Zombies with friends

Back 4 BloodRating 455Developer Turtle Rock StudiosPublisher Warner BrosPlatform PC XBO PS4 PS5 XBSPrice PC ndash Rs 2999Consoles ndash Rs 3999Left 4 Dead is one of those cult classic games that never seemed to have left The team behind that game has now created Back 4 Blood While it is also a coop firstperson zombie game it is very different from Left 4 Dead offering an entirely new experienceThe game starts with a group of zombieslaying veterans called Cleaners You can choose which Cleaner you want to be and it comes with some perks and a special ability There is no option to design your character Once you select the character you are thrown into the heat of battle with zombies coming at you from every direction The Cleanerrsquos experience comes into play and your team configuration matters in a lot of situations during the gameYour characters can also have their skills upgraded using a card system Each character has a 15card deck to load out These cards can be found in the levels by scavenging around and going through every part of the stage This has a downside because the longer you wait to search for cards the higher the chance of another horde headed your way The cards however are worth it You can heavily customise the skill set of your character and have different loadouts for different situations It is a lot of fun to configure the deck and even search for these cardsBack 4 Blood also has many weapons and there is a shop at the start of every stage and you can refill or swap out weapons there The weapons and skillset together determine your overall success in the mission In the easiest mode Back 4 Blood plunges players into difficult but not impossible situations The AI is fairly capable of assisting you but they are no match when it comes to real players There is enough variety in gameplay and monsters to keep you coming back for more The campaign is also fairly large with approximately 30 levels Increasing the difficulty by just one level exponentially increases the difficulty level Even the AI bots donrsquot offer adequate support again emphasising the need for real players to coop withPlaying as a single player the game has a fairly linear story There are plenty of touch and go situations that will have you at the edge of your seat particularly towards the end where the missions get tough even in the easiest mode This constant pressure of the hordes and the AI cleaners made the experience of playing this game both stressful and funThe game has pretty standard graphics Itrsquos good but not brilliant There is plenty of blood and gore but they do get repetitive after a while What Back 4 Blood does well is level design The maps are just brilliant there are several nooks and crannies to explore and discover It also offers ample opportunity to introduce jump scares though this game is more about the pressure than the scary elementBack 4 Blood is no Left 4 Dead but it holds out pretty well on its own The game is fun the card deck skill system is superb and the game will have you coming back for more I wish there were more varieties in the zombies instead of everincreasing hordes but it is a very minor complaint For now the game doesnrsquot have any mods but considering how active the Left 4 Dead community is there is a good chance we will see some mods for it in the future If you are looking to mod your game go in for the PC version If not any other version will do Back 4 Blood is a great coop shooter so if you have friends to play with this game can be a fun Single players can also play the game but it isnrsquot the same experience So consider that before getting the gameElectric vehicles need to be lighterA paper in the journal Nature suggests that the additional weight of electric vehicles not only make them less efficient but also less safe Electric cars traditionally have very heavy frames that need to support the weight of heavy batteries The group said that till now the focus was to increase the capacity of 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