Left 4 Dead, a game developed by Valve, makers of Half-Life. You play as one of four survivors, Bill, the old guy nobody likes, Francis, the biker guy who hates everything but vests, Louis, the regular black guy, and Zoey, the college student. All have just faced the zombie apocalypse, and must work together to survive. It's alot like the movie I Am Legend. Only lamer and not nearly as scary.
In L4D, teamwork is a MUST. There are ordinary, common zombies, which are everywhere, are easy to kill. However, the special infected are not so. Three out of the five zombies require at least one (or all, in the case of the Tank) survivor to kill it, not including the survivor being attacked by it.
The special infected seen the most is the Hunter, Boomer, and Smoker. The Hunter is a sweatshirt wearing zombie, who pounces his victims. If you get pounced by him, you're dead unless someone can knock him off or kills him. The Smoker is a zombie with a really long tongue. It, uh... wraps it's tongue around you and drags you, and if you're on a building, and no one saves you in time, you'll fall off and die. If you don't fall off on any buildings, it'll just strangle you to death. The most annoying zombie is the Boomer, the fat lard. This zombie barfs bile on you. If you manage to kill it before that, you still have the risk of the explosion it creates throwing gunk on you. In either case, you'll be blinded momentarily, while being attacked by a hundred zombies that for some reason are attracted to that stuff.
The worst, and not often seen special infected, the Tank and Witch, are terrible. The Tank is very hard to kill, with it's huge, bulging muscles and tiny legs. The best way to kill it is to have all four survivors shooting at it at once. If they can do that without dying, it usually dies very quickly, even on Expert level. The Witch is simply a sad, crying girl on the floor... in her under garments... Getting too close to her makes he angry. The best way to deal with a witch is to avoid her altogether if possible, but if not, I suggest that the person with the lowest health should walk up to her and try to head-shot her. If the person fails, they instantly die from the witch. Then she'll run around screaming her head off until she's either killed or just disappears.
The main goal of the survivors is to, well, survive, as they make their way to each of the four safe-houses, which eventually lead to the Rescue. The Rescue involves sitting around for, say, two or three minutes, (the radio you call for help says they'll be there in ten, so...) whilst you shoot fifty zombies every wave, with one or two breaks in between so you may fight a Tank.
Left 4 Dead is a bit different from other games for two reasons. The first reason is the fact that it's not a single campaign, it's divided into four separate mini campaigns. They're divided into five parts, the four Safe-Houses, and the Finale (Rescue). The reason for the Safe-Houses is because they're what you start at if your entire team dies (even if only one person is still alive, they can continue, until they rescue teammates from the closets they respawn in).
The other factor is the A.I. Director. The Director is what tells the game where the zombies will spawn, as they never appear in the same place each time you play. You can go from one Safe-House to another, and not see any Tanks, but if you played that same level again, you might find one or two. This was added so that each time a level was played, it would be different the next time you played that level.
Left 4 Dead also has two other game types. The first one, that came when the game was released, is Versus Mode. In this there are two teams, Survivors, and Infected. The Infected you play as are the Hunter, Boomer, Smoker, and, sometimes, the Tank. You'll either start as the people or zombies, and once at least one Survivor gets to the Safe-House, or the Infected kill them all, you start as the other team the next round. Once two rounds are over on the same part (or map), it moves on to the next one.
The other game type is Surviver Mode (added April 2009, as an update). In this, you're goal is to survive, duh. You start in any map you choose, and after getting ready and alerting the Hoard (name for the massive groups of zombies), wave after wave of zombies come to attack you, without stopping, though the number decreases when a Tank appears (which are easier to kill than in campaign). You don't move along the campaign in this mode, you only stay in one spot.
I'd add some more, but I think that's really enough.
In L4D, teamwork is a MUST. There are ordinary, common zombies, which are everywhere, are easy to kill. However, the special infected are not so. Three out of the five zombies require at least one (or all, in the case of the Tank) survivor to kill it, not including the survivor being attacked by it.
The special infected seen the most is the Hunter, Boomer, and Smoker. The Hunter is a sweatshirt wearing zombie, who pounces his victims. If you get pounced by him, you're dead unless someone can knock him off or kills him. The Smoker is a zombie with a really long tongue. It, uh... wraps it's tongue around you and drags you, and if you're on a building, and no one saves you in time, you'll fall off and die. If you don't fall off on any buildings, it'll just strangle you to death. The most annoying zombie is the Boomer, the fat lard. This zombie barfs bile on you. If you manage to kill it before that, you still have the risk of the explosion it creates throwing gunk on you. In either case, you'll be blinded momentarily, while being attacked by a hundred zombies that for some reason are attracted to that stuff.
The worst, and not often seen special infected, the Tank and Witch, are terrible. The Tank is very hard to kill, with it's huge, bulging muscles and tiny legs. The best way to kill it is to have all four survivors shooting at it at once. If they can do that without dying, it usually dies very quickly, even on Expert level. The Witch is simply a sad, crying girl on the floor... in her under garments... Getting too close to her makes he angry. The best way to deal with a witch is to avoid her altogether if possible, but if not, I suggest that the person with the lowest health should walk up to her and try to head-shot her. If the person fails, they instantly die from the witch. Then she'll run around screaming her head off until she's either killed or just disappears.
The main goal of the survivors is to, well, survive, as they make their way to each of the four safe-houses, which eventually lead to the Rescue. The Rescue involves sitting around for, say, two or three minutes, (the radio you call for help says they'll be there in ten, so...) whilst you shoot fifty zombies every wave, with one or two breaks in between so you may fight a Tank.
Left 4 Dead is a bit different from other games for two reasons. The first reason is the fact that it's not a single campaign, it's divided into four separate mini campaigns. They're divided into five parts, the four Safe-Houses, and the Finale (Rescue). The reason for the Safe-Houses is because they're what you start at if your entire team dies (even if only one person is still alive, they can continue, until they rescue teammates from the closets they respawn in).
The other factor is the A.I. Director. The Director is what tells the game where the zombies will spawn, as they never appear in the same place each time you play. You can go from one Safe-House to another, and not see any Tanks, but if you played that same level again, you might find one or two. This was added so that each time a level was played, it would be different the next time you played that level.
Left 4 Dead also has two other game types. The first one, that came when the game was released, is Versus Mode. In this there are two teams, Survivors, and Infected. The Infected you play as are the Hunter, Boomer, Smoker, and, sometimes, the Tank. You'll either start as the people or zombies, and once at least one Survivor gets to the Safe-House, or the Infected kill them all, you start as the other team the next round. Once two rounds are over on the same part (or map), it moves on to the next one.
The other game type is Surviver Mode (added April 2009, as an update). In this, you're goal is to survive, duh. You start in any map you choose, and after getting ready and alerting the Hoard (name for the massive groups of zombies), wave after wave of zombies come to attack you, without stopping, though the number decreases when a Tank appears (which are easier to kill than in campaign). You don't move along the campaign in this mode, you only stay in one spot.
I'd add some more, but I think that's really enough.
Left 4 Dead!
by Mawnzter May 10, 2009
Pretty much a fucking beta test that Valve made everyone do so they could get left for dead 2 right. I payed $50 to be a fucking guinea pig. The down loadable content the promised is going to be on the second game. So what should have been free is now gonna cost prob another 50 bucks. Left 4 dead is now filled with annoying people who do not give a fuck about the game anymore so they just team kill you and your team and then kill themselves. Also has a lot of people that join games and then leave randomly. Cool game when it started, but now it is fucking shit.
Annoying prick: I think I am going to go play left 4 dead and kill my own team and piss everyone off.
by Peopleplz June 9, 2009
A game were you and your friends play as survivor trying to get out of a zombie apocalypse alive. There are four characters, Bill, Zoe, Francis (the best) and of course Louis the black guy that always dies. There is also a Versus mode which is basically the same thing except your trying to beat the other teams score and the teams take turns playing as zombies and humies.
Bill: Francis shut the fuck up!
Francis: i hate hospitals, doctors, boat lawyers, the army, the woods, log cabins, sewers, boomers, smokers, zombies, your mom...
Gamer: Left 4 dead sucks on xbox.
Francis: i hate hospitals, doctors, boat lawyers, the army, the woods, log cabins, sewers, boomers, smokers, zombies, your mom...
Gamer: Left 4 dead sucks on xbox.
by Mr. sandman bob additon March 7, 2009
Left 4 Dead Syndrome (or Left 4 Deads / L4DS) is a common occurrence caused by extensive amounts of Valve's video game L4D (or it's sequel L4D2). It causes the victim to be constantly paranoid, often hearing noises such as various special infected or the Tank! music whilst outside of the game. Extreme cases may also cause the victim to down entire bottles of pain medication or yell out their actions such as "RELOADING!"
"Bob was relieved to discover the smoker he thought he had heard was just a normal man coughing, and that he was simply experiencing Left 4 Dead Syndrome"
"Dude, I think I have Left 4 Deads, I could have sworn I heard a tank back there."
"Dude, I think I have Left 4 Deads, I could have sworn I heard a tank back there."
by MOON-E December 31, 2010
Rage built up by playing Left 4 Dead 1 or 2, usually occurs from the game not loading on the first, second or tenth time. Sudden connection loss during a really good and close game of Left 4 Dead versus. Or when after waiting a while to finally get a versus game going one of the sides quits when it doesn't win the first level in a crushing victory. And finally horrible connection lag when playing a good game, often leading to poor aim, not being able to help a teammate quickly, or, if playing as infected, accidently spawning in front of the humans with enough time for them to kill you before you can do anything.
It's that Left 4 Dead Rage, it'll get to you.
by Gundam Hater April 2, 2011
valves sequel to last years game, left 4 dead. it features new weapons, campaign, characters, and melee combat, such as frying pans (lol) chainsaws, axes, etc. it is supposed to be a much bigger and better game than the first. if this holds true, ill have an orgasm every time i touch the disk
hey did you piss your pants?
no i had an extreme orgasm and jizzed in my pants. its left 4 dead 2s fault
no i had an extreme orgasm and jizzed in my pants. its left 4 dead 2s fault
by Z3r0s3volution June 3, 2009
Often caused by playing excessive amounts of Left 4 Dead games or any other zombie games. It is where you get to the point where you imagine what every place you go to would look like, if it were a zombie apocalypse.
Affected: Dude, imagine fighting off a zombie apocalypse in this mall! Aww man, you could even use that display car to escape.
Normal person: Wow, dude you've been playing way to much left 4 dead
Affected: Yeh, I think I've got left 4 dead syndrome
Normal person: Wow, dude you've been playing way to much left 4 dead
Affected: Yeh, I think I've got left 4 dead syndrome
by Apocalypso January 27, 2010