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Games like Left 4 Dead 2 2009
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Left 4 Dead 2
Games closest to Left 4 Dead 2
Resident Evil 5 2009Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Battlefield 3 2011Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Left 4 Dead 2008Also classical in form, bleak and plot-driven
Mortal Kombat X 2015Also classical in form, resolved and bleak
Far Cry 3: Deluxe Edition 2013Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Crysis 2: Maximum Edition 2011Also contemporary, classical in form and unpretentious
Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013Also contemporary, classical in form and unpretentious
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 2010Also classical in form, plot-driven and contemporary
Invincible Vs. 2026Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition 2012Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Battlefield 4 2013Also contemporary, classical in form and unpretentious
Arizona Sunshine 2016Also contemporary, unpretentious and classical in form
The same feel, in other forms
Books
An Artificial Night 2010Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Vicious Circle 2007Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Cold Days 2012Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Films
The Running Man 2025Also contemporary, classical in form and plot-driven
Alien Resurrection 1997Also classical in form, unpretentious and plot-driven
Death Note 2017Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Series
The Judge from Hell 2024Also contemporary, unpretentious and classical in form
Banshee 2013Also contemporary, classical in form and unpretentious
Fire Force 2019Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
Albums
- It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot 1998Also classical in form, contemporary and resolved
- Don’t Try This at Home 2023Also classical in form, contemporary and resolved
- Creatures 2010Also classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious
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