22nd of October, 2021
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: zombies, space people and parkouring enforcers.
If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive.
Back 4 Blood, PC
Full disclosure: I can’t stop singing Back 4 Blood to the tune of Take That’s Back for Good. Go on, try it, you’ll hate me forever.
I was struggling a bit with Back 4 Blood. I was playing in co-op but wasn’t having much fun. It seemed to lack ideas and repeat itself. It was a bit – cardinal sin – boring.
But then, there was the bar. You know you’re in for a big fight because the place is an arsenal, guns and grenades everywhere. And there’s a prompt on the jukebox telling you that when you turn it on, the zombie horde will approach. None of this is out-of-the-box thinking for a zombie game: defending a stronghold while undead pour in from various entry points is standard stuff.