RP#8: Goodby DotA..Hello Left 4 Dead

At last a game that could make the very popular DotA vanish

Let us all give a warm welcome to Left 4 Dead

But let me discuss DotA first

I played DotA (Defense of the Ancients) for about 2 – 3 years time already
And during my high school days it was the vice of most of us
Spending at least 6 hours a week in the computer shop
Playing and competing with my classmates and friends
Can't get any better than that
Plus the player limit is up to 10
Whether it's a 5vs5, 3vs3 or 1vs1
With a lot of heroes to choose from
Then tons of items to equip your hero
This is the ultimate strategy RPG game

But I am seeing the downfall of DotA right now

Let me give you a brief introduction of Left 4 Dead

I still don't know a lot about this game
But I'll describe it base on what I have experienced

Well basically it is very similar to Counter-Strike
A first person shooter kind of game

But here you'll be against the zombies
And you're 4 in the group trying to find your way to survive
The large number of zombies that you'll encounter
And make it to the end to be rescued

It is very fast-paced
Swarm of zombies might appear on your screen
You'll get shocked most of the time
Plus there are numerous bosses in the game
And some of them doesn't appear only once in a stage
Like the Boomer, Smoker and Hunter
You would encounter them several times
But the Witch and the Tank
Will only be encountered once in the stage

Teamwork is the key to victory

It is advisable to play with 3 of your friends
To fill in all the characters in the game
And not let AI to take control of one of the characters
Because it's harder to communicate with them

Though it's not impossible
Through radio chat which is built-in the game
You can communicate with both human and AI team mates

Okay then let me proceed to my first L4D experience

This happened Monday night at around 9:00PM

When Peping and I decided to try it at the new computer shop
Located at the lobby of the Burg
But then as we are both getting ready
Rovin came back and we asked him to join us

Then the three of us went down to the computer shop
And then asked the administrator for 3 pc's
Then we started the game

We cannot even create our own game at first
But Rovin asked the admin to teach us how to do it
And it is very simple
In the console command you need to type map
Then the others will connect to the server
Pretty much like any other LAN game

To my surprise I have already played this game once
When we made our MP last term at Lorenzo's house
He already got this game and I was able to play it

Well at first we're all doing fine
Just killing the zombies around
And discovering the game
But as time pass by
We are still in the same stage and still not accomplishing our mission
Then I saw that we need to get in a hospital to be rescued
Then after a while I also located the hospital
Problem is, we can't get to the hospital
So we decided to play in another map

Here we discovered that once we located a new safe house
We should just close the door when all of us is in it
Then the stage would be over

It is that simple

Simple yet challenging at some point
And the best thing is it is easy to learn
Unlike DotA it will take some time to master a hero
And there are about 90 heroes as of now

In just a matter of time

This game would become the new DotA in terms of popularity

And after we played

The three of us were all elated
And still want to play
But Kuya Iking needs some help
So we all went out to help him

The computer shop is pretty cool
There's a restaurant in there
A perfect place to hang out with friends