It's like Left 4 Dead 1 but it isn't

It's super fun to play with friends, and with different "Mutations" or game modes, it gives the game lots of variability, so it's quite difficult to become bored. There are also thousands of mods and maps on the Steam Workshop, so you can customize game sounds, characters, etc, which can make for a pretty humorous experience, if that's what you're into. I've been VERY impressed with the content on the Steam Workshop. It's by far my favorite zombie game.

Although this game is awesome, I would recommend waiting for a sale, for this game is usually sold for less than $5, and it goes on sale quite often.

I wasn't impressed with Left 4 Dead 2, none in the least. It's your typical shoot-to-survive source game but there's something about this game that is just plain boring. That doesn't mean I didn't like the game, it was alright but for the sake of my review I'm not gonna be recommending it.

Here's my breakdown of Left 4 Dead 2:

Pros
- Includes 70 Steam Achievements and 8 Steam Trading Cards
- Graphics are decent considering this is a dated game
- Tons of Levels aimed to keep you busy for hours and hours (but also bored out of your skull)
- Plenthora of Gamemodes (Both Online & Offline) - From Survival to Co-Op to Singleplayer
- System Requirements are reasonably low

Cons
- Multiplayer is complete Garbage. It's not worth my time to put up with all the crap that goes on there.
- Game includes long, dull missions that feel the same to me. (i.e. Shoot this, blow up that)
- Community is completely unmoderated. Most admins are 12-year-olds using their parents discover card to completely destroy the community. Thanks a lot for wasting my time.
- Requirements are misleading. I can run this game just fine on Nvidia Geforce 6150LE (below 6600).
- Under no circumstances is this game actually worth the asking price. Get it on sale or don't get it all.
- The AI in this game is 'clunky' at best. Whoever coded it probably never actually tested it, let alone play this game.
- Healing/Mepacks in this game is stupid. It's not as simple as running up to an item and healing yourself, actual medpacks like that don't exist. You have to 'wait' while you're healed or get healed by a team member. In both scenarios its likely you'll be repeatedly attacked by Boomers, Jockeys, and all the other zombies.
- The Missions/Stories aren't restricted to be played in order, if you like you can immediately jump to the last level. Worst concept every imagined. There's not even a 'Play-to-Unlock' levels as we've seen in other source games like Half-Life 2 for example.

Summery:

Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Scream

If you like killing zombies, this is THE game.......!

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I just Love the A.I SYSTEM >:(
i clearly hate the a.i system
my reason is
they remove your fav weapon into their fav weapon (Deagle for handgun,M60 for sniper,GrenadeLauncher for shotgun)
or they will exchange explosive rounds for medkit (i say ammo is hella more important then health (A.I systems FAILURE)
3/10 ratings
the 3 is
common,simple,easy(maybe) and addicting
and further is the A.I system in multiplayer
I Do Recommend but i just hate the A.I system in multiplayer

I played this game a fair bit back on the 360, and I honestly thought I'd gotten the most out of the game on there until my brother pestered me into playing again. And holy hell I forgot how much fun this game is. This is one of the most fun co-op games I've ever had the pleasure of playing, and even in single player this game holds up really, really well. Despite the age, the gameplay is surprisingly refreshing and visceral as you shove and shoot your way through thousands of the undead. Every weapon has punch and with mods sound and look even more menacing. The common infected are a threat but can be mowed by the hundreds like moulch, and the special infected are deadly when they strike in unision. The synergy between the different aspects of the gameplay is incredible to behold as you play through the game's massive library of campaigns (almost 12 multi-level campaigns with different characters and settings! That's crazy!)

I've downloaded a few modded campaigns and survival maps and it's made the game that much more replayable, and though I can't speak for the multiplayer as of late - steam can't find this game for whatever reason so I launch with '-insecure' unfortunately :( - the whole package is more than worth the money. My only real criticisms are that the campaigns are only 'arcadey' in an almost 'DOOM'-like way, when mods like Raccoon City Nemesis show that it can be done in a narrative way with more complexity and longer run times, and that the weapon variety could have some more weapon types, even though there is plenty to choose from already. Last one, being that the maps don't have enough 'branching paths' which add just enough confusion to make the playthroughs interesting every time. If you go into the developer commentary map in the extras, you'll see what I mean. I'm sure if they make a L4D3 (which may not happen because of how much this game offers now) that these types of campaigns will be included and these types of fixes included, but as it stands the game is more than worth your time and deserves to be played.

Good game, had so much fun :)

Lit asf, Literally.