This game is awesome! You'll get sick of it for a while but then you'll want to play it again! There are so many different outcomes when you play this game especially online! There are many different types of playing: survival mode, campaign, versus (my FAVORITE because you can be the characters that attack the humans). The weapons of choice are good. If your'e playing online and want to take a break, there is an option for that also. The computer can take your place while you take a break!! I would say the graphics are good but not as good as other video games out there. Left 4 dead 2 is even better!
Left 4 Dead is a fun game but there is no substance to it.
There are only a few different firearms like the hunting rifle, assault rifle, and shotgun. There are only two actual explosives,pipe bombs and cocktails. There are only around six different types of zombies like the Tank, Witch, Boomer, & Hunter.
There are no REAL mission objectives in the game - it's just surviving and getting to another safehouse. Also, at the the end of each campaign you have to radio in for help and then wait for like ten minutes to get picked up and have to shoot a horde of zombies until help arrives, fun but repetitive.
Even the versus multiplayer is kind of stupid because you fight other characters as zombies which makes it kind of predator-prey instead of a free-for-all or team deathmatch style match.
The graphics are standard, but not mind-blowing in any sense.
There is no story whatsoever. It's just you are four survivors trying to get rescued. There is no character development, plot twists, bosses, nothing at all.
Don't get me wrong, this game is a lot of fun, but it's dumb fun, similar to games like Crackdown.
All in all, if you want a game that has simple gameplay, good graphics, and is just mindless fun because you get to shoot and kill all the time - then go pick this sucker up. If not, maybe you should lean towards other shooters like Fallout 3, Mass Effect, or Halo 3.
Four survivors stranded within a city. Upon every turn they face a devious foe salivating to engorge itself in the taste of human flesh. Loaded with only a pistol and the force of teamwork, these survivors must do the impossible and find a way out of the insanity. That's the scenario that Left 4 Dead places the player in. It's quite a predicament, and the chaos never stops. Nonstop action is the name of the game. Surrounded by hordes of zombies in levels that change with each repetition, Left 4 Dead can easily make someone spend hundreds of hours playing through its various levels. The AI director makes sure that no two levels ever playing exactly the same way and that each encounter is unique to each new play-through. Just because you discovered a "Witch" behind that door the last time through does not mean she will even be in the level this time around. It's this kind of variety that makes the player continue to come back to Left 4 Dead over and over again. Up the difficulty to Expert and play with three other humans and the excitement is immeasurable. Valve did a great job of creating suspense through the usage of lighting and sound effects. You can hear a "Witch" crying from several rooms away; you can hear a "Boomer" making grotesque belching sounds before he is even visible; the "Hunter" shrieks with a sound resembling some species of dinosaurs; and the "Tank" makes both the screen and the controller vibrate as he approaches. Recognizing these sounds that indicate which "special zombie" is approaching increases your adrenaline, many times it even makes you want to locate them just for the sheer pleasure and excitement that the encounters entail. I can't tell you how many times I've purposely activated a "Witch" just because of the way the game makes you feel as you try your hardest to defeat her before meeting an early demise at her hands. The game supplies the players with first-aide at the most essential locations, and items such as the dual-wielded pistols greatly turn the tides in your favor, unless you encounter the pure colossal nightmares that are the "Tanks". Playing offline with friends, or online are both great ways to experience the game. I even have a blast playing solo as well, a truly remarkable game worth owning if you're an Xbox 360 owner. This game is one of the reasons why I chose to purchase an Xbox 360 even though I already own a PS3, simply amazing and pure addictive action.
A Zombie Apocalypse Could Not Be Designed Any.
