Left 4 Dead or Killing Floor

[baddude1337]

If you do decide to get L4D, go for two, as pretty soon all of the maps that were available for L4D 1 will be available for it for free.

 

[hazabaza1]

I personally prefer Killing Floor. More people with co-op, more weapons, a levelling system, and it just feels more intense to me.
Plus, some of the best seasonal updates.

 

[Knusper]

Well I prefer the looks and voices of the characters in Killing Floor but L4D has far better graphics and also does competitive multiplayer and is generally more interesting (except for the Christmas update Killing Floor did, that was great).

Overall, even considering Killing Floor's cheaper price, I would get L4D2.

 

[General BrEeZy]

never heard of killing floor. love L4D. thats just me. good luck deciding

 

[RanD00M]

Not comparable games. They are way too different to be put into the same group and I generally dislike people who don't get this simple thing.

 

[Tsaba]

Killing Floor is a far superior in my opinion, the gunplay is very satisfying and the aesthetic design is perfect. L4D has an interesting versus mode though.

Ultimately, as mentioned before, get whichever one your friends all have, because they're both enjoyed best with other people. If you have roughly the same number of friends on each, then go for Killing Floor.

Agree fully with this. Killing floor imo is a much more satisfying game than L4D, to be able to level up a class adds a lot to the game.

EDIT:


hopefully the video can give you a good idea of what the game is like.
The biggest problem with some of the newer people who play is that they don't play their class.

 

[Skratt]

I've played both. Even in Single Player, L4D beats killing floor hands down.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Between the two, I enjoy Killing Floor the most (and have clocked the most hours in it), but L4D is still good.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I would go with Left 4 Dead myself as well,since I found it the most fun,especially if you have 3 friends to play together with.

 

[bob1052]

Neither is worth buying unless you have a group of friends buying it with you.

Get whichever one they have/agree upon.

 

[Deadman Walkin]

I really enjoyed killing floor over L4D. I found that I could enjoy Killing Floor alone or with friends, while L4D just isn't fun alone in my opinion.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Killing Floor's multiplayer is a horrible bug ridden mess. And it's single player is boring after more than a couple rounds. L4d2 has neither of these problems.

 

[Tsaba]

Which should I get?

Let me just add this, when was the last map pack for L4D? Did they add any new weapons? New monsters?

Killing Floor since it's release shortly after the original L4D has added:
1 new class
11 new weapons
1 new level for classes
1 new specimen
at least 5 maps, not including what the community puts out there
a new difficulty level
and I'm not going to count the skins they added to the game, there are so many.

Tripwire interactive is actively adding more content to the game for "free," the only thing you pay for if you want are the skins, that's it past the initial purchase.

I like both companies, I think they do great work, but, imo, tripwire is doing a lot more for killing floor than valve is for the L4D series.

EDIT:

Here's the event that they are doing this month which includes a free map and the reskin of the specimens.

Spoiler: they also did:

Christmas
and they did an event for portal 2's releasing a new map and the trader was glados

 

[NathLines]

I've played both(just a bunch of the campaigns in L4D though). I would recommend Killing Floor. It's so much more satisfying for me to kill zeds in KF. The gunplay is great, the music is awesome and I think the maps are really well made even if the graphics aren't up to par with L4D.

It really depends on if you prefer the idea of surviving wave after wave of zombies or getting from point A to point B. Mind you, L4D really isn't for me, the campaigns bore me to death. Bare in mind that if you don't mind the gunplay in L4D like I do, you should probably get that as it has more modes and stuff.

EDIT: I have no idea what bugs some people are talking about, I've clocked LOADS of hours into Killing Floor and the worst(and only) I've seen are disappearing corpses.

 

[freaper]

Like others have said, buy the game your friends have. But if it's equal on both fronts, get Killing Floor. I prefer it's gameplay over the L4D series.

 

[Devious Boomer]

L4D1/2 and Killing Floor are very different games, but for simplicity I'll draw it up to comparing features. 'Polish' will not be discussed as they both play well and are both aesthetically brilliant. However, since it's an opinion there will be bias:
-L4D has competitive multiplayer, whereas Killing Floor doesn't. It's very satisfying playing as the infected and introduces a whole new skillset as opposed to the shooty gameplay of the survivors. L4D supports fewer players in co-op, but there is 4v4 in versus. But then again I bought L4D for versus, not co-op. Both L4D2 and Killing Floor have mutations/mutators (new game modes with their own sets of rules).
-Gameplay in L4D is a lot more run-and-gun whereas Killing Floor requires you to position yourself tactically in approaching a horde or picking off the larger enemies in order not to have your innards gorged out by a chainsaw or a massive drill. There's also an emphasis on moving from A to B in L4D, whereas cooperatively Killing Floor requires you to set up...well, killing floors for the incoming horde. On single player however, you run more than you shoot in Killing Floor. It's not feasible to stop and shoot at everything you see right away.
L4D is more frantic in gunplay whereas Killing Floor requires some deliberation...that is until you get surrounded and all planning goes to hell.
-On the hardest difficulties (Expert Realism and Hell on Earth respectively) I would vouch for Killing Floor requiring more teamwork as the zombies are capable of sponging more damage. L4D requires more shooting skill, but Killing Floor places more emphasis on positioning yourself alongside your team. Sometimes you also have to known when to shoot and when to hold fire for the time being. There's also the aspect of managing your funds and sharing them with others. However, you do end up talking to your team more in L4D, especially if you're using Teamspeak or Ventrilo due to the high possibility of getting jumped by a player-immobilizing zombie like the Hunter or the Smoker from an unseen angle.
-Killing Floor has a wider selection and more importantly variety of guns. They also feel far meatier to shoot than L4D's toy guns. Both have melee weapons (and chainsaws!), but Killing Floor's manage to be far more satisfying as they pack more punch, giving you the feeling like you're actually ripping into flesh.
-L4D's stock and DLC maps capture their respective atmospheres very well, be it wandering through dark streets (for the first ten hours anyway, impressions wear thin with exposure), rushing up escalators in a mall or stuck in mud and rain during a thunderstorm. Killing Floor aims for a more stylistically deranged, hazardous and abandoned atmosphere. You can also see this in the character design and in the music. There are more official maps in their selection ranging from suburbs, a messed-up carnival to a misty forest to...there are too many to talk about in a single breath --> http://www.kf-wiki.com/wiki/List_of_official_maps
-Characters in L4D, despite all the hype don't really have all that much depth to them, much like the companion cube in Portal - but at least they stand out enough whereas the most you can do to stand out in Killing Floor is by choosing your avatar's appearance.
-Single player on L4D is pretty much the same as co-op online, but with the added aritificial stupidity of bots. The best experiences are found online with others and that's where you'll find your money's worth. Single player on Killing Floor has its own separate strategy and playstyle than in multiplayer and on those days when you don't feel like playing online, it can still be worth your money.

 

[Nonny]

The gun play and weapons in Killing Floor go far beyond L4D, which I always felt had quite bad shooting mechanics. That being said, L4D has Player vs Player that's very popular, Killing Floor has none of that. So if that's your thing, L4D. If you just want zombie team work survival with awsome shooting, get Killing Floor!

 

[BigTortoise]

It's a hard decision. L4D certainly has fewer campaigns than KF (though I shouldn't call the KF levels campaigns), I have been able to clock over 200 hours just playing the No Mercy campaign.

Then again I find the hardcore style and gameplay of Killing Floor just amazing. And there's plenty of fantastic maps.

Toss up for me

 

[Xealeon]

I've played both and I would say Killing Floor 1oo times over. In my opinion it has much better replayability, a much better selection of maps, much better mechanics and it accommodates every play style possible.