Left 4 Dead 2

Whether or not Left 4 Dead 2 is for you really depends on your level of exposure and affinity for the style of hardcore team-focused gameplay Valve is offering here. If you’re still interested in the gameplay, then you’re going to enjoy every aspect of the sequel since it’s improved in all areas, from available game modes to strength of character and personality to replayability and its visual style. After playing, you’ll find it impossible to go back to the first game. Though plenty of other games offer co-operative gameplay against mobs of computer-controlled foes, no other game emphasizes t...

Make no mistake, this is an excellent sequel that does much to build upon the foundations of the first game.

Whichever you prefer, playing versus with friends or cooperatively against the improved Director, there is almost no fault to Left 4 Dead 2. Yes, Rochelle turned out to be a pretty boring character, and yes, don’t expect to enjoy playing it alone with bots. This is not a single player game. On the Xbox 360, there were some framerate drops, and harder difficulties slow down more often because of the larger number of enemies. But if there’s a better multiplayer game than Left 4 Dead 2, I’...

It’s hard to pinpoint where our fascination with zombies lies dormant in our untapped minds. Maybe there is some hard wired and deep-seated fixation on fearing for our lives and being backed into corners, wondering when it will all end. Regardless, this unhealthy appeal with our undead friends has existed both heavily in films and games for years – maybe books as well, but obviously I don’t read enough. In either case, esteemed developers, Valve, picked up on this obsession and based a ...