The exact release time for Early Access will vary depending on the platform. But the intense action, online multiplayer mayhem and satisfying shooting mechanics make this easy to forgive. According to the official Back 4 Blood Twitter account, players will be able to jump in on Thursday, October 7th, 2021. Sure, Turtle Rock hasn’t changed much from the Left 4 Dead formula (including the repetition problems), which means Back 4 Blood isn’t the revolutionary return to the genre gamers hyped it up to be. It speak volumes to how addicting this game is. This rarely happens to a guy in his thirties who struggles to stay up past 11pm. I’m finishing this review at 4am with my fifth cup of coffee in hand after having lost track of time. Reduce the detail and I achieved a stable, faster framerate, but any more graphical fidelity and I stayed below 25 fps nearly the entire game. The game just recently held an open Back 4 Blood beta preview, with more coming before the game officially launches later this year. Turtle Rock is aiming for a simultaneous worldwide release on all consoles.
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I tested this game both on an Xbox Series S and (more importantly to this section) my old Asus Zephyrus G15 with a 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen 7 processor, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti GPU and 16GB of RAM.įor me, this configuration was enough to handle Back 4 Blood at medium settings, while running at between 55-60 frames per second. Back 4 Blood is planned for release October 12, 2021, for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Turtle Rock Studios tweeted the spec requirements for Back 4 Blood, which start at a minimum of 6th Gen Intel Core i5, a GTX 1050 Ti GPU and 8GB RAM, and go up to an 8th Gen Core i7 and RTX 2080 Ti. Your only option is to accept it as part of a game you enjoy or it will get tiring.
Here’s where the repetition rears its ugly head. This, on top of the standard duties of the AI working against you, sounds like a lot to pin on the director, but after a while, you can guess what it will do based on your pace and route through levels.
Meanwhile, corruption cards are drawn by the AI game director to add new complications to each level like side objectives, weather adjustments, elements that can call the horde, and even boss fights. The release of Back 4 Blood is hotly anticipated, with just over a week to go until the game’s October 12 release date. Active cards improve your character in certain attributes like reload speed, energy and healing efficiency - giving you the chance to tweak your character in certain skills like you would in an RPG. Alongside this addition, cards add a new wrinkle.