Seems like the Game Director and Card system is meant to keep replayable up and prevent things from feeling repetitive which is an interesting take.
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Back 4 Blood New Details & Alpha Thread - 8 Playable Characters, The Ridden, Game Director Details, & Card System with Roguelike Elements
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Seems like the Game Director and Card system is meant to keep replayable up and prevent things from feeling repetitive which is an interesting take.
Fantastic! Finally the concept is not left 4 dead Valve's hands!!
Thank you!
Looking great, really excited to play this test non-stop with my friends.
Something tells me we haven't seen nothing when it comes to the special zombies
Im sure they'll be some cool ones, but the whole creepy crying that The Witch does and then frantically runs to kill you is going to be hard to match. And I think Valve wouldn't allow any special zombies that were similar to their's.
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I made a thread before but eh, this one is better.
People found the main theme in the preload :
Straight fire imo.
People found the main theme in the preload :
Straight fire imo.
We're already seeing their versions of the L4D specials. Hunter/Spitter combo, Boomer, Charger, and Tank are all there in that video.
Are they doing PVPVE or PVP? Making playable enemy classes is REALLY tough.
I mean, other zombie games have used variations of those but The Witch was very distinctive. I'd just be surprised if something like that appears
Really hope the cards (perks) you choose are reactionary and selected during the campaign run at safehouses rather than something you draft before starting the game. I would much prefer that approach.
I really don't want to have to draft a deck... also I would've liked to see these not called cards and decks. Feels a little gamey and not "in universe" in a way.
- Start at Safehouse. Select your beginning perk.
- Game Director chooses X corruption card, team is performing a certain way in Mission 1, informing you of your next move when it comes to the perks.
- Complete side activities/challenges (based on the sounds of it?) in Mission 1 to unlock new perks.
- Get to Mission 2 Safehouse, select given perk or one of the unlocked challenge perks.
I really don't want to have to draft a deck... also I would've liked to see these not called cards and decks. Feels a little gamey and not "in universe" in a way.
People are preloading already?? I have my key active on Steam but there's just a placeholder txt file in the directory when I "install" the alpha.
eh, i could do without the card system. especially since it's clear it's gonna be used for mtx. but everything else sounds great so hopefully it won't be a big issue
"Card system" scares the shit out of me, not gonna lie.
A card system ruined Gears 4's horde mode entirely. (imo)
A card system ruined Gears 4's horde mode entirely. (imo)
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In Versus mode, one team is the Cleaners while the other control the special infected.
It's already confirmed.
They sent out keys? the email says keys are not going out till tommorow?
They realized they got way more money from the Steam Store and monetization than developing video games. So that's why there isn't a lot of new games from Valve.
I've logged in over 400 hours in L4D2 playing with my friends. I'm soooo looking forward to this!
This is false. They've actually steadily released games...this comment is usually made by people who didn't get the games they wanted.
Was it even pitched to Valve? Or do you mean you wonder why Valve never continued with the Left 4 Dead series?
There were leaked Left 4 Dead 3 screenshots a year or so ago. It seems like the game was in development at some point. I think it had something to do with a middle east location.
That's not this game [Back 4 Blood] though, is it? Or were Turtle Rock Studios involved with Left 4 Dead 3 and turned it into this new one - hence Valve having thrown it away?
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Valve worked on a Left 4 Dead 3 internally but decided to trash it.
Back 4 Blood has nothing to do with it.
ya i was payin attention to the gore in this vid and it seems downgraded in that sense compared to left 4 dead.
overall this seems very derivative of their own work which is understandable but doesnt excite me much.
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You can see legs and arms flying off during the gameplay, so it's still there.
That's not true at all, we know from leaks as well as The Final Hours of Half Life Alyx that Valve had a ton of games in development over the past decade, including at least 2 versions of Left 4 Dead 3 (an AR version that got cancelled when Valve moved to VR and a more traditional L4D3 that got cancelled when the team couldn't decide to switch to Unreal Engine or work on Source 2 since Source 2 was apparently a mess for a very long time).
Valve's culture just made it really difficult for a game to get off the ground and get a lot of employees working on it. They claim they've fixed that issue and Source 2 seems to be in a much better place than where it was for a very long time so we'll see.
Guess i've been staying at Steam boards for a bit too long.
Thanks for the info.
Youre right but they also just released a game this year.
I think we might see Valves vision of l4d3 at some point in the next few years