Left 4 Dead1 VS Left 4 Dead 2

Since the announcement of L4D2 being released and priced as a full game there has been a bit of commotion surrounding the game.

People calling themselves ''boycotters'' (also known as retards), tried to convince valve to make it an update for the existing L4D, or a DLC. But they failed and Valve released it on the 17th of November, exactly 1 year after the first one.

In this article I'll be comparing them to determine which one is better.

Weapons

Okay 2 takes this, it has a way bigger weapon arsenal compared to 1.

L4D1 features

• pistol
• Submachine gun
• Pump action shotgun
• Assault rifle
• Automatic shotgun
• Hunting rifle
• Molotov cocktail (sets fire to stuff)
• Pipe bomb (attracts common infected and then explodes)

L4D2 Features all those weapons and adds:

• Magnum, more powerful pistol with smaller clip
• Chrome shotgun (same as other but faster and less spread)
• Silenced SMG (faster but less accurate)
• Automatic combat shotgun (less spread)
• Sniper rifle (more accurate during movement and larger magazine)
• Combat rifle (Assault rifle with larger clip and 3 round burst)
• AK-47 (less firing speed but more powerful
• Grenade launcher, shooting an explosive round at your enemies (perfect with Bile bomb)
• Bile bomb, Boomer puke, throw to lure common infecte

Also, melee weapons

• Axe
• Baseball bat
• Chainsaw
• Cricket bat
• Crowbar
• Electric Guitar
• Frying pan
• Katana
• Machete
• Nightstick

And weapon upgrades

• Laser sights
• Incendiary rounds, lights target on fire, obviously
• Explosive rounds, explode on impact

Community

Again L4D2 kicks L4D1's ass on this one, especially with everyone on L4D1 whining about L4D2 being overpriced and not being DLC.

L4D2 has more relaxed and friendly people who don't replace letters with numbers or leave when you accidently die.

Also when playing online you'll probably end up playing with people who played L4D1, therefore you are not forced to play with people who are unfamiliar with the game mechanics and strategies.

So in L4D2 you can actually rely on your teammates to protect you while healing or reloading.

Gameplay

There isn't much to say about the gameplay, it's practically the same, although with the new weapons and health booster there has gotten a bit more strategy involved. Who's carrying the defibrillator? Who has the bile bombs? Who takes the grenade launcher? Etc. etc.

The AI director is also a lot better, and works like it was supposed to in the first game.

Also the campaigns now take an average of 50 minutes to complete on easy, which is considerably longer than in L4D2.

Price

L4D1 was cheaper on release in comparison to L4D2, 20$ cheaper. That's another reason why people were whining about L4D2, the higher price for a game that could be a DLC for the original L4D but became a full game.

Conclusion

L4D1 Felt like a blueprint for L4D2, L4D2 feels more complete and a bit more challenging with the longer campaigns and all.

The community in L4D1 is a bit annoying but makes up for it by being cheaper. The best thing to do is to get them both, practise in L4D1 and then get serious in L4D2.

Alternatively, practise in the single player in L4D2 and then get online. In the end L4D2 is better, not only because the new maps, epic achievements or weapons, it's because when you pre ordered it(which I did) you got Bill's spiffy hat in Team Fortress 2.

BUT I liked the characters from L4D1 better, they were more likeable and no one was complaining when they got stuck playing a character they didn't want(Rochelle in L4D2).

Here's the bottom line

They're both good, but the second one is better.

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• left 4 dead 1 game review and ordering

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