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Left 4 Dead

"Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter set during a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States."

Valve·Turtle Rock Studios·Electronic Arts· November 17, 2008· Main Game
84
Critic Score
7 reviews
82
User Score
777 ratings

Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter set during a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States. Four players control survivors who must fight through hordes of infected humans, creatures transformed by a rabies-like pathogen that causes extreme aggression and loss of higher brain function. Gameplay emphasizes teamwork, with colored outlines showing teammate positions through walls, shared healing items, and friendly fire creating consequences for careless shooting. An AI system called the Director dynamically adjusts enemy placement, item spawns, and pacing based on player performance. Beyond common infected, players face five special mutated types with unique abilities. Campaigns are divided into levels connected by safe houses, each culminating in a desperate last stand for rescue.

Released 17 November 2008 for Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Xbox 360 by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios, published by Electronic Arts. Rated 18 by USK, 19+ by GRAC. About 32 hours to beat. 2-player local co-op.

Story

An outbreak of a pathogen nicknamed the Green Flu sweeps across Pennsylvania, causing extreme aggression, loss of higher brain function, and rapid mutation in its victims. Two weeks after the first infection, four immune survivors find themselves stranded together in the city of Fairfield: Bill, a Vietnam veteran; Zoey, a college student; Louis, a district account manager; and Francis, an outlaw biker.

As the group fights through city streets, subways, and countryside in search of evacuation, they discover that the military's containment efforts are failing and that the infection is producing increasingly dangerous mutations in some of its hosts. Each rescue attempt leads to another setback, pushing the survivors further from safety and forcing them to rely entirely on each other to stay alive.

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Critic Score
84 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 professional reviews
Aggregated from professional game critics and publications.
User Score
82 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 777 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Comparison
Critics
84
Users
82
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
CriticsUsers
50–74
Mixed or Average
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike