There are eight unique monsters - known in the game's parlance as "special infected" - and their design is truly gruesome even by modern graphical standards. And while the zombie milieu may not exactly be fresh these days, the monsters themselves are still characteristically distinct.
You play survivors trying to simply survive in the wake of an undead apocalypse. The fundamental narrative is pretty rote. Left 4 Dead 2 leans hard into zombie aesthetics that have since come to dominate the entertainment landscape. That's thanks in large part to the thoughtful creature design at work here. Numerous imitators have tried to expand on that blueprint, but none have managed to succeed quite as well. And while the engine and the graphics may be showing their age at this point, the formula is still fresh and new.
Left 4 Dead 2 is a sequel to one of the most defining cooperative shooters in history, and it manages to build generously on that formula and polish up some weak areas without ruining the magic balance that made the original work.
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