Left 4 Dead Review

Ok. So this is my first review for the spork, and it's for one of the most highly anticipated multiplayer games ever: Left 4 Dead.


In Left 4 Dead, You play one of the few survivors of "The Infection." The Infected include your basic, 28 days later type zombies, as well as Valves originals, which include the Smoker, Hunter, Boomer, Tank, and the scariest thing ever, the Witch.


So for Starters, I'll go into the story mode. The simple fact is, there really isn't one. An Infection Happens, and that's it. You're one of the few survivors and all you do is kill and live. Kill, Live, Kill, Live, Kill.... That's about it. The characters really don't have any remote backstory, just a little detail, Like "Bill survived 3 wars." That's it. If your looking for a game with depth, this is not it.

Also, the one other bad thing about this game is that versus mode only allows you to access 2 of the 4 maps available to regular campaign. Now I'm not one to really complain about limiting certain things for good reasons, but it seems like Valve really tried to rush this game.


Now don't let what I said get you down. This game is the BEST Multiplayer game around, Hands down. It has the Ridiculously satisfying teamwork in campaign, as well as fun weapons, items, and simple gameplay. My Girlfriend, whom shops at Abercrombie and Fitch, Listens to Jesse McCartney, and Has bright blue walls in her room, absolutely adores this game. It's for everyone, hands down. It's easy to get into, and hard to put down.

The graphics aren't much to ask for, but then again, they aren't too important in a game that is based around slaughtering massive amounts of zombies and getting to the nearest safe room, which when you finally do, you're gasping for air after your screaming at your friends to keep up, not alert the witch, kill the nearest boomer, etc. I dunno about you, but I don't stop and smell the roses when a vicious zombie is gnawing on the back of my head.


All in all, I would give this game a 9/10. Very Fun, Easy to pick up, and Great for Parties or introducing people to Gaming

The Spork adds: Its very difficult to find a good co-op game these days. Most of them are single player games with a clone of the main character awkwardly tacked on. But Left 4 Dead, you have four dinstinct characters, all of whom are required to work together. If someone runs off on their own, they WILL die. It's a fact of the game.

And on top of that, this game actually feels like a Zombie game, rather than an action game that happens to have zombies.