Left 4 Dead

     Ahhh yes one of my favorite games at the moment. What more could you wont then zombies and guns.

     Ok im not actually sure when or where this takes place. steams game Left 4 Dead takes place in four (looking at a fifth) places. A town/hospital, a forest/industrial type place, an airport, and a lake, there is also an additional lighthouse map for survival mode. In the first level you are given a choice between a shotgun and an Uzi, i prefer the shotgun at this stage of any map but that's me. also in this level somewhere is a second pistol. your primary weapon has a limited amount of ammo while your pistol will last forever. Don't ask where they got the ammo cause no one knows. once you are in the second and third levels they place secondary weapons in for you. they are the assault riffle, auto shotgun, and a sniper riffle. Some how though from level two to level three while in the safe house you loss your secondary weapon...i have know clue as to why they would "missplace and never find" there secondary weapons because if that was me, even if it was empty, i would keep it. there is always ammo laying around somewhere when a zombie apocalypse happens. Then finally in the fourth and fifth level it will start you out with the secondary weapons.
     Now the cool thing with this zombie game is an AI in the game known as "the director." Im sure that anyone that has looked into this game has heard of it, but for those of you that live under a rock "the director" is an AI that will contently change the placement of zombies, where hordes of zombies come from and where your secondary guns and ammo are. In fewer words, it lets you play a different game every time.now im not saying the map itself changes but say the first time you went down a hallway there was a zombie in the left door, well this time he may be in the right, not there at all, or even more are there, you just never know. Also in the game are five special zombies. The three most common of the special zombies are the hunter, the smoker, and the boomer then on some levels (may be all may only be the last) you have the tank. These four are playable in versus on any map. the hunter will pounce on you, the smoker will wrap you up and drag you with...well i think its its tongue but it may be the esophagus as that is typically more round then the tongue, the boomer will harf bail on you to attract all the normal zombies, and the tank will throw concrete, even if you are in a field of dirt, and swing his massive arm at you. The last special zombie is the witch. she is not playable but scary as **** especially if you are playing the entire game with no flashlights. If you get to close to her, shoot her, point a light at her, or generally startle her in any way she will get up charge you and knock you down in one hit.
     Play is fairly simple move from one safe zone to another wile killing as many zombies as possible and not dieing. Controls on the x-box were easy to understand even for the x-box controller impaired(that would be me) and movement is nice.
     Over all i am going to give this game a 4.5 out of 5 and sense this is not a free game i will also add that for $30 and Left 4 Dead 2 on its way i say save your money and wait for #2 to come out but if you need a zombie killing fix now there is nothing better then Left 4 Dead. Things that are good are the controls, movement, director, big maps, and shooting weapons. Things that i wish were in this game is melee weapons, but luckily that will be coming out with left 4 dead 2. Cause admit it while shooting zombies and watching them blow up is awesome there is still a part of you that wants to beat the crap out of it with a baseball bat, or a cricket bat for you in the uk.

links: steam left 4 dead