Back 4 Blood Beta Impressions
I want to like this game. I really do. I want to sit down and write out a piece about a modern return of Left 4 Dead. I want to write a stirring impressions piece that inspires everyone to try out the open beta (which is running for the rest of the day today, 8/15/21, and maybe a little tomorrow) and support a gold standard return to these sorts of multiplayer PvE games. I know people who like this game and part of me wants to shut out everything that feels “off” about Back 4 Blood and just play it with them. But here we are just like we were with Evolve, where I played a beta that was reasonable enough but that I can’t shake the feeling will be dead on arrival. All the context of this review is from the point of view of someone who thinks that…