Customer Rating: 
Summary: Left 4 Awesome
Comment: Great game. Never the same experience twice and so far they haven't even loaded new map packs yet. Great buy.
Customer Rating: Summary: A Little Disapointed
Comment: I was kind of disapointed in this game for two main reasons.
First, the CD you buy is only a key to download the game. It's kind of a pain. I like to uninstall and reinstall games as I need them and this makes it impossible. If I get virus and need to re-format I will loose the game. If I understand correctly, I will have to buy a new key. I also don't like the fact that I must have steam on my computer.
Secondly, the game is kinda repetative and lacking. There are only a handfull of weapons and only a handfull of zombie types. Even more disapointing is the lack of story and the repetitve nature of each level. "Run from A to B, wait for rescue, kill zombie army, get on escape veichle" I'd like to have more interaction with survivors, (there was none except for the guy in the church tower, and the other end of a radio).
Overall though, this is an entertaining game.
Customer Rating: Summary: Zombie Apocolypse = AWESOME
Comment: This game is awesome. Do not, if at all possible, buy this game for the XBox. You can only play 2 player split screen on the XBox as well, not 4 player which might be fun if they had it. PC graphics are prettier (if you can run it prettier mode), multiplayer is better, and all new content will be free.
That being said, this game is slick, well done, and really good. It promotes group work and staying together rather than one rambo style guy running around. The mood is dark and scary.
Playing with friends online is where it's at, co-op or versus. The problem with both of these modes are that unless you are with friends on your team, quite often you'll get paired with some douche nugget. You can all vote him off, but if you're with 2-3 douche nuggets, you might as well get the AI to play your cohorts.
Game is fun. I gave it only 4 stars though because as much fun as it is, it's the same thing over and over and over. You want to survive to make it to the safe house, kill zombies, help others, etc. It's fun, but apparently not fun enough for me to stop playing Dead Space to come back to it. If you love FPS games to death though, I'd say it's probably 5 stars, and the multiplayer is great. Just avoid those douche nuggets.
Customer Rating: Summary: ZOMGBIES!
Comment: This game is awesomely terrifying! It's just you and your buddies against the world. Literally. Who'd have thought the zombie apocalypse could be so much fun?
Customer Rating: Summary: Zombie Killing awesomeness
Comment: Left 4 Dead is a rock solid zombie fest! First the technical stuff.
As usual Valve's Source engine can pump out some visually stunning graphics even if you don't have top of the line hardware. Even having an older machine with just under the recommended settings the game looks beautiful. The audio and music are great. Since every time you play through the game it is different the audio is always changing to build tension and apprehension that the next zombie horde is just around the corner.
Game play is simple and intuitive. Even if you are a new comer to the PC gaming world Left 4 Dead should only take a few minutes to get used to the controls. The built in tutorial is a wonderful and non-intrusive way to acclimate a player to the L4D control scheme.
The premise for the game is simple. You are a human trying to escape. The zombies see you as a tasty snack and want to eat you. You kill zombies or become the next value meal at the local zombie burger joint. Gameplay is squad based and you definitely need to use voice chat to communicate. Straying too far from the rest of your group usually ends in pain.
The object is to move from one safe house to the next until reaching an extraction point while avoiding the zombies. Help your teammates and keep moving quickly to the next safe house. Sounds simple but there is one catch. L4D will automatically adjust the level difficulty based on how good your health is and how fast you are moving. Move too quickly through the game and the final battle to escape will be one heckuva ride.
Enjoy the slaying!
