Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008. This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Release Date: 16 Nov, 2009

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"A 4 Player Co-Op Zombie Survival game, don't leave the group or a hunter or charger might get you. This game also has Steam Workshop and mods. Get it."

About This Game

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008.
This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
You'll play as one of four new survivors armed with a wide and devastating array of classic and upgraded weapons. In addition to firearms, you'll also get a chance to take out some aggression on infected with a variety of carnage-creating melee weapons, from chainsaws to axes and even the deadly frying pan.
You'll be putting these weapons to the test against (or playing as in Versus) three horrific and formidable new Special Infected. You'll also encounter five new “uncommon” common infected, including the terrifying Mudmen.
Helping to take L4D's frantic, action-packed gameplay to the next level is AI Director 2.0. This improved Director has the ability to procedurally change the weather you'll fight through and the pathways you'll take, in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match your performance. L4D2 promises a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience every time the game is played, custom-fitted to your style of play.
  • Next generation co-op action gaming from the makers of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike.
  • Over 20 new weapons & items headlined by over 10 melee weapons – axe, chainsaw, frying pan, baseball bat – allow you to get up close with the zombies
  • New survivors. New Story. New dialogue.
  • Five expansive campaigns for co-operative, Versus and Survival game modes.
  • An all new multiplayer mode.
  • Uncommon common infected. Each of the five new campaigns contains at least one new “uncommon common” zombies which are exclusive to that campaign.
  • AI Director 2.0: Advanced technology dubbed “The AI Director” drove L4D's unique gameplay – customizing enemy population, effects, and music, based upon the players’ performance. L4D 2 features “The AI Director 2.0” which expands the Director’s ability to customize level layout, world objects, weather, and lighting to reflect different times of day.
  • Stats, rankings, and awards system drives collaborative play

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
    • Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
    • Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    Minimum:
    • OS: MacOS 10.7
    • Processor: Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
    • Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
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Sekrit Agent Jokie
( 82.3 hrs on record )
Posted: 12 August
Left 4 Dead 1 but better and with Left 4 Dead 1 in it
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Richard
( 1,871.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 12 August
Never before have I met such a good apocalypse-themed FPS video game and in which your sense of team-cooperation is badly needed. Once you've paid approximate 20 US dollars or 68 CN yuans, all maps, weapons and other items are all free-to-play, there's no longer any charge payable.

In case of getting tired of the original gameplay content(maps, weapons and other items), try out the Workshop where creative ideas are cultivated! Many items are free-to-subscribe-to-download on Steam Workshop, and the items are usually called "custom module" or "mod", and once you've installed them, you can enjoy custom content including map(campaign, versus, realism, mutation, etc.), weapons, characters, BGM, special effects and so on. Likewise Workshop is an exhibition center where you can show your own work in public. Workshop is the most highlighted feature of L4D2 anyways.

Plenty of funny dialogues also accounts for the popularity of the video game.

That's it for now.
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Darkone8000
( 41.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
Alright lets do a review for Left for Dead 2 and why I personally like this game. So to start I played this game back in 2010 I think it was? on Xbox360 and LOVED it although their are some diffrences between the consol version and the PC, more on that later. So in the game of Left 4 Dead 2 you are 4 survivers that have to go through several campains to try to reach evac points using melee weapons and guns, you can also pick up cool items to pull zombie hordes away from you or obstruct a path like a molotov or pipe bomb. zombies are all over the place and will rush you in massive hordes to try to kill your teammates and you as you sprint from saferoom to saferoom. Some zombies that have been mutated and are now called special infected have special means of taking you down like hunters who will pounce you and try to eat you and unkillable monsters like Tanks (annoying). Their is not much of a story unless you go to wiki and research the characters and their relationship between others but don't expect many cutsense or any at all. you have to take the story from what is going on around you. now their are some diffrences i noticed between the 2 games like for instance on xbox 360 there are no baseball bats but there are crikit bats (pardon my horrible gramma!) and there were so many bugs and glitches it was not even funny, also no mods on xbox360 SO its a good thing you are getting it on PC. So here is my list of pros and cons to the game

Pros

It supports mods, OMG MODS ARE SO MUCH FUN on this game.

Its a ton of fun with friends to mow through hordes of zombies together.

Modders update and make new things frequently.

Game is still quite populated as of the time i am typing this (8/12/16) :P

Their are several game modes that many people still play like verses, scavange, and survival to name a few.

Endless replayability (with mods literally endless).

Cons

Its 20$, seems like a bit much even tho it is a super fun game.

Community is not very friendly if you are new and don't know what you are doing.

Some of the special infected can be a bit OP compaired to others.

Some guns are just way better than others of the same level.

It seems like all the melee weapons do the same amount of damage they likely don't but its just what it feels like so... Idk.

Conclusion
This is yet another super fun game by valve that is the sequal to a super fun original game that we will never see a part 3 to... sadly. BUTT, with all the mods and fun with friends you can have this game is just a amazing experiance to have and it does not even feel like it is all that old really. I personally feel that 20 bucks is a it much considering the age of the game... but that is just my own personal opinion. Overall I have to say that I love this game because it brings me back to them good ol days when i still played xbox360 I highly reccomend this game epscially if you can get it on a day that it is like 15% off or something like that.
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Poseidon
( 147.9 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
Like Skyrim but with zombies
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GroovieR
( 430.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
Product received for free
This game should be in every SteamUser library........pure dosis of fun, blood, weapons and zombies. Nobody gets tired of playing this.

Valve you should be working on a third edition

"I did not come this far to die now" 10/10
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DOGE
( 64.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
Product received for free
Fun game to play with your friends. Although it gets repetitive after awhile.
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Agent Krycheck PLS go
( 109.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
10/10

Gunned down endless waves of Teletubbies with a Aliens pulse rifle.
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Yodakills
( 46.3 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
Good game although its kinda repetitive
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Alchemist黎
( 34.6 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
CLASSIC AND GREAT
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nutella
( 26.6 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
sure
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
33 of 38 people (87%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
Recommended
5.1 hrs on record
Posted: 15 July
This has to be the best, most original, zombie survival based game to ever be brought forth to the gaming community. I will argue nothing less; this is the best zombie survival game I have ever come across, you can't dislike this game! Every aspect of this game is lovable, between the four witty unique characters, the eerie plot of the story themed campaigns, and the various gamemodes, weapons, and special infected. Left 4 Dead deserves every award it recieved.

All in All Left4Dead2 is the best Most Original Zombie Game

9/10 From Me
Sweep
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23 of 26 people (88%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
Recommended
946.8 hrs on record
Posted: 17 July
900+ Hours and counting.
This sequel is #1 on my list of Recommended Games. The Left 4 Dead Series is an instant classic, released 7 years ago and it still holds up. Play alone or play with your friends (or strangers), you will enjoy this game for countless hours. L4D2 is an improvement to an already fantastic and entertaining game. Make new friends, or lose some, the game focuses on cooperative gameplay that will teach you how to be patient and make you a great team player. You can download new maps and customize the whole game with mods from the workshop. This is the Best Zombie Co-op game ever!

Here are some pros:
+Easy mechanics, no boring story-line
+Community is alive and well (90% of the people on my friends list are from this game).
+Endless mods on the Workshop. It's like walking into a grocery store.
+Funny and witty Character Lines.
+Melee Weapons
+More Blood
+New Survivors, New Campaigns, New Zombies.
+Achievements that you will enjoy hunting for.
+Cool Easter Eggs and Movie references.
+Random jump scares every once in a while.
+Boomer is still Ugly

I only have one Con though:
-GOOD GUY NICK!!!


10/10 Would kill all sons-a-♥♥♥♥♥es again!
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14 of 15 people (93%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
65.8 hrs on record
Posted: 25 July
If you need a good game to play with your friends , this is it

Good :
✓ One of the best co op game.
✓ Multiplayer is fun , playing as zombies is fun.
✓ Can play in steam group servers where you will have 10+ survivers with you.
✓ Several games modes such as Survival , Scavenge , Versus and Co op ..
✓ Steam Workshop have fan made maps , guns and character models. Which is really good.
✓ Can play for a long time.
✓ VAC protected.
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14 of 16 people (88%) found this review helpful
19 people found this review funny
Recommended
2.2 hrs on record
Posted: 20 July
I forgot I had mods on, so when I joined a game I was extremely confused when I was attacked by cheeseburgers... 10/10
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10 of 11 people (91%) found this review helpful
Recommended
557.9 hrs on record
Posted: 8 August
Left 4 Dead 2 is a pretty fun game, but i hate the fact that sometimes i join a game and i get killed by griefers. I usually make my own servers to have fun with and kick/ban players that dare to ruin the game.

Just beware of those types of people. :]
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8 of 8 people (100%) found this review helpful
8 of 10 people (80%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
291.5 hrs on record
Posted: 2 August
Kick simulator 2009:

  • Don't have more than 100 hours in-game? Vote kicked.

  • Accidentally miss a charge? Vote kicked.

  • Don't help a pounced survivore within two seconds? Vote kicked.

  • Only incapacitate one survivore as a tank? Vote kicked.

  • Don't share your pills? Vote kicked.

  • Steal somebody's kill? Vote kicked.

  • Walk fifteen meters ahead of your team? Vote kicked.

  • Your team dies but you make it to the safe room? Vote kicked.

  • Didn't attack the survivors the nanosecond your team did? Vote kicked.

  • Accidentally shoot a team mate? Vote kicked.

  • Don't speak Russian? Vote kicked.

    Don't get me wrong, this is an absolutely amazing game, if there was a "neutral" button, I'd totally click that, but if you really want to have a good time, play with your friends. Otherwise finding a server with decent people on is very hard.
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5 of 5 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
39.9 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
Product received for free
I love This Game So Much , It was so nice and amusing
worth to play and everything
i would like to say thanks to all credits of this game ^_^
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5 of 5 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
630.4 hrs on record
Posted: 6 August
Product received for free
Left4Dead2 is Left4Dead2!

One of the best. bloodiest and funniest zombie-shooter.
Unlike the previous part, now you have a variety of choices how and with what you're going to kill hordes of zombies. New special infected, new weapons (melee, shotguns, sniper, rifles and grenades), new medicine and of course new characters and new game modes. Also the large workshop with new campaigns, skins, sounds and a lot of useful stuff for any taste.

It is also great that there is an ability to play the campaigns from the first Left4Dead and there is a connection between the characters from both parts.

If you like zombie apocalypse theme, then this is the game you must play! Grab your friends and lets kill these undead ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s!

10 burning tanks of 10.
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4 of 4 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
6.6 hrs on record
Posted: 3 August
Convinced my mom to get me a Steam card for my birthday which I used to purchase L4D2. I had played a bit of L4D1 before, but it doesn't compare to this one. Every Valve game I've played has been fantastic, which includes Portal 1, 2 and L4D. The Physics are hyper-realistic, the textures are flawless, and on top of all that beauty lies the fact that it runs very smoothly on my computer. Not a whole lot of guns, but the realism and amazingness makes up for it. Valve is doing fantastic work, now all we need is Left 4 Dead 3!
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