Valve has always been one of my favorite developers. I don't think they've even had one game that was truly bad. And now they take on one of video games' favorites past-times, a zombie apocalypse. Left 4 Dead puts you in the place of the 4 unluckist people on Earth, Bill (a Vietnam vet), Francis (the biker), Zoey (hot college girl), and Louis (an black man with a taste for ties). Now you four have the take on the zombie horde, and make your way to a rescue vehicle in four campaigns and get the heck out of there. Now, if you like games with a decent story, well, this might not be the game for you. Because that's all there is for the story. But the gameplay makes up for it. The controls are easy enough the understand, and the use of Co-Op is actually not pointless! In Left 4 Dead, you actually need the other 3 people to tag along with you during the game. There are tons of zombies to kill, and one gun just isn't enough. There are also special zombies, like Smokers, Hunters, Boomers, Witches, and Tanks. All these zombies have special attacks, like how the Smoker can use its extremely long tougue to pull you away from the group, and you need your buddies to free you from those attacks. But then Left 4 Dead kicks it up a notch. It actually lets you play as those special zombies themselves in online multiplayer! So now the game turns from the survival horror to a hilariously fun hide and go seek game. And you are the seekers. You can control your zombie to go and use their special attack on some unsuspecting human, and in some way when you succeed it is extremely satisfing to see your zombie start ripping the human's flesh off. So now for the wrap-up. Alright sure, Left 4 Dead is short, so short that you could finish all the campaigns in about 3 or 4 hours. But the AI Director spices things up for you by making every single time you play a campaign different. So I recommend this game, it certainly is fun, and I'm pretty sure you will have a blast with it too.
Frankly I have to admit I was a little reluctant to attempt another "zombie" like game after I felt that I had been led astray with Dead Raising. But Left 4 Dead is a very cool and intense game. You are one of four c... Read Full Review
This game is one of the best Horror FPS games i've played since Quake. Seriously, it's great. In Left 4 Dead, the first thing you see when you put the game in is the Intro Sequence. They show you the characters and th... Read Full Review
