Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2?

Vonhelmet · 4 Jul 2010 at 13:56

Looking to pick up one of these for the 360... Both pretty cheap second hand, but just wondering whether it's:

a) Worth playing the first one for the sake of completeness or whether I should just jump into the second.
b) Worth spending the extra for second one - does it add enough to make it worth a bit more?
c) Whether many people play either any more.

Cheers guys.

blueshift · 4 Jul 2010 at 15:00

i just bought them both

K1LLSW1TCH · 5 Jul 2010 at 09:50

I really wouldn't bother with the Left 4 Dead series on a console, it's one of those games that's designed to be supported by the community and this is why the PC versions surpass the console counterparts. If you're totally set on buying it for console then just get Left 4 Dead 2. It doesn't really offer much more than the original but online I can only find it a few pounds dearer than Left 4 Dead and there'll inevitably be more people playing it than the original.

That said if you're looking for value for money and a good online experience you should buy the PC version, endless amounts of user created content and a massive OcUK userbase as well.

sc(+)pe · 5 Jul 2010 at 10:09

I'd got with L4D2 if I was only choosing one of them. It was number 11 on the Live activity list for last week according to Major Nelson.

KNiVES · 5 Jul 2010 at 11:47

K1LLSW1TCH said:
I really wouldn't bother with the Left 4 Dead series on a console, it's one of those games that's designed to be supported by the community and this is why the PC versions surpass the console counterparts. If you're totally set on buying it for console then just get Left 4 Dead 2. It doesn't really offer much more than the original but online I can only find it a few pounds dearer than Left 4 Dead and there'll inevitably be more people playing it than the original.

That said if you're looking for value for money and a good online experience you should buy the PC version, endless amounts of user created content and a massive OcUK userbase as well.

Not everyone has gaming PCs though. If you're saying don't buy console get PC versions instead, that's kind of a waste of time being in the consoles forum don't you think?