New Left 4 Dead DLC Campaign Coming in September

[Cid Silverwing]

If they had worked on this rather than L4D2, this would have been out sooner.

 

[Lordmarkus]

Hm, Valve accept to charge for a free DLC on L4D, but they refuse to release dlc's for TF2 for a price? Weird...

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I guess they decided that the achievements were worth 6 bucks... Oh well, I'll probably just wait till the L4D2 comes out... With all of the content included...

 

[TsunamiWombat]

All.
Is.
Forgiven.

 

[whyarecarrots]

Well this just proves that the L4D2 boycott'ers have no idea what they talking about. Anyway on topic I really look forward to this campaign, it looks very interesting and should provide a good few hours of game play.

And this proves that you don't know what we're talking about.
A few extracts which should clear things up, from the group's 'manifesto':

WE ARE COMMITTED:

-To holding Valve to its promise of free, continual updates to Left 4 Dead in order to build and sustain the community.

-To supporting the model of continual updates Valve has set forth with its staple products like Team Fortress 2.

WE REQUEST:

-That Valve honor its commitment to release ongoing periodic content for Left 4 Dead.

The full thing is here[url], for anyone else who wishes to have a go at us for trying to hold Valve to the promises that they had made regarding DLC, which will BENEFIT ALL L4D PLAYERS (for those who keep forgetting, we're asking for things which can be played by all L4D owners: we don't want DLC that can only be played by the group members, as much as some people may want to believe that about us)

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[jad4400]

I don't mind paying a few microsoft points for this. I was pleased when Valve released the survival DLC that included a new game mode and the other two maps for Versus for FREE, after all that was content that should have shiped with the first game and Valve gave it us for free insted of doing what Capcom did for that Resident Evil 5 game mode.

Considering this is brand spanking new content I'm glad to pay five bucks for somthing new.

 

[Dyp100]

So, it's a really short campgain, since it's streamlined?

Meh, I'll be buying it, more story, I'm happy about that, and me and my friends love versus so I'll be happy playing it, I just hope they make more missions! Maybe explain a little back story, that would be cool.

 

[Aac18]

Uhm.. how could they possibly have known they were releasing a new DLC? with their knowledge at the time, it seemed like a pretty reasonable thing to do. . .

Valve stated they will continue to support L4D around the same time as they released L4D2, the Boycott'ers weren't content to take their word for it however and created a fuss over nothing.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

YESSSS.
i am pleased by this announcement.
PILLS ARE HERE.

and all this complaint with L4D2 boycotters, Valve obviously made this announcement to placate them, since it announced L4D2 BEFORE the DLC. I don't see Bethesda announcing Fallout 4 before any of its new DLC, or Team Fortress 3 before the Scout update. thats all the L4D guys were protesting, the apparent abandonment of L4D for its sequel, since anyone can tell you about Valve, they devote ALOT of effort into making a new game, so the fact that they were already working on L4D2 would make any Valve fan ASSUME that no DLC for L4D is being made.

Meh, I still don't think it's a good enough excuse though. At this point Valve could tell them to go F themselves and it would be justified, regardless of what the promised in the past.

Until then, why not try the Dead Aboard mod.(PC Only, sorry)

Possibly the most evil map I've seen

The [22g] people have offered up their L4D servers to us, and they run that map afaik. Check the thread for IPs. We're still a little iffy on how to actually connect, though.

It's the best custom map I've seen so far though. That and Night Terror are the two best, easily, with Night Terror being more original.

And funnily enough, I was thinking about a new campaign for L4D today, however I was thinking military base.

 

[AkJay]

Uhm.. how could they possibly have known they were releasing a new DLC? with their knowledge at the time, it seemed like a pretty reasonable thing to do. . .

Valve stated they will continue to support L4D around the same time as they released L4D2, the Boycott'ers weren't content to take their word for it however and created a fuss over nothing.

I'de rather have them making a fuss over nothing then to blindly follow a company who they feel have wronged them.

 

[Aac18]

I'de rather have them making a fuss over nothing then to blindly follow a company who they feel have wronged them.

Maybe so, but it would be nice to see people having at least some faith in a company with such an exemplary history , rather than jump onto the "Omg, they broke their promise to support L4D!!" without even giving Valve time to react.

 

[whyarecarrots]

Actually, we're having a go at you because you're such asses to believe that they wouldn't live up to their promises in the first place, despite continual assurances from them both before and after the formation of the group that they would, and we're having a go at you for having the temerity to say you "support" a model which is essentially, "We sit on our fat asses and they give us stuff for free", when your support is "Do it or we won't purchase another product in the future". Here's a hint, making a threat because of something you don't want does not equate to supporting that which you do.

You know what support would have been? Support would have been forming a group saying, "We're willing to pay reasonable prices for future L4D updates"

Well, when Valve release information about an upcoming sequel, set to release barely a year after the release of the original, with detailed information about new features, the setting, the campaigns, with plenty of in-game footage, before providing any information at all about upcoming DLC for the original, it is a little bit worrying. Of course, I want to trust Valve, but can you blame us for getting a bit worried given those circumstances, especially when they still held off from giving any detailed information about the DLC, just asking us to trust them without any concrete evidence.

Actually, the TF2 update method, the "We sit on our fat asses and they give us stuff for free" method, has made TF2 one of the most successful online PC fpses currently around: each release of DLC gives them the ability to effectively relaunch the game, with a new free trial weekend, and good deals to continually entice in new players: good for both the game's community, and for their wallet. And it seems a bit odd that they'd not do the same for L4D, which I believe is still one of the best sellers on Steam.

But anyway, I can see that neither of us is going to get anywhere with this argument: should we just agree to disagree and focus on the good fact this DLC will be released: hopefully the first in a reasonable line of DLC to be released before L4D2 comes out (and if they need to charge a small amount for this DLC, then I'd be happy to)

 

[Rednog]

Happy a new campaign is coming out, but I'd rather see some fixes to the current game. I play everday and nothing makes me just want to stop playing than abusive 3rd party server admins (seriously why isn't there a way to filter out 3rd party servers), expert mode tkers, and watching the AI director lose all intelligence because a single survivor rushed ahead.

 

[Mr Companion]

What is that thing in the background? I cant quite make out what it is supposed to be...

 

[Zayren]

$7? What an odd price for the map. Kinda bummed it costs points though....

 

[t_rexaur]

What is that thing in the background? I cant quite make out what it is supposed to be...

Crashed helicopter, since it's supposed to be set after No Mercy.

 

[calelogan]

Until then, why not try the Dead Aboard mod.(PC Only, sorry)

Possibly the most evil map I've seen

I still have a hard time believing that Valve is going to fulfill all those DLC promises made before. L4D2 has a lot of resources that could be implemented in L4D1.

I have faith in Valve though...and if nothing else comes out, it's a good thing I can rely on the Authoring tools to cook something up. At least there's a larger variety of user made levels.

 

[orangebandguy]

Maybe this will appease he angry "horde" of L4D2 haters. Sounds interesting for big versus fans like me and I look forward to it.