Left Fur Dead

As I’ve said before, I’m rather tired of first person shooters. The X-Box 360 was specifically designed for this sort of game, so it comes as no surprise that the market is flooded with guns and violence. Needless to say, unless a game has something truly unique about it, it doesn’t catch my attention.

That being said, I do rather enjoy a handful of unique titles. Left 4 Dead, for example, is a personal favorite of mine. The gameplay is designed to encourage cooperative play, something that many games lack.

The unique enemy design, mixed with the atmosphere for gloom gives you the feeling that death is waiting just around the corner, and, usually, it is. If one of the players gets caught by a Hunter’s pounce or lassoed by a Smoker’s tongue, it’s up to their teammates to come to the rescue. If you help your teammates, they’re likely to return the favor. The only way anyone is going to make it out alive is if you all work together.

Here we see Wolf and his friends dressed up as the cast from Left 4 Dead 2. If you’re familiar with the game, I’m sure you’ll recognize all sorts of game play elements. You may even recognize what stage they’re playing through!

Brandon and Sasha Wolf, Elwood Grant, and Joe Boreas © Brandon Kosinski
Nick, Rochelle, Ellis, and Coach © Valve
Image © Kris L. (Greykitty)