Left 4 Dead Review
Left 4 Dead is surly going to be a hit. I am putting my reputation on line. L4D, thats how it is being called for short is an upcoming many-player co-operative survival horror first-person shooter game by Valve Corp. The game has been built using Valve’s Source engine and will be available on Steam and the Xbox 360.
Left 4 Dead pits four human playable or AI controlled survivors of an apocalyptic pandemic against hordes of aggressive “Infected”. The Survivors’ goal is to help each other make it through various scenarios to safety. The Infected are controlled by an AI that dynamically balances difficulty and mood depending on the players’ progress and situation. In an alternate game mode, human players can control up to four mutated Boss Infected with special abilities and cooperate to stop the Survivor players.
The expected release date for Left 4 Dead is November 18, 2008 in the United States and November 21, 2008 in Europe to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the release of Half-Life.
Gameplay
Left 4 Dead is played in first-person perspective, where up to four players take control of the four main characters of the game; the “Survivors”. If four human players are not available to play, the Survivors can also be AI-controlled bots. They play through the levels fighting off the Infected, which are humans who have been infected with a mysterious disease.
Award system
Left 4 Dead will include Steam’s achievement system, recording players’ accomplishments and mishaps. Part of the intent of this system is to help players to avoid grievers and to find teammates with more experience. The Xbox 360 version will feature 50 official achievements that differ from Steam’s achievement system.
System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista, Vista 64, XP,
CPU: 3.0GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista
Disc Drive: DVD-ROM Drive
Hard Drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space
Video: DirectX 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9 compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
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