Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game, the sequel to Valve Corporation’s Left 4 Dead. The Game builds upon cooperatively focused gameplay and Valve’s proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in the original Left 4 Dead. Set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic, Left 4 Dead 2 focuses on four new Survivors, fighting against hordes of the Infected, who develop severe psychosis and exhibit zombie-like tendencies. The Survivors must fight their way through five campaigns, interspersed with safe houses that act as checkpoints, with the goal of escape at each campaign’s finale.
This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
You’ll play as one of four new survivors armed with a wide and devastating array of classic and upgraded weapons. In addition to firearms, you’ll also get a chance to take out some aggression on infected with a variety of carnage-creating melee weapons, from chainsaws to axes and even the deadly frying pan.
You’ll be putting these weapons to the test against (or playing as in Versus) three horrific and formidable new Special Infected. You’ll also encounter five new uncommon common infected, including the terrifying Mudmen.
Left 4 Dead 2 Key Features:
1, Next generation co-op action gaming from the makers of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike.
2, Over 20 new weapons & items headlined by over 10 melee weapons – axe, chainsaw, frying pan, baseball bat – allow you to get up close with the zombies
3, New survivors. New Story. New dialogue.
4, Five expansive campaigns for co-operative, Versus and Survival game modes.
5, An all new multiplayer mode.
6, Uncommon common infected. Each of the five new campaigns contains at least one new uncommon common zombies which are exclusive to that campaign.
7, AI Director 2.0: Advanced technology dubbed The AI Director drove L4D’s unique gameplay – customizing enemy population, effects, and music, based upon the players’ performance. L4D 2 features The AI Director 2.0 which expands the Director’s ability to customize level layout, world objects, weather, and lighting to reflect different times of day.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz / AMD Sempron 3100+ | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ |
| VRAM | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| OS | Win Xp 32 | Win Xp 32 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce 6800 XT / AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT Diamond Edition | nVidia GeForce GT 230 / AMD Radeon X800 XT |
| Direct X | DX 9 | DX 9 |
| SOUND CARD | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card |
| HDD Space | 7.5 GB | 13 GB |
| Game Analysis | The title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.Introducing the AI Director 2.0, L4D's dynamic gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players' performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.Featuring new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original with more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, and maps for Survival mode available at launch. | |
| High FPS | 44 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 9.6 | |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| CPU | Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better | |
| RAM | 2 GB RAM | |
| OS | MacOS 10.7 | |
| Graphics Card | ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000 | |
| HDD Space | 13 GB available space |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| CPU | Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz | |
| RAM | 2 GB RAM | |
| OS | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1 | |
| SOUND CARD | OpenAL Compatible Sound Card | |
| HDD Space | 13 GB available space |
I think that left4dead2 is a great game and I love the guns in the game
A classic in the co-op multiplayer genre that melds enjoyable gameplay and decent challenges perfectly resulting in a game that is a joy to play, especially with friends. The game looks pretty decent even now at several years old and while the levels aren’t the most amazing in views that have enough detail in them to keep you entertained. There is basically no learning curve except in the multiplayer where all you need to know is how to play the special infected against the human enemies. A nice addition by Valve is the detail in the levels, with the messages written on the walls or the dialogue that the characters say to each other that gives you hints as to what happened. I cannot recommend enough that everyone, on PC, checks out the community workshop on Steam; there is so much content on there like maps, guns, sound effects, character models, etc.
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+ First note:
In 2008 when the first Left 4 Dead was published, I was in middle school in an Asian country. When I came to the Internet-gaming shop close to school, I saw every one is playing it. Quickly dig in and enjoy the game, great co-op, great voice acting, good special zombies (Boomer, hunter, tank…), smart map, well story. I started from there. In high school, 2009, me and my buddies even created a team to go around in the city to challenge or play with other gamers and group. Although this game is not a big hit in my place, still it has many many players when it first released. So this game is not only a game for, it also a memory of our friendship and hours of non stop action, both versus and co-op.
+ Experience:
Pro:
– Graphic: Great, amazing, all the zombies, maps, special infected, characters was well made. All those bloody action, the thrill of being pulled or grabbed by Hunter, Smoker or Jockey was awesome. Source Engine creates an amazing atmosphere for L4D and even better for L4D2. Cloudy sky, foggy city, dim tunnel, dark and scary sewage…..
– Characters: The best thing I think is each character can express their feeling in different situation, such as laughing, seeing a theme park, see Mid night rider, or even get ride by a Jockey, their scream and face expression is amazing.
– Sound: Very well done, all the music and sound when a horde is approaching, tank coming, special infected closing down, I feel like my body going through an adrenalin rush. Voice acting is also a huge plus.
– Game play: Good campaign, Great Co-op, Amazing Versus. When L4D first released, only Co-op was available at that time. When they updated the versus mode, and L4D2 was released, the sh*t just hit the fan. I enjoy it so much. Weapon arsenal is well done, although there is not likes hundred of choices, but every gamers can choose a weapon fit their play style: Shotgun for close combat, Sniper Rifle for range, DMR for quick sniper ,assault rifle for all purpose. Then in L4D2 melee weapons join the game. Although they are melee, each of them have different characteristic, such as katana has long range and swing very fast, machete is fast and deadly, baseball bat and cricket bat although slower but crush the enemies. Sometime, special weapon shows up such as M60, chain saw, grenade launcher, foam hand give a special twist to the game too. Along with a right amount of med kit, pills, special ammo, explosives scattering around every map, the players feel like they are well supported in L4D2.
– Special infected: The originals were good, the seconds were even better. And also with the common special infected such as “the guy in the fire suit”, “the guy in police suit”, “the mud man”, “the clown”.
– Console command: Easy to learn
– Modding: *Modding intensifies*
Cons:
The only cons I have is the online server, in Oceania or Asia, there are hardly 4,5 servers which have ping below 100 and they are all occupied most of the time. Sometime I find myself forced to leave the game because just could not find a good multiplayer server to play. And the server browser search and filter is also very limited. Even if we don’t want to play some dumb mode, it shows up and it takes time to get in game and get out. It needs a better filter.
+ Conclusion: Amazing game for zombie genre lover. I give it a 9 out of 10. Everything in this game is almost perfect and the modding community makes it even better. With extra maps, campaign, weapons skin, the game can be play for a long time.
Conclusion: TL,DR
Graphic: 9.5/10 – Well made with Source Engine
Sound: 9/10 – Professional and realistic
Gameplay: 9.5/10 – Thrilling non-stop action
Storyline: 8.5/10 – A bit simple, but it works
Online: 8/10 – The search engine in server browser need to be better
Overall: 9/10