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D_Smid4499
08-04-2007, 05:59 PM
Another hands on preview of Left for Dead, by the great IGN.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/810/810724p1.html

Grab a few friends, and dive into this game for hours and hours on end. In short, it's a zombie-lover's wet dream, as it contains all the "Oh ****" moments of a good horror game, is constantly throwing creepy scenarios at you - we recall standing with our three partners in front of a manhole saying "Ok, who's going to jump down first?" - Bozon IGN Team
Anti Zombie Task Force
08-04-2007, 06:02 PM
There's still plenty of time before Left 4 Dead comes out - the only real release date the team will give us is "2008" - but already we're dying to get involved in a beta, grab a few friends, and dive into this game for hours and hours on end. In short, it's a zombie-lover's wet dream, as it contains all the "Oh ****" moments of a good horror game, is constantly throwing creepy scenarios at you - we recall standing with our three partners in front of a manhole saying "Ok, who's going to jump down first?" - and it brings an awesomely risky form of friendly fire cooperative play to the horror genre. And trust us, when you see half a dozen sprinting zombies leap onto your friend and begin tearing his flesh off you'll think twice before carelessly unloading a stack of rounds into the crowd.
dontleave
08-04-2007, 06:03 PM
a beta
iRelentless
08-04-2007, 06:04 PM
<div class="quote">but already we're dying to get involved in a beta</div>
<three rows of :O's in bold>
EDIT: Never mind, I read it as THE beta, not A beta. :(
EDIT2: You pointed it out while I was pasting all the :O's, so I didn't see it until I hit post.
D_Smid4499
08-04-2007, 06:04 PM
Was that necessary? I mean people can read for themselves, if they couldn't then I'd post the whole freaking article in the topic....
Anti Zombie Task Force
08-04-2007, 06:14 PM
just saying it says in a beta not in the beta its just a thought
dontleave
08-04-2007, 06:15 PM
Relentless edit that... it's annoying, and I already pointed it out.. duh.
Deadly
08-04-2007, 07:33 PM
they did a really great job with the sounds of the zombies, mike patton is the creepiest guy ever, The Darkness, now creepy zombie voices (his voice wasn't edited in the darkness at all)

edit: just read the article and wasn't impressed, just explains what the game is about and gives one of those &quot;Oh shit&quot; moments
Zombie Ade
08-04-2007, 07:44 PM
Good find - shame the video streaming is sooo slow ( well, for me anyway )
Some good new video footage there.
Deek
08-04-2007, 08:47 PM
With regard to the vids ...

On the up side, the constant dialogue between characters is great. It adds a really interesting dynamic. &quot;I thought you were hosed for sure!&quot;

On the down side, I'm not crazy about some of the audio fx. The assault rifle sounds weak and hollow (the pistol actually sounds beefier), and the footsteps are classic Counterstrike.

Minor niggles.

Otherwise, the footage is quite good. I don't think I've ever seen that section of the scenario, the area showcased in Off-Screen Gameplay 2. Looks like an abandoned office building, under construction. Cool. However, the rooftop finale is a retread, though still fun to watch.
dontleave
08-04-2007, 08:52 PM
Otherwise, the footage is quite good. I don't think I've ever seen that section of the scenario, the area showcased in Off-Screen Gameplay 2. Looks like an abandoned office building, under construction. Cool. However, the rooftop finale is a retread, though still fun to watch.

It was de_vertigo.. duh?
QuotidianTemerity
08-04-2007, 09:16 PM
and the footsteps are classic Counterstrike.

They're placeholders.

Edit: so is the sound emanated by the auto-shotgun.
Puscifer
08-05-2007, 12:01 AM
The new videos are brilliant, the game looks so good man:P
Conde
08-05-2007, 12:06 AM
I'm so impressed, the comunication between mates, the sounds, the improved source engine, it's all awesome, you can see how they talk when the Veteran brings up the other player, and when the hunter gets over the player, you can hear the scratches and moans, and the player screaming too!

You can get to hear 'I'm not gonna make it' or 'All my body parts hurt' (Or something like that)

You can also get to see a zombie with no arm, too bad that they didn't threw any molotov coctail or pipe bombs.

The M16 sounds awesome too :p
Puscifer
08-05-2007, 12:33 AM
The part when they kill a smoker and it covers the route for the next infected wave is great, they cant see shit and all of a sudden u can hear a load of screams and moans, then they come bursting through the smoke at them! :)
TheBump
08-05-2007, 09:55 AM
I'm a little disappointed in the Molotovs. As soon as you hold them in your hand they start burning and when you unequip them they... Yeah well I guess you smolder them with your hands or something?!?
Would be more realistic if you lighted them as a step in the throwing of them.

Hope they'll change that.
No Shelter
08-05-2007, 10:03 AM
I'm a little disappointed in the Molotovs. As soon as you hold them in your hand they start burning and when you unequip them they... Yeah well I guess you smolder them with your hands or something?!?
Would be more realistic if you lighted them as a step in the throwing of them.

Hope they'll change that.

So you have it held out, then your guy lights it when your ready to throw it? That sounds good, but it really doesn't bother me. In other game when you cook the nade you can switch weapons too. ITS A GAME!
Deek
08-05-2007, 02:22 PM
It was de_vertigo.. duh?
Was it really a CS map?? Or are you noobifying me? haha I haven't played CS in years. Goes to show ... i r gullible.
Cradoc
08-05-2007, 03:12 PM
Was it really a CS map?? Or are you noobifying me? haha I haven't played CS in years. Goes to show ... i r gullible.

Yes it was
No Shelter
08-05-2007, 04:29 PM
Seriously? Someone show me a pic of de_vertigo.
Deek
08-05-2007, 04:56 PM
Seriously? Someone show me a pic of de_vertigo.
haha

I quit playing CS not long after the de_ maps were introduced, but I vaguely recall vertigo. I remember a bomb site next to a huge stack of 2x4s, amongst other things.
Etheallmighty
08-05-2007, 09:38 PM
pics now, or I dare say....U LIE!!!!!

EDIT:

look at the retard who has the last comment after the article, at the very end he says &quot;wtf is left4dead?&quot;.....it's like dude u just posted after an article explaining it douch-sicle :P
Etheallmighty
08-05-2007, 09:50 PM
just saw pics on google....I can see how u got them mixed up cause it's the same sorta idea,and u havn't played in a while, but it doesn't look even close to how it looks on L4D(100X better!) besides that it's on a construction skyscraper.
dontleave
08-05-2007, 10:35 PM
It was a JOKE...
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:31 AM
BETA NEEDS TO COME OUT BEFORE DECEMBER FOR ME TO PLAY OR I GET MAD AND BREAK COMPUTER!! GAAARAAAH!!!
btw: mooo
darksora2323
08-06-2007, 05:35 AM
GAAARAAAH!!!
garra?

http://www.u-blog.net/AnimeNarutoGallerie/img/hokgaa.jpg (http://www.u-blog.net/AnimeNarutoGallerie/img/hokgaa.jpg)
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:39 AM
whos taht?
not an anime guy...
darksora2323
08-06-2007, 05:40 AM
whos taht?
not an anime guy...
you said garraaaahhhh
so i said garra?
squerl
08-06-2007, 05:41 AM
Rasengan!!
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:42 AM
you said garraaaahhhh
so i said garra?
Rasengan!!
ok now im really confused
iRelentless
08-06-2007, 05:44 AM
Rock Lee!
hooray for zombies
08-06-2007, 05:45 AM
Master Gai wins, hands down
squerl
08-06-2007, 05:47 AM
Anyway, back on topic.. yay for IGN videos.
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:50 AM
yes, i agree...good vids, very pleased
darksora2323
08-06-2007, 05:50 AM
did the interview have anything that we didnt know?

OFF TOPIC
i see im not the only one who watches naruto
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:51 AM
i dont think so dark,
just some boring recap, and some prodding questions that were skillfully avoided, lolz
iRelentless
08-06-2007, 05:52 AM
I want a video showing zombies breaking a door down next!

The shooting through the breakable doors is great, it adds the option of checking what's on the other side of a door without opening it completely, and looks awesome. I wonder if the same thing can happen when shooting thin plaster walls?

OFF TOPIC
I don't watch it, I just used Google. lol.
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:53 AM
i really dont think that barricading is meant to be a big part of this game.
i think its just an option and will most likely only happen if you are on a server with all friends and u guys agree/plan to barricade to see what its like
QuotidianTemerity
08-06-2007, 05:53 AM
I want some footage with decent players.

Preferably on the highest difficulty.
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 05:54 AM
i wanna see a vid thats like at least 5 minutes long and is only the trs guys playing as zombies
iRelentless
08-06-2007, 05:56 AM
i really dont think that barricading is meant to be a big part of this game.
Barricading isn't essential, but could be really usefull. Like when there are a load of zombies, so you run back through a door and close it to make them bottleneck while you plough through them. 300 style (but with guns).

I want some footage with decent players.
The GameSpot video's (http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=2&topic=956) had good players.
gorgoth
08-06-2007, 05:57 AM
We do need more footage or door carnage.
darksora2323
08-06-2007, 06:00 AM
The GameSpot video's had good players.

yes they where really good
Armored_Zombie_Cow
08-06-2007, 06:01 AM
yeah, but im sick of the survivors, and i want to see some zombie players now
iRelentless
08-06-2007, 06:03 AM
How about a video showing the survivors barricading and bottlenecking some zombies. But from the point of view of the hunter that just climbed in a window and opened the double doors behind them, letting a tank and a boomer in to massacre them after a minute of bottlenecking zombies.

That would truly be an epic hunter manoeuvre.

EDIT: After more thinking: that would be epic apart from the how even some walls can't stop a tank, so double doors would have no chance. Plus they would hear the tank behind them before it got to the doors. :(
Maybe it if tip toed. lol.
QuotidianTemerity
08-06-2007, 06:50 AM
Themed videos would be nice, too.
As the release draws nigh, featurettes could be used to advertise the different playable Infected.

Edit: it'd be nice if said videos would introduce the survivors in a genuine manner. &quot;Meet The Heavy&quot;, anyone?
Nemesis_vs_Leon
08-06-2007, 08:33 AM
Am I too late for the Naruto naming contest?

Anyway, I want to be the hunter, then I want to shoot it, the I want to be it again.
Maybe for our first game in the left4dead411 official server, we could all be zombies first and kill the bots, and if other people joined, they would be the survivors.

Also, show videos of the witch! I have never seen it, neither has anyone else unless they went to quakecon or showdown lan. Show us the witch! Make sure to include video of it attacking people.
Tono_Tako
08-06-2007, 08:39 AM
Youtube Links for the people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phw6vMPxqW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhkvO9YO3sc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9LOhusVGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66h1TcQEU8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkRt7fgqtNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOGMKGZkCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG8UK_4z9n0
yay!
plenty media of Left 4 dead ingame.
darksora2323
08-06-2007, 11:02 AM
Youtube Links for the people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phw6vMPxqW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhkvO9YO3sc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9LOhusVGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66h1TcQEU8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkRt7fgqtNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOGMKGZkCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG8UK_4z9n0
gots all of those and most of them all in one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dQcuFufLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_NZs2i9LVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1TgufaRaak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a22lmSFsmkg
Deek
08-06-2007, 11:25 AM
Also, show videos of the witch! I have never seen it, neither has anyone else unless they went to quakecon or showdown lan. Show us the witch! Make sure to include video of it attacking people.
There's a few seconds of a witch (in Granny panties, on the subway tracks) pwning two survivors in the San Jose footage.