bit-tech News: Left 4 Dead

news · November 20, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Left 4 Dead* - if you could post a

link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*/Yet while unquestionably excellent and powerfully addictive, Left 4

Dead never becomes intoxicating to the point that you realise you

haven't eaten all day and you've got a review due tomorrow. A single

ninety minute campaign is generally enough to slake your thirst for

blasting zombies -- for a few hours at least -- and should be easy

enough to organise between a group of friends.

And friends are what you're really going to need if you want to get the

very best out of Left 4 Dead. Playing with the bots the game is a shadow

of its potential greatness and the higher difficulty settings will

remain strictly off limits, but get three friends together with

microphones and Left 4 Dead is possibly the best multiplayer game ever

-- not something that we say lightly.

Tactics are hastily arranged, cries for help as boss infected attack are

screamed down mics, panic sets in and heart rates rise as wave after

wave of zombies appear. The palpable feeling of accomplishment you get

after finishing a tough campaign together is something that no other

game can offer.

It's fair to say you can judge a game by its "remember the bit where"

factor. You're talking to friends about a favourite game, when a memory

of a particularly awesome moment you've shared pops out and reminds you

all just how great that game was. Left 4 Dead is full of such moments.

It's an ever changing, ever challenging and ever tense multiplayer

masterpiece which will captivate for as long as you've got friends to

play it with./*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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