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Left 4 Dead : It's the Zombie Apocalypse... Bring Friends

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    I definitely prefer Francis and Bill in their newer incarnations, but I think Zoey and Louis are just as cool in both versions.

    For reference:
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    Also, if you want an over-the-shoulder cam, type thirdpersonshoulder into the console. No cheats required.

    That is crazy awesome! Although that's breaking the immersion even more for me :/
    Who else is bothered by all the third-person stuff in this game? Whenever I get grabbed by a hunter or w/e I am reminded that I am playing a video game :/
    I don't want to play a videogame Valve! I want to be in an actual zombie apocalypse!

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't mind it at all

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  • FaffelFaffel Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I like it, but having an option to remain in first person would be great as well.

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ampix wrote: »
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    I definitely prefer Francis and Bill in their newer incarnations, but I think Zoey and Louis are just as cool in both versions.

    For reference:
    gs-dead-air-rooftop-survivors.jpg


    Also, if you want an over-the-shoulder cam, type thirdpersonshoulder into the console. No cheats required.

    That is crazy awesome! Although that's breaking the immersion even more for me :/
    Who else is bothered by all the third-person stuff in this game? Whenever I get grabbed by a hunter or w/e I am reminded that I am playing a video game :/
    I don't want to play a videogame Valve! I want to be in an actual zombie apocalypse!

    I bet they toyed around with leaving you in first person, but my guess is it's confusing and there's a lot of clipping into the models and scenery. It would be immersion breaking even more to have a smoker try and hang you from a roof to have your camera clip through the wall of a building and see all that weirdness.

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  • PolishElvisPolishElvis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I need to get in on this. My steam id is DutchElvis

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ad to OP please:

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    Please notice that right from the start Zoey was sniper orientated. Thus you must always let me play as her.

    Right from the start she was also a girl. I think that means we shouldn't allow you to because you're not a girl.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    PolishElvis wrote: I need to get in on this. My steam id is DutchElvis.

    /headexplode

    Forar on
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  • SuMa.LustreSuMa.Lustre Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    FLIPPY IS A BUTTHOLE COVERED IN DICKNIPPLES

    ZOEY IS MINE YOU JERK DON'T TOUCH HER

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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Forar wrote: »
    PolishElvis wrote: I need to get in on this. My steam id is DutchElvis.

    /headexplode

    Sup I'm AlienElvis and me and my brother (IndianElvis) want to be added to the steam group.

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  • jonxpjonxp [E] PC Security Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    4 days, 11.5 hours, guys.


    CAN YOU FEEL IT?

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I picked up L4D because it looked like a good way to kill time when I wasn't in WoW.

    Now I've just picked up the WoW expansion so I have something to do for the week until L4D comes out.

    That was a quick turnaround.

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I love going to the steam forums and seeing the absolutly terrible ideas and terrible hate that they have with this game, just based off the demo.
    Here is a good example.
    Lets face it by itself this game is a empty shell, its going to take tons of mods to really make it any better than say zombie source or zombie panic, this game needs melee weapons, better maps, traps, more than 4 players, more variety of monsters, rebalanced zombies, rebalancing weapons, this game will not be good untill all these mods are in, so really valve loves this cause they just make a overhyped zombie mod then let everyone else do the work for free to them!!

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  • spybyscriptspybyscript Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hey, can someone add me to Armadeaddon please?

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/spybyscript

    Thanks!

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Everyone is obviously more stupid in this thread.

    They don't realize that Zoey = Aumni's character.

    Idiots.

    Aumni on
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  • DomhnallDomhnall Minty D. Vision! ScotlandRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Zzulu wrote: »
    I only managed to take two pics, but next time I'm going on a photo spree
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    Those were some fun games.
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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I dunno man, traps are a good idea. Especially if randomized.

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Anyone who doesn't like this game is dead inside and has no idea what makes a good game.

    davincie wrote: »
    I dunno man, traps are a good idea. Especially if randomized.

    There ARE traps, its called a smoker or hunter pouncing on you when you're trying to help a team mate up.

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    davincie wrote: »
    I dunno man, traps are a good idea. Especially if randomized.
    You mean traps set by the zombies?

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  • Uber AbgestopptUber Abgestoppt BEERGICIAN Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DJ Cam Cam wrote: »
    I love going to the steam forums and seeing the absolutly terrible ideas and terrible hate that they have with this game, just based off the demo.
    Here is a good example.
    Lets face it by itself this game is a empty shell, its going to take tons of mods to really make it any better than say zombie source or zombie panic, this game needs melee weapons, better maps, traps, more than 4 players, more variety of monsters, rebalanced zombies, rebalancing weapons, this game will not be good untill all these mods are in, so really valve loves this cause they just make a overhyped zombie mod then let everyone else do the work for free to them!!

    Zombie Source fanboys are really hating on this game.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Are all 15 of them unanimous in their hate?

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DJ Cam Cam wrote: »
    I love going to the steam forums and seeing the absolutly terrible ideas and terrible hate that they have with this game, just based off the demo.
    Here is a good example.
    Lets face it by itself this game is a empty shell, its going to take tons of mods to really make it any better than say zombie source or zombie panic, this game needs melee weapons, better maps, traps, more than 4 players, more variety of monsters, rebalanced zombies, rebalancing weapons, this game will not be good untill all these mods are in, so really valve loves this cause they just make a overhyped zombie mod then let everyone else do the work for free to them!!

    Zombie Source fanboys are really hating on this game.

    The abundance of ammo and zombies really confuses them apparently.

    Aumni on
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  • Flippy_DFlippy_D Digital Conquistador LondonRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aumni wrote: »
    DJ Cam Cam wrote: »
    I love going to the steam forums and seeing the absolutly terrible ideas and terrible hate that they have with this game, just based off the demo.
    Here is a good example.
    Lets face it by itself this game is a empty shell, its going to take tons of mods to really make it any better than say zombie source or zombie panic, this game needs melee weapons, better maps, traps, more than 4 players, more variety of monsters, rebalanced zombies, rebalancing weapons, this game will not be good untill all these mods are in, so really valve loves this cause they just make a overhyped zombie mod then let everyone else do the work for free to them!!

    Zombie Source fanboys are really hating on this game.

    The abundance of fun really confuses them apparently.
    [tiny]I'm Zoeytacus you cocks.[/tiny]

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  • SmudgeSmudge Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    No I mean actual traps, like in the zombie master mod or Fallout 3 or Oblivion, little things previous survivors set up for zombies before dieing.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Anyone who doesn't like this game is dead inside and has no idea what makes a good game.

    davincie wrote: »
    I dunno man, traps are a good idea. Especially if randomized.

    There ARE traps, its called a smoker or hunter pouncing on you when you're trying to help a team mate up.

    Your team mates have been downed some distance from the saveroom, you're the only one that made it inside. In view, you can see one of them struggling, calling for help. It seems quiet, nothing's happening, no music's playing, you can't hear any monsters.

    When you consider going out there to help your friend, remember kids:

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.

    Aumni on
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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    DJ Cam Cam wrote: »
    I love going to the steam forums and seeing the absolutly terrible ideas and terrible hate that they have with this game, just based off the demo.
    Here is a good example.
    Lets face it by itself this game is a empty shell, its going to take tons of mods to really make it any better than say zombie source or zombie panic, this game needs melee weapons, better maps, traps, more than 4 players, more variety of monsters, rebalanced zombies, rebalancing weapons, this game will not be good untill all these mods are in, so really valve loves this cause they just make a overhyped zombie mod then let everyone else do the work for free to them!!

    Zombie Source fanboys are really hating on this game.

    The abundance of fun really confuses them apparently.
    [tiny]I'm Zoeytacus you cocks.[/tiny]

    My Zoey > your Zoey.


    It's a fact.

    EDIT: Holy shit didn't realize I'm posting so much.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Here's the steam deal:

    http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1134/


    Items included:

    Counter-Strike
    Valve | Valve
    $9.99

    Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
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    Counter-Strike: Source
    Valve | Valve
    $19.99

    Day of Defeat
    Valve | Valve
    $4.99

    Day of Defeat: Source
    Valve | Valve
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    Deathmatch Classic
    Valve | Valve
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    Half-Life
    Valve | Valve
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    Half-Life 2
    Valve | Valve
    $19.99

    Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
    Valve | Valve
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    Half-Life 2: Episode One
    Valve | Valve
    $9.99

    Half-Life 2: Episode Two
    Valve | Valve
    $14.99

    Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
    Valve | Valve
    N/A

    Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
    Valve | Valve
    N/A

    Half-Life: Blue Shift
    Gearbox Software | Valve
    $4.99

    Half-Life: Opposing Force
    Gearbox Software | Valve
    $4.99

    Half-Life: Source
    Valve | Valve
    $9.99

    Left 4 Dead
    Valve | Valve
    $49.99 /$44.99

    Peggle Extreme
    PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc.
    N/A

    Portal
    Valve | Valve
    $19.99

    Ricochet
    Valve | Valve
    $4.99

    Team Fortress 2
    Valve | Valve
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    Team Fortress Classic
    Valve | Valve
    $4.99

    Individual price: $234.81
    Package price: $99.99

    You save: $134.82

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Sorry I kept hitting you flippy, I was getting some weird lag, which was causing you to shift position after I fired a couple times.

    Think I need to switch to the uzi for those laggy situations. :P

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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  • SmudgeSmudge Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aumni wrote: »
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.


    Hrm. Maybe. Steam has always been a monumental pain in the ass on all my systems. It is usually a several day ordeal of reading forums to get any game working through steam or even getting steam to launch, and I am more a mouser than a controller player.

    I was hoping someone could comment on gameplay modes, since the demo is probably massively lacking in them even if they do exist.

    Smudge on
  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.


    Hrm. Maybe. Steam has always been a monumental pain in the ass on all my systems. It is usually a several day ordeal of reading forums to get any game working through steam or even getting steam to launch, and I am more a mouser than a controller player.

    I was hoping someone could comment on gameplay modes, since the demo is probably massively lacking in them even if they do exist.

    If Steam is hard for you to use you're doing it wrong or mentally deficient.

    Download Steam>click icon to install>click download game demo of your choice.

    Drool on
  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.


    Hrm. Maybe. Steam has always been a monumental pain in the ass on all my systems. It is usually a several day ordeal of reading forums to get any game working through steam or even getting steam to launch, and I am more a mouser than a controller player.

    I was hoping someone could comment on gameplay modes, since the demo is probably massively lacking in them even if they do exist.

    There isn't much that we can say other than your assumptions about why the game is bad don't really apply in the context the game works in, and that you need to try it yourself to see what it actually feels like.

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.


    Hrm. Maybe. Steam has always been a monumental pain in the ass on all my systems. It is usually a several day ordeal of reading forums to get any game working through steam or even getting steam to launch, and I am more a mouser than a controller player.

    I was hoping someone could comment on gameplay modes, since the demo is probably massively lacking in them even if they do exist.

    Two gameplay modes:

    Campaign, in which you and 3 players or bots go through 4 "movies" with 5 levels each.

    Versus, in which the boss infected are played by other players and I think 3 movies are available.

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  • Mandalorian RoosterMandalorian Rooster Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh dear god that was the best race ever. Roland, Butterfly, Gumpy and myself. It was all a blur. There was a Tank that pushed two of us back ALL the way to safe room. There was me getting so overwhelmed I actually revived Gumpy so he could help, and then repayed a similiar favor to Butterfly.

    So I'm the first one in the minigun room after the massive, frantic, clearout of it. I hit the switch, back into a corner, and toss a molotov. Apparently the others die in the ensuing chaos, with me going for the door when I think its safe. It wasn't safe. It wasn't even all the way open, so I'm sitting there, ducking, and waiting. There are zombies coming from all sides now. A boomer flanks me, and pukes on me. I begin to cry. The door opens right as I can see large blurs coming from all sides, so I back up and run like hell through the zombies upstairs. I kill all of them infront of me, and I hear a hunter behind me.

    But I made it. With 6 health. And boomer puke still coating my screen.

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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    Here's the steam deal:

    http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1134/


    Items included:
    Long list

    I own all those games besides Condition Zero and L4D.. oh and half life: source but no one cares about that.

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what? traps?

    what kind of traps? like, tripwires and shit? collapsing debris? what?

    who the fuck would lay traps for you in the zombie apocalypse?

    now, level-based traps to kill more zombies, like dropping boulders or a building on them, that would be awesome.

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  • jonxpjonxp [E] PC Security Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Smudge wrote: »
    Aumni wrote: »
    Smudge wrote: »
    I haven't followed this game very much because I tend to shy away from games where multiplayer is a REQUIREMENT.

    Is there any single player in this? I am gussing maybe bots at best and it would probably suck?

    As much as I loved TF2, I can only handle the multiplayer pace for so long before I need to to go play something else that is more strategic and less frantic. Then my away time just causes me to fall further and further behind the skill curve until 2 weeks after the game launches I am no longer competitive and find the game more frustrating than fun, with the enemies killing me really fast, and my allies bitching at me because I don't have all the maps memorized, heck I have usually not even SEEN all the maps at the 2 week mark.

    So I quit the games and wish I never bought them... If there was even a way to hone my skills in a single player environment it would be better for me, but these games rarely have that.

    Download the demo and judge for yourself.


    Hrm. Maybe. Steam has always been a monumental pain in the ass on all my systems. It is usually a several day ordeal of reading forums to get any game working through steam or even getting steam to launch, and I am more a mouser than a controller player.

    I was hoping someone could comment on gameplay modes, since the demo is probably massively lacking in them even if they do exist.

    The point of the game is Co-op play, so the "frantic" element you speak of when talking about most multiplayer games is gone. The versus mode is really kinda tacked on (but well done) and not present at all in the demo. The bots in this game are excellent, and that is what the single player version is...bots + you. However that's a good thing because people can drop in and out of games, and the bots will take over for them.

    If you haven't tried Steam in a while, give it a go. It's a lot better than it used to be, and the community features have made it an outstanding way to find people to play games with.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what? traps?

    what kind of traps? like, tripwires and shit? collapsing debris? what?

    who the fuck would lay traps for you in the zombie apocalypse?

    now, level-based traps to kill more zombies, like dropping boulders or a building on them, that would be awesome.

    Lamoes - aka, Last Men on Earth. Didn't you read WWZ? :P

    I really don't have the money for this game right now, but I watch those goofy "Brad" videos, and think, well, I could always cut out comics for a few weeks...

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