![]() But with a few zombie series still alive and kicking (the sequel to Dying Light releases this upcoming February), there’s clearly still an audience there. As zombie games have petered out in popularity, perhaps the lack of Left 4 Dead the past decade was timely. But how has that format aged? The last Left 4 Dead game, a sequel released in 2009, came hot on the heels of 2008’s original, making its over 10-year absence from the games scene a little out of character, if not baffling. From the name itself to its basic structure, it may as well be called Left 4 Dead 3. While not a reboot per se, Back 4 Blood, a new multiplayer zombie game made by Left 4 Dead’s original developers Turtle Rock Studios, is not trying to deny its roots. ![]() Often, in trying to catch up, too much is forced in at once, alienating the player while betraying the original look and feel of a game. It’s always interesting to see how a rebooted series adapts to new conventions after a long absence from the games scene.
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