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Posted December 19, 2009
Since we are all reviewing games here, I decided to review Left 4 Dead. Yeah, I know. LATE! But oh well, I guess I have nothing else better to write about at 12:31 in the morning.
Went to Blockbuster and picked up Left 4 Dead for the hell of it. I figured that since it was a Valve game it would be high class. 4 campaigns later proved me wrong...
Any who, went home, popped it in, and watched the opening cinematic. Now, let me just say that that was probably the ONE THING that wowed me the most in this game. Everything else was meh...
Chose to play as Bill and started. Now, first thing I noticed was that every single fucking level was already playable. So, did Valve just say 'Hey, let's make this solo unfriendly and just make the consumer feel raped?', because that's what I think. I suddenly realized that this was going to be a long ass day, so I loaded up No Mercy, on NORMAL. And guess what?
No tutorial.
Seriously...Do they expect me to run into a crowd of infected and suffer a humiliating death 6 or 7 times before learning anything? Or do they think the person playing knows the control scheme by heart? In either case, after a few minutes of getting used to the control scheme, I made my way to the subway. I expected a cutscene of some sort, hell even an ingame scripted event.
Nope, no nothing...
After that I wandered around, killing witches with a Molotov and the such. 11 achievements later and 3 near death experiences bought on to me by Tankers and Smokers, I was about to quit. But my OCD kicked in, and I played away for another 8 achievements.
And then the grand finale...The top of the Mercy Hospital. Now, before I go further, riddle me this.
HOW, in [insert religious deity's name] infected Earth, do high powered weapons make their way into hospital hallways? And more importantly, how the hell do these 4 numb nuts know how to OPERATE the damn things? Now, unless Louise was a gang banger, Zoey an assassin, Francis a mercenary, and Bill an ex-marine, what the fuck gave them the ability to operate M4s and SMGs?!?!?! Did some wacko doctor think to himself, 'Hey, let's place an assortment of explosives and illegal weaponry on the rack near the elevator?'. Also, does it really take that many shells to kill a Witch???
And another thing, am I the only one who intentionally killed Louise at the beginning of every level so I wouldn't have to hear him bitching every 10 seconds? Sigh...This game has the worst excuse for a team of survivors since Resident Evil: Outbreak.
Back to the finale. We survive for 8 minutes, Tank appears and chases us. I stand in my closet, and somehow go flying through a black wall into development hell's leftover areas that were never finished.
I looked at the TV dumbfounded, placed the controller down, took out the disk, and wrote FUCK VALVE on the inside of the game case.
Pros: Nice visual effects, particularly the blood.
Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE. Really, I got more exciting moments in a game from when I played Harvest Moon on Gamecube!
Also, what the hell happened to the STORY? IS there ANY story at all? ISN'T Valve KNOWN for compelling stories and visuals? Some of the textures were incredibly bland and the lack of a plot failed to draw me in. After playing this, I will never look at Valve the same again.
Graphics: 5/10
Controls: 8/10
Story: -10/10
Replay value: Incredibly low.
AI Intelligence: 4/10. (Why 4/10? How come they run towards pipe bombs at just wait for death to bitch slap them, while car alarms send them after me, not them hovering around the car? HMM?? That's what I thought....)
God help us all....
Oh, and is Left 4 Dead 2 at least story driven? I swear Valve just made the zombie simulator genre a joke in the gaming community....
Posted December 19, 2009
Left 4 Dead is primarily a multiplayer game. You will find it is much better on versus.
Posted December 19, 2009
It's really not a game designed for solo play - I think the fact that you can is a bit of an afterthought, not something that you should go for when aiming for a decent play. The fun from this game comes when playing with 3 friends, or even better, 7 friends in VS mode. There's not a huge amount of story but what's there is drip fed, this is a game that's designed to be replayed over and over and over, if you had scripted events it'd quickly become very tedious.
This game is heavily dependent on who you play with, for me it's ranged from infuriatingly annoying to one of the most enjoyable times I've had with a game but I'd recommend giving it some time. I don't know how easy it is to get a decent game on the console now that L4D2 is out but it's pretty tricky on the PC. Still, give it another bash and see if you can drag some mates along - coop is a real treat with the right bunch.
Posted December 19, 2009
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Rohan15: Since we are all reviewing games here, I decided to review Left 4 Dead. Yeah, I know. LATE! But oh well, I guess I have nothing else better to write about at 12:31 in the morning.
Went to Blockbuster and picked up Left 4 Dead for the hell of it. I figured that since it was a Valve game it would be high class. 4 campaigns later proved me wrong...
Any who, went home, popped it in, and watched the opening cinematic. Now, let me just say that that was probably the ONE THING that wowed me the most in this game. Everything else was meh...
Chose to play as Bill and started. Now, first thing I noticed was that every single fucking level was already playable. So, did Valve just say 'Hey, let's make this solo unfriendly and just make the consumer feel raped?', because that's what I think. I suddenly realized that this was going to be a long ass day, so I loaded up No Mercy, on NORMAL. And guess what?
No tutorial.
Seriously...Do they expect me to run into a crowd of infected and suffer a humiliating death 6 or 7 times before learning anything? Or do they think the person playing knows the control scheme by heart? In either case, after a few minutes of getting used to the control scheme, I made my way to the subway. I expected a cutscene of some sort, hell even an ingame scripted event.
Nope, no nothing...
After that I wandered around, killing witches with a Molotov and the such. 11 achievements later and 3 near death experiences bought on to me by Tankers and Smokers, I was about to quit. But my OCD kicked in, and I played away for another 8 achievements.
And then the grand finale...The top of the Mercy Hospital. Now, before I go further, riddle me this.
HOW, in [insert religious deity's name] infected Earth, do high powered weapons make their way into hospital hallways? And more importantly, how the hell do these 4 numb nuts know how to OPERATE the damn things? Now, unless Louise was a gang banger, Zoey an assassin, Francis a mercenary, and Bill an ex-marine, what the fuck gave them the ability to operate M4s and SMGs?!?!?! Did some wacko doctor think to himself, 'Hey, let's place an assortment of explosives and illegal weaponry on the rack near the elevator?'. Also, does it really take that many shells to kill a Witch???
And another thing, am I the only one who intentionally killed Louise at the beginning of every level so I wouldn't have to hear him bitching every 10 seconds? Sigh...This game has the worst excuse for a team of survivors since Resident Evil: Outbreak.
Back to the finale. We survive for 8 minutes, Tank appears and chases us. I stand in my closet, and somehow go flying through a black wall into development hell's leftover areas that were never finished.
I looked at the TV dumbfounded, placed the controller down, took out the disk, and wrote FUCK VALVE on the inside of the game case.
Pros: Nice visual effects, particularly the blood.
Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE. Really, I got more exciting moments in a game from when I played Harvest Moon on Gamecube!
Also, what the hell happened to the STORY? IS there ANY story at all? ISN'T Valve KNOWN for compelling stories and visuals? Some of the textures were incredibly bland and the lack of a plot failed to draw me in. After playing this, I will never look at Valve the same again.
Graphics: 5/10
Controls: 8/10
Story: -10/10
Replay value: Incredibly low.
AI Intelligence: 4/10. (Why 4/10? How come they run towards pipe bombs at just wait for death to bitch slap them, while car alarms send them after me, not them hovering around the car? HMM?? That's what I thought....)
God help us all....
Oh, and is Left 4 Dead 2 at least story driven? I swear Valve just made the zombie simulator genre a joke in the gaming community....

Your idiot.
Posted December 19, 2009
Successful troll is successful!
Posted December 19, 2009
Also, valve games are known to suck quite a bit on consoles.
The game is pretty decent if you got at least 2 buddies and are playing it on the PC.
And lol @louis bitching. Its Francis who hates everything. Louis is pretty chill about everything.
Bill was in the military. And operating guns does not take extensive knowledge. Maintenance may take knowledge and so does assembly and disassembly, but merely firing it ? Not that much.
Either way, I think your biggest mistake was trying it out either on a console, or on the pc with a gamepad. I find it much better with WASD + Mouse. And of course, playing with buddies.
Posted December 19, 2009
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Bio2hazard: Either way, I think your biggest mistake was trying it out either on a console, or on the pc with a gamepad. I find it much better with WASD + Mouse. And of course, playing with buddies.

Agreed, i played on a gamepad just for a laugh and it controlled terribly.
Posted December 19, 2009
Not to be a jerk or anything, but I find the complaining about the unrealistic parts of the game( the paragraph about the hospital) to be pretty silly on your part. Welcome to videogames.
and I thought it was pretty well known that Left 4 Dead is meant to be a multiplayer game
Posted December 19, 2009
Another point, there is story. It just isn't screaming at you in the face.
Posted December 19, 2009
Wot? It's not like I particularly love left 4 dead, but come on, this is plain silly. It's actually GOOD that all levels are unlocked, I mean there's nothing worse than be forced to play SP in MP game just to unlock stuff. And how much tutorial would you POSSIBLY need? Aim > shoot at the head. Besides, pretty helpful pop-up tutorial guides you trough the game.
Also, you're playing a game about people infected with disease which mutates them into all shapes, makes them eat EVERYTHING but, for some reason, each other, and you complain about REALISM? It's a zombie shooter for crying out loud! One has to wonder why main characters do not aim at heads automatically... Besides, Bill's ex-military, he could have easily taught them how to operate those weapons (safety's there, trigger's there, let's go!)
So you're basically bitching here about something you could have easily found out in a first review you'd read about the game, AND about the fact game's multiplayer
Posted December 19, 2009
My review of the L4D's (Whilst i havnt played 2 from what i have seen/heard it is essetially L4D1.2)
Overpriced, Over hyped, Over rated garbage.
I got L4D 1 for half price and the only reason im glad i got it is because now i wont buy l4D2 or fullprice L4D1.
I would rather buy Killing Floor, it is much better in my opinion.
Posted December 19, 2009
You try way too hard.
And are wrong (and/or just being a whiny prick) on too many accounts. E.g., there IS a tutorial. It's constantly popping up in your face the first time you play.
Posted December 19, 2009
Let's examine all the points in which you fail.
"Graphics: 5/10" - How can you give this game 5/10 for graphics? Granted, it's not Crysis at 1920x1080 and 16xAA, but it runs on a heavily updated source engine and generally looks fucking great. There are also no slowdowns, on good enough hardware, even with 100 zombies on-screen sprinting at you. Left 4 Dead is easily a 8/10 for crisp, stylized graphics.
"Controls: 8/10" - Okay, you're close to the correct call here. The controls are so good it's even a 9/10, or possibly 10/10. Very responsive (unless you have a shitty connection and a latency of 300 ms or more).
"Story -10/10" - Story? For fuck's sake, do you know what the game is even about? Multiplayer zombie mayhem? And you're playing the single-player campaign, complaining about the story? Would you give Quake a hammering too because it doesn't have a good story?
"Replay value: Incredibly low." - Incredibly false. As a successfull multiplayer game with a large player base, with multiple game modes, random encounters, the list goes on, this games is heavily replayable. If it weren't, then why are tens of thousands playing it online at any given time?
"AI Intelligence: 4/10." - Bringing up the pipe bombs as an example, don't you realize it's there because it's fun? And because it's a lifesaver on versus or the harder difficulty settings, that you can get rid of an entire horde by tossing a pipe bomb? Do you think Valve's game designers did not think of this? HMM??
Summing up, I think you ought to ask your mother for clean underwear, because it looks like you just pooped in your pants again.
Posted December 19, 2009
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stonebro: Let's examine all the points in which you fail.
"Graphics: 5/10" - How can you give this game 5/10 for graphics? Granted, it's not Crysis at 1920x1080 and 16xAA, but it runs on a heavily updated source engine and generally looks fucking great. There are also no slowdowns, on good enough hardware, even with 100 zombies on-screen sprinting at you. Left 4 Dead is easily a 8/10 for crisp, stylized graphics.
he was playin' on xbox, and we all know console graphics are inferior to PC graphics.
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stonebro: "Replay value: Incredibly low." - Incredibly false. As a successfull multiplayer game with a large player base, with multiple game modes, random encounters, the list goes on, this games is heavily replayable. If it weren't, then why are tens of thousands playing it online at any given time?
I sort of agree with him, but only because we now live in a world where left 4 dead 2 exists. go play left 4 dead 2 ya n00b.
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stonebro: "AI Intelligence: 4/10." - Bringing up the pipe bombs as an example, don't you realize it's there because it's fun? And because it's a lifesaver on versus or the harder difficulty settings, that you can get rid of an entire horde by tossing a pipe bomb? Do you think Valve's game designers did not think of this? HMM??
Summing up, I think you ought to ask your mother for clean underwear, because it looks like you just pooped in your pants again.

It's not about the noise, it's about the flashing light, if you ever notice your flash light on a zombie they will attack you, they hate bright lights for some reason. I've been able to sneak through areas with my flash light off. :D
Posted December 19, 2009
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