The Strogg proved to be extremely resilient and as the war continued to rage, the Strogg regrouped and constructed a new and more powerful Makron. However, one surviving Marine broke through and was able to destroy The Big Gun and ultimately defeat the Strogg leader, the Makron. The first assault force was launched from the fleet and encountered massive resistance - most of the drop-ships were destroyed by the Strogg homeworld's massive defense weapon known as "The Big Gun". The Strogg battled the human race for years on Earth, but as resources became depleted, Earth mounted a counter-assault on the Strogg homeworld. Through a horrific process, the limbs and flesh of the fallen are fused with metal and machinery to create the monstrosities that are the alien Strogg. While the invasion was originally believed to be an attempt to strip the planet of its natural resources, humans soon discovered the Strogg are only after one thing: the human remains of those they kill. Anyone with an Internet connection and a basic knowledge of action gaming will find “Left 4 Dead” is compelling with strangers, extremely rewarding with a group of friends, and scary enough to make merely watching zombie movies feel like a snooze.In the mid-21st century, a barbaric alien race called the Strogg launched a massive invasion on Earth.
Though it’s possible to play alone with the game’s competent computer-controlled humans, who also smoothly take over when anyone drops out midgame, it’s worthwhile only for rookies, who might want to practice without the pressure of impatient teammates. Whereas most vidgames cut out small portions of their solo maps for multiplayer, “Left 4 Dead” remarkably utilizes its entire geography, letting competitive teams work their way through an entire campaign to see who’s most successful by the end.
Game is further enhanced by a four-on-four mode in which teams switch off between controlling the survivors and the game’s most deadly creatures, who have unique, and appropriately disgusting, abilities. Just as in any good horror movie, “Left 4 Dead” generates its best scares from the anxiety of never knowing when a scary creature is going to leap out of the darkness. “Left 4 Dead” uses a creative artificial intelligence system that lets enemies attack at different times and in different combinations during every playthrough, making the twentieth attempt to reach the airport in “Dead Air” nearly as fresh as the first. The relatively short length of each campaign is already drawing ire from some gamers, but just as with the story, the size of the maps is simply a means to an end.
The ultimate compliment for “Left 4 Dead” is that four random strangers matched together online will likely find that their approximately 90 minutes together completing a campaign leave them a tightly bound unit, not at each other’s throats. Going off solo or trying to screw over one’s teammates is completely counterproductive, while healing fellow survivors and defending them from the “infected” is a necessity for success. Every element of the game, from the onscreen display to the menus to the level design to the enemy artificial intelligence to the weapon distribution subtly encourages and eventually mandates strategic cooperation. Rather than spending time developing a plot, Valve drops players into one so familiar they can fill in the details themselves.įour disparate survivors fighting off a horde of creatures after the apocalypse makes the perfect backdrop for multiplayer action. Anyone familiar with survival-horror pics knows exactly what they’re getting, which is the point.
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a creepy soundtrack full of staccato piano notes, dark rooms lit only by flashlight, and amusingly cliched dialogue (“I can’t believe we made it!” “Son, we just crossed the street.”). “Left 4 Dead” is divided into four campaigns with B-movie titles like “Dead Air” and “Death Toll” that are populated with a quartet of stock characters - the grizzled Vietnam vet, the horror film-loving college student, etc. The brilliance of Valve’s games is that they surround innovation with elegant simplicity, allowing players to focus on the teleportation mechanics of last year’s “Portal” or the emergent story and groundbreaking physics of 2004’s “Half-Life 2” without being distracted by other features that aren’t up to par.
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