Welcome
one and all to the newest, and slightly delayed, review to grace this gaming
blog of mine. I definitely have a problem with keeping with scheduled releases
of these reviews on Sundays, mainly because I sometimes lack inspiration and
the feeling of writing and just abandon it altogether and wait till the next
Sunday, but that will not suffice, and thus I bring to you this new review, and
it may be a day late, but better late than… next Sunday.
This
week’s game of particular focus is an all-time classic, with its huge fanbase
(a respectable one even today!), offers spectacularly solid gameplay, had a
recent free giveaway for every copy (wow!) and is part of the zombie game
genre. Of course, many of you would have guessed it by now. That game is… Left
4 Dead 2.
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| Took me some time to realise the thumb is missing |
Left 4
Dead 2, also known as L4D2, is the sequel to the original L4D, developed by
Valve and released on November 2007. An extremely old game, and you know the
saying “old is gold”, and that is what this game definitely falls under.
L4D2 features several maps,
the maps individually are split into 4-5 subparts, with players having to
battle their way through the zombie horde in order to reach a “safe-house”,
where players can heal up and restore their ammunition supply. In the last
subpart, however, players must usually hold up somewhere on the map as they
must wait for their rescue party to arrive, which is in the form of a boat,
plane and many others. There is usually a center spot within the map where
players will mostly hold up in as they contain medical supplies and ammunition.
If players are successful in fending off the waves of zombies, they escape and
thus “win” the campaign, after which credits will roll showing the statistics
of the whole playthrough. The whole aim of the game is pretty much similar to
many other zombie genre games, which is to survive and be rescued.
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| Various load screens posters of various campaigns |
The main characters in L4D2
include new characters from the sequel itself, and also the main characters and
the maps of the original L4D, updated with better graphics, a bigger variety of
weapons and new Special Infected.
