Left 4 Dead

Game Studio:: Valve
Format:: PC-CD

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Short description

Left 4 Dead (L4D) is a new action title from Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, that promises to redefine the co-operative genre as those titles did for multiplayer and single player action games.

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of L4D casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants.

The Survivor Co-op Game Mode is played out across four sprawling campaigns, set in urban and rural environments. Each campaign has an over-riding team objective, and is comprised of five large maps. The campaigns link together to tell the story of the Survivor’s escape to safety. The team of four Survivors may be comprised of 1 to 4 human players, allowing for single player and multiplayer co-op games.

Next generation AI technology powers all non-player Survivor and zombie characters. This is facilitated by the AI Director, a pool of systems used to procedurally generate a unique experience by monitoring the players’ experiences and tailoring the pacing and difficulty of action for each game. This makes for a different experience each time the game is played.

In Left 4 Dead’s Vs. Mode players may play as a Survivor or as one of four types of “Boss Infected.” Each of the “Boss Infected” possesses an exceptional mutant ability - such as a 50-foot tongue lasso (Smoker) or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas (Boome) - instead of traditional firearms.

Long description

The zombie apocalypse begins in this co-operative first-person shooter from the creators of the Half-Life series.

Developer Value has honed its first-person gameplay for years in series’ such as Half-Life, but now moves its attention away from compelling single player adventures to a more social, action-orientated style of game. Left 4 Dead casts up to four survivors in one of four interactive movies, placing players in the middle of an onslaught of zombie attacks. Each film takes place across a number of urban environments inspired by the classic zombie moves of years gone by. Rather than allowing players to work their way through each level alone, Left 4 Dead is designed around co-operative gameplay. Players will need to work together - sharing supplies and defending each other - to work their way through the zombie menace alive.

Following the film themes of each stage, Left 4 Dead utilizes a new technology known as the ‘AI Director’. This introduces new characters, events and enemies depending on how well each player is performing. This means that each game reacts differently depending on the skill of each player involved.

Left 4 Dead is co-operative in the truest sense of the word - forcing players to work together in order to survive the action.

Product details

Publisher:: Electronic Arts
Contains:: Contains frequent strong bloody violence and gore
Platform:: PC
Genre:: Shooter

Review

"A brand-new breed of first-person shooter that absolutely everyone should try..." - GamesMaster, page 61 (15 December 2008)

"We’d hope to be playing Left 4 Dead for a long time to come – if our nerves can take it..." - The Edge (20 November 2008)

"It may lose out to glitzier titles in the end of year awards, but Left 4 Dead is the multiplayer game of the year..." - The Guardian (02 December 2008)

Special features

Addictive co-op action gameplay from the makers of Counter-Strike and Half-Life

Advanced artificial intelligence drives both friendly and unfriendly creatures to dynamically create intense single-player, co-op, and multiplayer experiences every time the game is played

20 new maps. 10 new weapons. Four sprawling campaigns

Match making, stats, rankings, and awards system drive collaborative play

Designer’s Commentary mode allows gamers to go “behind the scenes” of the game

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