I am planning on buying one of them and I cannot decide. I am really into Zombie games but also I have a bad laptop when it comes to gaming so also which would be best for me. I plan to make my purchase from steam within the week.
Killing Floor is better... I wouldn't recommend L4D2 or L4D. Its like somebody tried to insert a storyline into a bad 90's game but just gave up half-way and said,"Screw it, players will go from point A to B and kill everything that moves. Best game ever right?"
To put it bluntly, Killing Floor is better with strangers. L4D is better with friends. I would recommend L4D over it though. Also, L4D2 over L4D. It's slightly better.
Left 4 Dead 2 is the superior game. It's not even a matter of opinion, it has the campaigns from the first and second game, the extra weapons and items, the extra special infected, and pretty similar play style. There is no contest. Though, I have to agree with the Kara on this one, Killing Floor is a whole lot more fun and has what I imagine is the nicest community ever.
What? Surely the bevy of racist, loudmouthed, arrogant, whining 11 year old squeaky jerk-wads on Call of Duty are the best community ever.
Edit- I apoligize for necroposting, I thought the rule was that we cant necropost unless it is meaningfull to the topic. Well I decided to get Left for dead a few weeks ago, I played campaign with my friends for a while, then when I played random matches... the shit storm struck. I play Versus mostly, when I played it the first time I told them that " Hey I just got the game, I am kinda a noob, please exuse me. " They let me play but they expected me to be a pro and talked shit about everyone every 5 secounds, as I kept playing into the week i got really good, I played as a tank and killed 3 survivors, the guy who owned the server banned me from the server accusing me of hacking the game, but in reality he was the noob. Also almost all the servers for survivor are hacked and 99% of players suck ass. I luckily found some good players, I said to them I had to go, do not bother healing me, then they all gave me pills and healed me, and I shot one in the foot and they kicked me from that server to. I also got L4D2 yesterday... http://josefvstalin.com/threads/l4d2.7809/