Mom, for instance, gives the entire team one extra life and can instantly revive a teammate once per level. They're a good bunch to start with, and each character comes with a set of perks. Alternatively, the title will also be available on Xbox Game Pass once its release date occurs.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot'sīack 4 Blood starts players out with four characters: Evagelo, Walker, Holly, and Mom. Console owners can get the game from the Microsoft and PlayStation stores.
The PC version of Back 4 Blood will be available both on Steam as well as the Epic Games Store and will set you back 59,99$/59,99€ or your regional equivalent. Players can then use cards of their own – earned by completing challenges and objectives – to gain benefits like faster healing, more ammo, or a higher likelihood of finding a certain type of weapon in the environment. These are modifiers with such effects as making ammo scarce, spawning fog on the map, or having the Retch's acid spew attack leave damaging pools on the ground. At the start of each map, the Game Director plays a set of Corruption cards.
To this, Back 4 Blood also adds a card system inspired by rogue-lite games. It can also make enemies tougher and spawn mutated versions of boss enemies up to 20 feet/6 meters tall. The Game Director is a system that acts in the background, keeping you on your toes by throwing enemies your way and changing elements of the environment – like where you find much-needed gear – with each run. These include the agile four-armed Stinger, bulky Retch, Tall Boy, and massive Ogre. The weapons showcased so far included assault rifles, some of which had attachments like grips or scopes, shotguns, SMGs, revolvers, and bats.īack 4 Blood will feature both a story campaign and a PvP mode in which you'll be able to also take on the role of stronger versions of the Ridden. Making good use of the Cleaners' weapons and character Perks (one for each character) gives you even greater chances to see the mission to its end.
You always enter the fray alongside three teammates, whether human or AI-controlled. At its very core, an arsenal of guns, communicating with your team, and a steady aim get the job done.
So far, Turtle Rock Studios has revealed the names of four of them: Walker, Holly, Evangelo, and Hoffman.īack 4 Blood will feel familiar to players who've already killed countless infected in Left 4 Dead. You take on the role of a hardened Cleaner, hell-bent on fighting the zombie threat despite being vastly outnumbered.Įach of the eight playable Cleaners has distinct personalities, secondary weapons, and perks that aid them in battle. The parasite turns those who it infects into ravenous monsters called the Ridden while mutating some into grotesque abominations with heightened reflexes, increased strength, and lovely abilities like hurling deadly acid vomit at opponents.
Turtle Rock Studios is targeting the PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4 with this launch.īack 4 Blood's story sees players jumping into its world after a catastrophic outbreak has occurred, infecting most of humanity with the Devil Worm parasite. While the wait might be longer, to summer beta tests are scheduled in August, after lucky players got to play an alpha version of the game, giving us more chances to try out the game prior to release and offer feedback to the devs. Back 4 Blood's release date is now slated for October 12, 2021, after initially being set for June.