you can use to refill health. It's still just not a very fun game so far imo because the gunplay just isn't really great but I'll play more before deciding for sure.
Bad first impression.
Intuitively from other games on PS5 I was trying the d-pad buttons but that didnt seem to do anything...bad bad bad.
Edit: Ok so after playing again there's cache boxes at the start and in between levels and you can buy a med kit from those. There's also med boxes on walls at certain points you can use to refill health. It's still just not a very fun game so far imo because the gunplay just isn't really great but I'll play more before deciding for sure.
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IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
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ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Evolve lol, forgot all about that trashcan
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Back 4 Blood Publisher Releases Statement on Racial Slur in the Game's Beta
The first session for the Back 4 Blood beta is just wrapping up, and players have started to [...]
"Our team has been made aware of offensive language that can be heard when playing the game. This was not recorded or ever intended to be part of our gameplay. The audio is a result of two different Ridden growls that are playing simultaneously and when heard together sound like that word. We are working diligently to fix this issue, which should be completed either in time for the Beta, or when the game launches," the statement reads.
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Little Chicken
Member
Open beta is up but I can't seem to join or start a game. No single player, too
TIGERCOOL
Member
game is using an outdated version of dlss with lots of ghosting... changing to the newer version disables the option completely due to anti-cheat. Anyone find a way around this?
why do devs refuse to use newer versions of dlss when its literally dragging and dropping a single driver file for much better image quality?
why do devs refuse to use newer versions of dlss when its literally dragging and dropping a single driver file for much better image quality?
Little Chicken
Member
It feels a bit like WWZ... which is disappointing. They really should've stuck with the run and gun formula that made L4D1 so fun to play.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
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