left 4 dead

a zombie 360 exclusive, again. *sigh*

^this is why The PlayStation 3 will be one of the worst game consoles ever made.

I'll likely buy it, contingent on the first month of reviews. From the previews, it looks like run & gun toughness. Hoping OXM has a demo, when it's released.

Not a 360 exclusive. It's Valve.. buy on PC if at all possible... if you want frequent updates and new free content, a la Team Fortress 2.

Yep, I'll be playing this on steam.

i am still bitter at steam for the half-life episode 2 bug.

but i will buy this for 360 obv

Hey - if you pre-purchase it on steam you can play the demo right now. If you don't pre-order, I think the demo is out for everybody sometime next week?

I didn't know the game was shipping with a single player mode too. A nice addition.

Anyhow, I'm downloading the demo now & will hopefully be playing tonight and/or over the weekend. When the game actually comes out, hopefully we can get some ILX games together, as you only need four players per team. Recommended specs aren't too high.

it begins! de_dust in Left 4 Dead demo...

I'll try to give this a shot when the demo goes public next week.

Trailer is OTTERSOME

just watched the demo, sorry i can't get excited about what i've seen looks just like any old fps blaster which i have vast amounts dripping from my steam list.

graphics look like circa '99

Huh? Did you play it? Graphics look really nice & it runs really smooth.

It's fun, but I was surprised that at least in these two demo levels, there are a lot of zombies just standing around - which makes it a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. On the other hand, when you're attacked by a wave of runners, it's pretty fucking intense.

the video posted a few posts ago makes the game look pretty generic. i might hold off on getting this until people have a chance to play the full game for a little while.

http://jl13.com/images2/left4dead01.jpg

http://jl13.com/images2/left4dead02.jpg

http://jl13.com/images2/left4dead03.jpg

http://jl13.com/images2/left4dead04.jpg

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/l4dearly/default.aspx

just put in five random digits in the transaction id field and after 24/48hrs you might get a code; mixed reports across the forums and only a few days until it's released for real anyway

I played this for a bit last night. Pretty fun! Valve is really one of the best at video game characters. They don't always have the best graphics, but they get the nuances better than most other games. I would suggest that people who enjoy FPS's should at least try it out for awhile.

anyone want a code for the 360 demo? e-mail me d.w.howie at gmail.com

all gone

this game is weird; it looks both MOR and amazing at the same time

some of the stuff to do w.'the director' sounds really interesting but then it is just shooting zombies over and over; the teamwork I guess will be what raises it above the MOR

http://www.viddyou.com/viddstream?videoid=45534

http://www.viddyou.com/viddstream?videoid=45570

this game looks amazing; think this could be the real gem in amongst this winter release madness

MOR?

the dmeo was funnnnnn! anyone else hoping to play it on pc? we should have some ILXOR steam games when it comes out :)

i even know a ventrilo server whose info i am allowed ot give out (assuming folks don't pay it forward, since my buddy is paying for it out of his own pocket)

Will be up for some steam games. My biggest concern with the L4D is finding good teams to play with - as it'll get frustrating quick if you keep getting stuck with, say, random team killing griefing douchebags. My second worry is that playing through the same maps, where the path to success is always the same, won't have as much replayablity as one would like in a multiplayer game.

I am pretty sure I know six other people who will have this game. I'll hook you up with their contacts on Steam so you have fun people to play with.

This should answer some of your questions, Jeff. It appears that the game is good at not giving you the same experience twice.

sorry, nhex, mor: middle of the road

demo is up; anyone for some co-op?

don't shoot the witch!!!!

Downloading the demo now. Hit me up on Steam, I have the same username.

apparently this is awesome online. I've kind of given up on using my comp for gaming though - it was top of the range in early 2004, so now quite shit - so will probably be Xbox for me (and thus less online community folk I know to play with).

Very cool - I love the way communication and co-op play is encouraged, the general atmosphere, the (admittedly necessary to keep things from getting boring) Director AI tweaking things here and there.

BTW steam people, there is an "I Love Games" group up on there!

Argh I can't decide whether I want this on steam or on 360. Lots of folks I'd like to play with on each, and I don't want to buy it twice...

well, it's cheaper on steam, and will get more frequent updates to fix exploits and the like (probably including free new maps and stuff first), plus mods and user maps.

I would go steam if I had the option, for all of jeff's reasons above; tho I think the friendslist wd be the ultimate deciding factor for me

plus better controls for this kind of game on a pc, though there is pad support for the freaks.

L4D given 9.5 rating in new issue of OXM. Same score as Gears of War 2.

True, true, steam is tempting. Well, I'll give the demo a spin tonight and see how it fares on my increasingly rusty DX9 machine.

this game is the new gauntlet

btw, "unable to find Nhex, hit 'back' if you want to try and search again"

I get that glitch sometimes too when trying to add people. nhex is on my friend's list Jim, so you should be able to add from there if you click through. I hope your pc is up to the task!

Ah, I used a capital N in Nhex, and it didn't like it. Silly steam.

okay this is great fun - dig how arcadey it all feels. first go i seemed to end up with people who already knew the maps far too well, which really impairs the feel of it - like, moving slowly and exploring is completely absent in that situation. second go i had a good balance. third i had a bunch of people who couldn't work out that the verbal clue at the beginning about 'hey, maybe we should take the subway' meant that when we saw the subway entrance we ought to go down it, and hung around on the street for ages. ideally there would be a balance between knowing it inside out and knowing nothing : /

i was confused at how people had already started complaining that the graphics weren't up to snuff and i had to ask a friend to explain and realised i had no idea what up-to-date videogame graphics even look like anymore. this made me a little sad.

Valve never has fancy graphics. That just isn't what they do.

this game is the new gauntlet

OTM

Ok so this game is better than the first on like a million levels. Most notably due to the melée weapons, which I am using the fuck out of.

haha iphone spell correct makes me say melee like a smart dude

also harder imo. the mall level is just ridiculous...i played online with a few friends last night and we died at least five times before giving up and doing 'hard rain'.

the dash through the gates in the middle - not even the end! - of dark carnival is my current bete noire. i think for a few of them it's just a question of finding the right strategy.

yeah that part is crazy. speaking of which, seeing another player spinning in circles with the chainsaw is hilarious.

this game is much harder than the first one, got pwned about a million times on that god damn bridge

this is fun but playing with strangers is a drag, especially without a mic. xbox live users are the most disgusting savages imo.

so 360 dudes that own this should make sure we are friendlisted or whatever

mine's "baconboy82"

Scavenge mode is <3

Xbox gamertag is HeavyWarper.

Love this game

oh so for dudes that are wondering about the friend request from nnnnnggggghhhhh, thats me

finally got this for xb but am going away for the w/end, dang.

i might be up for playing tonight.

i have a ton of housecleaning to do to get ready for a party on sat, but given my typical self-destructive behavior, when i get irritated and wander over to the xbox ill look and see if yer on there

btw i am now convinced that it is impossible to beat the bridge level on single player because your dumb AI buddies WILL NOT RUN

The bridge finale is the only instance where my friend and I escaped with the other 2 cpu players intact. All the other ones we lost at least one dude. I was mystified.

when i play on single player i take it for granted that i'll be the only one to make it out alive. a.i. basically sucks on the final scramble, and i feel no remorse about letting them die.

I hate the team AI. Me and a buddy have been trying in vain to beat Blood Harvest, but the AI's random, stupid actions basically have condemned us to failure.

yeah see the problem i keep having is that i get into the chopper, and then the dumb AI keeps barely surviving back on the bridge enough to keep the pretense of potentially surviving, and then a tank comes and slaughters me inside the chopper cargo bay. and then i do it all over again

seriously considering systematically executing the remaining AI players at the end of the bridge. think theres an achievement for that?

oh i have totally done that on other campaigns.

also, a l4d morality question: you make it to a safe room in bad shape, and your last remaining bro gets trapped outside by a hunter or whatever. do you go save him and risk getting killed/doing the whole stage again, or do you let him die knowing that everyone will be revived for the next stage?

I think most people would rather just move on than redo an entire stage, so save yerself + everybody's time. If there are other people alive in the safe room, sure why not.

Ok so this game is better than the first on like a million levels.

yes!!!!

also jordan: finishing is more impt. rip remaining bro

I find it kind of ridiculous that the co-op cpu ai is incapable of using melee weapons.

as i feverishly clean my living room with the last.fm xbox on, i keep seeing that a couple of you are online playing this and it makes me sad

i had one awesome scavenge game last night, ie it was fun and both teams actually worked together, then played about 5 really shitty ones trying to recreate the magic.

we should have an ilg scavenge match.

ok not going to sleep until i get this goddamn gnome chompski achievement

aaaagagggggggghjhhhhhhhhh. so btw, do not set down the gnome in the chopper, because apparently then IT DOESNT COUNT

i am however now faster and stronger than moustachio, because useless achievements are the best ones.

also i would be totally down for some ilx scavenge action

I heard the portal song on the jukebox! Then I told my friend and he came along and went "what? what?", and changed the disc with his fat fingers, and after that we couldn't get it again.

i'll be playing a couple games of scavenge tonight with some bros around 9 or 9:30 cst, if anyone is interested

unfortunately we are replacing our living room carpet and all my stuff is going to be piled up in some other unconnected room, so i am out for tonight, but SOON

this is getting cheaper and cheaper in the uk... almost at my dipping pt.

oh god Versus mode is painful and super-stacked all the time. largely because i suck

played it with some friends, i suck at being infected but rule as a survivor. basic strategy is to run through the level as fast as poss, don't stop to engage zombies if you can avoid it.

r u on 360 ledge? who else plays on 360 here? jim?

360 and pc, usually the latter but will try and get some more 360 games in given that i paid twice as much for it as on pc. might be on tonight and/or tomorrow night.

jim ain't getting on the l4d bus i don't think.

Nah, I was rubbish at timetabling games in L4D1, so not going to bother picking up L4D2. Rittai Picross is eating all my gaming hours at the moment anyway.

still interested in playing the original L4D on PC, if anyone else is

check out the original (pre-Valve acquiring) character designs

http://designreboot.blogspot.com/2009/11/visual-clarity-in-character-design-part.html

I tried to get back into this last night. I joined a survivor game, was immediately killed by my teammates. Joined another game, was immediately voted out by my teammates. So I tried versus mode. Started as a survivor and was immediately abandoned by my team to die once I joined and had a jockey riding me to my death.

yeah this game basically sucks unless you are playing with people you know, in which case it is awesome.

Im debating re-selling my copy for xbox and getting it for ps3 so I can play co-op with my roomate in the living room. But that plan might be too ridiculous.

The Passing was pretty fun! I played through it a couple of times and the M60 is awesome Rambo fun times. Anyone else given it a whirl yet?

Played the first campaign in L4D2 today - man, this game is great. The carry missions and melee weapons are really fantastic additions.

what is all this l4d3 leaked trailer nonsense

one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dt-ebknjIE
another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIsxufNSJdI

^ these things are very different

sooo the sacrifice

kinda disappointing.

and yet i am still debating to myself whether i should gift the on sale bundle w/both games to a friend. $10!