A Zombie Horror game that defines what zombie horror shooters are supposed to be like.
In Left 4 Dead, the first thing you see when you put the game in is the Intro Sequence. They show you the characters and the bosses. They also show you how intense something gets when you only cross the street, or go through a house. It does literally get that intense.
In Left 4 Dead, you play as one of the 4 characters, Bill, Louis, Francis or Zoey. Bill is a Vietnam Vet. Zoey is a college student who needs to keep her grades up, instead of watching horror movies in her dorm, Louis had been working up the courage to quit his job as Junior Systems Analyst at his company's IT department when a virus showed up and downsized the world, and Francis acts like the zombie apocalypse is the world's biggest bar fight. He dosnt really have a backround.
Also, you can play as 4 of the 5 Zombie "bosses". The witch, who is an instant knock down if you disturb her. She wont attack unless shot at or flashing you lights on her. The Boomer either Pukes on you or blows up on you, attracking the horde. The smoker uses it's tounge to grab survivors and drag them to their doom. The hunter is the quickest, and pounces ontop of survivors, pinning them to the ground. FInially, the Tank is the strongest infected, so watch out.
When first playing campain, you will notice that you have 4 "stories" to chose from. No Mercy, where you are in a city and have to make your way through railways and sewers to get to the helicopter on mercy hospital. Death Toll has you going down a turnpike, and going through a suberbia town, heading to a waterfront for survival. The dead air places you in an downtown city, which leads you to an airport and being saved by the last plane. The Blood Harvest, my favorite story, has you in a forests and farmlands, finding safety.
The campain is well thought out and has good replay value.
The music is excellent too, whenever i hear that witch music, it puts shivers down my spine, wondering what to expect.
The multiplayer is great. You can either do Campain with 3 other friends or play as the Infected and actually fight the survivors. I found blowing up on survivors fun, as well and pinning them, choking them, and beating the crap out of them!
Left 4 Dead uses a new system called, AI Director, which the AI choses where to place weapons, ammo, and the zombies! Which makes the game different every time it's played.
So save up 60 bucks and get a game that will have unlimited replay value, and a chance to crush survivors, blow up or puke on them, strangle them, or pin them down, or be the survivors and escape the Zombie Apocolypse, the game has endless replayability, so come on and get this game, the best Zombie Horror FPS in this time!