Back 4 Blood: Beta reveals a lot of potential and many problems

At the weekend, the beta test phase ran from Back 4 Blood. She would have little to be more successful, at least as far as the numbers are concerned.

As a zombie hunt looks like, the pre-orderers from Back 4 Blood could examine in detail the first time last weekend. According to the official Steam statistics, many have used this opportunity.

The pure numbers first look impressive. In the top of the period from 5 August 2021 to 9 August 2021, almost 100,000 players at the back 4 Blood Beta participated. Thus, Turtle Rocks new title could even place themselves in places against the square tail on Steam. However, in all the euphoria and the success reports, it should not be considered that it was not very difficult to get to Keys: it was already enough to turn on a live stream of the developers. There, very regularly distributed over Twitch Drops Keys to the players and fans and not too short.

The conclusion of the beta participants is more mixed

A deeper look into the discussions among the participants reveals a completely different view of the past back 4 Blood beta. Especially the difficulty levels are discussed controversial. Striking are the seemingly massive jumps on a team. So, according to a number of voices, the game is ridiculous on the lowest level of difficulty, but on the highest almost unplayable. The gradations in between are also much too strong.

German B4B trailer on YouTube

In addition to the problems with the degree of difficulty, numerous bugs are also called, which make life difficult for players. Again and again it is to be read that players who hunt in an already ongoing game have to fight with above average many mistakes. Sometimes even so strong that they bring the game to crash. ****

But the criticisms should also be said that this is by no means profound mistakes that can only be resolved with enormous effort. Until the release on October 12, Turtle Rock still has enough time to patch the coarsest bugs from back 4 Blood. Criticism exists to the considerable part only on the technical implementation. The underlying game mechanics are very good at the players.

Praise for characters and the map

In addition to the bugs, there is a lot of praise for the game world and the characters. On the map special places to discover, which have a high recognition value. Also, the beta participants praise the tactical depth at the end of a round. For example, did the team manage poorly with resources, this can cause serious problems in the late moments of a game round.

The release of the new Koop shooter of Turtle Rock Studios is no longer far away. On October 12, 2021, the wild zombie hunt begins.

Now to the website of Back 4 Blood