You're no longer average-joe survivors scrambling to escape crumbling cities. Right from the jump, Back 4 Blood flips the premise of Left 4 Dead on its head.
It's a game that Turtle Rock couldn't have made 10 years ago, and it's the addition of these smart, modern ideas that make it great. Just making an unambitious Left 4 Dead 3 would've been enough for me, but Back 4 Blood is also a deck builder, a looter, a hero shooter, and even a bit of a roguelite.
Turtle Rock has faithfully resurrected the fun, heart-pumping zombie slaying that others have only attempted. Back 4 Blood recaptures the tempo of 2009, where I'm lining up headshots by the dozen while I shoot the shit with friends.