Left 4 Dead UK Review

**MIG-31** · Nov 18, 2008, 05:44 PM

The title's all wrong. Not just because some befuddled fool is bound to wonder how they missed Left 3 Dead - the film The Madness of King George III being retitled the Madness of King George for just that reason remains one of modern cinema's finest facepalm moments – but also because 4's ultimately the wrong number. It's not a four-player game, not really. Yes, there's an extensive four-player co-op campaign, which offers a good eight hours of slaying zombies in their thousands. And, incidentally, we really mean thousands – your kill count will comfortably hit five figures within a week or two of regular play. Left 4 Dead's real game, though, is an eight-player one – four human survivors versus, again, a vast army of murderous Infected, but the latter aided and abetted by four human-controlled super-zombies. The flurry of L4D play that kicks off at launch will be primarily four-player to start with, as everyone learns the ropes of its very particular brand of teamplay and enjoys the simple pleasure of mowing down a record-breaking number of deadheads. By the end of the week, though, chances are most of L4D's players will be playing L8D.
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Nov 18, 2008, 05:44 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Left 4 Dead UK Review The title's all wrong. Not just because some befuddled fool is bound to wonder how they missed Left 3 Dead - the film The Madness of King George III being retitled the Madness of King George for just that reason remains one of modern cinema's finest facepalm moments – but also because 4's ultimately the wrong number. It's not a four-player game, not really. Yes, there's an extensive four-player co-op campaign, which offers a good eight hours of slaying zombies in their thousands. And, incidentally, we really mean thousands – your kill count will comfortably hit five figures within a week or two of regular play. Left 4 Dead's real game, though, is an eight-player one – four human survivors versus, again, a vast army of murderous Infected, but the latter aided and abetted by four human-controlled super-zombies. The flurry of L4D play that kicks off at launch will be primarily four-player to start with, as everyone learns the ropes of its very particular brand of teamplay and enjoys the simple pleasure of mowing down a record-breaking number of deadheads. By the end of the week, though, chances are most of L4D's players will be playing L8D. ______________ Review: IGN Check out GH's PC Review Here __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here Last edited by MIG-31; Nov 18, 2008 at 09:58 PM.