Gaminez: Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

Thursday 15 September 2011 21:35 Posted by desmondykw

Anyone who play shooting games, should at least heard of this game OR i should say anyone who love shooting games, would definitely play this! Judging from the title alone, anyone should have already guessed that it has something related to the dead, or should i say.......the Undead! One of the first zombie games that managed to made its debut into consoles. However, i played it on the PC since its free! Left 4 Dead, was released in late 2008 for the Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Thats also another reason why i played it on PC, since i do not have a Xbox. It is a first person shooter as well. Some of you might think, vampires made humans became undead. So do we expect vampires to be in the game??? The answer is NO, as the presence of undead is by another cause. However, there will be further-mutated zombies, making them more deadly than the common zombies. There is a story plot in the game, unlike those kinds of just mindless zombies-killing. A pretty decent game, in my opinion.

Gamefaqs rating : 8.5/10
My rating : 7.5/10
Estimated playtime : 5 hours +

Goods : Flexible and fun gameplay, creative zombies (Smoker etc.), different modes that provides a better experience rather than just campaigns

Bads : Unclear and rather plain story, kind of little weapons (melee/ranged etc.) Can be hectic (When being overwhelmed by zombies etc.)

For a change, this time i will begin with the plot. All takes place in Pennsylvania, a state in USA. The outbreak of a highly contagious virus, which can cause extreme aggresion and malfunctioning of the brain. It did not take long before the whole region was infected, leaving no traces of a healthy being. It was then 4 humans emerged from the crowd, appearing to be immune to the virus. They fought and resist the infection crowd, hoping to escape from this deadly apocalypse. The story goes as the 4 of them fought the infected crowd, constanly moving forward, all they could do was to survive!

*Its like your everyday zombie story, pretty common. But still, this provides the purpose of the game.

Gameplay, one word to describe...............FUN!! Bursting heads and mass melee-ing were never as fun in games as compared to this! It can be a very thrilling experience for anyone who first started this game. You, play as 1 of the survivors, the other 3 could either be AIs or human players. What you have to do, is just to blast your way through, survive and make it to the safe house. Sounds easy eh?? Its actually pretty easy until you raise the difficulty.

Gameplay is kind of flexible as well, as you can kill zombies in any creative way that you can think of. For example when dealing with a witch, you can throw a Molotov at her/Snipe from far or just spray like free. There is no fixed way to kill anything in the game, so be creative, kill zombies with style!

*Friendly fire is present in the game, a pretty good tool to pissed your friends off xD

Zombies......just walking-dead human beings only?? Nah, there are more. As mentioned above, there are further-mutated zombies rather than the common ones, who are far more dangerous, deadly and unpredictable! For example the Boomer, a obese zombie that spits decaying slime onto you that reduces your vision and attracts hordes of zombies. The other is the Smoker, one that possesses a long tongue to strangles and drags you towards itself. In my mind i was thinking, which fucking zombie has a fucking long tongue!?!? So yeah, variations in types of zombies are pretty innovative, which spice up the gameplay, rather than just fighting fools that just charge at you mindlessly!

The availability of other different modes, such as the cooperative campaign/versus and survival. Cooperative campaign is similar to Single-player campaign, however this time, all survivors are human players instead of AIs. Enjoy killing zombies with friends rather than dumb AIs! Versus mode, each team of up to 4 players, choosing either the zombie or human side, goal is to hunt down the opposite species! Survival mode, where 4 human players have to fan off the never-ending hordes of zombies, for as long as possible. Its a time challenge i would say, may sound stupid but actually its pretty dam fun!

*All these modes were played through my LAN experience with friends.

Games have its flaws too. Here are some of them.......

1. Unclear story, actually it does not really bother me. When i first play this game, i didn't know what was going on, all i know was to shoot the fuck out of zombies and make it to the next stage. However, that alone satisfy me and i didn't really give a shit about the story. All you need to know, is that the 4 survivors are trying to escape the apocalypse while facing the rest of the infected population. Its that simple!

2. Lack of variety of weapons. In the game, primary weapons would be just be your everyday shotgun/rifle/sniper etc. Pretty dam common for any shooting game. Do hope for weapons like the crossbow or ak-47 etc. Secondary weapons and grenades wise, are good. Crowbar/baseball bat/pipebomb........hell yeah!!!

3. Can be really messy, when the rate of large number of zombies rushing at you is higher than the rate you kill them. They will just start to overwhelm you, crowding around you, you totally cant move a shit! I would just say this applies mostly to survival mode.

Concluding everything that i have said, this game is good. A good start for anyone yet to play a zombie game. You guys might think, i am reviewing this now, so that means i am still playing it?? The answer is NO, i even stopped Left4dead 2 already, so yeah its pretty late for me to review this now. But still, for future gamers!

Tired of killing humans?? Zombies are your next menu!!!

Have a nice day!