Tasty Tasty Brains……

Thanks to George Romero all those years ago the zombie sub-genre is something almost everyone has experienced at one point or another. Valve knew this and, after having watched user-made zombie mods for CounterStrike for years, decided to jump into the action beyond the simplistic work of the headcrab zombies in Half-Life. Thus Left 4 Dead was born and though it was released a little over eight months ago it stunned the world when Valve announced a sequel at this year’s E3.

If there was one thing Valve fans were anticipating at E3 just two months ago it was the reveal of Half-Life 2 Episode Three. The previous episode was released two years ago in 2007′s Orange Box. So, imagine the community’s surprise when, during the Microsoft press conference, a trailer was shown for Left 4 Dead 2. Now, sequels born twelve to eighteen months after the first game are not uncommon in video games but to have this product coming from Valve is an astonishing feat. Valve, as the world knows, isn’t exactly well known at getting a product done by a certain due date. Hell, Left 4 Dead was announced in 2006 for a release in late 2007 or early 2008. Valve however was ambitious and unrelenting in their push for Left 4 Dead 2 during E3 announcing a fixed release date exactly a year to the day of the release of the first game.

Can Valve bring a sequel-worthy experience to gamers so soon after the release of their latest masterpiece?

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