In addition to the original game's cast of Hunter, Boomer, Smoker, Witch and Tank, there's now the Spitter, the Jockey and the Charger. There are a range of new zombies to give the fans something slightly different and a reason to repurchase. They'll just spot that you are in the room killing one of their friends and charge. If you don't hack them down effectively - i.e., you only shoot one of their legs off rather than both - then they'll still come until you've taken them out - a shot to the head normally does the trick. They won't work out how to out flank you or how to corner you either. In fact you'll probably end up just getting bored like we did. We are talking hundreds, not just tens, here. As you can imagine a game based around teamwork is great fun with you having to pick off the zombies as they hurtle towards you as you talk about the usual random things in your life.īut while that's its strength on the multiplayer side, the single player mode will give you very little in terms of entertainment. If you're not packing plenty of heat you'd better hope that you can find an axe, cricket bat or something to do some damage. The zombies are dumb (they are the undead after all) and they just keep on coming, with some levels (and gameplay modes) simply being about shooting. Go too far away from the pack and you'll be picked off sooner than you can say 'Oh my god when will the zombie horde stop'. There's Rochelle, a news reporter for a TV station, Coach, a high-school football coach who bears something of a resemblance to Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Ellis, a white-trash mechanic, and Nick, a professional gambler and con-man who mistrusts the other survivors totally. Those backs are played by a whole new set of 'Survivors' who you can play as. Game options include things like Horde, Co-Op, Survivor, and Real, however the favourite has to be Co-Op where you work your way through the levels covering each others' back, killing as you go. Left 4 Dead 2's key strength, like the first, is clearly in the multiplayer element with a four player co-op mode both available on and offline to let you bludgeon your way through an almost endless supply of zombies. The multiplayer offerings see you play a series of different types of games to suit your mood. But is Left 4 Dead 2 just more of the same, or has it changed for the second outing? We grabbed a shotgun to find out. (Pocket-lint) - The zombies are back, and you are tasked once again with eradicating the undead from the face of the earth as you try to escape to safety.

Left 4 dead 2 review