I’m sure we all have our fond memories of playing Left 4 Dead and its brilliant sequel. But, no matter how fun they are, there is no hiding place that the couple gets a little, and it’s time for something to intervene in this cooperative butchery *. Fortunately, Turtle Rock’s own Back 4 Blood has entered closed alpha today, and while its name isn’t Left 4 Dead 3, early reports suggest that the developers have delivered a solid successor to Bill and the zombie classic of the band.
* That something was Warhammer: Vermintide 2, but you know it. Fantastic piracy is not to everyone’s taste, I can understand that.
Following its game revelation at last week’s The Game Awards, Back 4 Blood has since opened records for its closed alpha, an alpha that started properly tonight. Over the next Monday, the limited alpha will allow you to play at a full level with the new infected special cards (sorry, “Ridden”) and the game’s pseudo-roguelike cards, which allow you to counter a deck of corruption modifiers. ”With your own hand of benefits.
While I haven’t had a chance at Back 4 Blood yet (and I have my own painfully puzzling hangups when it comes to game aesthetics compared to L4D), our Eurogamer friends are having a great time, calculating that Back 4 Blood “really feels the same way you could imagine that a new Left 4 Dead could come out if it came out today.” This is a hellish and promised start.
“Right now it’s just a pleasure to remember the power of the formula that Turtle Rock introduced all those years ago and see where it can be propelled with modern technologies and techniques,” writes Martin Robinson. “It’s an illusion to see a team return to doing what they do best and that what is emerging is a good bloody moment.
You can register for Alpha Alpha Back 4 Blood on the game’s official website. Then it’s just a matter of waiting for your invitation to appear. Feel like running a fast race without mercy, anyone?