Developer Turtle Rock has launched a contemporary post-launch content material roadmap for its well-received co-op zombie shooter Again 4 Blood, promising a bunch of latest options into 2022, together with a much-requested solo offline mode with marketing campaign development earlier than this yr is thru.
Again 4 Blood, you may recall, got here in for criticism on launch when gamers found its unwavering always-online necessities, even when enjoying solo with AI teammates. Worse, restrictions to solo mode meant gamers wishing to go it alone had been prevented from incomes progress in direction of Accomplishments, incomes Provide Factors, and even monitoring stats. Following participant suggestions, Turtle Rock wrote, “We have now heard your frustrations about development in solo mode and are discussing methods to handle the problem”.
And now, virtually precisely one month later, Turtle Rock has confirmed an answer is on the way in which, and that it will be arriving very quickly certainly. Following this month’s patch, focussed on delivering high quality of life enhancements and main bug fixes, Turtle Rock will launch Again 4 Blood’s first main post-launch content material replace in December.
This may ship a variety of latest options, together with the much-requested solo offline mode, full with marketing campaign development. Moreover, new playing cards are on the way in which, together with a brand new card kind, plus new provide strains, a Ridden follow space, and a seasonal occasion. As for 2022, Turtle Rock’s roadmap additionally outlines a lot of additions anticipated to reach within the new yr and past, together with a brand new problem stage, a brand new co-op mode, new participant and corruption playing cards, melee updates, and numerous high quality of life enhancements.
Turtle Rock has additionally supplied a short tease of its first paid content material growth, now revealed to be titled Tunnels of Terror. That is one in every of three paid expansions deliberate for subsequent yr – accessible as a part of Again 4 Blood’s Annual Go – that collectively will introduce the likes of latest Cleaners, new Ridden, a brand new exercise kind, plus new weapons, playing cards, and skins.
“It is virtually there,” wrote Eurogamer’s Chris Tapsell of Again 4 Blood in his Really useful evaluation. “Virtually actually fairly particular. However in falling simply in need of that Again 4 Blood remains to be an exquisite, messy deal with of a sport.” If Turtle Rock can ship on the guarantees of its newest roadmap, maybe it will not be lengthy earlier than we are able to ditch that ‘virtually’, eh?