Top 10 PC Games of the Year 2008

M'eh. I disagree. I find Versus to be an entertaining time waster, but nothing really to write hope about especially in terms of strategy. 90% of the versus games I play online are just people stupidly rushing the survivors. True, you can get more out of it if you have all your friends or teams right there with you (or with mics) but you could easily say that about any game.

Plus, the fact that you can't affect which class you get put in means that 3/4s of the time you're likely not going to be playing as the one you want to be. That really irks me. You get forced to become good as all classes, sure - but, hey guess what, I still don't like playing as a smoker!

For me, true co-op is the best. 4 people, in the same room. It's where the game really shines.

I reckon your praising take on the game might be a bit skewed by the ease with which you can get together a 4-player LAN team in moments. Bear in mind that it's not as easy for most of us to get IRL teams together for PC gaming, and the game thus depreciates for us somewhat.

Originally Posted by Yemerich
L4D isn't a good game to play alone i must admit.
But it's versus mode is somewhere between superb and fantastic! It's pure strategy. Serious. It isn't caotic as TF2, so, u need more planning before acting.
As for the solo play, it's a good for passing time. Tis good if you need to wait like 40 mins for something like waiting your girlfriend dress up.

Yeah. We seem to have the same thoughts for games. ex. I've yet to find anything wrong with your thoughts on Fallout 3.

I guess times have changed, RPGs are now FPSs with APs, Zombies move like Lionel Messi without body decay being a factor, Apple invented the PC (Ted Landry MacNazi), COOP died & was reborn as if it never existed and causal gaming is innovation.

IMO difficult games used to be dime a dozen, now I find myself being challenged every 2-3 big titles if I'm lucky.

Originally Posted by boiled_elephant
I reckon your praising take on the game might be a bit skewed by the ease with which you can get together a 4-player LAN team in moments. Bear in mind that it's not as easy for most of us to get IRL teams together for PC gaming, and the game thus depreciates for us somewhat.

Maybe in the office that'd be true - but I wasn't actually in the office when we reviewed the game and thus missed all the office gaming. I've only actually played Left4Dead in the office once or twice, though that isn't true for the others. When we do play games at lunchtime (which, due to the number of daily reformats, isn't easy at the best of times) we actually prefer HL2 DM.

In fact, my ideal gaming experience is actually at home, with my girlfriend playing campaign with just two players.

I've barely been involved in the L4D LAN games as I haven't had time to play during office hours for a while. :(