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Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) | 
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Category: Video Games
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 111
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Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: horror-action-games
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930063115
ASIN: B001GIOGE6
Release Date: November 21, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 Frantic Fun December 4, 2008
M. Behenna (UK)
Left 4 Dead offers a 4 player co-op experience, pitting a group of survivors against the zombie hordes. After that, players will likely find themselves in Verses mode which is almost the same thing, except they'll be playing through each level twice. Once as the survivors, and once as the extremely entertaining undead!
Zombies appear in random places thanks to the "AI Director" who will manipulate the level, altering enemy locations and numbers. Every weapon is important in it's own way and very satisfying to use. The game forces players to keep each other alive and work together. Unfortunately despite it being virtually impossible to complete an entire level by yourself, this doesn't stop ramboesque idiots from running off alone, getting pinned, devoured, and then demanding to know why the people half a mile away didn't assist.
With a group of intelligent friends, Left 4 Dead is one of the greatest multiplayer experiences available. However like every single adult Xbox game out there, if you play with random strangers then you'll likely hear the squeaky voices of preteens as they constantly shoot you, run off, or boast about their imaginary girlfriend.
It's enough to make one wish for a real zombie apocalypse.
 It's everything I hoped it would be December 4, 2008
Mordy (UK)
I doubt I can elaborate very much on what the other reviewers have said so I just want to say that this might possibly be the best game I have ever played! The graphics and control system are of a very good standard but nothing out of the ordinary for a 360 game, the sound is particularly atmospheric. Where this game stands out for me is the gameplay, me and three friends have had the time of our lives trying to hold out against the hordes of the undead for 15 minutes while they broke in through the windows, dragged us out of our safe-house with their tongues or just plain tore off the side of the building and came in through the hole! You just can't get the kind of adrenaline-pumping 'last-stand' feel of this game anywhere else! The four campaigns that are provided with it are all very distinctive and make for very different stories as you play them and there is some kind of AI director that makes every game play out slightly differently which stops it from getting too samey. My favourite game-type though is the 'versus mode' where you alternate between playing the survivors making a run for it or the gribblies hunting them down - the two sides are surprisingly evenly matched and it's great fun trying to get further through the level than your opposing team and then taking your turn trying to tear them a new one as they start their own journey.
My only complaint if there is any is that you can only play two of the campaigns in versus mode - I would have liked to play them all :(
Superb...if you don't own this, you need to. December 3, 2008
Mr. N. Hall (England)
So I stumbled across Left 4 Dead by accident. Having been let down by Epic's disappointing and frustrating Gears of War 2 effort, I finally sold it and with the money burning a hole in my pocket I plumped for L4D knowing nothing about the game other than it had a thumb missing on the cover.
This game is seriously good. Its difficult to actually put a finger on 'why' it's so good. Its such a simple game - 4 players, kill lots of zombies end of story, and with only 4 levels (5 maps per level) you would think it would have a relatively short shelflife, but it's so much more than a sum of its individual parts.
Few games have this affect - the 'just one more go' feeling that keeps you up until 3am, bleary eyed, realising you still have to get up for work the next day, but 'just gotta survive one more wave of zombies' is far more important...
This is what good games are all about - getting the gameplay 'just right', getting the physics 'just right' and overall hitting the sweetspot of 'fun' vs 'difficulty'..... Why spend a huge amount of time developing plotlines, character building etc. the point of games is to play them - not spend half your time watching cut scenes trying to piece together scraps of gameplay.
Part of the fun of being on XBLive is the community, and this game actually 'promotes' team spirit. You find very quickly that if the players joining your games don't have a mic, or don't speak they get booted quickly. I've added more friends to my friends list in the last month of playing this game than in the previous year - and people who it's fun to play with and chat to. You simply cannot play this game unless all 4 players co-operate - and I know of no other game on the market that has this. Yes you need to play together as a team to win games in COD or Gears, but you don't 'have' to.... in L4D you have to play as a unit or you all fail.
Matchmaking is instantaneous, and allows you to play whatever type of game you want. No ranks,but you'll be too busy trying to stay alive to care.
So the graphics may not be up to GOW2 level, the scale of the game may not be huge, but somewhere along the way, Valve really worked out how to nail great gameplay, and I'd gladly trade all the nice graphics and storyline in the world for that.
Well done. This game rocks.
The best Co-op game this year November 26, 2008
Richard (Rangisco) (London, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love co-op games and I've always enjoyed playing with people on the same team rather than team death matches etc. Its not that I don't find them fun, its just more fun to play with people who are helping each other out. Its for this reason that Left 4 Dead ticks all the boxes for me.
The set up is simple; you play as one of 4 characters in the midst of an apocolyptic infection that has left you stranded. Your aim is to get to an extraction point and call for help whilst fending off wave upon wave of fast moving infected zombie-like people. There are 5 additional boss-type infected on top of the huge numbers of infected you'll shoot on your way to safety who have their own unique way to wreck havoc on your journey. As for the story, well there is no story asuch, but that is not the point of this game.
The genius of this game resides in the AI Director that directs the action based on the difficulty setting and how well you're performing as a team. The more kills you get, the more hordes of infected you face. If you're doing less well, then you'll find additional med kits generously laid out and the hordes subside to give you a breather. The beauty of this game is that you never really know what's around the corner and this changes with every play through on every difficulty setting. Obviously, when you get to certain points (i.e. the extraction), you'll face huge numbers of infected coupled with a number of boss infected characters, but even then they'll spawn from a different area. You need to work as a team as quite simply, you will not make it.
This game was designed as a 4 player co-op game and online works brilliantly. I have played with both friends on my list as well as other xbox live members and each time I'm pleasantly surprised by how well everyone works. Naturally, this is fantastic playing with 3 other mates and this brings you closer as a team, but its no less fun with strangers. You can play on your own with 3 AI bots taking control of the characters and, to be honest, they're very competent and help you. The only downside is that you have to lead and when there's a witch around the corner or a Boomer, you may wish that you had 3 human controlled characters to take the burden from time to time.
Some people have critcised the length of this game. You get 4 levels with 5 chapters in each with the promise of additional content from Valve in the future and each level will take about 1-2 hours to complete depending on the difficulty. This doesn't sound like a lot, but even though you'll get to know the maps, you won't get the same experience each time thanks to the random spawning areas of the infected.
For me, this is the game of the year for co op. 4 of you battling against impossible odds, helping each other out and getting scared along the way. The perfect way to spend a few hours in the evening with your mates (either online or 2 split screen on the same console, 4 player on 2 consoles via system link). As a single player game, this is not overly special, but fun nonetheless. Its the co op that stands out and despite a perceived lack of levels, bear in mind that this game is designed to be replayed over and over again. For this reason, I have to give it 5 stars. If you get it, look out for me on Live as I'll be playing this for many months.
great game but.... November 25, 2008
M. Nagle (cali usa)
brilliant game online co op i love it for a quik blast every night.always different.but these guys at valve have to support the game.we want new levels and weapons and all sorts of stuff.if they dont thats it.
its up to you valve.
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