I recently downnloaded the demo of Left 4 Dead and it seems to me as though this could be my game of 2008. I have played through the first two levels of the game that the demo provides and these are the things I have noticed about the game.

The premise of the game is perfect and executed fairly successfully. You are one of a bunch of four survivours and your task is to survive against the hordes of undead. However, what differentiates this game from the rest is that the zombies are like 28 Days Later super zombies and will run at you instead of being the mindless, dumb zombies we have become accustomed to fighting with games such as Resident Evil. This makes the game much more action packed instead of a suspense ride although when a horde of zombies do attack it tends to make you jump.

Graphically, the game is pretty average. While it's not on par with Gears of War, the game seems to hold fairly well. However, when a horde does come to attack you, sometimes the game will suffer a slowdown but this rarely happens as the game is meant for loads of zombies on screen at once.

I think it's safe to say that this game is one of the best games I have played this year.