Back 4 Blood - 15 Things You ABSOLUTELY Need To Know Before You Buy

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00:00:04.400turtle rock studios back for blood is

00:00:06.879out on october 12th and aims to revive

00:00:09.519the zombie killing mayhem that made the

00:00:11.360studio's left for dead series so much

00:00:13.519fun

00:00:14.480it's releasing on xbox series x and s

00:00:17.039ps4 ps5 xbox one and pc along with a day

00:00:21.279one launch on xbox game pass so let's

00:00:23.920take a look at 15 things you should know

00:00:25.920before jumping in

00:00:28.080story and setting the zombie outbreak

00:00:31.039has happened and the world is already in

00:00:32.640a post-apocalyptic state of chaos while

00:00:35.520humanity has mostly fallen and turned

00:00:37.600into special infected creatures known as

00:00:39.760ridden there is a group dedicated to

00:00:41.840battling the monsters known as the

00:00:44.000cleaners their journey takes place over

00:00:46.399multiple chapters exploring different

00:00:48.079locations and wiping out any ridden that

00:00:49.920get in their way the long-term objective

00:00:52.320seems to be in reclaiming the world bit

00:00:54.480by bit instead of simple survival

00:01:02.480chapters

00:01:04.080chapters make up the bulk of the

00:01:06.080campaign

00:01:07.280evan burra being the only campaign

00:01:09.200available at lunch and sees players

00:01:11.520visiting different areas to slay the

00:01:13.200ridden

00:01:14.240two chapters have been revealed thus far

00:01:16.240in the open beta the devil's return and

00:01:18.720blue dog hollow each with four missions

00:01:22.000how many there will be at launch is yet

00:01:23.600to be confirmed but each chapter

00:01:25.280seemingly requires an hour or so to

00:01:27.360complete and this depends on the

00:01:29.439difficulty you choose of course

00:01:32.479gameplay

00:01:34.079if you've played any of the left for

00:01:36.159dead titles then back for blood will be

00:01:38.000easy to jump into

00:01:39.600it's a co-op shooter where you slay

00:01:41.200hordes of zombies locate and upgrade

00:01:43.360weapons share supplies like health

00:01:45.119between your team and much more to

00:01:47.119survive on route to the next safe house

00:01:50.079alerting groups of pigeons or creating

00:01:52.320too much noise can cause swarms of

00:01:54.159ridden to be attracted to your group and

00:01:56.640various special written will crop up to

00:01:58.880make life miserable unlike left 4 dead

00:02:02.159there are unique perks for each cleaner

00:02:04.479cards that add random modifiers and even

00:02:06.640an aim down sights option for shooting

00:02:09.360characters also suffer trauma when

00:02:11.280taking damage which reduces their

00:02:13.200overall max health until they access a

00:02:15.120healing station

00:02:20.840difficulty back for blood offers three

00:02:23.440difficulty options survivor veteran and

00:02:26.319nightmare survivor provides players with

00:02:28.879more health ammo and trauma resistance

00:02:31.360friendly fire is disabled two continues

00:02:33.760are provided and you gain additional

00:02:35.519healing and trauma recovery at safe room

00:02:37.840the ridden also take more damage

00:02:40.560survivor adds more mutations into the

00:02:42.879mix and friendly fire is on with 35

00:02:46.080effect

00:02:47.120nightmare is the toughest while

00:02:49.519incapacitated players will take more

00:02:51.440trauma damage friendly fire is enabled

00:02:53.680with 60 effect and the ridden have more

00:02:56.319health and deal more damage and you only

00:02:58.480get one continue

00:03:00.560turtle rock has since admitted that the

00:03:02.239survivor is a little too easy while

00:03:04.560nightmare is too difficult and will look

00:03:06.879to tune both in light of feedback from

00:03:08.800the beta

00:03:10.480the cleaners

00:03:12.400each team in the campaign can have four

00:03:14.480cleaners with eight to choose from when

00:03:16.159the game launches they all have their

00:03:18.319own perks and abilities that can tip the

00:03:19.920odds in your favor

00:03:21.519doc for instance offers 20 healing

00:03:23.760efficiency and can heal teammates for 25

00:03:26.640hit points per level

00:03:28.799hoffman has a chance to find ammo on

00:03:30.879killing ridden increasing the team's

00:03:32.720ammo capacity by 10 percent and has an

00:03:34.799additional offensive item slot

00:03:37.120holly recovers 10 stamina on kills adds

00:03:39.92025 to the team's overall stamina and has

00:03:42.400more damage resistance a well-rounded

00:03:44.959squad of damage utility and support is

00:03:47.599going to be the key to success

00:03:50.560ridden

00:03:52.080the written you typically encounter are

00:03:54.239mindless and will attack haphazardly but

00:03:57.040among the dozens of normal written are

00:03:58.959special written with more health and

00:04:00.560unique abilities that can make life much

00:04:02.879tougher for the cleaners these include

00:04:05.200the breaker whose fists are hardened and

00:04:06.959deal extra damage the hag which will

00:04:09.200grab players and try to eat them whole

00:04:11.280the snitcher who alerts nearby hordes if

00:04:13.280they spot you and the ogre a massive

00:04:16.000creature who throws projectiles from a

00:04:17.840distance

00:04:18.880each has their own unique behavior

00:04:21.280including the ability to ambush players

00:04:23.520and requires responding in very specific

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00:04:31.120cards

00:04:32.720cards are a unique addition to the

00:04:34.639zombie slaying formula players can

00:04:36.880customize a deck of 15 cards each

00:04:38.960providing unique bonuses like additional

00:04:40.960stamina more movement speed at the cost

00:04:43.600of disabling sprint

00:04:45.280faster revive speed more weak spot

00:04:47.199damage and more in missions

00:04:49.840when a chapter starts players will draw

00:04:51.919different cards to stack these bonuses

00:04:53.600and offset any disadvantages with an

00:04:56.000additional card that can be chosen after

00:04:57.759each safe room this all sounds great

00:05:01.199until you realize that the ai director

00:05:03.440can also use cards

00:05:06.000ai director

00:05:07.919the ai director returns and once again

00:05:10.560its main purpose is to keep track of

00:05:12.479different player actions and react

00:05:14.160accordingly like when to send ridden

00:05:16.720hordes unleash special ridden and more

00:05:19.600it also gains access to its own cards

00:05:21.520called corruption cards which add

00:05:23.120specific effects like exploded stinkers

00:05:25.600attracting the horde more bloaters and

00:05:28.160fog that'll obscure one's vision

00:05:30.800these even provide bonuses to the

00:05:32.479special written like weak spots being

00:05:34.320covered by armor increased health and

00:05:36.400damage for certain mutations and much

00:05:38.720more

00:05:39.520changing up the challenge significantly

00:05:41.360on each playthrough

00:05:43.680swarm mode

00:05:45.680versus known as swarm mode is 4v4 and

00:05:49.440pits cleaners against the ridden in a

00:05:51.360battle for survival but very different

00:05:53.280from left for dead

00:05:54.960the cleaners are tasked with protecting

00:05:56.800their safe house from waves of ridden

00:05:58.800which includes player controlled ridden

00:06:01.360for a set amount of time

00:06:03.280once the round is over the two teams

00:06:05.120switch sides

00:06:06.639the team to survive longest and the best

00:06:08.400of three contest wins

00:06:10.479while the ridden can rely on strong

00:06:12.400imitations for their team which carry

00:06:14.479over between rounds the cleaners can

00:06:16.400upgrade their weapons

00:06:18.000swarm mode is also its own mode and

00:06:20.560doesn't use any missions from the

00:06:22.080campaign

00:06:23.759no campaign verses

00:06:26.080so surely there will be a campaign

00:06:28.400versus mode where the cleaners encounter

00:06:30.720player control ridden in different

00:06:32.160campaign missions in traditional left

00:06:34.240for dead fashion right

00:06:36.880unfortunately no and there are no plans

00:06:39.680for the same

00:06:40.880as for why this was cut eurogamer

00:06:43.199reported co-founder and design director

00:06:45.039chris ashton as saying we have a lot of

00:06:47.600defensive equipment and our specials are

00:06:49.440good at ambushing defending worked far

00:06:52.080better for our game than running from a

00:06:53.759to b

00:06:54.880it's a shame but hopefully this will be

00:06:56.639added sometime in the future

00:06:59.360cross play

00:07:00.720cross platform play has been confirmed

00:07:02.800for launch meaning that players across

00:07:04.479pc xbox and playstation platforms can

00:07:07.599play together however there's no

00:07:09.840cross-progression support meaning you

00:07:12.160can't transfer your saves between

00:07:13.759platforms turtle rock could implement

00:07:16.160this in the future giving the login

00:07:17.840system it now has but

00:07:19.680i wouldn't hold my breath

00:07:21.919pre-order bonuses and special editions

00:07:25.039like many big games releasing this year

00:07:26.720there are multiple editions of back for

00:07:28.560blood to purchase standard for sixty

00:07:30.800dollars deluxe for ninety dollars and

00:07:32.639ultimate for one hundred dollars

00:07:35.280the standard edition provides the base

00:07:36.960game only while the deluxe edition

00:07:38.720includes the base game four days early

00:07:40.880access and the annual pass the ultimate

00:07:43.520edition includes everything from the

00:07:45.120deluxe edition but with more in-game

00:07:47.599items like a rare banner emblem spray

00:07:50.160and title and a four character battle

00:07:52.319hardened skin pack

00:07:53.919pre-ordering in addition will net the

00:07:55.599fort hope elite weapon skins pack for

00:07:58.160free

00:08:00.000pc requirements

00:08:02.240interestingly turtle rex to use his not

00:08:04.080revealed requirements for running the

00:08:05.599game on pc it's likely still optimized

00:08:08.319for the final release but in the

00:08:09.440meantime we do have the opa beta's

00:08:11.759recommended specs to fall back on

00:08:13.919cpu-wise you'll need an intel core i5

00:08:16.6398400 or amd ryzen 7 1800x a g-force gtx

00:08:22.000970 or radeon rx 590 and about 12 gigs

00:08:26.080of ram a solid state drive with 25 gigs

00:08:29.199of instance in space is also recommended

00:08:31.919windows 64-bit is also a must along with

00:08:34.479directx 11.

00:08:36.880pc features

00:08:38.880those playing on pc have a pretty nice

00:08:41.120range of options to choose from

00:08:42.800including 4k resolution support uncapped

00:08:45.519frame rates and support for

00:08:46.800multi-monitor and ultra wide monitors

00:08:49.519nvidia's dlss is also supported along

00:08:51.839with graphics options for v-sync

00:08:53.839adaptive fx quality motion blur textures

00:08:56.640foliage and much more

00:08:58.720it's fairly extensive overall and

00:09:00.240provides extensive customization

00:09:01.839regardless of one's system requirements

00:09:04.880annual pass and post-launch plans back

00:09:08.480for bled's annual pass provides three

00:09:10.720paid dlc drops after launch which offer

00:09:13.360new playable characters special mutated

00:09:15.440ridden and new story missions

00:09:17.680for paid content in pve if the party

00:09:20.000leader owns the same then anyone in the

00:09:22.160squad can access it post-launch pvp

00:09:24.959content will be accessible to all

00:09:26.640players which includes new characters

00:09:28.640and ridden though these must be unlocked

00:09:31.040through progression

00:09:32.640pvp characters have access to the same

00:09:34.640cards at the beginning of each match as

00:09:36.399well so no additional purchase is

00:09:38.320necessary

00:09:42.959so what are your thoughts on this

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