Left 4 Dead, 1st impressions

If you want to cut to the chase, it’s great. If you’re don’t avoid scary games, and don’t have any problems with the Zombie Genre, make sure you get the Demo. I have the impression that when the game is released on the 18th, the demo is going to be pulled. I’m not 100% sure about that, but that’s the feeling I get. Now for an explanation of why I think you should get it…

First off, yes, this is a first person shooter. No, it’s not one of those were one 12 year old who plays for 18 hours a day will dominate the entire game. The game is cooperative game play, and although I’ve only played it for 4 hours or so, I can see that if you don’t play nice, then you aren’t going to do well.

Now, let me go into my gaming experience with it so far. As I’ve already mentioned, I’ve only played for about 4 hours. Also, all of my experience is based on the survivor side of the game.

If you haven’t read anything about the game, it takes place after some virus turns the majority of the population into Zombies. Luckily you and some others seem to be immune to the virus.

Cooperation is critical. Friendly fire is always on, and there are some monsters that if they get you, the only way to be saved is to have a teammate kill the monster. You can always see the outlines of the other players, which makes separation much harder.

So far in the demo, you move from safe room to safe room. The zombies are very fast, like 28 days later, full on run fast. You can heal teammates, as well as help them up if they get really low on health.

So far, I love this game. I think that Fallout 3 is going to have to wait a little while.