It was one of the biggest disappointments of 2021 and yet this shooter video game could still have a sequel…

Gaming News It was one of the biggest disappointments of 2021 and yet this shooter video game could still have a sequel…

In the 2000s Left 4 Dead was one of the most popular co-op experiences ever

. It has to be said that the principle is as simple as it is effective: four players have to go together from point A to point B and compete against armies of zombies. For variety we have several weapons, different special enemies and of course stressful phases in which we are attacked by hordes of zombies.

With this multiplayer aspect, Left 4 Dead and its sequel Left 4 Dead 2 have become cult games on Steam. Years later, its creators, Turtle Rock Studios wanted to revive this concept with a new license: Back 4 Blood. Unfortunately, success did not answer the call…

One of the biggest disappointments of 2021

Published in 2021, Back 4 Blood was introduced as Left 4 Dead’s spiritual heir

as it uses the same principle and was developed by the same people. Unfortunately, for many people the experience upon arrival was a disappointment. If the title receives a score of 15/20 in our columns and a score of 77/100 on Metacritic, theThe game from Turtle Rock Studios receives an overall “average” rating on Steam calculated from more than 46,000 reviews, of which only 67% are positive.

The shortcomings include the corruption card system, balancing problems or even a PvP mode that arouses little interest. Result, The title didn’t have the life expectancy that the developers had hoped for

. This reminds us of the failure of Evolve by the same team, which was released ten years ago now. And yet, despite these results, Back 4 Blood could very well be back if this actor’s resume is anything to go by.

The return of a multiplayer experience?

Discovered by the website mp1st, Jesse Hutch, an actor by profession, claimed to have done motion capture for a project codenamed Gobi 2. However, Gobi was the codename of the first Back 4 Bloodhence we can easily guess that it is a sequel. To make this idea more concrete, it should also be noted that the domain name back4blood2.com was registered in May 2023 Turtle Rock Studios announced last February of that year that updates for Back 4 Blood were ending.. Despite all of this, it’s a safe bet that there is indeed a Back 4 Blood 2 in the pipeline. It remains to be seen when it will be officially announced.