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IGN AU: Left 4 Dead Review

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Left 4 Dead really is an incredible package. It's claustrophobic and sinister, yet utterly action packed and arcadey at the same time. It's completely gorgeous, yet the visuals serve the gameplay at all times, whether that's through subtle changes to the presentation to alter the mood, or the fact that you're playing so much of the game at the end of a flashlight. The zombies may be cannon fodder, but they're action movie cannon fodder - the horde are superbly animated, whether they're sprinting at you, climbing fences and leaping between rooftops, or stumbling as their bodies are riddled with bullets before slumping (even more) lifeless to the ground. Valve really does have a hit on its hands with Left 4 Dead. See you online.

Presentation - 9.0
Graphics - 9.0
Sound - 8.5
Gameplay - 9.5
Lasting Appeal - 8.0
Overall -
9.2 / 10
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Published: 412 days 23 hours ago | Review | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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Deee187 - 412 days 20 hours ago
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they give graphics a 9 and lasting appeal an 8, it should at least be the other way around.
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HighDefinition - 412 days 20 hours ago
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1.1 - What the f**k is up.....
w/ people giving the Graphics a 9, seriously.

Great game, but it looks like sh!t.
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thor - 412 days 20 hours ago
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Graphics should NOT get a 9 for this game. Have they actually seen what the graphics look like?

You can say it's impressive FOR the source engine, but it doesn't stop it looking bad.

You can say that the graphics don't matter as long as the game is fun but then you still shouldn't give the game a 9 in the graphics area.

Does this game really look as good/almost as good as Uncharted/Gears of War 2/MGS4/CoD4/5? No.

I'm not going to let my complaints on the graphics go. But I'll let all my other hating on this game go and hope you all enjoy the game very much.
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Firstkn1ghT - 412 days 20 hours ago
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The multiplayer is easily one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had. Of course I'm a horror guy as you can see from my avatar so this is easily up my alley. I suggest any fan of the horror genre to do everything possible to play this game.
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2.1 dirtrider | 412 days 20 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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thor - 412 days 19 hours ago
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2.2 - Horror?
The game isn't horror...

How is it horror? It's just arcade blasting of zombies.
I fail to see a horror element.

It's "themed" with horror elements but it's as akin to horror as a LBP level with some zombies and skeletons scattered about.

Unless by horror you mean just that there are zombies ;)
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ceedubya9 - 412 days 20 hours ago
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3 - Yep, good party game
I've been loving every minute of it in my limited time of play. I've definitely found that teamwork is a must in this game. Try to play rambo, and you're as good as done, no matter how good you are.

I'll just be happy when I actually am able to play through a chapter all the way without people leaving. Playing all the way to the end just to end up by yourself with bots, or people that don't have a mic and just run around while a smoker is dragging you to the other side of the map is frustrating. Seriously, some people really need to learn how to stick together as a team.
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bpmurr - 412 days 19 hours ago
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I'm enjoying the hell out of the game in my limited play time. I think the graphics are pretty good. It's no Crysis but still very clean on the PC. The 360 version which I only played the demo of wasn't bad but there was a clear difference between the two.
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thor - 412 days 18 hours ago
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The thing that lets the graphics down are the clumsy animations, the clipping, the repeated zombies (surely they could be changed up a BIT?), the really bad camera angles in 3rd person, but mostly, the whole source engine look, it's hard to describe, like the environments are really low poly or something.

The PC version beats the 360 version by a mile - but only in terms of resolution and AA and stuff like that.
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