I know the game only comes in 4 player co-op or 4 vs. 4 survivor co-op, but I hope they allow for a extended number of spectator slots. Truth be told, I like to watch the mayhem more then I like to play them.
It's nice to have the option of playing as the special enemies, minus the witch, but the only people I see giving it much play time are people trying to get their griefing out of their system. Most griefers will already be getting their fill be ruining other people's games.
The other alternative is people who actually want to play as zombies and that's terrible. Undead sympathizing scum.
So playing against someone in a versus mode is greifing? Wut?
Man, that was not me talking about griefing or versus or anything. You've gone and mixed me up with someone else. How dare you! At least I didn't think you were Iowa on Monday night! I just knew your voice was familiar, but I couldn't but my finger on it.
EDIT:
A-ha! It was SirToons' post. I guess being mixed up with SirToons isn't terrible.
And damnit, I checked this morning for a preload to only be disappointed.
I wish living in a different country didn't effect the purchase of digital media.
How do you mean? Last I checked, Valve don't change their pricing depending on region (as far as I'm concerned, I always thought of that as one of their better points).
Or is the game just not available at all in Japan? That would be weird.
I wish living in a different country didn't effect the purchase of digital media.
How do you mean? Last I checked, Valve don't change their pricing depending on region (as far as I'm concerned, I always thought of that as one of their better points).
Or is the game just not available at all in Japan? That would be weird.
Man, when I was living in O(o)ita Steam was an absolute nightmare for me. I had to have my friends and family buy me things from the US using my credit card, then I would log on and download in Japan. It was a lot of effort to get TF2.
I wish living in a different country didn't effect the purchase of digital media.
How do you mean? Last I checked, Valve don't change their pricing depending on region (as far as I'm concerned, I always thought of that as one of their better points).
Or is the game just not available at all in Japan? That would be weird.
In many countries (namely Aus and Canada) the exchange rate is currently in the shitter.
Canada's dollar crashed right about the time pre-orders became available, sorry Canucks
We'll be releasing the Left 4 Dead dedicated server files prior to the Left 4 Dead demo being released.
More details will be sent to the mailing lists when we have them.
There are two things to keep in mind regarding running a Left 4 Dead server:
1The CPU load for the Left 4 Dead server will be higher than you're used to for games like TF2. Left 4 Dead has a bunch of A.I. for the zombies, etc., that games like TF2 don't have.
2Left 4 Dead uses a new matchmaking system we're developing. We'll be working with the server admin community to make sure the new system operates as smoothly as possible. More details on this later.
-Eric
Hah I don't need your fancy server mailing list thing
Left4Dead411.com preview
Another last minute preview before we get to zombie killing (with an hour of video apparently) goes through the whole Blood harvest campaign
First, a word on difficulty: Expert mode plays differently than the other modes. It's much more defensive than the other modes. You'll never find yourself surrounded by zombies and still alive like you see happen in many previous videos. When each individual Infected does 20 damage per melee hit, it only takes a second to get knocked down to zero health. What this means in terms of gameplay and strategy, and what you'll certainly see in the videos, is that as a team we're constantly shooting Infected from far distances. The higher the difficulty mode, the more paranoid you need to be about zombies getting anywhere near you. We apologize if this makes watching the videos a little less exciting than the lower difficulty modes, but that's the only way to survive. Onto the videos!
The tooltip popup things are awesome. They show up less and less as you play more, and if you didn't have them first-time players including experienced gamers would get lost in the chaos.
They made the change where closing a door locks it automatically. This is very handy.
Unlimited pistol ammo is absolutely necessary. I ran out of ammo so many times, if I ended up running out of pistol it'd just be ridiculous. You're punished enough from running out of main weapon ammo.
The pipe bomb is amazing. It's a great tool for bad situations.
As you've seen from the opening cinematic, the new Survivor designs work out really great. They have a lot of personality and I am perfectly happy with them, even if Zoey is less attractive.
There are no voice wheels at all in the Xbox 360 version, and the wheel that alerted teammates to Boomer/Hunter/boss infected has been taken out of the PC version (it's all automatic now). You still have the other two wheels which I use quite often in the videos.
Propane tanks, oxygen tanks and gas cans are awesome pickup weapons that are distributed randomly throughout the maps
Boomer vomit is green. Our second design had green Boomer vomit even when it was actually red. We called it.
As mentioned, closer proximity to an enemy means you do more damage with the weapon. Very useful fact to know vs. the Tank and Witch.
Headshot gibs are awesome.
Voice wheels not being in the 360 version isn't surprising. I'm pretty sure that the only voice command in TF2 for 360 was calling for medic. At least that's what it was like when I tried to play TF2 with the 360 controller.
Left4Dead411.com preview
Another last minute preview before we get to zombie killing (with an hour of video apparently) goes through the whole Blood harvest campaign
First, a word on difficulty: Expert mode plays differently than the other modes. It's much more defensive than the other modes. You'll never find yourself surrounded by zombies and still alive like you see happen in many previous videos. When each individual Infected does 20 damage per melee hit, it only takes a second to get knocked down to zero health. What this means in terms of gameplay and strategy, and what you'll certainly see in the videos, is that as a team we're constantly shooting Infected from far distances. The higher the difficulty mode, the more paranoid you need to be about zombies getting anywhere near you. We apologize if this makes watching the videos a little less exciting than the lower difficulty modes, but that's the only way to survive. Onto the videos!
The tooltip popup things are awesome. They show up less and less as you play more, and if you didn't have them first-time players including experienced gamers would get lost in the chaos.
They made the change where closing a door locks it automatically. This is very handy.
Unlimited pistol ammo is absolutely necessary. I ran out of ammo so many times, if I ended up running out of pistol it'd just be ridiculous. You're punished enough from running out of main weapon ammo.
The pipe bomb is amazing. It's a great tool for bad situations.
As you've seen from the opening cinematic, the new Survivor designs work out really great. They have a lot of personality and I am perfectly happy with them, even if Zoey is less attractive.
There are no voice wheels at all in the Xbox 360 version, and the wheel that alerted teammates to Boomer/Hunter/boss infected has been taken out of the PC version (it's all automatic now). You still have the other two wheels which I use quite often in the videos.
Propane tanks, oxygen tanks and gas cans are awesome pickup weapons that are distributed randomly throughout the maps
Boomer vomit is green. Our second design had green Boomer vomit even when it was actually red. We called it.
As mentioned, closer proximity to an enemy means you do more damage with the weapon. Very useful fact to know vs. the Tank and Witch.
Headshot gibs are awesome.
Voice wheels not being in the 360 version isn't surprising. I'm pretty sure that the only voice command in TF2 for 360 was calling for medic. At least that's what it was like when I tried to play TF2 with the 360 controller.
People, don't get excited about playing it late tonight, or even all day tomorrow. This is Valve. By Thursday they could easily say 11:59 PM Thursday PST. There is no way we're playing this all day tomorrow.
One question I have from watching some of the new left4dead411 videos: I know the game tries it's damnedest not to spawn anything where it can be seen spawning, but does it ever happen? I'd imagine there'd have to be SOME open areas where it just can't be prevented with four Survivors looking errywhere.
People, don't get excited about playing it late tonight, or even all day tomorrow. This is Valve. By Thursday they could easily say 11:59 PM Thursday PST. There is no way we're playing this all day tomorrow.
My mic has finally died on me. I was using a Logitech Headset I'd had for a good 2-3 years where one headphone had died. Rather than junking it, I just put vent/game sound through my speakers and would continue using the mic by wearing the headphones around my neck. Ghetto, sure, but effective and strangely comfortable.
Now I need to look into a replacement. Dead headphone aside, I've always liked Logitech ones, and figure I'll probably go with them again. I've checked Best Buy and they've got what appear to be some quality ones on hand, from cheap to nearly $100 after taxes.
Considering that I want this more for the mic than the headphones, any recommendations? I suppose I could just get any old headset and do the same thing, as I like being able to have a movie or show on in the background while messing around in a game. I use ventrillo constantly with WoW (and soon, L4D), so I intend to get one today or tomorrow most likely, which rules out waiting on something shipped. Also, Ebay seems to have lots of good deals, but they're all refurbished, which I think I'll sidestep for now.
So since this is a Steam game does that mean that every time I join a game I have to download 200MB is custom MP3 sound effects first?
Why would you ever do that? Disabling downloads of custom sound files is the first thing you do when you first start a Source game.
Is this in the game options or Steam options? I wasn't aware this existed either, though I haven't played much of anything online other than TF2 on Steam, and that was only a small amount here and there.
Forar on
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
People, don't get excited about playing it late tonight, or even all day tomorrow. This is Valve. By Thursday they could easily say 11:59 PM Thursday PST. There is no way we're playing this all day tomorrow.
ArminasStudent of LifeSF, CARegistered Userregular
edited November 2008
The 411 preview mentioned a before and after of Zoey resulting in a fuglier Zoey. Is this true? I haven't seen a comparison of the old and new character models.
People, don't get excited about playing it late tonight, or even all day tomorrow. This is Valve. By Thursday they could easily say 11:59 PM Thursday PST. There is no way we're playing this all day tomorrow.
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If you can't live for the now, at least live for the future.
Man, that was not me talking about griefing or versus or anything. You've gone and mixed me up with someone else. How dare you! At least I didn't think you were Iowa on Monday night! I just knew your voice was familiar, but I couldn't but my finger on it.
EDIT:
A-ha! It was SirToons' post. I guess being mixed up with SirToons isn't terrible.
And damnit, I checked this morning for a preload to only be disappointed.
timezones, whats a timezone?
I'll timezone your face in a minute
[tiny]is it out yet?[/tiny]
om nom nom nom
How do you mean? Last I checked, Valve don't change their pricing depending on region (as far as I'm concerned, I always thought of that as one of their better points).
Or is the game just not available at all in Japan? That would be weird.
Man, when I was living in O(o)ita Steam was an absolute nightmare for me. I had to have my friends and family buy me things from the US using my credit card, then I would log on and download in Japan. It was a lot of effort to get TF2.
In many countries (namely Aus and Canada) the exchange rate is currently in the shitter.
Canada's dollar crashed right about the time pre-orders became available, sorry Canucks
Hah I don't need your fancy server mailing list thing
Someone will need your actual SteamID. (I can't, I'm on my work terminal)
zombie killing is TOMORROW
AND I HAVE A FOUR DAY WEEKEND STARTING SATURDAY
SO YES
http://steamcommunity.com/id/zzulu
:whistle:
Voice wheels not being in the 360 version isn't surprising. I'm pretty sure that the only voice command in TF2 for 360 was calling for medic. At least that's what it was like when I tried to play TF2 with the 360 controller.
Why do you ask? This is the internet, a place where no one is ever happy and everyone is angry all the time.
Reading this made me so angry, even though I'm happy. Oh man I am just so angry though.... and happy.
Huh. Well.
In my defense, all you pyros look the same.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/maraxus94
you take that back!
I want to know if it is preloading yet.
Their window of opportunity is closing fast to have servers ready for a Thursday release.
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"That awesome game, Awesome 4 Awesome, is so awesome. I can't wait to be playing such an awesome game tomorrow...awesome awesome awesome."
That's probably along the lines of what you might have said...hypothetically of course.
Steam Name: Dr.Oblivious
If you can't live for the now, at least live for the future.
People, don't get excited about playing it late tonight, or even all day tomorrow. This is Valve. By Thursday they could easily say 11:59 PM Thursday PST. There is no way we're playing this all day tomorrow.
Longest.
Day.
Ever.
Why would you ever do that? Disabling downloads of custom sound files is the first thing you do when you first start a Source game.
But I want to believe!
My mic has finally died on me. I was using a Logitech Headset I'd had for a good 2-3 years where one headphone had died. Rather than junking it, I just put vent/game sound through my speakers and would continue using the mic by wearing the headphones around my neck. Ghetto, sure, but effective and strangely comfortable.
Now I need to look into a replacement. Dead headphone aside, I've always liked Logitech ones, and figure I'll probably go with them again. I've checked Best Buy and they've got what appear to be some quality ones on hand, from cheap to nearly $100 after taxes.
Considering that I want this more for the mic than the headphones, any recommendations? I suppose I could just get any old headset and do the same thing, as I like being able to have a movie or show on in the background while messing around in a game. I use ventrillo constantly with WoW (and soon, L4D), so I intend to get one today or tomorrow most likely, which rules out waiting on something shipped. Also, Ebay seems to have lots of good deals, but they're all refurbished, which I think I'll sidestep for now.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Is this in the game options or Steam options? I wasn't aware this existed either, though I haven't played much of anything online other than TF2 on Steam, and that was only a small amount here and there.
Not the biggest fan here.. the names seem poorly overlayed. If it were more subtle and not on the characters, that'd be cool. :winky:
*sticks fingers in ears*
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW
What's happening tomorrow?