left 4 dead hands on

Left 4 dead is almost out, and for the few readers that are not already experts on all things Valve.( I know there must be a couple of you out there.) To those of you who are not familiar with it; is the new project that will reward you for killing everything that goes bump in the night. The game is an online shooter like previous titles Valve has produced such as team fortress two and day of defeat. Though that's about where the similarities part ways. Left 4 dead is implementing some new features that I hope will become the new standard we will begin to see in new upcoming shooter titles.

The one that pops into mind first is that the game tracks how well you are doing and scales up or down. This I see is a huge bonus. Another really big bonus I saw while playing is when you get separated you will see a blue outline of the rest of your group, so they are always easy to find. Trust me this is a game that will punish you hard you want to be that lone maverick that saves the day. More times then not you will just piss off every zombie in the zone and bring them all home to roost and rape you and your friends.

Now one thing I'm not to fond of and this is because if you are like me you may be used to doing the "spy check" as the pyro; or you could be used to the blind fire in D.O.D. In Left 4 Dead this is a huge problem. The game will always have friendly fire on so you will have to become a very good twitch precision shooter. So with that said my hope is since friendly fire will always be on gamers will see this more a challenge worth conquering then as a leper that must be shunned.

One thing that should be noted is that Zombies is this game really want you dead. I know that statement may seem redundant but it's true. I have little doubt that you haven't heard about in the new resident evil about and how the zombies will look roud and climb to get you. OK good now that you have smart zombies on the brain add the speed and desire to kill of the zombies of 28 days/weeks later. Now multiply by their weight in crack. Once you have done this very simple math problem you'll start to get the idea of what you are up against. Let's just hope you end up with a good group. To fight this undead Horde.

Some more good news is the system requirements. It has been said that if you an run Orange Box you can play Left 4 Dead.