Valve Announces Left 4 Dead 2

Bo$$ · Jun 2, 2009

Mussels said:
it seems they've added dismemberment, and detachable zombie bits.

The zombies could gib and have limbs come off in L4D - but it was very minor. limb would come off, bloody stump remained.

In that clip i saw gaping holes in a chest - holes you could see through, not just a blood splat.

thats what i thought too, i hope there isnt in the game as the dismemberment will definatly put my bro off this game, no bro no go lol
:banghead:

Shadin · Jun 2, 2009

Bo$$ said:
is it just me or does this have more gore than the first one????

coz i don't remember their arms flying off

Um, legs and arms fly off all the time in L4D, as well as heads exploding.

Mussels · Jun 2, 2009

Shadin said:
Um, legs and arms fly off all the time in L4D, as well as heads exploding.

it was there, but it looked tacky. this had a zombie with a HOLE in him.

BTW this trailer isnt gameplay footage (or indicative of any changes) - it screams "new intro movie" to me.

TheMailMan78 · Jun 2, 2009

Mussels said:
it was there, but it looked tacky. this had a zombie with a HOLE in him.

BTW this trailer isnt gameplay footage (or indicative of any changes) - it screams "new intro movie" to me.

Shadowfold posted gameplay footage. Currently it looks kinda crappy. However this IS Valve and it isnt due until Nov. I've never seen a Valve game that was crappy. Ill hold judgement until then.

Kenshai · Jun 2, 2009

The gameplay footage makes it look a bit more chaotic, especially in that somewhat open area. The graphics just from that little video look marginally better than the original. But granted this is a video of an unreleased game, they usually aren't worried so much about graphics.

Mussels · Jun 2, 2009

Kenshai said:
The gameplay footage makes it look a bit more chaotic, especially in that somewhat open area. The graphics just from that little video look marginally better than the original. But granted this is a video of an unreleased game, they usually aren't worried so much about graphics.

oh god, i've seen enough betas and leaks of games over the years to know one thing: NEVER beleive ANYTHING until the games out and released. Cool features get removed, bad graphcis get fixed, bugs get added... things can go up or down, and you never know til you've got it in front of you.

At least with valve, you know its tested to death before it gets released - this coming out so early is a shock because they normally take years for sequels, which really, really makes me think they want something to bundle with HL2 EP3 this christmas season.

Kenshai · Jun 2, 2009

Me and my room mate discussed this last night, EA is in control of the hard copies of the games that come out from Valve. Possible they are trying to push it for more money reasons? Releasing a sequel this fast really isn't like Valve in any way. :shadedshu

Chryonn · Jun 2, 2009

Valve are never ones to be pushed for any reason, money or otherwise.

i think Valve were going to release what we know to be L4D2 as extra content for vanilla L4D but found there's so much more of it that they could (and will) release it as a standalone game. muchlike what Epic did with Unreal and Unreal Tournament; UT was going to be released as an add-on pack but we all know what happened.

Hayder_Master · Jun 3, 2009

still not finish the old one

Kenshai · Jun 3, 2009

Chryonn said:
Valve are never ones to be pushed for any reason, money or otherwise.

i think Valve were going to release what we know to be L4D2 as extra content for vanilla L4D but found there's so much more of it that they could (and will) release it as a standalone game. muchlike what Epic did with Unreal and Unreal Tournament; UT was going to be released as an add-on pack but we all know what happened.

This is potentially just adding more weapons and maps. Which they had already announced as expansion to the previous game. Now making a complete game out of it? It doesn't really make sense, but we'll see how it is when it is released.

Mussels · Jun 3, 2009

Kenshai said:
This is potentially just adding more weapons and maps. Which they had already announced as expansion to the previous game. Now making a complete game out of it? It doesn't really make sense, but we'll see how it is when it is released.

weapons, maps, characters... sure its not what many see as a 'new' game' - but depending on the price steam sells it at, it could be a massive hit.

Anyone else get L4D on the 75% off weekend? they had like 100x the regular sales on that weekend compared to normal. If L4D2 is sold for $20 USD, or comes in bundles... it will sell like hotcakes.

Kenshai · Jun 3, 2009

Mussels said:
weapons, maps, characters... sure its not what many see as a 'new' game' - but depending on the price steam sells it at, it could be a massive hit.

Anyone else get L4D on the 75% off weekend? they had like 100x the regular sales on that weekend compared to normal. If L4D2 is sold for $20 USD, or comes in bundles... it will sell like hotcakes.

No doubt, I purchased mine half off, I missed the 75% off. But I will purchase the second one at a $20 price point. Just to get through the levels and be done with it

The friends that I played with on expert all wanted to sit in a closet/out of view and just have us switch melee/firing seemed cheap to me.

Nick89 · Jun 4, 2009

TheMailMan78 said:
I love Absinthe

Me too.

TheMailMan78 said:
Man I'm afraid to say anything. I just got another infraction!

What did you say this time? :confused:

Anyway if L4D2 is more than 30$ theres no way I'll be buying it.

Nick89 · Jun 4, 2009

delete this post

Mussels · Jun 5, 2009

nick89: YOU delete it. you have an edit button you know...

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