It’s the little touches in L4D2 that create an oppressively bleak atmosphere and push the game beyond the realm of just a hyperactive zombie shooting gallery.
20 new songs to play in strict order, and add them to your library. Far more exciting is downloading new songs as they’re released on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony are collected, and are full of the same brilliant dialogue, memorable characters, and engaging story arcs.
A great solo campaign strings together spectacular set pieces at a breakneck pace, crafted with enough finesse to keep it from feeling like a shooting gallery.
Heavy metal comes to life: A violent, vaguely Norse landscape where battles are waged with axes and swords and the great evils are demons and false metal.
Shift conveying the sheer violence of being behind the wheel. Its thrilling, white-knuckle cockpit view is king, but the outside-the-car view is more precise.
A Beatles-tailored version of the tried-and-true Rock Band formula. I’s crafted with an affection and purity of vision that is impossible not to admire.