***OFFICAL*** Left 4 Dead Thread!
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I just pre ordered it as well 
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.*sigh*
So its a multiplayer game with a few different random spawn points, hardly revolutionary nor expensive/time consuming for the developers.
Never said it was
Length of gameplay and volume of content says otherwise.
An engine thats been used before, so the Dev's haven't invested much time there.
only because its multiplayer... bit like TF2, which was a budget game.
Its 8 hours of shooting the same 6 enemy types, and whilst it presents this in a different way, its very similar to the TF2 level of content, just replace the spy with a simple bot that can only use its knife and stick a new model on it.
Hardly a huge amount of work, so I think its a bit of a shame they have decided to charge full whack for it, really don't see why that's so outrageous or hard to understand.
Indeed, and in my opinion given the amount of work they have invested in this game, they are charging too much, I still think are arguments are valid, so I am hardly digging a hole.
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lol, oh my. If you don't like the game, then don't buy it. Everyone else is fine paying full price for a game like this.
I'm sorry Airalith, but if you'd been following the game's development then you'd know most of your above comments are wrong.
It's not random spawning, and Mike Booth has been working on the director AI extensively for a long period of time.
There will be more content, just like with TF2. The 'length of gameplay' will be extensive due to how replayable the game is supposed to be.
It's source, yes, but it's an updated version. As far as I know, this is the first version to properly support multiple cores, and also has plenty of additional graphical post-processing abilities added. Just assuming that the engine has stayed the same since HL2 is wrong, it has been improved and modified extensively over a period of time.
I'm really not going to bother covering your 'oh hardly any work done by the devs' comments... play the demo when it's released to everybody on the 11th, and form your own opinion after that. It's meant to be a game that quite a few people won't appreciate until they sit down and play it, so reserve judgment until then.
It's not random spawning, and Mike Booth has been working on the director AI extensively for a long period of time.
There will be more content, just like with TF2. The 'length of gameplay' will be extensive due to how replayable the game is supposed to be.
It's source, yes, but it's an updated version. As far as I know, this is the first version to properly support multiple cores, and also has plenty of additional graphical post-processing abilities added. Just assuming that the engine has stayed the same since HL2 is wrong, it has been improved and modified extensively over a period of time.
I'm really not going to bother covering your 'oh hardly any work done by the devs' comments... play the demo when it's released to everybody on the 11th, and form your own opinion after that. It's meant to be a game that quite a few people won't appreciate until they sit down and play it, so reserve judgment until then.
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Indeed. Here's a case in point - Gear of War 2. Uses the Unreal 3 engine again, game plays the same more or less, and I'd imagine it uses a lot of the same or similar models, textures, etc etc. Despite this, it's still a decent game, and (like L4D) plenty of effort has gone into the making of it. However, going by Airilith's logic, nobody should be paying 'full whack' for it.
L4D is new though...And I doubt very much GoW2 uses the same models
New models, new maps, new sounds (more than likely), hopefully new AI, new everything practically.
It uses the source engine....So its the same game all of a sudden =/
...Rite.
Well I was mainly referring to the human player/team models for GOW... I'd imagine the various enemies have changed a little.
You have hit the nail on the head there pretty much.
In what sense? Are you agreeing or?
I think it should be classed as a new game...as it is.
Pre-Ordered it a while ago myself, Valve have never failed to impress me so I'm more than happy to sit back and let Steam handle this one for me! For the last few years myself and a few friends who I know only online have followed each other through a ton of different games, this is just adding to that list.. cant wait!
Thats why you play with friends. Or if your mates are not getting it play with the OCUK Left 4 Dead community.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OCUKLeft4Dead
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OCUKLeft4Dead
Can't remember exactly what it was they said they'd done to prevent it, but they have considered this from the early days. There is a system in place to get rid of griefers, we'll find out how well it works soon I guess.
tetchy much ?
what i dont understand is your reasoning and logic, you have passionately ripped the game apart, from development costs and old engine right through to its replayability and repetative gameplay, also its lack of diversity yet ...
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your buying it because you know it will have replayability by the bucket loads ? your buying it because you know they produce addictive quality games? your buying it because its an overpriced budget game ?
