Easily one of the best cooperative first person shooter zombie games out there and an easy top favorite of mine. The gameplay is so simple and it is because of that simplicity that the game is able to do so much with the help of the L4D community. Many to this day are playing this game because talented artists/developers who are fans of the game have the opportunity to create mods for the game. Whether it is add-ons of new weapons, characters, skins, AI improvements, audio, HUD, and campaigns. The L4D community continues to keep this game alive. A game that Valve no longer focuses on.

I remember playing the first Left 4 Dead game with my brother on the Xbox 360 and I instantly loved the tone of it. That intro film is just spectacular in every way and truly highlights how the players will be playing this game. The characters are also fun with very good voice acting such as when they are getting attacked by a special infected. The music to identify that a special infected or a horde is nearby never gets old as well. And the simple yet fun linear maps of each campaigns just has so much detail and environmental storytelling that tells what happened to the world in just 2 weeks of infection. Very good stuff by Valve. I love how each campaign is depicted as a film with a movie poster at the start and ending credits at the end. And changing how the zombies spawn and equipment are scattered across the map is best for replayability.

It made me excited to get the sequel for the 360 and now I play it in the PC because it obviously offers more to the game. My favorite mode to play is campaign on Expert/Expert Realism. It always make each game intense at times when playing with other players and I am amazed there is an endless of custom campaigns to go by. I like the idea that it also helps developers who are learning about game dev to try things out with level designs and weapon modeling, rigging, animation, and so on. Just perfect.