Maximum PC Interview

[squerl]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/%5Bprimary-term%5 D/e3_2008_left4dead_interview_new_graphics_weapons _and_steam_achievement_details (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/%5Bprimary-term%5D/e3_2008_left4dead_interview_new_graphics_weapons_a nd_steam_achievement_details)

Probably one of the best interviews we've seen, read it.

[TheStrife]

"I can guarantee you there's going to be an achievement of starting and escaping a scenario without getting hit by an infected."

Oh man...

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

That was a Very Info Filling Preview Thanks for posting !

[Tyr]

It's "My Little Pony" not "My Pretty Pony" get it right retards...

Good interview but his really doesn't help my position does it, (my position being incredibly patiently waiting for November 4.)

[tripp36]

"MB: The feedback system we originally had was this really deep system of awards and merits and all this other stuff. There was a lot of data there but through play testing we found that people just didn't care about that data. It was kind of information overload, and more importantly, it was kind of obscuring the salient things we really wanted people to notice."

i love it when it tells you a bunch of stuff...like u did this and he did that.. u where the worst shot of the game blah blah blah...i think that stuff's fun to look at... i know he says theres still stuff like that there.. but i like alot lol

[Bucky]

That was great preview.

[frogopus]

i love it when it tells you a bunch of stuff...like u did this and he did that.. u where the worst shot of the game blah blah blah...i think that stuff's fun to look at... i know he says theres still stuff like that there.. but i like alot lol
I'll definitely miss the incredible depth of the old merit/demerit system.

[Jesus123]

"A lot of our game design assumptions changed. Before this time there were basically 12 of us building this game and we were leveraging as much as we realistically could using props that we had built for Counter-Strike."

OMG 12 People only? I feel like a retard for getting mad at them for not releasing it early, before they joined Valve. Now im for sure that this game will be a EPIC WIN!

[dontleave]

Good interview.

how many zombies do you see, how many zombies are running at you,

He alludes to the infamous ninja zombies. Only at the china town campaign.

[Z2ato]

Impossible sounds fun, from what Mike Booth said its legit.

[BaldingSteve]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/petros42/Borat-VeryNice.jpg (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/petros42/Borat-VeryNice.jpg)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Impossible sounds fun, from what Mike Booth said its legit.

haha yeah it does sound Pritty Fun but ithink it would be more Fun with MOre Zombies not How much dmg u recive and such

[dontleave]

Wow, this is the best interview I've read for the game. Everything they said gave me even higher hopes for the game.

Impossible difficulty level! Story! Modding! Even the talk about end-game stats etc.

Hopefully they release a media batch soon, so I can get the awful image of the WIP Survivors out of my head.

[Jesus123]

I would name a map LD_UPHILL STRUGGLE

Where you must fight up a insane mountain like hill and with only pistols and once you reach the top you get only shotguns and 1 minigun and prepare for the HARDEST CRESCENDO EVENT EVER and like 200 zombies climbing the mountain to you plus 2 Tanks!

[BaldingSteve]

LD_UPHILL STRUGGLE
i can only hope that was /sarcasm.

but anyways, /facepalm

[Waterboy2go]

I would name a map LD_UPHILL STRUGGLE

Where you must fight up a insane mountain like hill and with only pistols and once you reach the top you get only shotguns and 1 minigun and prepare for the HARDEST CRESCENDO EVENT EVER and like 200 zombies climbing the mountain to you plus 2 Tanks!


Lol that ZM map is so frustrating.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Where you must fight up a insane mountain like hill and with only pistols and once you reach the top you get only shotguns and 1 minigun and prepare for the HARDEST CRESCENDO EVENT EVER and like 200 zombies climbing the mountain to you plus 2 Tanks!

HAHA omg dude THat was be insane !!!!!

[Z2ato]

Im still deciding what id rather have. More zombies on higher difficulties or more damage that you receive

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[xXxTboNe34xXx]

I think more zombies Deffinelty xD like More Dmg is cool But idk JUst not as cool as having a shitload more zombies coming at u

[dontleave]

Both.

[Jesus123]

More zombies anyday :D

[Z2ato]

wow its like one sided lol

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Lol See More Zombies r better then just Reciving More Dmg xDD recing more dmg is a challenge BUT More Sombies is a Funner Challenge xD

[Z2ato]

I think it would be harder to because: the boss infected + lots of zombies = confusion and utter chaos.

[Keptron]

"I can guarantee you there's going to be an achievement of starting and escaping a scenario without getting hit by an infected."
Holy Shit!

[Puscifer]

oh yes, impossible baby!

that was a brilliant read:D

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

boss infected + lots of zombies = confusion and utter chaos.

Hahaha Exactly !! . i can picture it now fighitng off Hundreds of zombies on you then u turn around to a Tank JUst Ramping twords you ..Plus If other boss infected r there as well ur figintg off hundreds of them then c the tank THEN out of nowear ur teammate just gets pounsed by a Hunter God dame Amazing !

[WarTornAlc]

Booth has a stylish hair-cut as always, Newell has some compition.

[Z2ato]

Ya, you'd have to stick to eachother like broke back cowboys to survive that.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Ya, you'd have to stick to eachother like broke back cowboys to survive that.

HAHAHAHA

[Keptron]

There's also Expert difficulty which is for pretty hardcore folks.

MB: How much damage they deal to you fundamentally. Some of them do change, like the tank. The tank gets tougher. He can absorb more damage. But at the same time he can deal more damage. Like on Impossible he hits you once and you know you're done.
Woot? I hope it have a lot of Witches

[Jesus123]

Achievement to never shoot your gun would be harder.....

[Keptron]

How the difficulty Impossible will be? Tank kill us with one hit, so hunter kill us in 20s? :3

[Z2ato]

Ya, come to think of it, its all a big porno on impossible. When a hunter jumps on your friend. A big threesome takes place and your jamming the butt of your gun against the hunter who is physically raping the victim. Don't get me started with the smoker and his 50 foot sucka..... :)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Achievement to never shoot your gun would be harder.....

Haha The only way to be able to beat that 1 would be on Easy Difficulty ;D

[Z2ato]

The Boomer on Impossible should be an actual bomb like before and fuck your shit up.

[Keptron]

Ya, come to think of it, its all a big porno on impossible. When a hunter jumps on your friend. A big threesome takes place and your jamming the butt of your gun against the hunter who is physically raping the victim. Don't get me started with the smoker and his 50 foot sucka..... :)
Hmmm nasty. D:>

[tripp36]

I'll definitely miss the incredible depth of the old merit/demerit system.

yeah i know...it just puts the sprinkles on the ice cream sunday...

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Yes i will sadly miss the opld merit/demarit system as well =[ .Just becuase most of those play tetsters ignored it Doesnt meen every 1 will =[ I thought that idea was a Really cool add-on to L4D they said its still a big Part the 1 thig i hope they didnt take out was how many INfected u have killed

[bumbousdude25]

"I can guarantee you there's going to be an achievement of starting and escaping a scenario without getting hit by an infected."

Whoa... That's gonna be fun. :D

I'll definitely miss the incredible depth of the old merit/demerit system.

Yeah... :(

Im still deciding what id rather have. More zombies on higher difficulties or more damage that you receive

That reminds me of Resident Evil: Outbreak. As you raised the difficulty, not only could you get hurt faster when attacked, but zombies were faster, more alert, and there were a considerably higher amount of them on harder difficulties. I loved playing that game on Very Hard (the hardest difficulty) just to see how long I could survive. To me, that was the only way to play the game.

I'm sure L4D will be much more intense and have many, many more zombies than RE:O did though, for sure.

For the poll, I'd say both, like dl said. Infected do more damage, and there's more of 'em. :D

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Yeah I Like Both But More Zombies Deffinelty Just the thought Of it .. Running down a street then Turn a corner Only To find Hundreds apon hundreds of infected Just sitting there.. OHH then ur spotted ... they all rush u.. Dude id prably shit my pants ( not literaly) and start screaming from excitement ( that is literal xD )

[tripp36]

ok for real has NE one AT ne of these game testing asked...or saw..or ANYTHING about the infected side we havent even heard a sqeek of news

WHATS GOING ON? lol

are they hiding it for fun?

[Z2ato]

That reminds me of Resident Evil: Outbreak

Ya man i was a fan of that game myself. The challenge was intense and thats how i liked the game so much. amazingly, not a single person voted for the first option yet which is what valve and steam are doing.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

ok for real has NE one AT ne of these game testing asked...or saw..or ANYTHING about the infected side we havent even heard a sqeek of news

WHATS GOING ON? lol

are they hiding it for fun?

Ahh yes my Dear Boy there r videos of the Infected ..Here is 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HxcNjf0R_CU

[tripp36]

Ahh yes my Dear Boy there r videos of the Infected ..Here is 1

-_-

you have ne idea how old that is...?.

its likes my dead grandpa old.....

thanks tho..i guess......lol

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

LOL yeah that video is Pritty Old But thats all there is =[ .. Theres another Video PoD Cast that shows at the end of the video a little peek at the INfected side but thats way old to.. We herd alot about it at 1st Then nothing =[

[bumbousdude25]

There's also Expert difficulty which is for pretty hardcore folks.

And then we have Impossible difficulty because it never fails.

Oh God. :P

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Lol They must Have a hard time makuingg Difficulties Like MIke Booth said.. We try to make games harder and haerder but ppl come in and say dude this is to EZ xD something like that . Impossible Difficulty is a new 1 tho !.. IT even Exceeds GUitar HEro's Expert lol .. its Impossible

[Z2ato]

Tom Cruz will love it!!!!!

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Tom Cruz will love it!!!!!
LOL!!!

[Z2ato]

seriously, i can only do a few of guitar hero on hard. On rock band i could do expert for the bass on lots of songs though :)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Lol i Am Almost done with Guitar Hero 3 on expert xDD im on the last String ;D

[tripp36]

can some one tell me why Louis can jump 7ft in the air?(a real answer would be nice)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/tripp36/eede.jpg

[Z2ato]

can you do dragon force???Lol i Am Almost done with Guitar Hero 3 on expert xDD im on the last String ;D


haha that was totally random. The reason why is because he is black.
can some one tell me why Louis can jump 7ft in the air?(a real answer would be nice)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

ah HAHAHAHAHAHA.. Perhaps He was on that Cart and jumped off But it looks like he is to far away... And i dont c ne Tanks around that could have smashed him .....GLITCH XDD

[tripp36]

The reason why is because he is black.
(a real answer would be nice)

[tripp36]

realy if you watch the vid nothing happens he just jumps 7ft in the fricking air lol

[Z2ato]

Sorry man, thats the only thing i could think of why. but seriously... GLITCH XDD

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Whats the Link to the Video ?

[Z2ato]

Maybe, if you take pain pills you jump higher...

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

LOLOLOLOOL!O!L!O!L!O!L!O!!!!!!!!

[tripp36]

LOLOLOLOOL!O!L!O!L!O!L!O!!!!!!!!
lol what happen?

[tripp36]

URL (http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/left-4-dead.html) for the vid

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

lol what happen?

ahh hahaha nothing really just what Z2ato said idk just made me crak up xDD i guess the way i read it and such idk lol i have a very high since of humar xD and thx for the URL xD

[Z2ato]

ya, AND IM HIGH! :)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

xD me High O_o.. naa i dont smoke " The Devils Lettus" ( no what movie thats from xD ) and HOW DARE U TAKE ME A JIBBRISH SPEAKING WEBSITE !

[FRAGious]

This interview is fantastic. I got all pumped up and wanted to play SO BAD! Mike is my hero.

HOW DARE U TAKE ME A JIBBRISH SPEAKING WEBSITE !
The irony

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

HOW DARE U TAKE ME A JIBBRISH SPEAKING WEBSITE !
The irony

LOL indeed ! xD

[Z2ato]

The Devils Lettus

LOL good one! It is actually the safest drug though.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Bahhh Drugs are Drugs to me all badd xDD...i Dont Drink Nor Smoke xD.. im a goody goody two shoes OR " Straight Edge" ;D

[Z2ato]

FOR REAL? How old are you? I didn't start till 18 lol and oh how i wished i did it earlier. but a lot of my friends are the same goody way. I'm cool with it though.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

xDD im 16 ATM i dont really plan on starting ;D BUT me and a friend made an oth to Try it in College LOL

[Z2ato]

lolmade an oth

Hey thats good, on my first time drinking my friends poured the alcohal out and replaced it with soda behind my back and i was the drunk idiot alone while they were drinking soda i was drinking 151.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

LOL .. Did they Record it xDD i would have recoreded it

[Z2ato]

nah, but they did the second time. Except i wasn't the only one.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

haha. Well atleast that time u wernt the lone shark ! xD

[FRAGious]

The Private Message button is right under the nicknames and looks like a letter. You press the letter under the name yoy want to write to. Try it out.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Lol whats it matter to you ne ways O_o ?

[Z2ato]

I think he needs someone to talk to.

[FRAGious]

Lol whats it matter to you ne ways O_o ?
This is a forum. You are spamming a specific topic with personal chatter. Have you ever been using a forum before?[

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

haha Prabably The Private Message button is right under the nicknames and looks like a letter. You press the letter under the name yoy want to write to. Try it out.

Dwaaaaa is some 1 jealous ? =[

[FRAGious]

Dwaaaaa is some 1 jealous ? =[
Yes. That is it. I'm jealous.

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Yes. That is it. I'm jealous

Its ok, ill be your friend =]

[Z2ato]

Just dont take candy from him

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Just dont take candy from him

LOL!

[Puscifer]

:S

Left 4 Dead Chat rooms ---------> way:D

[Z2ato]

:D way<-----------peace loving nigger kitty


(don't worry dude im not racist, im actually black)

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Left 4 Dead Chat rooms ---------> way:D

xD that would be pritty cool to have a 411 chat room here xDD instead of every 1 just talking on the Forums

[Z2ato]

Dude lets make a topic about it !!! :O !! :O ! !

[xXxTboNe34xXx]

Haha we should !! Prably get alot of atten call;ed to it

[Steve Cloud]

Fuck yeah, navigation mesh!

[Dead Fish]

xD that would be pritty cool to have a 411 chat room here xDD instead of every 1 just talking on the Forums

Would you please post less? You two have already cluttered two threads with your incoherent babble. It's called spam.

This is what our Steam Community Group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/l4d) is for. Keep the Off Topic in the chat please.

[Keptron]

can some one tell me why Louis can jump 7ft in the air?(a real answer would be nice)
THIS IS MADNESS! I noticed it too, I was like &quot;Fucking Werebunny!&quot;

Also, anyone saw this video D:>? --> http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=rel ated (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=related) Because I just saw today :3

[engagequadlaser]

THIS IS MADNESS! I noticed it too, I was like &quot;Fucking Werebunny!&quot;

Also, anyone saw this video D:>? --> http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=rel (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=rel) ated Because I just saw today :3

Added: September 06, 2007

[Keptron]

Quoting: Youtube
Added: September 06, 2007
Damn ... O.o And I have been looking this game since the first day, well whatever >_>

[OBLITROX]

you have ne idea how old that is...?.

its likes my dead grandpa old.....

thanks tho..i guess......lol

LOL yeah that video is Pritty Old But thats all there is =[ .. Theres another Video PoD Cast that shows at the end of the video a little peek at the INfected side but thats way old to.. We herd alot about it at 1st Then nothing =[

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=rel ated (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qITRUDcO2iY&feature=related)

[dontleave]

This thread, along with some others, has been completely ass raped.

[OBLITROX]

This thread, along with some others, has been completely ass raped.

lol

[Sifer2]

Woot for 5 difficulty settings! That was the biggest concern I had but now I feel satisfied. I guess these vids where the survivors can stand there an take a beating for a full minute are on Easy. Impossible mode should be fun more like a real zombie movie where they get on you an you die lol.

Also I almost wonder if someone had heard what I said about 4 difficulty settings leading to arguments between Survivors/Infected on who has the advantage. If there are 5 im betting Versus mode is set to Hard by default so neither side has too much advantage.

[MrR0b0t0]

Or I bet its set to a difficulty based on what the players skill levels are.

[DeMoNsXWiThInnX]

Mabey the team as a whole will get to choose what Difficulty they want. Like Just becuase there a rank 1 doesnt nessissarly mean they cant play on hard or expert, or even impossible.

[wioiw]

I read the interview 3 times, is it safe to say that you do respawn in the last safe room if you all die in campain mode, but that you do NOT respawn at all in versus mode?
i mean MB said &quot;The way that we've been doing the Versus mode is that the four zombies win by eating the four survivors...&quot;
Eating?

[TheStrife]

Bahhh Drugs are Drugs to me all badd xDD...i Dont Drink Nor Smoke xD.. im a goody goody two shoes OR &quot; Straight Edge&quot; ;D


FOR REAL? How old are you? I didn't start till 18 lol and oh how i wished i did it earlier. but a lot of my friends are the same goody way. I'm cool with it though.

Jesus Christ you two are annoying. If it's even two people. Seems like the same person with the same atrocious spelling replying to himself about how &quot;OMG RANDUM xDD&quot; he is.

[Keptron]

Eating?
Yes, that's why Boomer is fat and Tank is stronger. They eat human for their healthy. D:>

This thread, along with some others, has been completely ass raped.
This thread now is a porn star!

[Dead Fish]

This thread now is a porn star!

You cannot rape a pornstar. It's like trying to drown a fish...

[lerlerson]

This new change about the merit/demerit system is good. You know why? Because, with the old demerit system, you could be faced with situations where somebody was going to get a demerit no matter what. For example, a Witch being in a doorway. You would get a demerit for waking the Witch, but you wouldn't be able to do anything without waking the Witch.

On top of that, if you accidentally hit a teammate because THEY went out in front of you, that's not your fault- that's theres, but if there's just a little discrepancy in the AI Director's thoughts, you're the one getting the demerits.

[Dead Fish]

This new change about the merit/demerit system is good. You know why? Because, with the old demerit system, you could be faced with situations where somebody was going to get a demerit no matter what. For example, a Witch being in a doorway. You would get a demerit for waking the Witch, but you wouldn't be able to do anything without waking the Witch.

On top of that, if you accidentally hit a teammate because THEY went out in front of you, that's not your fault- that's theres, but if there's just a little discrepancy in the AI Director's thoughts, you're the one getting the demerits.


Personally, I think there will always be a way to avoid the witch. There should be at least, because she is not just a random, tough enemy thrown in by the Director. That's what the Tank is for. Without the added possibility of leaving her alone all together, the witch would be kinda pointless.

Anyways, I think the old system made a lot of sense because of the instant feedback. You knew who did what and who did what wrong, right the moment it happened. There was even a demerit called &quot;Reckless&quot; that would punish people running into friendly fire themselves.

[lerlerson]

Personally, I think there will always be a way to avoid the witch. There should be at least, because she is not just a random, tough enemy thrown in by the Director. That's what the Tank is for. Without the added possibility of leaving her alone all together, the witch would be kinda pointless.
Go watch the Developer Walkthrough 1 on Gametrailers. There's a Witch at the end that is impossible to avoid.

Anyways, I think the old system made a lot of sense because of the instant feedback. You knew who did what and who did what wrong, right the moment it happened. There was even a demerit called &quot;Reckless&quot; that would punish people running into friendly fire themselves.
Yeah, but a system like that is bound to be glitchy. The game would probably have a hard time telling if the person had run into the fire or not.

[dontleave]

You cannot rape a pornstar. It's like trying to drown a fish...

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA

You heard it here first folks.

[Dead Fish]

Go watch the Developer Walkthrough 1 on Gametrailers. There's a Witch at the end that is impossible to avoid.


Yes, I know the scene you are talking about, but don't you think that they could have succeded in sneaking past her slowly and with their flashlights out? Maybe one by one? Of course, the Infected Horde made that impossible in that situation.

You heard it here first folks.

lol

[lerlerson]

Yes, I know the scene you are talking about, but don't you think that they could have succeded in sneaking past her slowly and with their flashlights out? Maybe one by one? Of course, the Infected Horde made that impossible in that situation.
Well, if I remember correctly, you couldn't walk within a three feet radius of her- don't quote me on that- but if that's not true, it would have been theoretically possible to pass her.