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Left 4 Dead-alike Back 4 Blood shambles into closed alpha2 Dead 2 Furious
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*That something wasWarhammer: Vermintide 2, but y’know. Fantasy hacking ‘n’ slashing isn’t to everyone’s tastes, I can get that.
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Following itsgameplay revealat The Game Awards last week,Back 4 Bloodhas since opened registrations for its closed alpha - an alpha that kicked off proper earlier tonight. Running through ‘til next Monday, the limited alpha will let you play one full level featuring the new special infected (sorry, “Ridden”) and the game’s pseudo-roguelike cards, which see you countering a deck of “corruption” modifiers with your own hand of boons.
While I haven’t had a shot at Back 4 Blood yet (and have my own painfully nickpicky hangups regarding the game’s aesthetic in comparison to L4D), our pals atEurogamerhave been having a blast, reckoning Back 4 Blood “really does feel a lot like you might imagine a newLeft 4 Deadmight play should it come out today”. That’s a hell of a promised start.
“Right now it’s just a pleasure to be reminded of the potency of the formula Turtle Rock introduced all those years back, and to see where it can be pushed with modern technologies and techniques,” Martin Robinson writes. “It’s a thrill to see a team back doing what they do best, and for what’s shaping up to be a bloody good time.
You can register for the Back 4 Blood alpha over on thegame’s official website. Then, it’s just a matter of waiting for your invitation to appear. Fancy a quick No Mercy run, anyone?
