the L4D intro...

[Goomboss]

why doesn't it show the boomer?
i mean it has the tank, the hunter, the witch, the smoker, even shows the car alarm going off, but no boomer.

And it should give atleast SOME back story

 

[NeonZombie]

/agree

 

[theCMNDER]

1. Its got to hide something from you as a surprise, and why not a face full of vomit?

2. It gives you plenty of backstory! Kill zombies or DIE. That's the whole L4D story anyway.

EDIT: 3. Its an awesome intro clip, and does actually give a small look at the character's personalities.

 

[randommaster]

Maybe it wants you to crap your pants when you see zombie Kool-Aide Man barf and explode all over you.

 

[Goomboss]

Why...is this so important? Who cares, quit trying to add story to a simple and fun game. Its fine the way it is.

Touché but it seems to lead to nowhere without story, i mean its all good fun shooting the fuck into zombies to survive, but you get nothing at the end other than to do it all again, maybe if they put a sequence at the end for a reward or give you some sort of info it wouldnt be as dull

 

[Jason Voorhees]

I think the creators were most proud of the Boomer and were saving it as a "surprise" for later in the game. I personally think it's the coolest concept of the boss zombies.

 

[Trivun]

I think the creators were most proud of the Boomer and were saving it as a "surprise" for later in the game. I personally think it's the coolest concept of the boss zombies.

Nah, the Boomer's cool but I think the Witch is best. It's your own fault if you get killed by her, after all, and I mean, I like emo/goth/whatever girls... Crazy psycho ones that cry then gut you just add to the joys of L4D, in my opinion

 

[Lost In The Void]

I loved the beginning. When you crank the volume and here the screams of a thousand zombies and survivors yelling over the sound of bullets flying around you it really makes you want to play the game

 

[Goomboss]

Why...is this so important? Who cares, quit trying to add story to a simple and fun game. Its fine the way it is.

Touché but it seems to lead to nowhere without story, i mean its all good fun shooting the fuck into zombies to survive, but you get nothing at the end other than to do it all again, maybe if they put a sequence at the end for a reward or give you some sort of info it wouldnt be as dull

So you require a grphically rendered "pat on the back" and a good job heres some random info about what happens to the four fake people you just used to shoot zombies with? Its all just a matter of opinion really, to me the game is entertaining for what it is, if you want a story read a book or watch a movie, hell i hear they have a comic series for this game now.

Not exactly what i meant to imply :L

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I find it likely that the Boomer was amongst the corpses at the very beginning of the intro. Note that Bill picks up some green, bile-looking gunk on his fingers (which he then wipes on Francis)- there's a good chance that it was Boomer-goo. Maybe it had been shot by an earlier group of survivors, causing it to explode?

 

[Goomboss]

I find it likely that the Boomer was amongst the corpses at the very beginning of the intro. Note that Bill picks up some green, bile-looking gunk on his fingers (which he then wipes on Francis)- there's a good chance that it was Boomer-goo. Maybe it had been shot by an earlier group of survivors, causing it to explode?

that too is a good theory

 

[Goomboss]

oh yeah and why does francis say merry christmas when he shoots a zombie xD

 

[Goomboss]

You're looking for backstory in a game that is about mindlessly killing zombies. Riiiight.

its not that im looking, im just asking why not, its always nice to have a bit extra

 

[hem dazon 90]

I agree I played left 4 dead for about a month but stopped because I didnt feel like I was acomplishing anything with no story and all

 

[ace_of_something]

I agree I played left 4 dead for about a month but stopped because I didnt feel like I was acomplishing anything with no story and all

YOu never would have survived the old days. "You're a circle and you need to eat these dots and avoid the ghosts!" "The hell? this makes no sense"

I think the boomer was supposed to be a surprise.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

It does. When Bill bends down to touch the hand a Boomer's legs can be seen. That stuff he wiped on Francis was Boomer bile which is why they were attacked by Zombies.


Pause at 0:19-0:21 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCQeuMB57A]


Another question I would like to raise is:Was the Screamer really cut? before every horde you hear a loud scream is it possible that this was the screamer.