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Left 4 Dead

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.

A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you’re dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.

Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players’ actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Great FUN! Until You Realize It’s The Same Everytime You Play….
This game is great, you run around and blast zombies. Great fun for online, actually, online experience is pretty neat since you can talk to people.

However, you’ll soon realize one thing:

1. Is this it?

You’ll realize that all you really do is the same thing every single time OVER and OVER again. You run around shooting endless amount of zombies. Sounds like fun and I admit, it is fun for a week or two, then its just boring as heck. It’s not like you’re actually trying to beat some sorta game with an ending, it has no real ending basically! It ends fast and has like 4 different scenarios to play under, but after you finish them all, you feel like deja vu….

Rent it for awhile, great fun at first, then it gets boring.

5 Stars great 2-player game!
I’m a casual “old school” type of player. But I love to get together with friends occasionally and play multi-player games. Left 4 Dead has become one of my all-time favorites. The gameplay is just phenomenal. The graphics and sounds really suck you in, and the controls are “tight”.

One of the things that I find terrific about this game is the way the computer players (i.e. “goodguys”) are integrated into the game. They play along side you, do really smart tactical things (most of the time), make useful comments (along with other more “colorful” comments) etc. You really develop an affection for them after awhile. Another very cool feature is that if a player drops out, the game senses this after a short while, and “demotes” that player to being an NPC. Then when and if the player returns, he or she is free to resume their game by taking back control from the NPC they were previously playing.

The game is filled with really thoughtful multi-player touches like that which keeps the game fun. I highly recommend it!

5 Stars Left 4 Dead
This is a great game. There really isn’t anything else like it out there. You would find it hard to find any problems with it. The only thing I notice, is the lack of developed story; but I guess that when you get down to it, this is a multiplayer game. The fact that they are releasing FREE extra content (new levels and play modes) leaves no doubt that this was a great purchase.

4 Stars Left 4 Dead
This game would have been more enjoyable with an actual storyline to follow. However, it started you in one the four campaigns of your choice and you had to go through each safehouse to progress all the while dealing with swarms of zombies. As others have stated on here it would have been nice to get the background on the characters you play. Maybe a little information on what happened to cause the populations to turn savage. Maybe it could have had you run into a few of the other survivors that you read messages about in the saferooms, but that opportunity was lost in this game. There are a lot of MAYBES and WHAT-IFs that could have been explored for this game to make it great but those ideas were Left 4 Dead!!

One of the only things that made this enjoyable was the ability to play through it with three of your friends. There’s nothing like hearing your friends shouting to you as they are overwhelmed by the horde because they were dumb enough to venture off by themselves. Then there’s having your other friends who stick together, work off each other and progress through the game at the slowest members pace; which enabled us to NOT have anyone Left 4 Dead.

The versus was alright. Merely rerunning through the campaign missions, but this time having to avoid human players as the special infected. This was entertaining the first few times, but I absolutely hated playing as the infected so when it was my teams turn to go after the survivors the multiplayer was boring although it was minutely fun to pounce on unsupecting humans occasionally. Needless to say I don’t play the versus anymore, the enterainment value dropped after the first day.

4 Stars Best co-op game I’ve played
My wife loves to play co-op games, especially when it comes to killing zombies. This ended up being perfect for us. I tired to play it on my own but it just didn’t cut it. I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, just that this is bar none, hands down, without a doubt the most fun I’ve had playing co-op. Yea, there is really no story and I’d love to see more guns (the hunting rifle is essentially useless when you’ve got two dozen zombies swarming you), but if you’re not a game snob and you just want to have some yell out loud fun with a friend then definitely give this a try.

Also, this is a really fast paced game, I tried to play RE5 right afterward and it felt like I was walking through mud everything was moving so slow.

I gave it 4 stars because of the lack of different guns. There really isn’t that noticeable of a difference between the guns (I can take out a zombie across the street with a shot gun the same as I can with a hunting rifle equipped with a zoom scope). I would love to have to be able to make a real decision when it comes to which gun I wanted. As it is it’s 90% aesthetic, there are differences but they are negligible.

Buy/More Info

PS3 Games Action Dramatic Experience, Epic Struggle, Fellow Survivors, Foot Tongue, Hordes, Human Population, L4d, Lasso, Life Games, Massive Campaigns, Methane Gas, Multiplayer Games, Mutant Ability, Pandemic, Rabies Virus, Sounds Like Fun, Survival Horror, Turtle Rock, Virulent Strain, Zombies

Left 4 Dead

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.

A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you’re dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.

Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players’ actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars I thought it would suck
Then I saw a video review…bought it and though after 1 play…that was too short …so i played it again..and again..and again and it jsut kept getting funner…..weird but true….of course you get the usually arseholes who care more about winning than fun…a lot of eliteists but hey thats in every game…now i can jibe at them over the mic….

4 Stars Great Arcade-ish Co-op; and Nothing Else
Before saying anything else, I feel obligated to point out that this game does have a single-player mode that can be enjoyed (the operative word: “endured” would be more like it) offline. Your allies will be three AI-controlled drones who don’t know how to toss grenades, and thankfully will not even pick them up. There isn’t even a pure LAN capability here. If you want to play with other people as Valve intended you to, you are going to have to be online and connected to the Steam console. Some people are picky about Steam, so be warned that this is a Steam game and there isn’t any way around it.

If that’s fine by you, then you are in for a treat. This is both a co-op game and a versus game, and both modes are spectacular. In co-op you play as one of four survivors attempting to escape the zombie apocalypse through one of four campaigns, each of which take between forty minutes and an hour and a half to beat, mostly depending on what problems you run into on the way. You will make your way through diverse settings to hitch a ride by helicopter, boat, armored car, or plane; but after twice through each campaign you’ll be seeing the same old things again and again, which is really the greatest limiting factor to this game: it is repetitive.

Valve pulls some tricks out to delay your boredom, but the presence of an AI “director” that randomizes creepy music cues, weapons and health placements, and enemy attacks is not enough to justify the game having so little to see and do. There are six guns and two bombs in the game, five types of “special infected” zombies in addition to the normal running types, and not much to change things up after the initial fun has worn off. Well, maybe there is: versus mode.

Once the vanilla co-op game has worn off, there’s the brutal versus mode. In this mode you still play as one of four human-controlled survivors huffing it out of town, but there are also four zombie players whose entire goal is to mess up your game. One team runs while the other hunts, and then you switch. At the end of the campaign, the team with the higher score wins. Not only is this far more frightening when you know that a scheming human mind is behind the actions that befall your rag-tag band, but it is also far more dynamic. Rather than just being attacked, you are being assaulted and picked off by the zombies. If there’s a flaw, it is that at the current time you can only play two of the campaigns in versus (though later this year Valve plans to change that).

This game is recommendable because it is the best co-op gameplay that you will ever experience, bar none. If you don’t mind learning the four campaigns really well and getting used to some nail-biting difficulty on later levels, then this game is for you.

5 Stars Just a good bit of fun
There’s not much to say about this game that hasn’t been said. It’s a great addition to anyone’s library. Take note though: to really experience this game, you gotta play it online and more preferably with people that you know. Single player is fun for a couple of times through, but playing with actual people makes for a much better experience.

Also, another good thing about getting this game is that it’s made by Valve. And Vavle supports their games long after they’ve been out. For instance, there is some new modes coming out real soon. Basically, you’ll get your money’s worth.

4 Stars The Dead are alive
This is a greaat game and very realistic. As for action, you can’t ask for more. Great graphics and the sound is awsome. Good game!

1 Star NO IDEA
Well, first off I read all the reviews and it sounds like a fun game so I decided to buy it. Now here’s my problem and it could be partly my fault for not researching more. Because this game requires internet activation I simply can’t play the game. I am currently stationed overseas and internet isn’t the greatest. Had I know this from the start I would never had wasted my money. I was looking for a good shooter to blow off some steam and was left scratching my head wondering why I spent the money for this. Not even in the product description did I see any mention of internet being required. I realize you need it for multiplayer, but you can’t play offline either…come on people. If I could give this a -5 rating I would just for the amount of disappointment I had.

Buy/More Info

PS3 Games Action Dramatic Experience, Epic Struggle, Fellow Survivors, Foot Tongue, Hordes, Human Population, L4d, Life Games, Massive Campaigns, Methane Gas, Multiplayer Games, Mutant Ability, Operative Word, Pandemic, Player Mode, Rabies Virus, Survival Horror, Turtle Rock, Video Review, Virulent Strain

Left 4 Dead

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.

A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you’re dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.

Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players’ actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Best co-op game I’ve played
My wife loves to play co-op games, especially when it comes to killing zombies. This ended up being perfect for us. I tired to play it on my own but it just didn’t cut it. I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, just that this is bar none, hands down, without a doubt the most fun I’ve had playing co-op. Yea, there is really no story and I’d love to see more guns (the hunting rifle is essentially useless when you’ve got two dozen zombies swarming you), but if you’re not a game snob and you just want to have some yell out loud fun with a friend then definitely give this a try.

Also, this is a really fast paced game, I tried to play RE5 right afterward and it felt like I was walking through mud everything was moving so slow.

I gave it 4 stars because of the lack of different guns. There really isn’t that noticeable of a difference between the guns (I can take out a zombie across the street with a shot gun the same as I can with a hunting rifle equipped with a zoom scope). I would love to have to be able to make a real decision when it comes to which gun I wanted. As it is it’s 90% aesthetic, there are differences but they are negligible.

5 Stars great 2-player game!
I’m a casual “old school” type of player. But I love to get together with friends occasionally and play multi-player games. Left 4 Dead has become one of my all-time favorites. The gameplay is just phenomenal. The graphics and sounds really suck you in, and the controls are “tight”.

One of the things that I find terrific about this game is the way the computer players (i.e. “goodguys”) are integrated into the game. They play along side you, do really smart tactical things (most of the time), make useful comments (along with other more “colorful” comments) etc. You really develop an affection for them after awhile. Another very cool feature is that if a player drops out, the game senses this after a short while, and “demotes” that player to being an NPC. Then when and if the player returns, he or she is free to resume their game by taking back control from the NPC they were previously playing.

The game is filled with really thoughtful multi-player touches like that which keeps the game fun. I highly recommend it!

3 Stars Great FUN! Until You Realize It’s The Same Everytime You Play….
This game is great, you run around and blast zombies. Great fun for online, actually, online experience is pretty neat since you can talk to people.

However, you’ll soon realize one thing:

1. Is this it?

You’ll realize that all you really do is the same thing every single time OVER and OVER again. You run around shooting endless amount of zombies. Sounds like fun and I admit, it is fun for a week or two, then its just boring as heck. It’s not like you’re actually trying to beat some sorta game with an ending, it has no real ending basically! It ends fast and has like 4 different scenarios to play under, but after you finish them all, you feel like deja vu….

Rent it for awhile, great fun at first, then it gets boring.

4 Stars Left 4 Dead
This game would have been more enjoyable with an actual storyline to follow. However, it started you in one the four campaigns of your choice and you had to go through each safehouse to progress all the while dealing with swarms of zombies. As others have stated on here it would have been nice to get the background on the characters you play. Maybe a little information on what happened to cause the populations to turn savage. Maybe it could have had you run into a few of the other survivors that you read messages about in the saferooms, but that opportunity was lost in this game. There are a lot of MAYBES and WHAT-IFs that could have been explored for this game to make it great but those ideas were Left 4 Dead!!

One of the only things that made this enjoyable was the ability to play through it with three of your friends. There’s nothing like hearing your friends shouting to you as they are overwhelmed by the horde because they were dumb enough to venture off by themselves. Then there’s having your other friends who stick together, work off each other and progress through the game at the slowest members pace; which enabled us to NOT have anyone Left 4 Dead.

The versus was alright. Merely rerunning through the campaign missions, but this time having to avoid human players as the special infected. This was entertaining the first few times, but I absolutely hated playing as the infected so when it was my teams turn to go after the survivors the multiplayer was boring although it was minutely fun to pounce on unsupecting humans occasionally. Needless to say I don’t play the versus anymore, the enterainment value dropped after the first day.

5 Stars Left 4 Dead
This is a great game. There really isn’t anything else like it out there. You would find it hard to find any problems with it. The only thing I notice, is the lack of developed story; but I guess that when you get down to it, this is a multiplayer game. The fact that they are releasing FREE extra content (new levels and play modes) leaves no doubt that this was a great purchase.

Buy/More Info

PS3 Games Adventure Bar None, Dramatic Experience, Epic Struggle, Fellow Survivors, Foot Tongue, Human Population, Hunting Rifle, L4d, Life Games, Massive Campaigns, Methane Gas, Multiplayer Games, Mutant Ability, Pandemic, Rabies Virus, Survival Horror, Turtle Rock, Virulent Strain, Yell, Zombies