Please take a look at the character sheet to learn more about the characters and the Shout-Out page for countless pop culture references.ĭue to the number of examples, they have been divided into categories. Because Valve retains the L4D IP, a Spiritual Successor, Back 4 Blood, was announced and to be published by Warner Bros. Instead, the studio 'Valve South' - which was originally called 'Turtle Rock Studios' when it developed Counter-Strike: Condition Zero - returned to its independent roots and released Evolve, a 4v1 Asymmetric Multiplayer shooter that drew on the team's experiences from the L4D Versus mode. Leaks regarding a third installment in the franchise (along with the long-waited Half-Life 3) have been around for years, but were never confirmed. The game would be followed by Left 4 Dead 2 a year after release, taking place in the same setting but starring four new characters. The game also received massive critical acclaim for both its Myth Arc style narrative - the parts of the story they don't tell you, as well as the interactions between the survivors - and for its Emergent Narrative, in which different aspects of gameplay combined with elements of randomness mean that every single time you play a new, funny story emerges. The director drops health packs less often than you need it and spawns a horde of zombies whenever he's bored. The game's 'AI Director' is watching your progress and planning your next sudden encounter play the same campaign five times and each time will be a different experience. There could be a herd of thirty zombies, or just one extremely powerful mutant zombie, waiting around the next corner. And don't worry about them hogging the kills: there are plenty of infected to go around. You have your three pals, and due to the Drop-In-Drop-Out Multiplayer nature of the game, there are fairly-competent AI bots standing by for when you don't have allied players. Your objective is to make your way from safe house to safe house through an area infested with these murderous creatures, and finally reach a pickup point from which to summon the cavalry to spirit you to safety.

Be ready to fight the horde.Ī Co-Op Multiplayer First-Person Shooter developed by Valve, proclaimed by its advertising as 'the Zombie Apocalypse you can play with your friends.' Left 4 Dead reduces the zombie genre to its absolute basics: You are one of a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits caught in the middle of the outbreak of a deadly virus that's turning people into bloodthirsty mutants.

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