Back 4 Blood: Beta (PC) - Act 1 End Glitched? [14-08-21]
Channel: Louis B
Date: 15/08/2021

As experienced on Veteran difficulty. All of us were playing on PC. I tried to get my mic to work on video capture however ShadowPlay was having none of it.

Despite the glitches, my thoughts on Back4Blood are pretty positive: It's gunplay feels visceral, map design flows reasonably well and difficulty builds up gradually throughout Act 1's campaign.

I do feel Back4Blood upholds the promise of being a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead too. It builds on what Valve's original had to offer by introducing some compelling mechanics, such as the unlockable cards and what they do to impact your team's stats and abilities in all. I also like the monetary reward system as it forces you to make hard decisions on what to improve further, and how to play in order to better your chances with each level. You have to be always conscious of what weapons you use, and what ammo to take, since it is sensible to save bullets for team mates or bigger battles later on. There is alot of risk reward in level challenges and the limited continue system forces you to play carefully or suffer the consequences.

There are concerns about weapon and enemy balancing in Back4Blood and the sound design is a little bland when it comes to the enemies, but overall it is shaping up to be something very good. I do hope the developers are able to iron out the weird network issues and game breaking bugs once it gets a full release, but realistically, the bigger worry is how Turtle Rock decide to support Back4Blood post-release. If the Studio's previous effort, Evolve, is anything to go be then there could be alot of DLC and microtransactions that would fatally damage the experience. I suppose ultimately we shall have to wait and see what kind of reaction gamers give this one come release.

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P.S. This video was something of a test for HDR capture/editing. I have a new graphics card which is capable of 4K120Hz. This capture is at 60Hz though, thankfully, the footage still looks and plays lovely.