So, Steam just updated (well, a few hours ago), L4D2 with the Death Toll campaign from L4D...

WHAT.
THE.
FRACK?? O_o

Seriously screwed with this one in a way they didn't with Dead Air, Blood Harvest or No Mercy...

We got to the church with a little hassle, then got into the safe room. Loads up the next bit, and is my wont, I'm sniping off the platform outside the tower....when one of the players runs to the convenience store opposite.

Well, let me tell you, the smelly brown stuff hit the air recycling unit at full whack.

It was a bloodbath of epic proportions. No less than FIVE tanks spawned just outside that store, and ran amok into the safe room where three of us still were.

Getting to the street, let alone through it with a never-ending wave of infected rushing you, was another major PITA....this port, although still a BETA, does require some balancing work done...

FIVE!!!! tanks! I shit you not! One kid was laughing his 'nads off, literally on the microphone...

FIVE! O_o

They'll patch it up right quick- The Engineer

I don't know how people replay those same maps over and over. I have a Steam buddy who invites me to play L4D2 all the time and I just don't get it.

I really wish Valve wouldn't port over the Left 4 Dead 1 maps. As someone who pre-ordered the first like a moron everytime they add one of the base maps it makes me feel sort of cheated.

I remember when I told people that they didn't need to release a sequel. That they should've just released an expansion instead.

Everyone laughed at me.

WELL WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, GODDAMNIT

Valve. They made $90-$100 from a lot of people with enough content for a $20 game.

I never liked L4D, but that made my day. HAHAHA! Good thing I only bought the 2nd one on sale. May download it when the steam servers aren't being shit.

For me, it's a time-waster of around 1-2hours, with a bit of mindless carnage thrown in. Maybe once every other day, certainly not every day... Yeah, if I'd paid full price for either, I'd probably feel that way too. I got both in sale pack promo for <£8, so it's not nearly as bad, for me. But they remove all the good "safe-ish" camping spots when they port them over, or slightly alter the maps to allow the infected through from other directions at the same time.... it's kinda a PITA :\

Probably because 'LOLZ MINDLESS KILLIN, KILL TEH EVIL ZOMBIEZZZZZ' so basically people don't have to think to play the game (very similar to CoD).

That's Killing Floor school of gameplay design. In a very mild form.

When you spend the majority of the map at equal points, and one hunter pounce by you can snatch victory at the sound of cheers and elation, then you'll get it. Same goes for a beautifully well coordinated attack on survivors which culminated after hours of teamwork. Same goes for survivors, the feeling of outsmarting worthy opponents after a long, long slog in the finale cannot be matched in any other silly FPS.

Really, once you play with a group of friends or a coop partner and all of you have laughed, screamed and 'FFFFFFFFF''d then you see L4D in a new light. It has plenty of mods that work in COOP as well, I've modded the tank so he shouts 'hadoken' everytime he trows a rock at you, with 'IMMA break yo' face' when he trows a punch. Modded the sandman song instead of his theme tune. Turned the boomer (both sexes) into gabe newell, made the bile bomb into a confetti fountain, the pipe bomb into a firework when exploding, hunter now has guilty gear voicepack, smoker is now a grumpy old cancerous man and the charger has tourettes. Same goes for common infected. Installed custom skins for all of my weapons and have the john woo gun sound pack.


If you don't like the competitive aspect, and want to see what the survival fuss is about, check out killing floor, which I play a lot more anyway. It has a much friendlier community, VERY satisfying gunplay and mechanics and beter challenges. Mod community is active there too.