Please tell me I am not the only one wishing they were NOT making a sequel already? It just looks so much more generic and seems to forget what made L4D so great. The characters are not hard to distinguish, the Tank looked...ehhh...cartoony? Just seems like it will murder the franchise. Oh yeah, did I mention its extremely rushed?
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I'm sorry sir, but.. rushed? Valve does not rush games, they will announce it this early, sure, but they will deliver about 3-4 years down the road, and as for cartoony, they just wanted to announce something for the upcoming E3, and it was made with the source engine.
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It look good imo. I'm not sure what the OP saying the Tank look cartoony. It look like a hill billy version of the tank. Just fatter. But It seem you also get melee weapons, like chainsaws and a frying pan.
First of all, I'm going to say that I was pretty pissed when I first heard about this. However, do a bit of research before you start shouting it down.
Theres an interesting artical and a podcast about on Rock Paper Shotgun.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/
And here are some footage of the game on IGN
http://uk.pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14352245/left-4-dead-2/videos/l4d2_gmp_dockstart_052809.html;jsessionid=2lsaqjlwkmdtq
It does basically feel like a great big HUGE bit of DLC, but it's big enough that I can understand a completely new game (I'm not that happy about it but still). It's basically Left 4 Dead, and then some.
That means all the original boss infected (Smoker, Tank, Witch ect) plus new ones, of which two have been announced. One is a kind of mix of the tank and a normal infected, like it's take sterioids but it's only worked down one side. It basically pushes with his huge heman arm (sounds like how a big daddy does) or grabs you and keeps smacking you to the ground until someone rescues you. Theres a wondering witch (only appears in new day light levels) who instead of crying sings an eary song and actually moves around, creeping up on survivors and so on, meaning its a lot harder to avoid her.
There seems to be a little more enthesis on story this time. Not hugely but each campaign leads into each other for instance, and the new survivors have more back story and develope as they move though the campaigns
The maps also sound a lot more open too, theres lots of different directions and secret paths to take, some of which I think the Director may force you to take (puts a vehical in your way or something)
Theres also weird minor stuff like zombies that wear hazard suits (these ones won't be effected by fire) and bullets that set your enemies alight.
Theres also ofcoarse melee weapons, which include a bassball bat, a frypan (What?) a chainsaw and an axe, plus more to come. I think you may have less bullets meaning that melee weapons become essential.
This is still really, really weird, like weirder than by dad turning out to be a goldfish. But still...congratulations ValvE! It took you less than a decade to make a game. That quite an achievement.
Theres an interesting artical and a podcast about on Rock Paper Shotgun.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/
And here are some footage of the game on IGN
http://uk.pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14352245/left-4-dead-2/videos/l4d2_gmp_dockstart_052809.html;jsessionid=2lsaqjlwkmdtq
It does basically feel like a great big HUGE bit of DLC, but it's big enough that I can understand a completely new game (I'm not that happy about it but still). It's basically Left 4 Dead, and then some.
That means all the original boss infected (Smoker, Tank, Witch ect) plus new ones, of which two have been announced. One is a kind of mix of the tank and a normal infected, like it's take sterioids but it's only worked down one side. It basically pushes with his huge heman arm (sounds like how a big daddy does) or grabs you and keeps smacking you to the ground until someone rescues you. Theres a wondering witch (only appears in new day light levels) who instead of crying sings an eary song and actually moves around, creeping up on survivors and so on, meaning its a lot harder to avoid her.
There seems to be a little more enthesis on story this time. Not hugely but each campaign leads into each other for instance, and the new survivors have more back story and develope as they move though the campaigns
The maps also sound a lot more open too, theres lots of different directions and secret paths to take, some of which I think the Director may force you to take (puts a vehical in your way or something)
Theres also weird minor stuff like zombies that wear hazard suits (these ones won't be effected by fire) and bullets that set your enemies alight.
Theres also ofcoarse melee weapons, which include a bassball bat, a frypan (What?) a chainsaw and an axe, plus more to come. I think you may have less bullets meaning that melee weapons become essential.
This is still really, really weird, like weirder than by dad turning out to be a goldfish. But still...congratulations ValvE! It took you less than a decade to make a game. That quite an achievement.
All they needed to do is add more enemies, guns, and maps to the original.. How hard can this be?
Maybe a customizable character look or two.
Maybe a customizable character look or two.
Join the club, its not that i dont like left for dead, this is the same portal debate, first one was great but you dont want the second one becuase you know its ganna be a MONSTOROUS TURD! The olny thing is i hope valve to the least makes it good, good new charectars,hot college chick and guy with big tounge (you know what im talkin bout 
) and just make it fun.
) and just make it fun.
I really hoped they would of called it "Left 5 Dead". I guess you can't get everything you want. Still, not like Valve to release a sequel to a game in such a short time. I sense a disturbance in the horizon.
