Left 4 Dead XBOX 360 Review.
Plain and simple, this is the best zombie game to date!
The AI “Director” as it’s called creates a different play experience each and every time. Doesn’t matter if it’s the same level, they’ll throw different amounts of the “infected” (zombies) at you, from different directions, at different times, which completely changes the games replay value. And it not only controls the zombies, it also controls music, weapon placement (so certain weapons aren’t in the same place each and every time you play), and so on.
And you never know how deformable the terrain is until the Director throws a Tank at you (a really HUGE musclebound zombie that will rip you to shreds). For example I had a Tank come bombing at me, rip a whole in a subway car and just destroy everything around me, including myself…
Now one of the main reasons you should buy the game, the split screen and system link play. You can play split screen with a friend, then hookup online with another friend. Then to take it to a whole-nother-level, 8 player versus mode. Up to four players take control of the Survivors and up to four players take control of the unique zombies (such as Tanks and Smokers) along side of the AI controlled zombies.
The other unique feature the game has are voice commands between the survivors, some are even automatic like when you are reloading, so that the other survivors don’t reload at the same time just in case zombies start coming at you. A nice feature that really prevents everyone from reloading at once and getting swarmed.
I would consider this the “must have game of the season” bar none!
Pros:
- A completely different gaming experience every time you play.
- Play with friends on the same system via split screen, online, or both!
- Very tense and suspenseful music and spooky sounds give you the creeps.
- TONS of replay value.
- Amazing zombie death animations (physics based).
- AI survivors will actually heal themselves, heal eachother, heal you, and exchange items!
- Never knowing when something really bad is about to come down on you.
Cons:
- AI survivors sometimes just stand in the way or don’t help you when you are in trouble.
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