Thursday, November 19, 2009

Left 4 Dead 2 Scavenger Mode

Well the game is finally here and boycotters beware, this game is a blast. The game still suffers from persistent server lag and can now be avoided by someone with a great connection hosting a game and using local server selection. The survivor mode is nice but is more of the same live as long as you can style game play and the campaigns are excellently designed. The bridge finale is a complete sprint to the finish which is so fun it was only right there be an achievement for getting it done in 3 minutes or less.
The real point where Left 4 Dead 2 shines is the new game mode scavenger. Its 4 x 4 like versus, which is also more of the same, but is like a crazy chess match with all kind of new moves. The strategy of this mode is intense and very fast paced. The environments are great and there is no shortage of new ways to take down the survivors or to thwart the infecteds plans of your crushing failure. This mode offers so much new replay value that it is a worthy game onto itself. The best out of 3 rounds structure is also so much fun. It adds to the basic win lose structure of versus and makes for some very intense competition.
Rounds are set to get to 16 max cans of fuel and to stop the other team of survivors from getting as many cans as yours.
The new special infected are absolutely ass kicking goodness turned up to 11. The spitter is fantastic for scavenger mode as the acidic goo is fame inducing and very good for foiling the plans of the survivors.
All in all this new Left 4 Dead is worth a score of 4.70 out of 5. This one could have scored nearer to a perfect 5 but the server issues that still exist from the last game don't bode well. This time valve, if you need to add to this game, add content don't make useless game breaking changes. This may already be game of the year. Though fanboys of Modern Combat 2 and Assassins Creed 2 will have ssomething to say about that.

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