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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 30
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Shooter Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 9856
UPC: 014633098563
EAN: 0014633098563
ASIN: B000QY9C90
Release Date: November 17, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Co-operative gameplay in epic struggle between survivors and zombies | | • | Choose to play as survivor or 4 types of infected mutants | | • | Set across 4 massive campaigns | | • | Game creates a unique and dramatic experience based on players' actions | | • | Multiplayer games for 1-to-8 players |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic's victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the "lucky" few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you're dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players' actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
Pleasantly Surprised November 20, 2008
Andrea Head (Detroit, Michigan)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I tend to give first person shooters a wide berth because of two main reasons: many of them have weird enough camera angles and movement that I become nauseous, and most first person shooters have plot lines that don't interest me in the slightest.
When the Left 4 Dead demo appeared on the XBox Live Marketplace, my husband downloaded it and loved it. Eventually, I got around to trying it out one day when I was sick and laid up on the couch with nothing better to do. I assumed that Left 4 Dead would leave me uninterested, just like most other first person shooters I've tried. However, I was proven wrong. The plot is interesting, the gameplay is varied without being too complicated, and it achieves the just the right level of difficulty (it manages to be challenging without making me want to rip my hair out).
My one complaint about this game is that it's a pretty quick play, so if you're expecting a long, drawn out game (like I'm used to, having played mostly RPGs), you may be disappointed. That one small bump aside, I highly recommend this game, even if you've never liked first person shooters in the past.
A MUST BUY FOR ALL 360 OWNERS!!! November 19, 2008
Cedman (GA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought Call Duty 5, Gears of war 2 and this game all at the same time. And the only one I want to play is Left for dead. Don't get me wrong all those games I just listed are great but Left for Dead is just on a whole another level of fun. This game is the must have game for the Xbox 360. I can think of two other times of when I first played a game that came off this compelling and refreshing. N64's 007 golden eye and the first time I played halo 2 online are the only other times I can recall a game having this much innovative entertainment. If I had to sum up this game in six words it would be....
"This game is off the chain!" - The Cedman -
Please!, I would strongly recommend renting it or download the Demo off Live at least.
Wow. Just. Wow. November 19, 2008
J. Sober (Norman, OK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a blast. Seriously.
This game is tons o' fun! Me and two buddies played some of the No Mercy campaign last night, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
First off, it's super easy to get right into a match. If you wanna just jump right into the action and don't really care where or with whom, no problem, it'll drop you into a campaign that needs some more non-CPU players. If you wanna join up with some friends and start a private-room campaign, no problem, it'll take a couple minutes, tops. They even put in a feature on the main menu that shows you what friends of yours are playing 'right now'. There's not alot of waiting in a lobby while people drop in and out; it loads up really quickly.
Second, if you're in a campaign with other people, you can actually pause without it really affecting the game for your character or everyone else's. If you get a phone call you have to take, or a pizza delivery man at the door, no problem, the CPU will take over your character while you watch the action. Then just jump right back in when you want. An excellent feature.
Yes, the levels could've been a little more soapbox-like, and these campaigns do seem to be a bit on the linear side. That doesn't really bug me too much simply because I'm too wrapped up in fighting off the zombie hordes. It would be nice to see a bit more free-roaming incorporated into some future campaigns (maybe as DLC, please Valve? pretty please?).
Overall, the gameplay is fantastic. I didn't notice any framerate issues, textures and lighting are really well done, enemies are tough, music is just right, weapons are great, and the atmosphere is top-notch.
Left 4 Dead is a co-op game in the truest sense of the word. You HAVE to work with your teammates. If you don't, you're as good as dead. It really forces you to use some tactical skills, and TALK to each other.
I honestly don't know who I wouldn't recommend this game to. I guess, yeah, if you aren't on Live (and honestly, if you have a 360, you SHOULD be), this may not be your cuppa joe. But for those of you who enjoy gaming with other people, like first-person shooters, and are ready for a fun challenge, get this game. Seriously.
Oh, and to anyone reading this who may have some influence: DLC for future campaigns and maybe some more characters would be VERY cool. I love what Valve has given us already...I just want more.
Best played with friends with live and headset November 19, 2008
Jimmy Duy Tran (San Diego, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this game tonight and through a couple of my real friends and their friends we had a 4 on 4 versus mode and I can tell you it's very very fun. I could hear my friend scream like a little girl "Oh s#it they got me! help me! help me!" when he gets pounced on by a hunter. There's also so many jokes you can make, like for example I like being Louis and when I die first I'll say, damn why does the black guy always have to die first in the horror movie!
Usually Single Player is the first top choice in probably 99% of video games. It's number 3 here. Take a hint, single player wasn't in mind when creating this game. Campaign is the first and that is where you, a buddy, or even 2 or 3 other buddies play and try to survive against the zombies and 3 bosses - a hunter which will bounce on you, a smoker with a long tongue that will pull you in and a boomer which will vomit on you attracting even more zombies to you. There's also 2 uber bosses - a Tank and a witch throughout the levels. There's really no story line. Just survive.
Versus mode is fun in that you can play as the hunter, smoker, boomer or tank. You try to kill your friends who are playing as the survivors. It's random and when you die you respawn. What happens is that you pick a place to respawn (it won't let you pick a place close to the survivors). THe problem is that it's easy to die as an infected so there's some strategy involved. Usually you want to coordinate your attacks and try to sneak up from behind him when they are being rushed by AI zombies. You're scored as a team and then the roles are reversed. Very Fun! especially with you have 7 other friends to play with.
For $60 the game is definitely not worth it if you play by yourself most of the time and don't have live. In single player the game is pretty short. You can play by yourself with 3 computer friends but that's really no fun. You can't call for help or yell at the computer to follow you, go up the stairs, etc. You can play split scren co-op, but unfortunately you can not play 4 screen co-op. Thus you definitely need a Xbox Live Gold account to get the most out of this game.
With the AI Director no game is exactly the same, I've played the No Mercy map many times now (played the demo often on the hardest level for the best challenge). Zombies will come from behind, you don't know where ammo and health will be since they change every time. So even though the layout will be the same you still don't know what to expect. You really have to communicate and work together as a team. It doesn't work if someone doesn't have a headset and goes off on his or her own. They will just die.
I can see myself playing this game for a while. Hopefully my friends won't get bored, but I know that I can always find people to play with on Xbox live. I just hope they speak English and have a headset because I hate it when I play with someone who doesn't talk. This is a social game!
A negative is that the 4 people are exactly the same there's nothing special about them, one isn't faster running or has better guns or anything, everybody is the same so it doesn't matter who you pick. That's fine with me if they went this route but I would have liked to have more than just 4 choices. How hard would that be to have different characters or how awesome if I could play as a ninja. with a gun. shooting zombies.
Arcade Paced Zombie Action Horror Awesomeness!! November 19, 2008
D. Wolf (Cleveland, OH, GO BROWNS!)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bottom line this game is an over the top, arcade paced, survival horror action game that rocks! Just make sure you always carry a shotgun. It's easier to take out more zombies with the shotgun. Especially when you have zombie barf on you and you can't see anything.
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