Back 4 Blood is Turtle Rock Studios’ spiritual successor to the Left 4 Dead franchise, and it looks like the game will bring back a feature made popular through the series. In a new video, the developer revealed that the game director feature is coming out Left 4 Dead will return Back 4 Blood. For those unfamiliar with the feature, an AI could change the ways each level is played. This resulted in different item placement, enemy spawns, and more. Back 4 Blood not only will this feature include, but it sounds like it will expand in some interesting ways.
The video from Turtle Rock Studios is below.
According to Turtle Rock, Back 4 Blood takes it one step further with the addition of a new mechanic called Corruption Cards. At the beginning of the level, the game director will use these cards, allowing him to change things such as the strength of the enemies, the visibility of the map, or the opponents that players encounter. To counter these cards, players can use their own deck of cards, which can positively impact the player’s health, stamina, and more. Finding the right counter could mean the difference between life and death, and the concept should give the game a lot of replay value. As a result, the developer claims that “no experience will be the same twice”. More information about the card system can be found here.
Given the popularity of Left 4 DeadThere is a lot of pressure on Turtle Rock Studios to make it happen Back 4 Blood meets the high standards of fans. Many spiritual successors over the years have struggled to do just that, but Back 4 Blood looks promising so far, and the improvements to the game director feature should be very interesting. For fans of Left 4 Dead, and those who just want to kill hordes of zombies with friends, Back 4 Blood definitely seems like a promising game to watch out for!
Back 4 Blood will be released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC later this year.
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