It's a different publisher, so hopefully WB learned from 2K's mistakes.
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Warner Bros Interactive and Turtle Rock Studios (Left 4 Dead, Evolve) announce "Back 4 Blood" (co-op zombie FPS)
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Is it really that popular of a genre? I can't think of anything outside of Vermintide and Payday 2 that remotely compete.
I sure hope so! I'm currently deep into Vermintide 2. I love the gameplay and I like their DLC model, which is to let you pay for the additional maps coupled with some items and skins. They're going to release their first real expansion this summer. I prefer this over purchaseable lootboxes, or currencies, etc. If Turtle Rock adopts a similar approach, I can see myself playing both games. But I have to say I'm done with multiplayer games having their own currenciesthat you have to purchase to have an incredibly low chance of getting an item you want. If the MTX are only skins, I'm ok with that though. But slow xp/gold grinding to purchase a gun that cost you 25 hours of gameplay when there are 100s of weapons to purchase, I'm done with this stuff.
True. This genre hasn't been tapped all that much to be honest. I welcome any new game similar to L4D!
They were Left 4 Dead after trying to Evolve. Now they're Back 4 Blood.
After the disaster that was Evolve that I mistakenly spent money on I'll wait and see how well it's received during a sale.
After the disaster that was Evolve that I mistakenly spent money on I'll wait and see how well it's received during a sale.
I just love how turtle rock name their games.
Left 4 Dead and that iconic cover art.
EVOLVE with that 4 v 1 cover art, has to be one among one of the greatest cover is gaming history.
And now they are Back 4 Blood. Ha.
Left 4 Dead and that iconic cover art.
EVOLVE with that 4 v 1 cover art, has to be one among one of the greatest cover is gaming history.
And now they are Back 4 Blood. Ha.
Agreed. Plus expections of co-op shooters on the whole have changed massively since Borderlands, Destiny etc.
I'm really not seeing dozens of similar games, much less hundreds. The closest ones would be Payday, Vermintide, Deep Rock Galactic and Overkill's The Walking Dead, along with the upcoming World War Z game. Being a 4 player co-op shooter or a game about shooting zombies doesn't make them similar; L4D had a very particular design philosophy that very few games have attempted to replicate.
I think in this case, it's hope WB learned from Shadows of War, because this genre of game is actually more suited to the kind of loot crate and mtx nonsense they pulled than Shadow was.
Still a new spin on L4D from the devs of L4D. I'm interested, but this seems a long way off.
Did you ever play L4D 1 or 2? Absolutely amazing games.FPS.. co-op.. zombies.. multiplayer...
I hope someone makes a proper spiritual successors to Half-Life and Portal next.
Isotope Decay and Ingress, here we come!
I'm kind of over zombie only games unless they have a strong narrative behind them. Is it really that hard to use other supernatural creatures? I'm not saying zombies have to go, but maybe mix them in with vampires, werewolves, demons, etc. Give me a coop Monster Squad game.
no buy until i see at least 5 launch versions and 15 pieces of dlc at launch
but seriously it's nice to see a game announced with a publisher i could actually buy from if i end up liking it
but seriously it's nice to see a game announced with a publisher i could actually buy from if i end up liking it
Like what? L4D 1 and 2 are legitimately the best co-op shooters I've ever played, and I can't even think of 5 games that have done what they've done. Vermintide maybe?
Yep. My only doubt is how much influence Valve had during L4D development, so the result they gave us ended up being what it was, a really solid game. Evolved was next to crap. I'm confident they do it right this time. L4D 1 & 2 are both one of my favorites shooter ever just because they put heavy emphasis on the co-op mechanics, something that has been lost i recent years in most genres. I easily have over 100+ hours on L4D1 and 2 each, and around 40 hrs with Payday 1. So bring it!
I suppose they had a light 2018 holiday but they publish all those LEGO: X games.
And Mortal Kombat will be out in a month.
They need to stick as close as L4D1 and 2 as possible That means local/couch co-op splitscreen (or LAN) with online co-op classic servers, you enter, wait at the lobby, then play a campaign from point A -> to B. Have different modes (play as the zombies/infected enemies), add scores or maybe a battleroyale mode if you like, i don't know. But from this game i'm not expecting anything crazier than that. Keep it close to L4D, thats it what i really want
I'm a little more hopeful since - unlike with Monolith - WB doesn't own Turtle Rock.
Three pages and only one mention of this title. Guess that's exactly why they did this now (WWZ coming out in just one month).