Players have decks of cards that either passively or actively change how their character works. In between are exciting set pieces, like bars that players defend while Dick Dale’s Miserlou blasts over a jukebox or former settlements that have been overrun by the undead.Įvery trip that players take into these areas is influenced by Back 4 Blood‘s main selling point: The card system. The game pits players against unending hordes of zombies (this time called Ridden due to the parasites that turn normal folks into flesh-hungry abominations), with the goal of reaching a safe house at the end of each level. The heart of the cardsīack 4 Blood is, on the outside, a blatant spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead. That, along with some other strange decisions that make the game’s quality of life akin to its survivors’, end up stalling the action, giving a good view of the game behind the gore. In fact, it punishes players for daring to play alone rather than shunted into a game with random players.

Players can explore the game’s extremely forgettable story - filled with brain-meltingly bad dialogue, of course - and exciting set pieces, slaughtering zombies in one of the most satisfying co-op shooter experiences I’ve ever had.īut Back 4 Blood is best played just like that - as a co-op shooter.

Fitbit Versa 3īack 4 Blood has all that and more, wrapping up an evolved version of Left 4 Dead in a bloody, brilliant package.

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