There have been games before that have used Zombies and the undead as the “baddies.”  What sets Left 4 Dead apart is how close it gets to duplicating the pacing of a real Zombie flick.  They’ve created an AI “Director” that chooses at random when would be the best place to surprise the hell out of you.  It is a feat to behold that almost never gets old because of the spontaneity.

Left 4 Dead also gives you a chance to see how it feels to fight on the other side of the Zombie Apocalypse.  The Versus multiplayer gameplay let’s you battle it out against other real players switching from one side to the other trying to stop the opposite team from reaching the safe room.  This switch up in gameplay definitely resists the fatigue that can sometimes set on while playing FPS mutiplayer games.

The one an only drawback to this game is the insufficient amount of maps to play on.  While this will eventually prove why many people migrate away from the game, hopefully Valve will have some new downloadable content  before that happens.