Your personal ammo pool for each of these types is small, but you can also drop ammo types you’re not using for other players to collect. Instead, there are four ammo types for each weapon class - pistol/smg, shotgun, assault rifle, and sniper. On the subject of guns, one major change from Left4Dead is that weapons are no longer served by a universal ammo pool. The shotguns are particularly excellent, blasting a Ridden with one of Back4Blood’s boomsticks is always satisfying. Back4Blood has a much broader array of weaponry than Left4Dead, and I enjoyed experimenting with the various guns on offer, finding one that worked for me. While I had reservations initially, I soon found myself enjoying that additional heft, particularly when it comes to weapons. Back4Blood is slower and weightier than Left4Dead. The feel of the game is slightly different. I played the beta with friends who I played the original Left4Dead games with, and the knowledge we carried over proved effective in dealing with Back4Blood’s hordes. Putting everything else aside, the fundamental structure of Left4Dead is both visible and functional in Back4Blood. I’ve tried to organise these musings into a comprehensible format, based upon the classic Clint Eastwood western for no reason whatsoever. I like some of what it does, and there’s enough of Left4Dead’s DNA to make me interested, but I also have some concerns, particularly with the spirit of this spiritual successor. Instead, Back4Blood has left me with more…complex thoughts. I’d hoped playing the recently available Beta would transport me back to one of my favourite periods of gaming. Designed by Left4Dead’s original creators, it’s a cooperative shooter that sees four players working together to fight their way through zombie infested environments, moving from safehouse to safehouse before attempting a final, dramatic escape.
I’ve forged lifelong friendships and even a career as a direct consequence of the game.Īs such, I’ve wanted a third Left4Dead ever since I finished Left4Dead 2’s final campaign on Expert. No other co-op experience has come close to replicating the emergent thrills and panicked teamwork of Valve and Turtle Rock’s zombie shooter. Left4Dead is my favourite cooperative game of all time, as well as one of my favourite games in general.
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