Back 4 Blood is a first-person, 4-player cooperative multiplayer game with a structure that exactly mirrors Left 4 Dead. RELATED: The 5 Biggest Takeaways From the 'Back 4 Blood' Betaįirst, let’s get the similarities out of the way, of which there are more than a few. And while Back 4 Blood is in many ways, a direct descendant of Left 4 Dead, it takes some of the innovations and refinements from these and other games and genres to create an engaging new experience that may just outshine its predecessor.

Since the release of the original Left 4 Dead in 2008, there have been a number of games co-opting its co-op gameplay while adding their own unique twists to the blueprint, including Call of Duty: Zombies, Payday, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and World War Z.

Back 4 Bloodis the latest release from developer Turtle Rock Studios, the folks behind the legendary Left 4 Dead and its sequel, as well as Evolve, the asymmetrical monster-hunting multiplayer game that never found an audience and whose servers were shut down in 2018.