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Back 4 Blood Devs on Game’s Difficulty

Stefan Saranta-Pasley — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:41:02 +0000

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Turtle Rock Studios, the developer company for Back 4 Blood released a statement on wanting to get the game’s difficulty “just right”, as mentioned in a Reddit post by the company’s official channel. Despite (in my opinion, correct) claims that ‘a bit of difficulty can add a lot of replayability’, Turtle Rock is mostly concerned with criticisms from players on the difficulty of Back 4 Blood, as well as how issues and bugs found during development resulted in the game being ‘more difficult than intended’.

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“Difficulty needs to be our ‘baby bear’ in Back 4 Blood’s Goldilocks story. It needs to be just right” – Turtle Rock Studios

When skipping Leg Day becomes Skipping-Everything-But-The-One-Malformed-Monster-Arm-For-That-Akira-Aesthetic Day.

The Opinion Corner: Based on my highly rigorous intellectually herculean research on Back 4 Blood (which consists of a half-remembered Zero Punctuation review and playing Left 4 Dead a few years ago), the main source of difficulty gameplay wise comes from general bullet-sponge-grunge-festivity of the various zombie lads. That in itself isn’t a bad thing all the time, but next time you want to make a game difficult AND fun, you’ll want to make the way something is difficult clear.

Let’s take The Last of Us for example; another classic zombie shooty-bang-bang: Between the fast sight-gifted “runners”, the deadly but visually-impaired “clickers” and the burly-boi “bloaters”, each enemy type has different strengths and shortcomings that mean you have to adapt on the fly with how you react to them. And that’s not even covering environmental factors, like whether you’re able to take the stealthy approach at a certain time.

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Back 2 Back 4 Blood. Other gameplay issues and fixes mentioned in the Reddit post include:

The spawn rate of Ridden Mutations.
Adjusting the trauma-damage system.
Updates made to melee cards.
The Cardinal Sin of ‘refocusing on playstyles away from speedrunning’. Speedrunning is awesome, here’s why!
Oh, an offline mode, that’s nice.
DLC and new difficulty levels have been released.
A focus on ‘quality of life changes’.

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Back 4 Blood Offline Solo Progression To Be Added Next Month

George Caulfield — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:56:55 +0000

Turtle Rock have recently made an announcement stating that they have plans to add ‘campaign progression’ for offline solo modes in Back 4 Blood. This will be added to the game in a patch that is currently intended to release in December. Back 4 Blood’s main advantage over prior co-op shooters like Left 4 Dead is the game’s live-service assistance and tiers of growth that it offers. It’s focus on online progression however has left solo players short, as some progression is only available online.

As Left 4 Dead players already play the same material week after week, it seems reasonable to reward them and provide new experiences that will keep them coming back. Back 4 Blood, on the other hand, does not fully cover the methods that Left 4 Dead players enjoy. Currently, solo players are unable to access these progression systems. This is changing in December, however.

Turtle Rock has released a roadmap for Back 4 Blood’s immediate future, revealing update plans for November and December, as well as more general aims for 2022. One especially fascinating bullet point for the December updates is about solo play. Turtle Rock intends to include solo offline play with campaign advancement, which will be a significant departure from the existing concept of Back 4 Blood’s offline solo play.

Cleaners, the future is lookin' bright! Here's a roadmap of what's to come for Fort Hope. #Back4Blood pic.twitter.com/IHCvGqZXO0

— Back 4 Blood (@back4blood) November 8, 2021

Back 4 Blood’s solo play has been isolated from the game’s progression mechanics since its release. This means there is no Supply Points, no stat monitoring, and no progress toward Accomplishments in the solo campaign mode.

It’s unclear what Turtle Rock has in mind for their upcoming fix. However, “campaign progression” can refer to a multitude of things. If taken literally, the addition of “campaign progression” certainly suggests that solo play will stay separate from online multiplayer and its progression mechanics. Instead, it would open a new, distinct advancement route. Back 4 Blood gamers are more likely to seek something more meaningful, such as a method to gain Supply Points.

Rocky Release for Back 4 Blood

In Turtle Rock’s defence, the company recognised that gamers were initially dissatisfied with Back 4 Blood’s solo alternatives. Turtle Rock “heard your frustrations,” according to a tweet on October 8, and the team was “discussing ways to address the issue.” Turtle Rock’s December update will be the result of months of preparation and effort.

Back 4 Blood gamers looking for fresh content will be pleased to learn that more than just solo mode adjustments are on the way in December. Turtle Rock will also be releasing new cards with a new card type, as well as new Supply Lines to move through, a practise area, and even a seasonal event. Tunnels of Terror, a more major content upgrade, is scheduled for 2022.

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Back 4 Blood Hits 6 Million Players

Andrew Porter — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:20:11 +0000

Left 4 Dead’s spirit lives on…

Back 4 Blood, developed by Turtle Rock Studios, is the spiritual successor of the historic Left 4 Dead franchise adopting many of the same mechanics. It seems Left 4 Dead’s footprint is ever-lasting as Back 4 Blood has picked up right where its predecessor left off.

The studio has just revealed that the game has seen more than six million players since its launch on October 12.

That figure comes from a tweet shared by the official Back 4 Blood Twitter account (below), which simply announces that pretty hefty figure and thanks to players – sorry, “Cleaners” – for their hard work battling the Ridden so far. It’s not clear how that figure breaks down by platform, but we do have a sense of how the game’s faring on Steam, at least.

The co-op game’s 24-hour peak player count is sat at just over 32k as of writing, going by SteamDB’s data, which puts it in the top 35 games played on Valve’s platform today by that metric.

The young bull Back 4 Blood still hasn’t reached the heights of its master just yet, at least not in terms of concurrent player count. Back 4 Blood’s peak concurrent player count as it stands is sitting at 65,987, set 11 days ago. Left 4 Dead’s, on the other hand, was a whopping 162,399, set eight years back. It must be mentioned that this isn’t truly a fair statistic, though, as Left 4 Dead 2 was gifted by Valve as a free Christmas present to fans the day before that record was set.

Back 4 Blood’s Steam figures don’t account for all PC players, too, with the game also being available for those based on our home platform via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

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Back 4 Blood’s PC Specs and What to Expect!

George Caulfield — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:13:52 +0000

The hardware specs required for the PC version of Back 4 Blood have been revealed. The apocalyptic FPS developed by Turtle Rock Studios is heavily inspired by the classic co-op shooter Left 4 Dead and has garnered much hype as it has been dubbed a spiritual successor. It is developed by the same team behind Left 4 Dead, who went on to establish themselves as a new studio for the game’s development. Thankfully, there is no need to break the bank on upgrading to new and expensive hardware, as the game does not require extensive processing power to function.

Back 4 Blood PC Specs

Minimum requirements (1080p / 60fps / Low Quality Settings):

OS: Windows 10
Processor: i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 570
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 40 GB available space

Recommended (1080p / 60fps / High Quality Settings):

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 (2.8 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (3.6 GHz)
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 590
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 40 GB available space

As you can see here, the specs required to play the game should easily be within reach for most PC gamers.

What to Expect

The influence of Left 4 Dead is obvious throughout all aspects of Back 4 Blood, as players are tasked with shooting their way through endless hordes of parasite-riddled infected as they make their way between safe rooms.

The game is a co-op shooter with a lot of promise. It builds upon the foundations established way back when Left 4 Dead was dominating the competition, maintaining a strong and loyal fanbase even to this day.

Back 4 Blood adds to Left 4 Dead’s flawless formula with the addition of a card-based perk system and incredibly satisfying gunplay. It includes an extensive armoury, as well as a variety of perks that can be customised to suit your own chosen playstyle. There will be eight characters to choose from, each with their own strengths and flaws, whereas Left 4 Dead’s character choice was purely for aesthetic purposes.

Alongside this, the game also features a varied cast of “Ridden” – the games infected adversaries. Each type of Special Ridden will have their own special attack, meaning players must be tactical in their approach in dealing with these gruesome monsters.

Back 4 Blood will be released on the 12th of October across all platforms. Pre-Order your PS4/PS5 copy from the store now! If you have pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition of Back 4 Blood, you will have early access starting from the 7th of October. Otherwise, its October 12th for all Standard Editions or via Game Pass on Xbox.

Mark your calendars, we've got a slaydate with the Ridden. #Back4Blood pic.twitter.com/2bqZAIFRmg

— Back 4 Blood (@back4blood) September 27, 2021