Nobody Reads This

In light of my awesome night of three reviews (banged out 3 in 3 hours last night, Sorry it took so long Ross) I think i’ll share some of my feedback on Left 4 Dead, don’t get me wrong I did love it but there are some things I’d like to see done:

Best. Zombie Game. Ever.

• Survivor ammo needs to be scarcer
  Tbh when you’ve got 4 guys with M16s defending the elevator who have unlimited ammo, it’s going to take something special to dislodge them. And even then, they’ll probably all survive just fine.

• Needs more weapons!
  2 sets of 3 weapons + pistols and grenades. That’s great the first 5-10 times you play but after that it feels repetitive. How about a melee weapon? More importantly … WHERES THE CHAINSAW?!

• Tank needs a charge
  As it stands, the tank can be kite-spanked by a group who knows anything. Needs a way to close the distance when it matters most.

• Smoker needs to pull better
  The smoker is the moderate damage dealer, but it’s most important tool is the ability to pull the survivors. The only problem is they get stuck on terrain, you still do damage but you gain less pull. I want to be able to drag a survivor up to the roof and when they break him free – Watch him fall to his death.

• Hunter needs a knockback
  Sure, the hunter can cover distances in a leap and is the primary damage dealer but I would like to see a little bit of knock back. At the moment when a Hunter lands on you you will just fall to the ground while he shreds you, 5-10 yard fall back could make the difference between being in the helicopter and falling to your death.

• Boomer needs moar damage!
  At the moment the boomer is barely useful, his puke ability has a huge cool down and doesn’t do direct damage. Neither does his explosion and his melee attack is pathetic (somewhere in the range of 10 damage). Tagging on a nice bit of damage over time onto his vomit and an AoE on the explosion would be enough. Not a lot … but something.

• Boomer puke cooldown needs reduction
  See above.

• More VS. campaigns
  Considering vs. mode is the primary seller i’m shocked that only half of the 4 levels are available to play. Desperately needs more.

Got any feedback? Lets share it!

Regards,
JamesR.

Got 3 reviews going live today/tomorrow, they haven’t been proofread so far as I can tell so apologies for the horrible typos that’ll be everywhere.