- Co-operative gameplay in epic struggle between survivors and zombies
- Choose to play as survivor or 4 types of infected mutants
- Set across 4 massive campaigns
- Game creates a unique and dramatic experience based on players’ actions
- Multiplayer games for 1-to-8 players
360 Left 4 Dead: Game of the Year Edition
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List Price: $ 19.99
Price: $ 18.25
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Review by iHyphy for Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition
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First let me comment on the GoTY version. Yes, all the additional content in the GoTY title is available on xbox live for free as a DLC. The only perk to having the GoTY version is that you wont have to use up memory on your harddrive for the survival pack because its already installed on the disc. Other than that i would suggest just getting the normal game if you find it cheaper. I found the GoTY version and the normal version for the same price of $29.99 at gamestop brand new! the funny thing is, right next to it they had the used version for $44.99 still, $15 more then the brand new ones!
This isn’t just a Call of Duty World at War Zombie mode revamped…even though the premises is nearly the same there is four people, and if you don’t have 4 players to play the 4 survivors then the remaining survivors will be OP’d by computers. In the multiplayer mode you can be the zombies (the special zombies with super moves). The only thing that i didn’t really like about this game which others may have liked is that there is no story mode at all. The weapons aren’t extensive at all in this game. You can either have the pistols, shotguns, sniper rifle, or uzi. theres some health packs, pills, molotovs, and grenades. to me, this was just a renter after a week or two of playin this game just became pretty boring and repeptitive.
theres only 4 main maps that the survivors fight their way through 4 or 5 stages of the map to get to the end where they will try to be evacuated. its the same story on every map! i gave this 4 stars because 5 stars would just be overatin the game and 3 stars doesn’t do it all justice, but know this i wont be buying or playing the sequel because unless they add a storymode or drastic changes all a sequel could be for this game is just a big expansion.
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DO NOT buy this with the $59.99 price tag its cheaper at gamestop for $29.99
Review by C. Martin for Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition
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For starters people might turn down Left 4 Dead considering it runs on the Source Engine which is not Unreal Engine standards but the game looks great. The lighting, scenery, and blood all look very realistic and stunning. One thing that bothered me was the textures on some rocks. But you’ll rarely notice them to care. The controls could be better but for most first person shooter fans, I’d say go with Config 4. The game contains 4 campaign levels each with 5 sections. These can be played in single player and over xbox live as well as offline split screen with two players. In addition to the campaign there is Versus mode and Survival mode which comes with Game of The Year. In Versus one team is the infected and the other are the survivors. In Versus you play through the campaign levels switching teams at each safe house. It offers fresh gameplay with constant suprises. Say you’re in the forest and an enemy smoker grabs you and pulls you away and no one knows where you are. Lets say if that happens, your dead. Overall Left 4 Dead is a great experience and I would reccomend it to anyone who owns an Xbox 360
Review by B. Adams for Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition
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Great multiplayer game, offline is kinda boring so if u have no xbl, i would not suggest this, goty edition comes with survival dlc but its free over xbl anyways so if u just buy the reg. edition instead of this you can save yourself some money and just download the dlc free from xbl.
Review by joe bitterman for Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition
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This is a “game of the year” version in name only. Everything “extra” that’s on this disc is available for free on xbox live. Valve, the manufacturer, didn’t have everything for online play on the original disc (why, I have no idea) so they came out with this version later. If you don’t have xbox live, than you don’t need to download anything as it’s basically all online multi-player material(the only exception being survival mode, and that’s not worth the extra money–it’s free online, take your hard drive to a friends xbox). STOP BUYING THIS VERSION. It’s a money grab and you are letting them take your money.
EDIT – The price has recently been cut (Monday, August 31, 2009). At $27.99, unless you find the original version in a clearance section, this isn’t a terrible price anymore. Just understand that a sequel is being released in November (though DLC for this version, a short campaign, comes out in September).
Review by tvnn2112 for Left 4 Dead – Game of the Year Edition
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Left 4 Dead reminds me somewhat of a combination of the”Dawn of the Dead” and “Resident Evil-Apocalypse” flicks all wrapped up in a video game , which is not a bad thing at all.
The intensity and paranoia that a player is placed in from start to finish in this title is a both a breath of fresh air for this genre and a bit of an annoyance.
Placing yourself as the leader can end up with two results when completing a level : scoring kills+achievement points and accidentally shooting one of your team
mates due to the erratic behavior of your A.I. partners getting in the way. Close combat with hordes of the undead certainly adds to the tension , but when a partner
blocks your ability to get a nice head shot off it can kind of tick you off especially if you are replaying a level to boost you score stats.
Beyond this though , it’s really not a bad game , not great , but not bad – I’m enjoying it.
If you plan on always staying up front , just be careful of the occasional “Boomer” or “Hunter” lurking around the corner, while these baddies add much to the games
charm , it’s very easy to get distracted by your team-mates hopping in front of you at the wrong time without notice which can sometimes get vomited on by a Boomer
or pulled in by a Hunter. On the plus side the developers do give you an audio cue to warn you to whats waiting in the wings.
Cool game for those who enjoy Survival Horror (I myself love this genre), and I.M.O. amps up the intensity factor (just as good if not better) than the R.E games
with the exception of R.E.4 ,(can’t compare it to R.E.5 since i haven’t purchased that one yet, but it’s on my list). A definite (4 Stars), would have gave it a (5),
but i already mentioned above why. Note : My opinion is based solely on the Single-player portion of this game , i haven’t tried the Multi-player Online parts nor
do i intend to , but the offline coop sounds fun. Looking forward to purchasing L4D2 once the price goes down a little or get’s released as a Game of the Year version.Happy Zombie hunting and don’t forget to TURN OUT THAT LIGHT !!