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Yeah we did come to think of it. I'll try to find you to send a friend invite, but shoot one to me if I don't do it soon enough. TF2 on the 360 is quite awesome, and I just discovered I host a lag-free server.
Locking doors, a necessity in any zombie apocalypse.
There is quite a bit of gameplay footage and a few trailers. Google is your friend.
You are very wrong about the release date as well. They were going to release it around the same time as the Orange Box, but pushed it back until 08 so as not to compete with TF2.
They have had playable demos at Quakecon and everytime the press gets their hands on it they say it feels ready to go. 1up has a really good video of some of their people talking about it after playing a demo.
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Not only can you lock doors, but unless it's a sturdy safe room door the zombies will start clawing at it and eventually break it apart piece by piece giving you a chance to shoot them in the face through the cracks.
and someone said it MIGHT be bundled w/half-life ep:3, if that IS true , then it will no doubt be included with PORTAL 2 OMGZ!!!!
i hope its called the blue box this time.
Sigged! I'm really excited about this game as well, I'm hoping for a Feb release dated but we will see. My guess for the most used zombie boss will be the hunter. Invisible, fast, and spits out smog that stuns players...eww.
On a different note any one know if they have fixed the god awful lag in zombie master I wanted to like the mod but with like 5 people in the servers everyone was getting something like 300 ping bad times...
Watch this video to hype yourself up for the game. Warning two commercials before the goodness.
Well, that video was incredible, I added it to the OP. The gameplay looks so finished there, so I really can't imagine that we have much longer to wait on this one. One gripe about that video though is that the camera guy feels the need to randomly look at the players for 10 seconds in the middle of the action, but besides that it is an excellent showcase for the game. Any idea how old that gameplay is?
Many people said at the time, months and months ago, that the game is just done. I dont doubt it has been delayed to miss the Fall 07 crunch. Wouldnt surprise me if its going to go gold any second or already has.
I have no idea how old the gameplay is, but I'm pretty sure I watched that video in like October. I just like the video because it shows how into the game the players are seems very fun. Here are two more videos I found that show a solid 18 min of gameplay during Quakecon whenever that was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_C_BUDOeT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODonflEU4Q4&feature=related
I suppose that would make sense, you wouldn't want every title using Source to come out the same week. I'll be honest though, the one thing I really want on the Xbox 360 is Counter Strike: Source. I really enjoy playing that with my father, but the gamepad is just so much easier for him to deal with. (Also that fact that I live 7000 miles away from him makes troubleshooting his PC difficult when he uses it for gaming). Regardless of whenever we get L4D, It will be a good game to play with him.
So let's all just hope really loud that we'll see it by the end of Feb.
Edit: Added all the videos to the OP and restructured a bit so it's easier to read. If this thread keeps to the first page I'll do some more work on the OP.
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Here is the release from Kotaku:
"Left 4 Dead fills a long-standing demand gamers have had for a coop first-person action experience, and it will also help Valve's expansion into the console market," added Doug Lombardi, Valve's VP of marketing.
"Valve has had great success bringing in projects and teams such as Team Fortress and Portal. As I spent time working and talking with the creators of those products over the past several years, it became clear that this was the right next step for myself, my colleagues at Turtle Rock, our customers, and our products," said Michael Booth, founder and CEO of Turtle Rock Studios. "We are excited to be a part of such a visionary and forward-thinking company."
It definately won't take another 3 years.
I was simply using hyperbole, I am not expecting it to take another three years. Plus from that ad for Left4Dead at the Xbox 360's Orange Box main screen this was kind of expected.
Both Shawn Elliot of GfW to Tim Edwards (I think) of PC Gamer UK have basically said that when they last previewed L4D it was finished, bug free, and ready to review. And this was before Orange Box was released.
I think PC Gamer UK has the best explanation in that they're waiting for the next part of Steam to be up an running before they release. TF2 came with achievements and the beginnings of steam community, L4D will launch with improved community functionality (invites into games etc) and also online stat tracking so you can see who's a nasty tk'er.
Sounds reasonable, perhaps the 360 port is also causing the delay? If they wanted to release both PC and 360 at once, and the 360 needed a few extra months that could also cause the small delay. Regardless I hope this comes out as soon as possible.
I also gave that Zombie Master mod a second go and I gotta say: On the decent maps with no assholes it is actually pretty fun. Although it still leaves a bit to be desired. Zombie Panic was also very well polished, but the issue was that the guns are simply too weak. A whole clip didn't even phase a zombie which always ended with the zombies winning the round.
Honestly i was kind of shocked that CS:S wasnt part of Orange Box, atleast on the console side. I imagine theyre waiting to either release it on its own, or release it as part of the next "orange box" when HL:EP3 comes out. That also might be what theyre waiting for with L4D.
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The great thing is, even if they don't have a mall level, somebody out there will no doubt make one.
For me, one of the most exciting prospects about L4D is getting to play with you, Fractal, and Dog. I knew you, and especially Fractal, would want to play on 360 and now Dog is refusing to play anything until he upgrades his PC (I'm not holding my breath). My last hope is for some kind of PC/360 compatibility but I know it isn't going to happen.
Just know that, when your brains are being devoured, I could have saved you if you hadn't made me use a thumbstick.
That means I'll get the game six years from now, and when it's released on the 360, it won't work and when it does, it'll have horrible match making.
Heh.
I heard a rumor a while back that there could be an "Orange Box 2" with Episode 3, Left 4 Dead, Day of Defeat, and an updated CS.
Sounds pretty silly due to the fact that one of those games is close to release, 2 are unannounced, and 1 is a good year and a half away
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I was really excited that I could be playing this game by March. Now it's delayed, argh.
You already can invite people to games in Steam, it's just that the option doesn't always show up. I have discovered that if you're on a game server and the option isn't showing, you can get it to appear by setting your status to offline and then back to online.
I'm looking forward to L4D, but if, for some reason, the system requirements are any higher than those of the Orange Box, I won't be able to play it.
Edit: Didn't see the previous post about the delay, however the rest of my post remains valid.
Why must it be delayed?