[Game] Left 4 Dead 2 Announced

[omarfw]

Wow, few more weapons and ammo and a few different zombies... why not put that in the current l4d for free? Jeez, this is just about making money.

nuff said. this has less new content then a halo map pack. the only way this is justified is if it uses a new engine.

everything they added could've been added to the current L4D. Even the new AI engine and characters. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING MONEY. That will only be verified if they charge 50 bucks for it on release.

 

[mamoo]

Oh...I always thought left 4 dead was the fourth installment, thats what i thought the number 4 was in there for. Shouldn't left 4 dead 2 be called left 5 dead?

 

[Pvt.pile]

I always thought left 4 dead was the fourth installment

No its called L4D because there are four survivors left.

 

[Wolfdust]

I'll be getting it myself. Though I greatly dislike the fact they announced it so early (had they waited a year or two they could have skipped this furor entirely), it looks awesome and there's bound to be a sale sometime (like the four-finger discount or whatever it was called).

It certainly has more weapons than L4D1 (several different assault rifles, a pair of shotguns, a variety of melee weapons, alternative ammo types for the guns) and some new mechanics : the "ammo pack" that refills your ammo - surely implemented because they plan to not sprinkle ammo piles around so liberally, the "adrenaline" that enables you to melee infinitely, meaning that melee-cooldown has been implemented to campaign mode. The new crescendo events, new infected, the "uncommon commons."

Strikes me as worth the price. *shrug*

 

[ButterBiscuit]

Number two shoulda been called Left 2 Die. lol

 

[Skunkee]

Totally not buying Left 4 Dead 2. The reasons have all already been stated in this topic.

What makes me rage the most is the empty promise of more content for L4D. Oooooh, we got a survival mode and one half-assed lighthouse map that was already part of another level.

Saying No to this one.

 

[Hirmuinen]

Though I greatly dislike the fact they announced it so early (had they waited a year or two they could have skipped this furor entirely)

Even if they had waited for 3 years to announce, it still woudn't change that this looks like an expansion pack at best. When I look at the gameplay trailers it looks so been there and done that already, everything essential in that game is in L4D. It even looks exactly like it.

 

[Wolfdust]

Even if they had waited for 3 years to announce, it still woudn't change that this looks like an expansion pack at best. When I look at the gameplay trailers it looks so been there and done that already, everything essential in that game is in L4D. It even looks exactly like it.

Well what would you have liked to see changed? What would have made it not look like an expansion pack?

The thing about a sequel is that it's a tightrope walk. Valve can't keep too much the same because then it looks like what you've said - but they can't change too much either, because then no one will want to play it because the fans of the original liked the original for it's gameplay and if the gameplay is too changed they simply won't like it.

 

[SheepDip]

they can't change too much either, because then no one will want to play it because the fans of the original liked the original for it's gameplay and if the gameplay is too changed they simply won't like it

Then don't make it a sequel, make it DLC or Expansion.

 

[Wolfdust]

Then don't make it a sequel, make it DLC or Expansion.

This is not a problem with L4D specifically. This is a problem any sequel faces. Deviate too little, people *****. Deviate too much, people *****. A sequel is always a balancing act between old and new to achieve the lowest amount of people *****ing.

 

[Nickq2007]

I was somewhat disappointed at first, however... After seeing more of "The Parish" and just a little bit of "Swamp Fever" I am really hyped for this game. It looks great...

I love how each campaign has a different instrument style to the music, each one has its own "uncommon" infected... The gameplay, while basically the same... Seems, oddly different at points, such as the rolling crescendo.

While I would have wished to see a bigger jump between L4D1 and L4D2... I believe there's going to be enough to justify it in the end, especially if they go through with the interoperability idea.

 

[SheepDip]

This is not a problem with L4D specifically. This is a problem any sequel faces. Deviate too little, people *****. Deviate too much, people *****. A sequel is always a balancing act between old and new to achieve the lowest amount of people *****ing.

I agree completely, it is a huge problem with lots of titles - but most people (myself included) expected Valve not to do this with L4D after they said that they were going to support the game with DLC for new maps, characters weapons, community tools etc etc.

 

[Ianmnfla13]

Valve has never doubted us before. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and buying the game.

 

[BlackLabel]

they dident ? what about l4d than ?

 

[{Core}Craig]

they dident ? what about l4d than ?

You owe me left for dead 2

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Also, i think i will get this, new stuff is cool.

Wasnt doom 1 and 2 the same engine? By your logic wouldnt all games with same engine be a waste of money?

All i hear are whiners moaning that they should get everything for free.

 

[Fedorov]

so the "Valve are scammers that break their promises" trend is over, and the new "is not that bad, I'm gona swallow it like I've always done before" trend is startig to appear

the more you give them, the more they'll screw you later

 

[fOgGy]

so the "Valve are scammers that break their promises" trend is over, and the new "is not that bad, I'm gona swallow it like I've always done before" trend is startig to appear

the more you give them, the more they'll screw you later

So Valve are like the new EA ?

 

[DraKon2k]

LOL @ any L4D owner who's going to buy this (full price)

 

[{Core}Craig]

LOL @ any L4D owner who's going to buy this (full price)

LOL @ people wanting a game for free. New game/update whatever .. games are hardly epensive considering the amount of hours we all get from them.

 

[SheepDip]

No one (sensible) here is saying that the additional content should be free. Most are quite happy to pay for it - but not full price.