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[David76]

Back 4 Blood looks to be giving its heroes a lot of character, and unique abilities.

Although it is a four-player co-op game, inspired by Turtle Rock's earlier work on Left 4 Dead, Back 4 Blood's cast of playable heroes is comprised of double that – eight!




The developer today unveiled a new trailer that introduces us to all eight survivors. Back 4 Blood calls its zombie hunters The Cleaners, who got together to rid the world of the Ridden – the game's zombies – block by block. The characters are of varying ages, and come from different backgrounds – something that shows in their incidental dialogue and quips.

Their different perspectives also translate to unique gameplay bonusses, such as increased accuracy, healing efficiency, ADS speed, higher movement speed, a bigger inventory and many more. You'll be able to play as Holly, Walker, Doc, Karlee, Jim, Hoffman, Evangelo, and Mom. Given their different personalities, you're bound to identify with at least a few of them.

Back 4 Blood recently had its release date pushed back. The co-op shooter will now be out October 12 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

 

[Son Of Jack]

So, this is incredibly good. The beta was fun but a bit rough around the edges - they've fixed virtually everything that was off about the beta, and the full game is basically 100% Left4Dead 3.

 

[Tom]

With the game out for about a month now, developer Turtle Rock Studios have officially revealed the Back 4 Blood post-launch content roadmap for the next few months and beyond. Besides the new content due out next year, as well as the usual fixes and updates, one welcome addition is the addition of solo offline progression through the game's campaign, something that was missing from Back 4 Blood during its launch.

Here is a rundown of everything coming in the next few months:

• Solo Offline Mode with Campaign Progression
• New Supply Lines
• Ridden Practice Area
• Holiday Seasonal Event
• New Difficulty
• New Co-op Mode
• New Card Type
• New Player & Corruption Cards
• Melee Updates
• Quality of Life Improvements
• Bug Fixes

 

[David76]

Today, Back 4 Blood's last update of the year rolls out across all platforms. This is a major patch, promised back in November, and it comes with a number of player-requested features, as well as an overhaul to the game's difficulties.

The biggest new addition is the official arrival of offline campaign progression, allowing players to play the full campaign - and make progress - without needing an internet connection. This is something many have been asking for since launch.

The patch also introduces a new card type. Called Burn Cards, these can be acquired from the new Roving Merchants Supply Lines (available for a limited time). Burn Cards can be played at every safe room, and they offer temporary effects such as currency bonuses, resistance boosts, and instant healing. You can even expect other normal cards to join the roster.

The patch's other major addition is a complete rebalance of Back 4 Blood's three difficulty levels. When playing on Recruit, you'll notice higher damage resistance, more currency bonuses, heal bonuses, and Trauma heal bonuses for every continue.

Veteran has had its friendly fire damage tweaked. Player base health, damage, and ammo have all been increased, too. You'll also heal Trauma in every safe room by default, and you'll get more currency on continues, and a bigger healing bonus. First aid cabinets now support two free uses, too. Finally, alerting Sleepers will no longer call a horde.

Nightmare has seen most of the changes. Like Veteran, the friendly fire damage has been adjusted. Special Ridden will now deal significantly less damage to players, and so will common Ridden. First aid cabinets now have one free use, and the Trauma penalty from incaps has been cut to five. When being attacked, you will stumble less on Nightmare.

There are even more balance tweaks for Nightmare, including healing, currency, Trauma heal, card draw and ammo bonuses.

Turtle Rock has adjusted the spawn rate of special Ridden overall, and balanced a few of them so they're less frustrating when you run into them. This goes for both the few that spawn in hordes, as well as roaming Ridden you might come across as you explore.

Once the patch goes live, the game's holiday seasonal event will kick off. You'll notice decorations at Fort Hope and the range, not to mention a bunch of new character skins, weapon skins, emblems and sprays to unlock. Head over to the official Back 4 Blood site for the full change log!