freedomorfire

5 comments by freedomorfire on Apr 24th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Do I even need to say anything about this? I mean, yes its probably one of the better zombie games besides like.. Resident Evil or even Zombie Panic Source mod for HL2.

But really, all you do is move to one area, shoot, move to another, shoot, fight tank, member dies so revive him/her, shoot, move to next area, shoot. repeat.

Now granted, this is how most FPS games are layed out. You know, the ones without eginuity or idea or innovation. Run Shoot Repeat.

Like really, this game might as well be called "Random mouse clicking game" cause what do you do when a horde of zombies are coming at you? Sway the mouse back and forth and click like crazy. (Yes there are 2 types of grenades that ATTEMPT to mix it up, but essentially thats all you do)

Here's a very common situation:

You go into a house or a shed, you see ammo littered around and the game is telling you to hit a switch. Now, take a wild guess what happens when you pull that switch.

"Oh jeeze, um.. a horde zombies WONT come and try to eat our brains?"

WRONG!

The game is sooo freaking predictable, that its stupid. It's the equivalent of going "DON'T GO IN THERE!" at a stupid horror movie.

"Oh hey guise, theres a radio here and I dunno what to dooooo.. durrr maybe I should press it and hope that zombies WONT come this time? WHOOPS Here they come.. sorriess"

It's so repetitive. And theres only 4 maps (at the time I wrote this) to do this all in.

And dont tell me "oh.. but that teamwork really stands out and totally makes the game!" cause it doesn't. It just boils down to whoever has pills or medpacks and giving them to players who need them. 85% of the time, that's it. You might as well be playing with bots.

A good zombie game REQUIRES suspense. You need to feel like you are going to get eaten alive. You have limited ammo and you need to get to a rescue point. You stick together and hope for the best. You know.. like ANY zombie movie or MOST zombie games?

Now look at Mouse Waving Game. You run through maps, there is no suspense or frightening parts if you played through the map already, the game gives you full ammo at times. And worst of all. Zombies KICK you to death.. not eat. KICK you or CLAW at you.

So with only 4 Maps to play on, and the game is around $30-40. You are paying for $5-10 per map.

Imagine this. Imagine if Team Fortress 2 (not that I'm saying it's better) came with 4 maps. Would it get repetitve as hell? Yes. But does teamwork matter in that game? Yes. (Yes i know the SDK is coming or is out.. its the fact that they released the game with 4 levels)

So lets just review what you do is Left 4 Dead.

You pick up guns, move to an area, shower zombies with bullets by waving your mouse randomly. You see a "special" zombie. You kill it. Repeat for an hour or so.

Versus mode does not sell the game. Sure, being a zombie can be fun. But playing it is no different than campaign other than the usual "Oh hey, you are my friend and a zombie, I so pwned you haha you suxorz"

Also, the achievements... are useless. That is all.

I'd love to know how people love this game SO MUCH. It's not the second coming of Jesus, it's NOT the best multiplayer game ever nor is it the best team one. So what is it? What makes this game soooo addictive to play 4 maps over and over again for months on end? This formula has been done WAYYY better before and the only reason I picked this game up is to play with friends.

Please.

Tell me.

I MUST be missing something.