Why Back For Blood Failed

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> No mod supported. > Dev abandoned the game. > "From the creators of L4D" -> only has few people involved.

the fact that only 3 people that worked on left 4 dead worked on this game and they decided to still market it as "from the makers of left 4 dead" shows how little faith they had in the stand alone ability of the game

Honestly, if Turtle Rock hadn't disallowed mod support for Back 4 Blood, it would probably still be alive today. Most of the issues in this video could have easily been resolved with mods.

unnecessary camera noises

The special infected in this game were way too tanky and numerous, while the regular infected weren't numerous enough. The special infected also didn't feel inspired. They needed some kind of theme or tone to build their world and characters behind that just didn't feel strong or unique enough in the actual product.

Yall remember when donkey xote’s tagline was “from the producers who SAW shrek”? At least that was more honest than Back 4 Blood’s tagline

Back 4 Blood is what Left 4 Dead would've been if Turtle Rock approached a company like E.A instead of Valve

Can't trust a developer that puts "from the creators of Left 4 Dead" when only 3 developers from that game were left. Shameless lies.

I think another thing that hurt the game is the price. You can get Left 4 Dead 2 for you and three friends with money left over for one copy of Back 4 Blood.

Evolve was pretty good as a concept its a shame what happened to it

Just remember that most of these games studios you loved usually don't have any of the same developers that it did ten years ago when they made some of your favorite games.

It still chuckles me when I think back to how I need to "pay copper" to heal at a first aid station

To be honest, I forgot this game exists.

It was such a let down. I remember getting so hyped up and just … gah. We need a true left for dead 3.

Back 4 Blood's biggest sin for me was that they made the guns feel weak. Equipping certain weapons would slow you down, I remember the recoil not being very fun to fight, and the mags started at a very paltry amount. I remember the M1911 being my favorite weapon to use (it could 1-tap zombies with a headshot without requiring sniper ammo) but that's about it. You also had to worry about swapping weapons late in a run to keep up with the increasing threats. Doesn't matter if you really like the M4, if you have a "common" M4 and there's a purple M249, you're going with the M249. Plus I don't think the weapon attachment system was very fun, or necessary. Left 4 Dead had an arsenal of weapons that all felt punchy, thanks to the sound design, excellent zombie ragdolls, and high damage. The only time you would be required to change weapons would be if you ran out of ammo and needed a primary desperately. And there was only 1 attachment to worry about, the laser sight.

World War Z is a better L4D successor than B4B. Turtlerock’s attempt feels shallow in almost all aspects of the game.

nice video, maybe a bit less of those camera shutter sounds would be nice

As someone who played both WWZ and then this game, All I can say is that I still play WWZ to this day and quit B4B a long time ago.

Honestly B4B was like RE6 in a way. It wasn't a overly terrible game, but compared it to what it was supposed to be and the game itself just falls smack dead in the water. I completely forgot it existed for a moment