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Posted on: Mar 20, 2008
Left 4 Dead
WORDS BY: Dan Amrich
CHAOS THEORY
That aspect quickly became evident in our games. Waves of zombies rush you and your motley crew — biker Francis, war vet Bill, teenager Zoey, and retail employee Louis — as you try to navigate a nighttime world gone mad. When one member gets injured, another must go back and rescue them before they bleed out. Downed doesn’t mean defenseless, though — you can still dual-wield pistols in a last-ditch effort to splatter some rotters. Our NPC teammates behaved impressively like human players — and if you don’t want to hook up online for co-op matches, you can go through the entire game solo, with computer-controlled survivor allies and Infected enemies provided by the Director.
One thing we weren’t allowed to try during our demo: Gamers will be able to play as four of the five boss Infected, where their sole job is to torment and kill the survivors. Valve promises it’s an entirely different method of play, more akin to running a haunted house than to walking through one.
“If you want to be the griefer character, here you go,” says Dalton with a smile. “It’s already in the game.”
Left 4 Dead’s truly random nature and inherent replayability pose some major challenges to its developers. “How do you tell a story if someone’s going to play the game 200 times?” asks Faliszek. “And how do you do these dynamic conversations with four people if any one of them could be dead at any point? In this game, we never know where you’re going to be, what you’re going to be doing, and if something’s going to be attacking you. Now, we know for a second…but the next second? The whole game’s got to live on that edge, where any minute, these things could happen.
“That’s what’s scary about showing [Left 4 Dead] to the press,” he says with a laugh. “We never have any control! Who knows what the hell’s going to happen next?”
PREV
Thu, 09/03/2009 - 14:19
Posted by kingJ
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left 4 dead is the best game yet to come to xbox 360 it will be the best game in the world other than gears of wars 2
Tue, 01/13/2009 - 13:17
Posted by fudnuter1qaz
I'm fudnuter1qaz and i have also been a fan of zombie game like deadrising!!!! So when the demo came out i played it 24-7. so when I got the game I was playin it like crazy, but not i want more, like more multiplayer types and a new bliz style, when you just run in a gaint open area with hords and hords of zombies just attacking you. I would love that.
Mon, 12/15/2008 - 13:19
Posted by MrSayomaki
MrSayomaki
i am suprised this hasnt een done before...i am a zombie geek if you will and i love the old and new skul films. i think its gonna be sweet..a bit like the dwn of the deadremake...BRING ON TE HORDE =]
Mon, 12/15/2008 - 13:19
Posted by MrSayomaki
MrSayomaki
i am suprised this hasnt een done before...i am a zombie geek if you will and i love the old and new skul films. i think its gonna be sweet..a bit like the dwn of the deadremake...BRING ON TE HORDE =]
Mon, 08/25/2008 - 11:00
Posted by N_Plus
i love 28 days to lol. i think they are doing a level that is underground in a subway station. kindof like that part in 28 weeks lol "am i one of them now?"
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 23:55
Posted by Crazyguy73
This game luks more fun than licking a toad...
in a gud way
Thu, 04/24/2008 - 06:59
Posted by vam95
i agreay wiv Bikano it sounds gud but the graphics luc abit hmmmmm...how shud i put it....SHIT.
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 03:26
Posted by Ninja_penguin89
woah this looks awsome cant w8 4 it and also geek24 get a life u cant spell and u waste pages like on the gta IV second look review
Wed, 03/26/2008 - 16:10
Posted by geek24
shut up a hole u live wit yo momma
Tue, 03/25/2008 - 17:17
Posted by Bakino
This game is going to be sweet!
although the graphics could use a boost
Mon, 03/24/2008 - 17:36
Posted by chewbacca15
that kid needs to work on his spelling although i dont disagree with him
Sun, 03/23/2008 - 15:12
Posted by geek24
hmm...... a co-op shoter+vale= =-). ever since
team fortres 2 i was com vens that vale can make a good old co-op shoter.plus half life
had zombies so it's not like thay havent esploered that relm before but it's proble get
a 9.5 p.s i want half life 2 epsode:3
Sun, 03/23/2008 - 00:54
Posted by tnarg94
Love the "28 days later" series. I have always wanted a game where the zombies were charging at you. I hope the game is just as scary and as fast paced as the movies. The only thing I'm worried about is if Valve were to work on it for to long and the game would get screwed up. That would make me cry. Like the A.I needs lots of work on so that the zombies aren't running in to walls or your A.I partners don't run out in to a running mob of zombies. Can't wait to play this with my friends.
Sat, 03/22/2008 - 10:00
Posted by NateyPoo546
This game looks awesome man! The Source engine is at its finest right here. The HDR Lighting is look as good as usual, the character models have that stunning Half-Life 2 realism, and their hair....wow, the best hair yet. I can't wait for this game. All I can think this game is gonna be like is, Dead Rising meets Half-Life 2 meets Counter-Strike Source. VALVE OWNS ALL!!!!!!
Fri, 03/21/2008 - 19:07
Posted by HereticPreacher
oh boy, another game where can bust some caps in zombie ass. Alright!
Fri, 03/21/2008 - 04:44
Posted by Crusaderman83
Can't wait for the sweet 4 player co-op action!