Back 4 Blod Sux giant zombie dick, aka Back 4 Benis 2
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On the upside it made me want to play left4dead2. Comparing the 2 is a great way to show someone the difference between good devs and mediocre devs.
Same here, I literally reinstalled last week after seeing what a cluster fuck b4benis is. in the beta I thought it looked kinda generic, but except for some particle effects, this video made it clear why I thought it looked ghey as shit. the talent of the studio that existed at valve is not there for b4benis'es devs. Evolve was a good idea created in a greedy way, and b4benis is a chinese flea market knockoff of l4d lmao. a 10 year old game that does it better. How funny that this dev just got bought by some china studio.
The industry started going downhill right as Diversity Inclusion Equity took off. Now, with a few exceptions, the only place you can reliably find competent development anymore is the indie scene. Because only smaller studios are still allowed to hire based on merit, and you don't need a robust leftist commissar department (aka HR) when you only have 20ish employees.
Nita pushing her ideas at big companies was probably the beginning of the end. Amazing how one charlatan could have so much impact by crying SEXISUM at every event. Jack Thompson probably wishes he had tits, now.
Your post touches upon some of the parts of l4d that made it so great, 'boss fights' that weren't boss fights, that tense first moment with your first tank. interesting characters, less gimmicky gameplay that relied on your team, whether infected or survivors, and that fully essential valve polish. Without all these combinations, you have a shitty mobile ripoff like B4Benises. We need to get a monthly gaming thread up, as well, IMO.
Was a huge letdown, just a more boring l4d with no where near as much atmosphere or art direction. The characters were awful: generic Perfect Black Man, Harley Quinn lite, the fat neckbeard without the beard, the poofy-haired whiny latinx, and the ancient lady with cancer who is still able to smash monsters with the butt of her gun somehow.
The interesting characters and dialogue was a cornerstone of the original l4d, and there were some legitimate funny moments between characters but the dialogue in b4b is some of the most cringe shit I’ve ever heard. And don’t get me started on the progression model; any game that gates progress behind forced online interaction can eat my ass.
B4B has proven that anytime a beloved game comes out with an all new 'card' system, its probably trash. This was also the situation for BFront2. They also datamine your chats and voice convos. Turtle ROck is the scummyist non-Riot studio, IMMO.
Also removing mod support and no offline split screen is another tell tale.
It's amazing to me how anything that isn't "polygon count" has been downgraded over the years. Maybe, just fucking maybe, adding every single ballsack wrinkle to a character model isn't the best use of development time?
I tried the beta of Back 4 Blood and I couldn't stand it. I gave up after I reached the camp. And since then, never touched it again, nor do I intend in purchasing it.