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| Game Details | Released
21 November 2008 | | Format
PC, Xbox 360 | | Developer
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Left 4 Dead
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Like a gory blend of all the best zombie movies ever made, Left 4 Dead is a horrifying yet exhilarating experience.
Best played with a group of friends in the sublime co-operative mode, the adventure sees players blasting their way out of a zombie-infested urban sprawl, the relentless ebb and swell of the undead army forcing players to work together to survive, with any split in your ranks giving the brain-chompers an opportunity to rush in and overpower you. The small number of weapons and limited ammunition on hand also adds tension and strategy to the bloodshed, and the bewildering number of fast-moving zombies and powerful bosses mean there’s never a quiet moment as you shoot your way to freedom.
Although the computer can fill the boots of your fellow survivors if you choose to play alone, the co-operative game perfectly captures the sense of camaraderie that binds Romero’s Living Dead flicks, and the game subsequently suffers as a single player experience. But when you’re working together with a trio of friends to escape the city, or mucking around in the competitive mode where one team takes control of the undead bad boys, playing Left 4 Dead is fierce, frantic and many other words beginning with ‘f’. Ferociously frightening
Reviewer: Dave McComb
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Average user rating for Left 4 Dead
| RE: Left 4 Dead | | | No depth. Just shooting a load of zombies - a HELL of a lot of zombies. And that is, in this case, not a bad thing... Multiplayer is better than the single player campaign and will get you off Modern Warfare for a long time.
8/10 ... Read More
| | | robwillphill About me | | 21:46, 04 November 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | im sad and jealous | | | Its not out on the ps3. . ... Read More
| | | Arcanine About me | | 16:25, 26 February 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | im sad and jealous | | | Its not out on the ps3. . ... Read More
| | | Arcanine About me | | 16:25, 26 February 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Left 4 Dead, Gasping 4 More. | | | as an old school horror fan ( yeah a real horror film fan) and a fan of Romero's original seminal Trilogy of the dead (Night, Dawn, Day)
i was apprehensive at first to even get this game as i think zombies running look stupid, anyway VALVE (half life 2) have produced a gem of a game, the single player game is just as good as the Co-op, my favourite character was the Romero inspired Bill, forget 28 Weeks later, this is a game Romero fans will dig straight away.
I hope a sequel will be coming so... Read More
| | | Horrorguru About me | | 21:48, 16 February 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | amazing | | | the highlight of this game is versus mode online, depending on who your playing with this can be the most funniest experience ever ... Read More
| | | mozzaman About me | | 20:24, 12 February 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Left 4 Dead: Not quite as sophisticated as it would like to believe. | | | Left 4 Dead is the latest offering from Valve, the acclaimed developer who have previously brought us such gaming masterpieces as Half Life 2 and Portal. With such a remarkable pedigree it's difficult to expect anything other than excellence from Valve, and it was almost without doubt that Left 4 Dead would deliver. I mean; Valve developing a multiplayer game with zombies? What could possibly go wrong?
Left 4 Dead feels like it's been ripped right out of a classic zombie film. You play as one... Read More
| | | Tomdoodle About me | | 10:43, 24 January 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | | | amazing game, co-op is so fun especially with mates ... Read More
| | | Bulletinyourhead About me | | 12:27, 19 January 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | | | amazing game, co-op is so fun especially with mates ... Read More
| | | Bulletinyourhead About me | | 12:27, 19 January 2009 | Report This Post | |
| | | | RE: Left 4 Dead | | Works fine. ... Read More
| | | Rhubarb About me | | 00:34, 07 December 2008 | Report This Post | |
| | | | RE: Left 4 Dead | | Your this article link is not opening. ... Read More
| | | thomas12 About me | | 11:37, 01 December 2008 | Report This Post | |
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