Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, 2008)

ok i stand corrected about video games. LET THIS ONE ROT THE BRAIN!!! The graphics are phenomenol, the sound effects are great, and it totally helps relieve stress. Get this one today if you like a good challenge.

Pretty cool game but there are some game play things I would like to have seen done differently. Pretty fun though.

I LIKE LEFT 4 DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

This game is fantastic. Please take the time to check it out before the zombies come and get you. Ha Ha. Wow, what a game!


If you like shooting zombies, then this one is for you. This is a mature themed game. Not for children.

It's worth every penny and relieves a great deal of frustration. Thanks Microsoft!

5/5 for originality and reality

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- L4D is a good co op game. Couch co op or online co op, the game is special when there are partners playing together.

- The controls are simple and effective. Everything you carry is accessible from a trigger or 'hot key' direction on the D pad. Weapons (main & secondary), Meds, frags and your flashlight. You shoot, frag, shove and gun slap to survive the undead masses.

- The 4 campaign level designs are good, and offer multiple paths to from point A to point B. Dark & Moody, they feel like they were ripped right out of the movie set ideas of the best zombie movie makers. Endless scores of zombies tear at you through walls, pounce at you from dark rooms and swarm you from dark alleys.

L4D is 100% frantic. Zombies come from ALL directions, giving you few breaks to catch your breath, grab some ammo, med kits & pipe bombs.
Teamwork is essential to enjoying the game. Special types of zombies can incapacitate you quickly, and will kill you without a friends help. You will be barfed on, tongue wrapped and feasted upon. No amount of skill will keep you from relying on a partner.

L4D resembles some of the 'normal' looking multiplayer games of the last few years. There are some cloudy textures and fewer complex animations than other games out this year. L4D's looks are inferior to a game like Gears of War 2, and understandably so.
L4D throws scores of things at you, from variable AI inspired directions, at a high rate of speed, and all with no slow down.

The simple gameplay gets repetitive, but the excitement is kept high due to the relentless action, random zombie encounters, intense & frightening moments, and a heavy reliance on team cooperation.

Multiplayer is balanced extremely well. Player teams alternate between playing the escaping humans or hunting zombies. Humans have superior firepower while the zombies have superior numbers. Players aid the zombie hordes by playing the special zombies.
Instead of using shotguns and assault rifles, these special zombies vomit, constrict and tackle their prey.
I was really surprised by how much fun the VS multiplayer was.

Good game overall. B

Never the same game twice! Easy to learn and then Master. Unreal online experience! LOVE IT!! and im a Girly Girl!! GET IT!!

The online play isnt the greatest from my expierience. No matchmaking. But the campaign is amazing, especially over Live. I recommend to buy

Left 4 Dead
Storyline- This is actually kinda tricky for this game, if you pay attention to the video at the start you get a general background of the game, but nothing you wouldn’t see in a trailer (at least a good one) but if you pay attention to what’s written on the walls in the safe rooms to you will get a little bit of story. But this game has all the story it needs because it’s about survival not finding out why the zombies are there. 19/20

Graphics – Fantastic, this game has incredible graphics. 10/10

Game play- The game play is perfect the controls fit together perfectly. The only real problem is that your friends (NPC) don’t use pipe bombs or Molotov’s. 15 /15

Enjoy ability- I loved this game, it is fantastically fun, I just wish I could have played it with other people. 20/20

Art direction- Less art direction more duplicative architecture, the game feels like they took a ruined city and designed a map based on it, while its not really artsy and fantastic it is good, very good. 9/10

Sound &VA-Better than any game I have played in the last year, I love having people commenting on things, and best of all, telling you when guys are coming, and even what they are, they tell you when their reloading, and sometimes where stuff is. 10/10

Length- I can’t really say that its very long at all, took me one sitting to play all the campaigns, probably about 5-6 hours but this game is very repayable because when I started a level campaign a second or third time tanks came out at different times or places and if you increase the difficulty it gets more real but on max difficulty it feels, well to be honest less real again hahaha… but if you have friends I’m sure you could play it even longer 15/15

Total-98/100

Bottom line- THIS GAME KICKS ASS! Get this game when it’s about 15-30, but if you have friends GET IT NOW!

This is the game where you can reenact such great films like 28 weeks later, or Dawn of the Dead, where it's just you and four friends offline or online, via xbox live or system link and you face hordes of zombies. Zombies as well as "special" infected like the tank or the witch where their zombies that can litterally tear you apart. The best is the AI director where the game plays different everytime you play...it's different everytime! This factor is so good I'll type it again...it's different everytime! So everytime you play with your friends it's an adrenaline rush everytime.

Non-stop zombie killing action, sums up this game. Although it may be short on content(you will see everything the game has to offer in about 5 hours by yourself, maybe 4 if you play with others)it makes up for that with awesome gameplay, fun campaigns and addicting versus mode. 53,595 is the amount of zombies needed to kill for an achievement, a nod to Capcom's Dead Rising.

well I got hugged and kissed by my 17 year old son last night when i gave it to him ... he dosn't do that anymore! he really likes it. I had to hand feed him dinner, make him go to bed for school at midnight, and chase him off it at 5:oo am. me personally... i'm ready to break the game in half :) but the kid really likes it.

Left 4 Dead is a really run first person shooter that sticks you in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. There are 4 campaigns with 5 missions in each, for a total of 20 missions. In the first 4 missions of each campaign you are heading for a safehouse. In the final mission of each campaign you head to a location to summon help, and of course a massive zombie horde. The only reason I rated this 4/5 instead of 5/5 is the amount of missions/campaign. I played through the whole co-op game in about 5-6 hours. You can come back and play again though, because the experience will change.

There is also a multiplayer vs mode. It's not bad, but it gets a little boring playing as the zombies. If you play as one of the main characters the experience is much like the campaign mode. If you play as a zombie you die quick and spend most of your time waiting to respwan to attack the survivors again. It's no bad, but I wouldn't buy the game based on it's multiplayer. It does make a nice add-on to kill a couple more hours.

If you enjoy co-op campaign shooter games, you need this game. If you can't buy it, rent it.

Graphics: Good 8/10
Sound: Great – 8.5/10
Gameplay: Spectacular – 9.5/10
Replay Value – 9.5/10
Overall – Must Buy 9.5/10

Graphics: Good 8/10
The graphics are good for being built on an engine that was developed in 2004 by Valve. That being said, they have learned how to really use it and make it flow, both graphically and visually (speed). The textures, maps, and lighting are just right to put you in the mood that the apocalypse is really occurring, and you are a lone survivor. I will say that the speed that this game plays, you don’t notice that it is not the most beautiful game – but it is just right for what is being presented.

Sound: Great – 8.5/10
The sounds, music, effects, and voices take you immediately into the game. The voice acting, along with the zombie screams, yells, and cries, really push this game. With a 5.1 surround sound set-up, and a dark room, the sounds put you in the mix.

The voice acting and one liners are a nice touch and really play into the game well. The characters shout items locations, so that there is not too much chatter of non-sense.

The reason for the sub-nine ranking was actually do to the weapon sounds are actually the weak point. This is being picky, but I will say that overall, this is a good sound outing.

Gameplay: Spectacular – 9.5/10
Smooth animations, huge world design, and interactive and smart A.I. The A.I. in this system never does the same thing twice. That, with the fast, frantic, and yet fun shooter that this is, makes a great gameplay experience. There were times I was waiting for an attack, and the zombies that were there before, were not coming in that direction, but from behind. They did a great job of area and weapon change-ups and creating a game where co-op is needed (both computer aided and human) to win, and to survive.

The single player is fun, and will take a normal First Person Shooter (FPS) player roughly 6-8 hours to beat all the missions on normal or advanced. Where the real gem lies is the multiplayer – to be described in detail in the Replay Value.

Replay Value – High 9.5/10
Here is the real breakthrough. The multiplayer is fun, fast, and there is always a game to jump into. The servers link up fast.

Playing both in a game with strangers and friends, it is a real treat to see this co-op experience. Your team quickly learns not to go off by themselves, or they have to face the consequences. Also, if one of your teammates is acting up, you can vote to kick that person out of your group, and the computer A.I. will take over. Great planning on Valve’s part.

The versus mode is fun, especially on the Zombie side of things. Chasing after someone in undead mode is great.

Overall – Near Perfect 9.5/10
I like playing games online, but more often than not, like to experience the game alone because of the way people act online. With this co-op mode, people come together and don’t revert to name calling or yelling. This is a game where you have to work together.

It is so engrossing that others will want to watch you play and see just how you fight the zombie horde. The game is not perfect, but close to, and it is primarily because of the multiplayer and the A.I. never creating the same game experience twice.

If you are a fan of the undead, and movies like 28 Days Later, and the Dawn of the Dead remake, then this is the game for you. Play it a couple of times and you will try to get your friends to pick it up.

Like most Valve games Left 4 Dead is a great twitch shooter however instead of taking down terrorists you get to mow down legions of the undead. For simple 4 player coop gameplay it doesn't get better than Left 4 Dead.

i play with my boyfriend, his brother, and his friend EVERY NiGHT!! it's a great fun and exciting game.. we play online, the versus part where you take turns playing the survivors and the infected. at first my boyfriend bought it and we were spectacle because we didn't know much about it.. BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCiTED about LEFT 4 DEAD 2!! a MUST HAVE!!

The graphics don't initially jump out at you as anything special but once things get going you'll stop noticing. It's a blast going through these levels with a team of four constantly keeping the radio waves open to work together.

The new survival mode is also a blast.

My favorite game, but xbox live is a must to fully enjoy the greatness of the game. I play this game probably 8+ hours every day I'm off and as much as I can when I do work. Great way to make friends on xbox live, too.

***EDIT*** Wait until November when Left 4 Dead 2 comes out, don't buy this game, since it will basically be obsolete by then. Which is, by the way, exactly only one year since the first game's release. We basically paid $60 to beta test their game, just to shell out another $60 only one year later for the full product.

I never was a big fan of the zombie-genre as far as games go, but this game is just great! it made me a true fan! one of the funnest first-person shooters I've played in awhile! it could use more campaigns but the 4 that they offer are always fun to go through! the "Director" also makes for a different gaming experience every time! its a unique and very entertaining game! TWO THUMBS UP!!!

I plead with you, don't buy the hype of this game. Is the game fun? Sure, for the 3 hours it takes to beat the game. This is going to be a short review, cause the game is so short, there's not much to say.

There are 4 campaigns. Each one takes about 45 minutes to beat for a grand total of 3 hours of gameplay. You can play through them a couple of times, but then it just gets old. Games like Call of Duty and Halo are still fun to play on the hardest difficulty, they're just challenging. Well, Left 4 Dead on the on the hardest difficulty is just frustrating. You die in about 5 hits and when 30 zombies are coming at you, it just pisses you off.

The online is dumb. It's just two teams taking turns being the survivors. The other team are zombies, which seems like it would be cool, but you die so fast. You spend 5 seconds alive and 30 waiting to respawn. So it all boils down to you watching the survivors play. Fun, right?

Overall, Left 4 Dead feels like it should be an arcade game for $10, MAYBE $15. I mean, Castle Crashers has more depth to it than this game. This game doesn't even have a real story. I'd just rent this one.

Fight together...or die alone. 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, wildly violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. One of the "lucky" few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infacted. Together with a handful of fellow Survivors, you must fight your way to safety or die alone. A co-operative multiplayer action game from the makers of "Counter-Strike," Left 4 Dead is built atop the most advanced version of the Source Engine and introduces version 2 of Turtle Rock's artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology.
Once in the Xbox I found it very hard to stop playing, getting through a good 8 hours straight before taking a break. Left 4 Dead gets under your skin like a zombie digging out your brains, if you’re over 18 and have a home co-op buddy or online link this is a must.

Great game. Incredible graphics, and fun online play. I highly reccommend this is you have a Xbox 360 with Xbox Live.

Cool interactive X-box game. Lots of zombie killing action. Great story line, powerful weapons. Lots of levels.

honestly, pretty good game all around. graphic quality isn't the best, but it's from valve, so what do you expect? they make pc games and port them to other systems.

where this game gets it's good score from, however, is the experience you get from playing it with a bunch of friends. get a lan party going, load this game up, and prepare for awesomeness. you'll soon find that the constant yelling of 'get him off me!' or 'a tounge's got me!' make for a great time had by all.

bottom line, buy it if you have friends to play with. otherwise you'll be disappointed by the short story lines on single player.