Xtreme! Game REVIEW! Left 4 Dead 2 :: OMG!@! ZOMBIES

So time for another Xtreme! game REVIEW. Its Xtreme because this game is awesome....with an X. So I preordered this game and got it the game it came out. I wasn't really that much of a fan of the first game. Until the Survival mode came out I wouldn't of thought it was worth a purchase but pre-Left 4 Dead 2 release the developers showed off the games many new features and it looked great. The day it came out I had a gaming get together with friends to play it four player and it proved it hold up pretty well. Also note that I was put off after Callum went achievement whoring around and I couldn't play it for about a week......thanks Callum.

Well zombies are nothing new to games especially for a sequel of a zombie game but Left 4 Dead 2 seems to sell the phrase "If its not broke not fix it" with the same gameplay elements coupled with new zombies, new friends, new weapons, new modes, new campaigns, new multiplayer.....so yeah there's a lot of new stuff.

If your unfamiliar with Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2 then you've been living under a rock because this game has been EVERYWHERE. Its basically an FPS with a horror motif where you and 3 computer or player controlled characters fight against the never ending zombie horde to survive. Apart from that there is no other story expect from what you take in from the games 5 campaigns (e.g: Destroyed buildings, dead bodies etc.) your not told how the infection started just that you and three unlikely partners need to get the hell out.

Zombies....oh the zombies. Their great. Vast and hungry hordes of zombies flood each area of a campaign and how they act, run and take a shell to the chest all looks very realistic. If you shoot a zombie with a shotgun at just the right angle all of the zombies flesh will be blasted off, it looks amazing. If you throw a pipe bomb zombies will swarm to it and when it explodes limbs and blood will fly in every direction. Melee weapons cut open stomachs, tear off heads and cover your screen in blood.......the gore.......is marvelous. I don't know what that says about me. Well moving on there are 8 types of special infected, 3 added for this game. The smoker: a zombie with a long tongue that can grab you and drag you miles, The hunter: a zombie that can lunge at you and tear out you organs, The witch: a passive zombie that weeps until you startle her, then she quickly mows you down for massive damage, The tank: a giant berserker zombie that has tons of health and deal out tons of damage, The boomer: a fat explosive zombie that can vomit bile over you, blinding you for a short while and attracting a horde of zombies near you......and.....wow there is tons special zombies.....thats all the old special infected now for the new.

Now for the new special infected: The spitter, the jockey and the charger. The spitter spits corrosive acid onto the ground that lasts for a short time but damages you increasing more as you stand in it, eliminating camping. The jockey was the ability to take character control away from the player and steer you into acid, other infected or even off cliffs! And finally the charger a giant special infected bowl straight into you, grabbing you and running you as far as it can till it hits an obstacle then it pummels into the ground repeatedly. There are also new Uncommon common infected zombies unique to a campaign.....awesome.

With sooooooo many zombies there has to be tons of awesome ways and weapons to kill them with right? Right. This game has tons more weapons than the first, Ak47's, silenced smg's, assault rifles OMG! the list goes on. Different types of pistols, crazy melee weapons like chainsaws and katana, this game is a gore-fest but enough about the zombies and weapons.

Left 4 Dead 2 features 5 all new campaigns, one more than the previous. That all have 5 or 4 chapters in them. On easy difficulty each campaign will last you an upwards of 30 minutes but going up to normal or even expert it can take you 2 hours. The A.I director, a God-like overseer decides where weapons, ammo and equipment drop depending on how well your doing. It can change paths, weather and spawn massive hordes of zombies! And each time you play its different adding tons of replay value.

All up there are 5 modes, 2 of them new. There's your basic campaign play through mode, survival where you set up to fight the horde with tons of equipment in a never ending battle till the death, versus: a mode where 2 teams of four, one team of humans, one of infected specials, battle against each other. You play a basic campaign where the survivors goal is to reach the end and the infected goal is to stop them. The two new modes are realism: a super teamwork based mode where all assists are turned off (e.g: The aura around equipment and team members) and zombies are more dangerous. And scavenger mode, a mode where infected set out to stop survivors from collected gas cans to fill up a......gas....thing.....its very fun. All modes are very polished and are enjoyable.

Basically if this is your guide on whether or not to buy this game I'll give you another couple of sentences. If you like gore buy this game. If you liked the previous game buy this game, if you didn't like the previous game don't buy this game and finally if your in the L4D 2 boycott don't buy this game because you are stupid and I would rather not play with you. Concluding note that I didn't mention, THIS IS A MULTIPLAYER GAME! meaning that if you have no friends IRL or online its not really worth a purchase. The computer controlled players are rather shit.

Gameplay: 9.0 - Its very satisfying to see a zombies head being cut off.
Graphics: 7.0(SD) 8.0(HD) - Get HD because its very average without it.
Sound: 9.0 - Very enthralling and when a witch cries near me it scares the hell out of me.
Worth: 9.5 - This game has tons! of replay value.
Overall: 9.0 - Great game and a good step up from L4D I would like to see another.

LOL L4D2 boycott idiots: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott