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Offline Gryphon

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Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« on: November 12, 2008, 10:26:09 PM »
Was just messing around in the demo version of this game, and it's probably the most fun I've ever had in a survival horror game ever. Team based, 4 person squads where you must stick together or die alone. Seriously, BEST.ZOMBIE.GAME. EVER!




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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2008, 11:36:54 PM »


ROFL!

I thought this was about what my family did to me last time we went hiking!

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Is that the one in the recent TeeVee ads that says "Zombies" . . . "Apocalypse" . . . "Zombies + Apocalypse!"


Really can't get much better than that tho, eh?!?  :winkgrin:


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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 12:20:41 PM »
I watched my brother play for a little bit yesterday. It seemed pretty fun, but since I just bought CoD:WaW I won't be buying another game soon. However, I may look into getting it a couple months from now.

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 01:25:53 PM »
I preordered it like a week ago.

Awesome game, there are many tricks to play versus in the actual demo, as in, use the console to become a zombie.

It's far too easy though tbh, if you play expert with friends who talk to each other, there's not much chance of you losing.

I love pipebombs, and throwing one at a horde, so funny to watch them climb over each other to blow up  :)


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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 06:01:47 PM »
I hate the witches in it, and the random horde mobs that attack sometimes.

Best trick I've found with a witch it is pummel her with molotovs and then start unloading .223, or rapid 9mm rounds into her until she falls.




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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2008, 10:11:16 AM »
Sorting out Steam so i can get the demo. Looks fun!

4 Days to download... Yay.
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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 10:25:37 AM »
Pre-loading actual game.

Headshot a witch with the hunter rifle, hard to so once they're moving, but kills them  :)

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2008, 10:52:15 AM »
Sorting out Steam so i can get the demo. Looks fun!

4 Days to download... Yay.

Actually i think if you look close at it, that time frame is listed under gifts. I think it means 4 days left for demo play.

I got the demo and 2 of my co-workers and myself played it on expert and made it, but barely with only 3 ppl.

I love it so i might pick it up after the holidays.

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2008, 11:15:22 AM »
need a better video card cause it has terrible video lag and the picture is really bad, but i love the game, and would get it if i could get a better video card

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2008, 09:45:39 PM »
As far as I can tell in Left 4 Dead the zombies aren't the undead kind, but rather are like the Rage virus from 28 Days Later. I say this because of the way they move, climb and run. If they were 'dead' then rigor would have set in by the point of the game, and they'd be very stiff and inarticulate. From watching the main game screen with the zombies milling about it look like are confused, unaware, and without any kind of direction.

Kinda like college, but with some virus causing it.




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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2008, 02:40:34 AM »
Woo, full game out now!  d_b

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2008, 12:09:34 PM »
I played the demo the other day. It was fun for a while, I even told Ediseye to download it. lol@me

It gets extremely boring after a while.

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2008, 03:33:44 PM »
Playing the same 2 maps, over and over, is bound to.

Believe me, the new maps are so much better.

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2008, 03:50:04 PM »
Playing the same 2 maps, over and over, is bound to.

Believe me, the new maps are so much better.

I played those two maps each once. -.-

Got boring fast to me.

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Re: Left 4 Dead - anyone going to get?
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2008, 06:36:16 PM »


So my son (MoNsTeR in the forums) finally buckled and bought it (on whatever was the first day, it seems.... Steam just makes it all too easy, I guess!  ;D )

Looks VERY "pretty" - all gross and disgusting, actually!  ::)  :winkgrin: - on his rig!

Some of his friends got it too, and now they spend all their spare time killing zombies together instead of playing CS:S!  :siderofl:

I/He/They do like the four-player co-op a LOT, tho, and the touches like: weapons/zombies/stuff are randomly-placed at different places every time! (Although there are some "preferred" locations, but what's there changes from game to game.); The nice variety in your zombie buddies ( ;) ); The rarity of pipe bombs, soas not to spoil things; Car alarms! (What a brilliant idea!); and point-based, rather than kill-based game play.

It's the closest thing I've seen to Hidden:Source for creepiness+scare factor, too!

I have no plans to get it - my "twitch"-factor has suffered with age, I'm afraid, but it's fun to watch!  (Hmmm?... Is there an "observer" mode?!?)

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