Oh man looks great, looks great...

A must-read (first couple paragraphs of the Survivor side preview of the Hospital map):

The hospital mission starts on the roof of an apartment building. We grabbed our guns (I took a pump shotgun), health packs and grenades and headed out. We opened the door and headed in. Right at the bottom of the stairs a zombie was waiting for us. Bam. I immediately noticed the amazing blood and gibs effects, and a smile came to my face.. oh was it beautiful. We continued on, killing many zombies in the apartment building, finally making it out. Everything was going great so far, a pretty normal experience..

.. and then we made it outside. A large open area awaited us right after the alleyway, and what happened next will remain imprinted in my brain forever. To our right were a couple dozen zombies, all walking around like zombies do, some up close and others far away, and then one turned and looked our way. And then another. The music started to build and get more intense. In what has to be the most amazing scene in gaming I've ever laid my eyes upon, this mass of rabid zombies all turned and dashed right towards us, with incredible fluidity. Not only that, but on our left was a chain-link fence that another dozen or so started to climb over, hell-bent on killing us. This mass of zombies climbed over cars, fences, and came around buildings and it was so amazingly realistic and blindingly fast that I was quite literally stunned. My instincts took over and my shotgun started shooting, mowing down zombie after zombie, but they were far more in number and speed than I would have ever prepared for. With only 8 shells in the shotgun, they ran out fast.. fortunately for me, my teammates were right there beside me and we successfully defended ourselves against the zombie horde.

I need to stop my story here to really emphasize exactly how the horde moves. The zombies in Left 4 Dead are amazingly fast. I can assure you that whatever you have imagined, and certainly what you've been accustomed to in games past, doesn't come close to what the reality of the situation is. If you've ever seen 28 Days Later and the way the zombies sprint and attack like it's their only reason for existence, which really is the case in L4D, you might have a better understanding. They don't just run straight at you, either - they're very good at dodging one way or the other right when you want to shoot. I was really shocked with how great they looked running around corners, over cars and fences, and through doors and windows. The view and the sound and the environment really come together brilliantly to create a feeling of real fear and awe.

 Anyways, back to the hospital mission.  ...(read the full preview here)

Glad to hear it~ It just seems like a lot of people weren't giving the game a fair shake and I would hate for folks to miss out on a gem. Hopefully as we draw closer to release they will ramp up the hype a bit....I'm really looking forward to playing as the zombies personally =P

The basic idea of the game is cool, but I keep seeing the same few things happen over and over again. I'm probably buying when I get a new computer anyway, but I hope there's some more variety.

Is this a PC game?

ok this game seems very cool but i wouldn't go as far to call it best zombie game ever. I am however very hyped for this title, (i mean the same guys who created cs source and zombies).

Hope it's not another Jericho...

 PC and 360.  But like The Orange Box, the best version will be on PC.  Left 4 Dead will ship with 4 campaigns, correct?  And while the procedural AI director will make the same maps fresh every time...after a few months fans will want more I'm sure...and the PC will be where that's at.  Not to mention the online system will be fastest and smoothest on PC, and it's the Source engine, so you could probably buy a PC for about the same price as a 360 and be able to run this game on good settings.

I would go so far as to say this will be the best zombie game ever. I've always wanted a Dawn of the Dead/28 Days Later zombie survival game...but every zombie game I've played has been some different variation of such an idea.

I want a game where I'm in a mall (or Airport for Left 4 Dead) and have to escape with a few other people against hordes of zombies...Dead Rising was fun but that's obviously not the same idea...RE games are based more on slow zombies and scaring you than all-out combat, so yeah.

Me and at least 7 friends will be buying this day 1, and we'll get 4 of us to be survivors, and 4 of us will be on the zombie side, terrorizing the survivors when we can. It's gonna be great fun. And it's NOT like Jericho.

Zombies!!!!!!!!!!

 Brrraaaaaaaaaiiiinnnnsssss