Infected side of the story

[Masked_Jester]

so when will you be done with the infected side of the hands-on preview

[hool10]

Yeah I wanna read it! :-D Pleeeease? Hopefully today on this fine Friday the 13th perhaps?

[Rufus]

Same here! I can't wait to rip into some unsuspecting survivors >:D

[Stupoider]

This question has been asked way too many times T.T SOON.

[engagequadlaser]

This question has been asked way too many times T.T SOON.


That's not soon enough T.T

:V

[Stupoider]

Damn you!

[Quotidius]

Damn you!


Quack quack! :V

[Stupoider]

Dman you both!...



:V Quack quack...

[Anti Zombie Task Force]

ill ripe my hair out if it's not out soon i want to see the hunter or at least an discreption

[Stupoider]

Thought theres already been descriptions of the hunter :O Saying its fast, agile, and turns invisible when it stands still.

[Masked_Jester]

god just TELL US WHEN THE PREIVEW IS COMING OUT

[squerl]

Not tonight.

[A DUCK]

stop bugging the mods with this question, the more we ask them, the more time they read, meaning less time for writing the second part lol

[frogopus]

stop bugging the mods with this question, the more we ask them, the more time they read, meaning less time for writing the second part lol

Lol A DUCK, I was actually going to post the same thing :P. The second part is currently still being written and coming along. Keep in mind the length and detail of the first part; we are trying to keep ourselves as detail oriented as possible and unfortunately that takes time. I wish I could quit college and work to do this all day but not just yet. Tis no excuse, however, and it'll be chugged through as quickly as possible (responding here has actually caused me to stop working on things :P) It's very exciting that you are all so eagerly anticipating its release and we are doing our best to give you what you want. But like we've said... soon.

/hug A DUCK

[Masked_Jester]

ok i wont ask again but wont mean i cant wish upon a star that it will appear tomorrow or the next day or the very next day or the day after that no no i will wish with all my might

[A DUCK]

lol you just delayed it by 1 minute! :O

[Masked_Jester]

... i see

[Rufus]

Two minutes.

[sir monster]

this thread makes me laugh.

[A DUCK]

hehe yeah it seems like all the topics on these forums slowly change into random chats :)

[sir monster]

yeah, its a sign they need to have an IRC channel *hint*

[A DUCK]

or a shoutbox aside from the forums

[sir monster]

or a shoutbox aside from the forums

good idea.

atleast no one can claim that we are spamming for post count.

[KashMunni]

lol c'mon guys give 'em a brake they still have theyre own lives to attend to and im am also as eager for sumthin as all of u are but im just trying to keep my mouth shut :X

[A DUCK]

oh i know im not saying this so that they will do it, im just observing lol, and keepign the forums alive :D

[squerl]

We actually started with just a shoutbox.. i think you can find it at http://www.left4dead411.com/l4dshout.php Please don't use it though, just look at it for historical reasons :P

And yeah, frogopus was real busy this week with school and stuff so you can all blame him for it not being out yet! :D

On another note, realize that once you learn the secrets contained within the next piece, you might just turn rabid from wanting the game so bad..

[A DUCK]

1. I was one of the first people here that used the shoutbox :D and have been around since

2. THAT MEANS IT COULDVE BEEN OUT YESTERDAY!!!

3. im already rabid from not knowing haha

[sir monster]

On another note, realize that once you learn the secrets contained within the next piece, you might just turn rabid from wanting the game so bad..

please, i might not have been signed up for the forums but ive been drooling over this game since i heard about it.

when i saw the 28 weeks later trailer all i could think about was how much it has in common with this game haha.

take as much time as you need with it. im sure it will pay off for us.

[A DUCK]

take as much time as you need with it. im sure it will pay off for us.

yes... as long as its done this weekend!!! lol jk, but really :D

[dontleave]

Wah, I thout'd be done buy Friday, its saturday and I have nothing else to do but play Lotro!!! Aaaaah (goes insane)

[sir monster]

lotro?
how is that? i was invited for closed beta but i opted not to participate as im tired of getting screwed by mmo's.

it never fails that as soon as i get the last piece to the super awesome mega set of armor ive spent 3 months trying to get (time and money) they patch and suddenly the super awesome mega set i have is super awesome obsolete.

[dontleave]

Its not bad, the lack of real PvP or RvR isn't really that big of a turn off for a PvE fan like myself (lol sun shone through the window as I wrote that) that graphics and sound is better than any MMO out so for (WoW, Vanguard etc.) Although most people would disagree but I have the high res teture pack from my pre order and I love tolkiens works and usually buy any game I can thats based off of them. I dont think ill get bored of it soon, as they have released only a fragment of ME, and supposedly 65% of the size of WoW already, so they cant really run out of expansion sets for a while.

Back to topic, P2?!!?!?!?!!?

[sir monster]

how many pages in are you, what draft?


projected eta... middle of next week maybe?
~ed it~

not meaning to nag of course, just closest thing ive gotten to playing this game im hyped about is reading your preview.. im on the edge of my seat to play the other side... er read about it.

[Masked_Jester]

i have been very patient here but i have a limit to how much i can wait much more and i am speaking on the behalf of the people of the society of the game players and i just want to know an estimation just a simple estimation of when your going to release the pt2 of the infected side of the preview

[Stupoider]

Dude, I dotn really want to rush them. I want it to be really detailed rather than rushed xD

[Masked_Jester]

i said estimation just a estimation of when its suppose to be done i dont want it to be done like now i just want to know how much they are done

[sir monster]

im guessing "soon"

[A DUCK]

hopefully by tomorrow :)

[MarxismIsOk]

You know....this preview is going to be such a mixed curse. It doesnt make the game come out any faster....and we are all pretty sure its going to be awesome anyways...people have gone from screaming for a release date for the game, to screaming for a release date for the preview to the game. I guess I'm saying the previews are well done and awesome, but its important to keep perspective. =)

[A DUCK]

Squerl or Frog: can you please give us a percentage of how much you have done? Doesnt have to be a release date for the preview but just an estimation :).

[sir monster]

Squerl or Frog: can you please give us a percentage of how much you have done? Doesnt have to be a release date for the preview but just an estimation :).

just give up , it seems they are ignoring that sort of request, which probably means its soon enough not to bother telling us. im sure they are working out the final bits of it by now and should be up this week i would imagine

[A DUCK]

yeah i know lol :P i just really want to read it haha

[frogopus]

Just look at it like this. Right now you're waiting for the preview to come out. When the preview does come out, you will have nothing to wait for but the game (and future updates from us of course). The longer it takes for the preview to come out, the shorter the wait for the actual game. :)



I have a feeling thats funnier to me than the rest of you.

[shadowhunter]

ummmm....YEAH!!!!!!

[Stupoider]

Just look at it like this. Right now you're waiting for the preview to come out. When the preview does come out, you will have nothing to wait for but the game (and future updates from us of course). The longer it takes for the preview to come out, the shorter the wait for the actual game. :)

True true.

[Masked_Jester]

so frogopus/squerl do you have an estimation of when you think that pt2 is coming out?

[engagequadlaser]

So, how about that part 2? :3

[Puscifer]

so did u guys actualy play as infected while u were there? how long roughly did u play the game?

[A DUCK]

it not being out yet is torture lol, i thought it was going to be out like a weak ago ;(

[frogopus]

Yes, we did get a chance to play as the Infected and we spent roughly 12 hours actually playing the game. In regards to part 2, it will come out when it comes out I'm afraid. Until then, feel free to ask questions regarding Survivors and keep looking forward to the second part.

[A DUCK]

when you played, were the gun models and gunshot sounds brand new or ones taken from css and hl2, etc.

[squerl]

Sounded/looked new to me.

[A DUCK]

cool

the green aura around teammates that helps you see them through walls ; do you see the green aura on them when youre right next to them and nothing blocking your vision of them?

[Hona]

Question: Have they made their FPS view so you see the rest of your body (like Dark Messiah), or is it the same "flying" weapon model?

[squerl]

DUCK: You only see the green aura when they're behind walls. If they're down a really dark hallway and you can't see them at all, you don't see the green aura because they're not behind walls.

Hona: Don't think you can see your feet.

[engagequadlaser]

How would you rate the fun-factor of the infected side, compared to the survivors?

[A DUCK]

that will be in part 2 lol

[engagequadlaser]

Well if they're going to take forever to do a writeup, I'm just going to ask them everything that's going to be in the writeup :P

[squerl]

We've said this before (and I have to get working on updating the information pages on the site!!) that the Infected side is way harder than the Survivors side.. if you are successful, though, it is VERY fun :D

[engagequadlaser]

When playing as the infected, is teamwork generally required (or even possible), or do you mostly stalk the survivors on your own?

Also, when dying as the infected, do you immediately respawn further ahead as your selected class again, or is there periods in between spawns.

[squerl]

Teamwork is possible, and I'm sure once people start getting really good it'll be a necessity. Can't really answer many questions on Infected right now though, have to wait till the second part, sorry.

[Masked_Jester]

well if there are 4 poeple playing the infected team and only 3 can play hunter,boomer,smoker what happens to the other person?

[squerl]

2 people can play the Hunter at one time.

[Masked_Jester]

well when i get the game I'm gonna play as the hunter or the smoker mostly the hunter because i can jump from building to building and then jump down and slash that person

[Deadly]

I thought you can play infected if you are waiting to respawn as survivor or you are a tank or something

[squerl]

No, if you are a Survivor you do not play as infected at all.

[Deadly]

But can you play as a normal infected if you don't wanna play as the boss

[Degu]

Do you mean a normal infected or a hunter/boomer/smoker?

[Deadly]

Normal infected

[A DUCK]

no

[frogopus]

Hona: Don't think you can see your feet.


I thought you could hrm...

[cush]

Eh, I could care less about seeing my own feet. Sure it was sort of cool in Dark Messiah, but in the end I'm gonna be too busy blowing of the heads of zombies to look down at my feet :)

[dontleave]

Immersion is key in a zombie game, how can you immerse if you are a hovering set of arms and a gun. No immersion=no scare=no good.

[cush]

Does it really take away that much of the immersion if you have no legs. About 90% of the time you are either going to be looking straight or up. And the only reason why you might look down is because your too scared to see whats in front of you :)

[dontleave]

Still, if we start taking bits away then eventually it'll be like the arcade version of RE, at your home PC!

I myself like bathing in the rich detail and visuals before I go smacking infected in the face with the butt of my gun.

[cush]

LOL, very true. Whenever I first play a game I usually mess around for the first 10 minutes and marvel at the graphics. But after those few minutes I'm all about pumping zombies full of lead :)

I highly doubt it could be as bad as the arcade version of RE. That game was just horrid. HL2 didn't have legs in it and I could care less. It still is one of my favorite games of all time.

[dontleave]

Hl2 didn't have arms either lol... that caused practically an uproar (whatever you could define an uproar to be on the internet)... if it means more that 100 topics on forums saying "where are gordonds arms" then yes... an uproar.

[cush]

LOL, well I think if they don't add feet to L4D there won't be an uproar. But maybe some disappointed people.