@lwhatee, Yeah, because it's been getting 9s and 9.5s so far, it'll get 8s from most websites? :-/
I have a feeling you're just a PS3 troll so whatever. You do realize Valve is primarily a PC developer right? Why are you even bringing this fanboy nonsense here? That's one reason I really wish Valve didn't even bring this game to 360, because people start bashing the game for no reason other than they're fanboys. You don't get that on PC.
Here's a Team Xbox review, 9.1: http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1622/Left-4-Dead/p1/
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Bet with disolitude: Left4Dead will have a higher Metacritic rating than Project Origin, 3 months after the second game's release. (hasn't been 3 months but it looks like I won :-p )