So, I've played L4D

[TsunamiWombat]

The controls feel pretty good to me. Very simple too.

 

[Bowstring]

I disagree there, the controls feel perfect to me. I haven't played a Valve game in a while, so I'm generally used to the left trigger (Xbox 360) being the button that allows you to zoom in with iron sights. But after a while I got used to it, and the controls seemed great.

 

[Reep]

This is the worst possible scenario for all of you guys enjoying the demo.
A broken hand. It may not seem like much but it will stop u playing for the rest of the demo time.
You may have gathered this already but yeah my hand is broken. Broken the very day i got the demo. I played it for 2 hours, went out and came back unable to play.
Yes i am pissed off and just felt like saying, enjoy it for me ay?

 

[Clov3r]

Anyone want to play?

...is there an escapist vent?

 

[Spartan Bannana]

It makes sense because the standardize rifle for almost all armies/national guard/whatever is the M16.
It wouldn't be normal to find super modern laser weapons lying around the streets would it?

Can anyone beat the second level on expert?
My group kept fucking up so I quit :/

We did it! That's not to say we hadn't all been revived twice by the end, had to dash the fuck through the last part cause we were all dying

 

[GenHellspawn]

Well, I made a new account, and suffice to say I'm actually surprised by how much this game does not suck.
Only things that bug me are the small number of players (there should be options for at least 10 people, bigger maps and more zombies perhaps?) and the weapons being too conventional (Assault rifle? Shotgun? Where have I seen that before?).

Well, I can see where having more people would be fun, But I think they stuck with 4 people for realisms sake and to make it a tight and tense squad game where you all have to work together against vastly superior enemy numbers. As for the weapons, it's based in a real world scenario, so alas no shooting zombies with Las guns.

I got the demo today, and suprisingly it will run on my shitty shitty machine (admittedly at 640x800 with all options off). I'll provide opinions and screenshots (so you can see how it looks at it's worst) later.

I think they threw realism out the door when I was playing a 70 year old man shooting zombies with a pistol that has infinite ammo.
I mean, they could've at least made the weapons look or at least sound cool. Like, for example, the assault rifle doesn't have to be an ugly M16.

You're nitpicking. But I really don't care.
Even if this game was the greatest thing coming out in the last 5 years you would still violently affirm your hate for it because you don't like the "Valve fanboyism" around these parts.

So as long as I'm not completely neutral on the stance of the company making a game, I'm not allowed to criticize it? I mean, I said it was fun, those were just little things that kinda ticked me off.

Also, "The greatest thing coming out in 5 years" is completely subjective, so it's guaranteed that somebody out there will dislike it, if not me, than definitely somebody else.

 

[Marioninja1]

It's come to this by one of my bro.'s getting it instead of me, I would have chosen the Valve, but my bro said otherwise

 

[GenHellspawn]

but hell you've been looking for a good flame war for a while...

? Could you elaborate?

 

[GenHellspawn]

I've got a question, on expert mode what's the best way to access this situation:

You just killed off hundreds of zombie and your squad is low on health, then you hear that dreadful crying that sends shivers down your spine. The squad turns off their flashlights and meet the witch, buuuut she is blocking the path, what do you do?

I ask this because that happened to me like 2 hours ago, needless to say we shot the *****, she killed 2 of us and then a horde of zombies came.


Game Over

Your best bet would be to have everybody back up and aim at her head. That way you can hopefully kill her and get to a secluded spot before the zerg zombie rush comes.

 

[Caliostro]

I've got a question, on expert mode what's the best way to access this situation:

You just killed off hundreds of zombie and your squad is low on health, then you hear that dreadful crying that sends shivers down your spine. The squad turns off their flashlights and meet the witch, buuuut she is blocking the path, what do you do?

I ask this because that happened to me like 2 hours ago, needless to say we shot the *****, she killed 2 of us and then a horde of zombies came.

Game Over

2 ways to go at it.

There's the "Cut your losses" way, the way Codgo said. Basically sacrifice the "weakest link". Have him aggro the witch and all aim at him... Soon enough she'll plow him and stand over his body, take the chance to empty your weapons on her face.

Then there's the "all or nothing" way. You'll need shotguns and/or rifles for it. Basically, get as close as you can to it without aggroing, have your whole team aim straight at the head, count down, and all pull the trigger at the same time. If timed correctly it should be a clean cut execution... But the timing's gotta be down perfectly, or she'll jump on the first to shoot before all shots are fired. Witch moves -> Shots hit concrete -> Witch is alive and killing your team -> massive clusterfuck.




Here's my question: Any specific way to tackle a Tank? Besides "run and shoot" that is.

 

[GenHellspawn]

Here's my question: Any specific way to tackle a Tank? Besides "run and shoot" that is.

Usually, the tank ended up inside of a subway car, so i just molotov'ed the exit and shot at him from the windows at my leisure.

 

[Caliostro]

Here's my question: Any specific way to tackle a Tank? Besides "run and shoot" that is.

Usually, the tank ended up inside of a subway car, so i just molotov'ed the exit and shot at him from the windows at my leisure.

Lucky you, he rarely seems to spawn in the subway cars (he prefers the out and open areas where he can maul my team at will), and even when he does he seems to find his way out faster than I do...

Do Molotovs act like "barriers" against a Tank? I mean, will he refrain from walking over it?

 

[Caliostro]

Nope he will just pass trough it, and consequently light on fire.
So now you have a flaming Tank taking swings at you. FUN FUN!

Yeah, I noticed he's completely unphased when set on fire...Which I have yet to decide whether it's more perplexing or just down right scary... A couple of games ago one knocked me down, I instantly thought I was fucked cause I knew I had a Tank on my leg, then I look up and he's on FIRE... I never pressed the mouse button faster...

 

[Ronwue]

Well... I can say... for certain... that Expert is really intense. And I love every second of it. Advanced now seems like... "Where the hell are the zombies?"

 

[DeusFps]

The demo was awesome. Only problem I have with it is that single zombies seem to slow to react to your presence. The game also shows you where all the ammo and bad things to shoot are, which kinda spoils things a little. But maybe you can turn these off.

 

[Aidan160]

buying a sound card takes stress off your processor to so its easier to play. I bought a
$29.99 Creative sound blaster Audigy SE and i get better performance. Before i got the sound card when i recorded with fraps i got 8 fps and after i got the sound card i can record at 21 fps.

 

[Unknower]

My team almost managed to beat the game on expert in our first try. Unfortunately a Tank killed all of us. I think I almost managed to kill it after throwing a Molotov's cocktail and using the minigun. Damn they're tough.

buying a sound card takes stress off your processor to so its easier to play. I bought a
$29.99 Creative sound blaster Audigy SE and i get better performance. Before i got the sound card when i recorded with fraps i got 8 fps and after i got the sound card i can record at 21 fps.

....

What's up with all the advertises? Seriously.

I vote for banning the advertisers.

 

[DizzleMcSizzle]

i dont really like this game.
im really not too sure why. i found it ok for about 1 minute and then i was kinda annoyed with it.
i might rent it, it wont be a purchase for me though

 

[Unknower]

My team almost managed to beat the game on expert in our first try. Unfortunately a Tank killed all of us. I think I almost managed to kill it after throwing a Molotov's cocktail and using the minigun. Damn they're tough.

buying a sound card takes stress off your processor to so its easier to play. I bought a
$29.99 Creative sound blaster Audigy SE and i get better performance. Before i got the sound card when i recorded with fraps i got 8 fps and after i got the sound card i can record at 21 fps.

....

What's up with all the advertises? Seriously.

I vote for banning the advertisers.

What about all these annoying google ads on the site now? I guess we should ban the escapist also.

I vote for that too.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

While we are here....5 scenarios in which we may be playing L4D can become reality... [http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html]

Keep practicing.