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Sarevok

#521 February 13, 2009, 06:15:44 am

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Quote from: Supra Mairo on February 12, 2009, 12:41:29 pm

Don't want to burst your bubble but iirc this is referring to Death Toll VS and Dead Air VS.

What I would like to mention though is that they've handled this game REALLY poorly. I know a lot of people are still playing this religiously but a lot of people have also stopped playing entirely because of how badly and slow they work on this. After you play No Mercy for the 30th time it's just a chore.

I played this again yesterday and a bit today after a really long break (due to how boring it got) and it just reminded me how much potential the game has but all of it is just wasted because all you get is 2 VS maps from which the other never gets played because it's too hard for the survivors and the campaigns are pretty much a one time deal. The campaigns are more fun though in that you don't get your hitpoints and weapons back and you just have to struggle with whatever scraps you manage to find.

Quote from: Vesper on February 12, 2009, 02:57:57 pm

they will have to make some big changes for survivor or it will just be the typical closet and melee-action that is oh so effective. if it works like the current game l4d is then i doubt it will be very fun.

^These two posts sum up my exact feelings about this. It doesn't take 4 months to make one campaign, or even just release the tools. Almost everyone on my friends list who used to play it (which was at least 60 or so people) quit playing back in December. I only see Chronic playing it still, and rarely anyone else. They really killed themselves by making it stupidly arcadey and having all the melee/corner exploits. It doesn't particularly matter that there's a PATHETIC 4 maps in the game, the core gameplay just isn't remotely fun once people know the tricks.

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#522 February 13, 2009, 11:22:31 pm

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Just a heads-up L4D is only $25 this weekend. And despite Sarevok's gaemerrage a lot of us still play (Neophyte, Goat, Myself, etc)!

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NightBlade

#523 February 13, 2009, 11:41:44 pm

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Me too!

Personally, No Mercy / Blood harvest never gets old for me, I even do a lot of pick up games (though it's tough to find a good random group at some times)

This was funny, the opposing team was murdering my team (compromised of one silent retard who when boomed on, runs away from his team, an annoying 8 year old, and one normal guy)

They were rushing through confidently when I grabbed bill by the neck a split second before he was out of reach, thus the only kill of the round would be scored.

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Supra Mairo

#524 February 14, 2009, 12:38:10 am

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25$ should have been the price since the beginning.

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DrChronic

#525 February 16, 2009, 11:46:18 pm

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Agreed, I just can't wait for the new DLC... My Left 4 Dead experience is gonna be so much better haha

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#526 February 17, 2009, 12:52:52 am

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Quote from: Supra Mairo on February 14, 2009, 12:38:10 am

25$ should have been the price since the beginning.

Definitely. I would have payed $50 for TF2, but I feel L4D lacks a lot of content for having paid $50 for it. Also quite sad that even with the small amount of campaigns, versus can only be played on half the campaigns. I think that alongside with them holding back on the SDK has really thinned out the community.

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Supra Mairo

#527 February 17, 2009, 01:20:21 am

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They would look so stupid tho if they'd release the SDK now because what they would give us with the SDK package would be the REST of the vs maps that SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE since they started to sell this thing, as opposed to like 10 fan made campaigns that appear to be really well done that would get thrown out in the open after the SDK.

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Liquid Ocelot

#528 February 17, 2009, 03:27:41 am

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Left 4 Dead, what a great game. I wish I could get if for the PC(damned suck ass computer), but the 360 one will do me fine for the time being though. I also like that Valve is actually giving equal content for the console and PC versions.

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MirokuX7

#529 February 18, 2009, 09:14:59 am

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uhh once i did something and then i was playing as the zombies
pretty cool uno how i did it..can someone tell me how to do it?

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Eltee

#530 February 18, 2009, 10:51:53 am

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You played VS mode.

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DrChronic

#531 February 18, 2009, 12:53:26 pm

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Quote from: MirokuX7 on February 18, 2009, 09:14:59 am

uhh once i did something and then i was playing as the zombies
pretty cool uno how i did it..can someone tell me how to do it?

Hahaha really? Ya you were playing versus mode lol, just click on play versus instead of campaign and there you go!

Ridiculous... lol

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Warped655

#532 February 19, 2009, 06:32:27 am

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HOLY GIANT FUCKING SHIT. 3000%... WHAT?
http://kotaku.com/5156238/gabe-newells-dice-keynote-left-4-dead-sales-tf2-comic-books

That is ridiculous. GAH...

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NightBlade

#533 February 19, 2009, 06:40:38 am

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Quote from: warpped655 on February 19, 2009, 06:32:27 am

HOLY GIANT FUCKING SHIT. 3000%... WHAT?
http://kotaku.com/5156238/gabe-newells-dice-keynote-left-4-dead-sales-tf2-comic-books

That is ridiculous. GAH...

Even my brother bought L4D during it's sale, and he's not even into FPS's... (During the finale of no mercy, he failed like... 7 times climbing the ladder, good thing we were playing campaign. :X)

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DrChronic

#534 March 13, 2009, 01:00:30 am

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Sooo I was doing some reading today and I found some info about the new DLC for Left 4 Dead which I'm stoked about.

This new "Survival Mode" looks pretty sick and has 16 maps! 15 of them are sections of the 4 campaigns, and the 16th map, an all new Survival-only Lighthouse map.

The release date is supposed to be sometime before April 21st (which is the release date for the Left 4 Dead Critic's Choice Edition), so hopefully we'll be playing this new content within the month!

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Liman

#535 March 13, 2009, 01:11:15 am

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@Goat: There has been an update on the 360 version. Don't remember what it did (might have just been fixing lag issues), but there has been updates at least.

As for the controls: FPS are always easier with a mouse and a keyboard, but playing with the controller isn't hard at all either.

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Supra Mairo

#536 March 13, 2009, 09:30:05 am

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Quote from: DrChronic on March 13, 2009, 01:00:30 am

The release date is supposed to be sometime before April 21st (which is the release date for the Left 4 Dead Critic's Choice Edition), so hopefully we'll be playing this new content within the month!

Maybe the weekend from April 17th to April 19th, in case they do a free weekend sorta deal. That's also the last weekend before the Critics Choice so that also fits their usual schedules.

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calumks

#537 March 22, 2009, 09:01:58 pm

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This game is so fun! It first went to slow on my Computer so I got it on the xbox and it is really good although i wish they had some slow zombies.

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NightBlade

#538 April 21, 2009, 11:06:21 pm

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The survival pack is out, and the new map is insanely hard, but highly entertaining. With melee spam being patched out awhile ago, you really have to work at it to get a decent rating. The longer the survival drags on, the more rules it breaks. Multiple smokers and boomers are uncommon, and tanks often spawn while there's a big horde still going... Oh, and the game costs 39.99 now.

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Sarevok

#539 April 21, 2009, 11:08:47 pm

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I'm 95% sure I got it cheaper than that on the day of release.

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NightBlade

#540 April 22, 2009, 12:11:43 am

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Quote from: Sarevok on April 21, 2009, 11:08:47 pm

I'm 95% sure I got it cheaper than that on the day of release.

It was released at 49.99 so... No.

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