GAMER REVIEW: L4D2

Here, as I promised before, is my review of the much-anticipated Left For Dead 2.

Left For Dead 2 is a fairly simple game that makes many, many promises to its players, so the question is not: Is it fun??? but is instead Does it keep the promises it made?

Left For Dead 2 follows a new group of survivors as they traverse the south and attempt to survive in the post-apocalyptic world that we first witnessed in the first Left For Dead. That's pretty much it to then story. There's no twists, turns, or surprises to the game, it's all played fairly safely. Feel free to leave your brain at the door as there's not much use for it in the game. You can pretty much play the game with your eyes closed, just shooting wildly, and I can guarentee you that you will most likely survive.

That's not to say that the game isn't challenging, because it is challenging. There are several levels where the hordes of zombies team up to basically ass-rape the player until he/she is bundled up in a corner, crying for it to stop.

The game trailer promised amazing graphics, a cool story, and general bad-assed-ness all around, but all the promises are forgotten once the game starts. The graphics are nothing to drool over, and as I've already said there is little to no story. Instead L4D2 builds on the legacy of the arcade games we all were raised on. The gameplay is mind-numbingly simple, yet surprisingly fun. While the campaign mode should take most no more than a school week to finish, there is enough fun to be had that most gamers are just about guaranteed to revisit this chaotic little world again and again.

Overall, while the story, gameplay, controls, and graphics are just too simple for its own good, L4D2 gives the player a fun enough experience that it makes the game a must-own for any hard-core gamer or zombie enthusiast. L4D2 is proof that you don't need to make a game complex in order for it to be a good one.

8.0/10