Left 4 Dead Creators Announce Deal With THQ

[SomethingUnrelated]

Hadn't realised they were responsible for Left 4 Dead; though it was entirely down to Valve. Still, based on their track record, I suppose it's worth keeping an eye on what they come up with in future.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I liked 1 a good bit.

Didn't care for 2 too much...Never even beat all the campaigns.

So, I'm hopefully optimistic.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

I just hope they don't pull a Homefront.
THQ and all being responsible for that.
Still,my fingers are crossed.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

L4D type Warhammer 40K game ftw?

 

[thiosk]

L4D type Warhammer 40K game ftw?

oh dear

Well, i'd probably quit my job and just play a proper warhammer 40k simulator game all day if there was one... I don't tend to like random griefer people on the internet though, I'd hate for the immersion breakers that swarm L4D to have an impact on a warhammer based experience.

 

[Evilbunny]

Well, i'd probably quit my job and just play a proper warhammer 40k simulator game all day if there was one... I don't tend to like random griefer people on the internet though, I'd hate for the immersion breakers that swarm L4D to have an impact on a warhammer based experience.

What do you mean by "immersion breakers"?

 

[The Shade of Time]

Well, im not the biggest supporter of heavily multi-player implicated games, but im am intruigued as to see what they will do next withought Valve.

Just as a side note. Tom just want to say a small thanks for the ammount of content you've provided for us.

 

[TheSaw]

As people have said already, I prefer Left 4 dead 1 than the second one.
The first one was just much darker, and better for a zombie game.

 

[Jameseh]

THQ seems to be going down the shitter, but as one of the few major-but-not-an-arsehole publishers left then hopefully they can do good.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I'll just remain warily optimistic for now.

 

[Shanecooper]

Someone remind me. What was the last game THQ was involved in?
I need to know if I should anticipate this upcoming game or not.

 

[Therumancer]

Someone remind me. What was the last game THQ was involved in?
I need to know if I should anticipate this upcoming game or not.

I mostly know THQ for publishing the "Wathammer 40k" games, I think their last release was probably "Warhammer 40k, Dawn Of War II: Retribution". They have an upcoming FPS property, the "Space Marine" game for Warhammer 40k.

I'm more of an RTS fan (as far as it goes) than a FPS fan, and I vastly prefer my non-MMORPG games to be single player.

If I had to make a guess, they might be wanting to make other Warhammer 40k action games a bit robust, so hired a specialist developer, 40k seems to be their bread and butter nowadays.

That said, developing a full game out of the whole "soldiers vs. zombies" thing could work, since mostly it seems like it's been the subject of limited modes and maps. A full fledged "Left 4 Dead" type experience based around the military could work if done right I'd suppose. Hardly original, but it would seem like a relatively safe financial gamble.

 

[iniudan]

Fascinating. I much preferred 1 over 2, so it'll be interesting to see if they do that fairy game they were talking about.

Prefer 2 here, but the character of the first are better, especially since Bill is more awesome then the 7 other together. (WHYYYY did he have to die ?)

 

[Nouw]

Warhammer 40,000:Space Hulk.

Think about it guys.

 

[Kopikatsu]

Yea, its an interesting study in what makes a good game. On paper L4D2 appears to be superior. There were several improvements. All in all though it was missing....something, compared to the first game.

I would guess that it's missing...originality.

Not that franchises are bad, but when shooting for the 'horror' aspect, franchises don't work that well since it's something that you've seen before. It's no longer new and 'shocking'.

The Resident Evil series is a good example.

RE1: "OHMYGAWDZOMBIEKILLITKILLITSWEETJESUSITSEATINGMYFACE"

RE2: ZOMBIES! EVERY MAN FOR HIMSE-...eh. Killed it."

RE3: "Stupid zombies take too many bullets to kill. When am I going to get a shotgun or somet-yup. Shotgun."

RE4: "Yawn. More zomb-HOLYFLAMINBABIESWHATTHEHELLJUSTCAMEOUTOFTHATGUYSHEAD"

RE5: "More Plaga? Meh. Just need a flashban-Yup. Flashbang."

 

[thisbymaster]

Another brown shooter with zombies? No thanks.

 

[samsonguy920]

New IP's from those who created Left4Dead? I will be paying attention to that.
And this does explain why 2 made certain departures from 1, aesthetics and such. 2 is still good down to the core, but it could be improved.

>.> <.<

Like better characters.

 

[MercurySteam]

THQ is one of the few publishers that most people don't consider to be evil. I say, hell yes!