Games

Left 4 Dead 2

Turtle Rock Studios, Valve

2009•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 29 hours

Taste attributes: actionhorrormonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and uncomplicated: a dark shooter, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

1,220 ratings

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About This Game

Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game, the sequel to Valve Corporation's Left 4 Dead. The Game builds upon cooperatively focused gameplay and Valve's proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in the original Left 4 Dead. Set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic, Left 4 Dead 2 focuses on four new Survivors, fighting against hordes of the Infected, who develop severe psychosis and exhibit zombie-like tendencies. The Survivors must fight their way through five campaigns, interspersed with safe houses that act as checkpoints, with the goal of escape at each campaign's finale.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Four survivors, Coach, Ellis, Nick, and Rochelle, find themselves abandoned on a hotel rooftop in Savannah, Georgia after rescue helicopters leave without them. In the aftermath of a pandemic known as the "Green Flu" that has turned the population into aggressive zombie-like creatures, the group must fight their way south toward New Orleans, rumored to be the last standing city in America. Their journey takes them through a shopping mall, an abandoned amusement park, swamplands, and eventually the streets of New Orleans itself, where the military is conducting a final evacuation. Along the...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionHorrorMonster/alien/supernaturalVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

ZombiesOnline co-opApocalypseSequelReal-time combatLinear gameplayFan serviceZombie protagonist

Where to play

Details

Developers: Turtle Rock Studios, Valve
Publishers: Valve, Electronic Arts
Released: 17 November 2009
Series: Left 4 Dead
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 13h rushed, 29h normally, 153h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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