Compare this game to world war z

[Tuxicoman [FR]]

I wonder which to buy
games looks similar from description (coop zombie game)
b4b got hype then bad reviews + price is expensive
world war z is old and thus maybe missing players

i'm mostly interested with random coop. i love helldivers, deep rock galactic...

[Sirius Black]

Buy WWZ there is more fun. In WWZ you'll feel yourself in the centre of zombie apocalipse, millions of zombies on the screen, you can choose any balanced playable class and enchance it. Very fun game and number of players in the game is solid. Back 4 Blood is a China copy of the Left for Dead 2 and you'll get bored very soon.

[Cronik]

Definitely world warz imo, it has alot more unique levels and a better flow of gameplay.

[Trip]

If possible for you to get gamepass, try them both out.

I'm going to try it out after I get bored with Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Which should be right...about...now. Joking, I'm joking. But that's another fun co-op shooter to try out for a bit on gamepass.

And if you really like a game then buy it on a steam sale.

[Gracey Face]

I only played the pre first person version of WWZ and I believe it has changed quite a bit. WWZ had less variety in gameplay and builds (all of the classes are almost identical) but more interesting maps and a more "cinematic" presentation (which you'd expect being based off of a film).

A thing to note however is that WWZ had a crazy amount of grind back then. To fully unlock a class you had to prestige it 4 times, which was hundreds of hours of gameplay, and that's the only way you'd get any kind of variability between the classes since the prestige unlocked the "class specific" skills.

[Chrille 🎃]

I have both WWZ and B4B

I have played approx 6h of WWZ and 55h of B4B.

[Sirius Black]

Originally posted by Gracey Face:

A thing to note however is that WWZ had a crazy amount of grind back then. To fully unlock a class you had to prestige it 4 times, which was hundreds of hours of gameplay, and that's the only way you'd get any kind of variability between the classes since the prestige unlocked the "class specific" skills.

Prestige in WWZ is not a necessary thing and it gives a minimal advantage. To fully unlock a class without prestige you need to play about 15 matches, which is comparable to 10 hours or about 4 evenings. In my opinion B4B is more grindy, because you need to unlock skill cards and it's a fully random, a lottery. You can spend a lot of your time to get a 1 rare card and it's still a question about the balance with these cards. In my opinion WWZ has more transparent progression, you can see all your progression at once and you know what your time will be spent on.

[civilian]

Originally posted by reaxxion:

Originally posted by Gracey Face:

A thing to note however is that WWZ had a crazy amount of grind back then. To fully unlock a class you had to prestige it 4 times, which was hundreds of hours of gameplay, and that's the only way you'd get any kind of variability between the classes since the prestige unlocked the "class specific" skills.

Prestige in WWZ is not a necessary thing and it gives a minimal advantage. To fully unlock a class without prestige you need to play about 15 matches, which is comparable to 10 hours or about 4 evenings. In my opinion B4B is more grindy, because you need to unlock skill cards and it's a fully random, a lottery. You can spend a lot of your time to get a 1 rare card and it's still a question about the balance with these cards. In my opinion WWZ has more transparent progression, you can see all your progression at once and you know what your time will be spent on.

Another B4B hater that haven't even touched the game and talking out of his as.
At least do your research before you spread hate, be more professional please.
Card unlocks are progressive, you unlock one after the other, there is no RNG involved.

[Sirius Black]

Originally posted by civilian:

Another B4B hater that haven't even touched the game and talking out of his as.
At least do your research before you spread hate, be more professional please.
Card unlocks are progressive, you unlock one after the other, there is no RNG involved.

Easy, pal, I bought it in EGS. You still can't get all the cards just unlocking them through the Supply Lines.

[Prince Ian]

b4b is a lot more fun than wwz. when you play b4b you have to think and make smart choices. a lot of different systems to consider and engage with. wwz is simple by comparison, just shoot zombies, even the finales are preset.

[civilian]

Originally posted by reaxxion:

Originally posted by civilian:

Another B4B hater that haven't even touched the game and talking out of his as.
At least do your research before you spread hate, be more professional please.
Card unlocks are progressive, you unlock one after the other, there is no RNG involved.

Easy, pal, I bought it in EGS. You still can't get all the cards just unlocking them through the Supply Lines.

You can.
What do you mean you can't? I don't know what to response anymore.
Misinformation again.

If you are talking about the cards you found during missions? Those are active only in that mission, you buy them with money you found in that particular run, and then they are added on top of your pre-built deck, for the use of that run only.
Treat them as resources like med kits and ammo, they do not count towards your main progression.
And yes those cards and be found in supply lines as well.

[spambunny]

i have both B4b has more replay ability wwz is still a good game though b4b wins for me hands down

[Vaker]

This game is very fun and you will have a good time but it's overpriced (don't know about WWZ)

[Gracey Face]

Originally posted by reaxxion:

In my opinion WWZ has more transparent progression, you can see all your progression at once and you know what your time will be spent on.

Unless they changed it, the progression isn't really as transparent. For example the prestige class skills are hidden until you prestige, which is wierd.

Originally posted by civilian:

You can.
What do you mean you can't? I don't know what to response anymore.
Misinformation again.

You can't, there's cards that are tied to doing things in game. Most obvious ones being the weapon cards you get for getting enough kills with each class of weapon.

[civilian]

Originally posted by Gracey Face:

You can't, there's cards that are tied to doing things in game. Most obvious ones being the weapon cards you get for getting enough kills with each class of weapon.

Forgot those. But my point still stands.
The guy I was replying to said the cards we unlock is RNG based, which is completely false

[Gracey Face]

Originally posted by civilian:

Forgot those. But my point still stands.
The guy I was replying to said the cards we unlock is RNG based, which is completely false

The cards you get in supply lines is RNG isn't it? (I had assumed so but I don't actually know.)