Left 4 Dead Game Coming Out This Week!

I felt compelled to download the Left 4 Dead demo on Xbox Live yesterday just to see what the game looks like and how it performs. I don't normally play games with hordes of monsters that you have to anniliate to get to the end, but I've seen so much press on it lately that I thought I might as well check it out.

For starters, the game is quite frankly gorgeous. The design team did a great job on the cinematics and design of the game. I can't say enough of the game in that respect. I proceeded to play the game as Bill in the subway (you can pick one of four characters to play and two different campaigns in the demo), and I was enjoying just picking off the zombies at the beginning, one at a time while I wandered about with the other 3 characters. I didn't mind too much when one or two jumped out at me. Scared the crap out of me, but I got them down pretty quick, along with my helpful AI characters. But when we began our descent into the subway itself, that's when I lost my will to play the game. In the commercials, you might have seen the shot with the many zombies coming across the street from right to left of the camera. Well, that happens in the game, and it happens a lot. Once they begin to attack, they attack from all sides. It becomes apparent why you need to walk along in the game with your fellow characters each turned a different way watching for incoming zombies. As you might be able to gather, I didn't enjoy the zombie onslaught, but I think it might have been better if I had real people playing the other 3 characters. That way I would have known if the other 3 players were watching my back for me. You know, the "you look north, I'll look south" deal. That way the zombies can't sneak up on anyone. As I said before, the design was awesome, and technically the gameplay was excellent, as it was running off of Valve's engine; same one used for Half-Life. Just too many zombies for my taste! If buying the game is in your future, consider using these links to some great deals on the game: either for Xbox 360 or PC. If you have an opinion of the game, how about leaving me a comment below? I'd like to hear positive or negative comments on the game!

Left 4 Dead: Xbox 360 $59.99 Left 4 Dead $48.99