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Left 4 Dead 2 |OT| The South Rises Again
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Red Scarlet
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Bebpo said:
Realism mode doesn't have outlines/names for the other characters, so you can't see where they are, or if they are boomed (unless if you actually see them up close and they have barf on them, but I haven't done that).
At least on Advanced, Witches will kill you in 1 hit on realism mode, just like Expert on campaign mode. No idea if that applies for Easy or Normal (or what the Witch does differently on Expert, would be cool if she could just go after everyone in the group or something until she dies).
There are no spawn closets on realism mode. The only way to come back into the game is via a defibrillator or by the other players beating the level, then you'll start the next level with 50HP like usual.
Outlines for items don't show up until you are much closer to them.
Zombies take more shots to kill in realism mode if it is a shot to somewhere other than the head. It might take 4+ sniper shots to kill a zombie if you shoot it in the chest/legs. Headshots are more important against the zombies instead of just unloading a clip and mowing them down wherever you hit them.
That's the stuff I know for it, don't know if there's other things. The zombies are much more dangerous when they can take more punishment. Plus, when someone goes "ah crap Hunter on me" you can't just look around real fast in a 360 to see the yellow+red outline shadow of the Hunter and victim, you have to hope you find that person before they are killed, which isn't always possible to do! Plus on Expert, that means you can die in about 5 seconds..hope your teammates are not far away and know exactly where you are.
The mode makes the game much more intense, imo. Really looking forward to trying it out more.
We played through all 5 campaigns back to back on Normal last night...finishing at 4am. Best gaming night ever! 
Highlights (for me)
- The Dark Carnival finale is fucking EPIC!
- Hard Rain is superb...we counted 7 witches on one level
- the final Parish mission was more intense than anything in the game
GOTY 2009, absolutely, with no chance of any other game coming close to matching it IMO
Highlights (for me)
- The Dark Carnival finale is fucking EPIC!
- Hard Rain is superb...we counted 7 witches on one level
- the final Parish mission was more intense than anything in the game
GOTY 2009, absolutely, with no chance of any other game coming close to matching it IMO
fistfulofmetal
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syllogism said:
Red Scarlet
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123rl said:We played through all 5 campaigns back to back on Normal last night...finishing at 4am. Best gaming night ever!
Nice.
When 1 came out, some people waited for me to finish downloading (I decided to buy it about 2 hours before release), then we played all 4 campaigns..it was about 11AM when I went to sleep.
When 2 came out, it took about 10 and a half for the 5 campaigns to be finished (one on realism), and I still went to bed about 11AM. So much fun, but omg was I really tired and cranky (more than usual!) by the end. Fun fun.
My friends and I also attempted Hard Rain Advanced Realism, but we couldn't get past the second level :lol
The witches kept getting us.
Also, sorry to Tekno for not getting in a game with him. The game's now on my new PC so maybe I'll be around to campaign with some GAF people tonight.
The witches kept getting us.
Also, sorry to Tekno for not getting in a game with him. The game's now on my new PC so maybe I'll be around to campaign with some GAF people tonight.
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Deleted member 30609
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yeah, I played for almost six hours in one sitting, ending at almost 3:00am, having got through the the first three campaigns, before waking up the next morning and doing the final two for a further three hours. I was with Chinner the throughout all five campaigns, and an assortment of other cool GAFfers and random people who jumped in and out as we progressed.
I usually feel guilty as hell when I do something like that, but fuck it, the game was amazing; I had so much fun.
I have to stop myself from splooging all over this too much, I'm grossing myself out.
I usually feel guilty as hell when I do something like that, but fuck it, the game was amazing; I had so much fun.
I have to stop myself from splooging all over this too much, I'm grossing myself out.
I'll play some too! I'm an Aussie, so my ping will be bad, but I'm fairly used to it. I'm not a liability, put it that way.TheOneGuy said:
fistfulofmetal
Banned
since the dudes i play with aren't going to get the game for awhile I played with old-old-old friends who all live in Europe. So it was a game hosted locally by a dude in Norway. I had awesome 250+ping entire time.
played the Carnival level on normal realism. I got killed by a witch early on and near the end they found a defib kit and decided to make the trek allllll the way back to where i died to save me. Was successful but when we all made our way back to the safe house we were attacked by a charger, spitter, and a horde. sadly we didn't survive.
played the Carnival level on normal realism. I got killed by a witch early on and near the end they found a defib kit and decided to make the trek allllll the way back to where i died to save me. Was successful but when we all made our way back to the safe house we were attacked by a charger, spitter, and a horde. sadly we didn't survive.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
I'm down.TheOneGuy said:
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Deleted member 1235
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maaaaan what's the deal with witches. I woke so many up last time. wha'ts the criteria for pissing her off? Letting your gun off near her right?
Does anyone actually try to kill them?
Does anyone actually try to kill them?
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Deleted member 30609
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turn your flashlight off, and don't shoot them or run beside them.catfish said:
I should have told you mid-campaign, but it didn't even occur to me that you hadn't had much experience with L4D before. My bad!
that was hilarious. I wonder what was up that guys ass. :lolChinner said:
fistfulofmetal
Banned
i'll play today. do you people use ingame voice? i generally stick with skype.
Didn't know if I should post this in this thread or in the steam one.
If I change my address to an USA one in my account information and use a proxy so it looks like I surf from USA, will I be able to buy this game via Steam, and then use it on my computer at home which is connected to a Swedish ISP?
If I change my address to an USA one in my account information and use a proxy so it looks like I surf from USA, will I be able to buy this game via Steam, and then use it on my computer at home which is connected to a Swedish ISP?
we had been playing all day and in a few games he kept saying really simple stuff and was (accidentally) giving away some of the the twists to the levels so i told him off. i guess he thought i was being elitist and PRO so finally when nobody covered me in the parish and i sarcastically asked if everyone knew what the definition of cover was he CRACKED.Rez said:
LunaticPuma
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Did anyone else on 360 pre-order through Gamestop? If so, did you get a code for the baseball bat download? I asked about it when I picked it up and they said it was inside the case (which was a lie).
Yeah I got my code it was on a little card thing and no it wasn't inside the case.LunaticPuma said:
Just go back and say that it wasn't in the case. If they say yes it was, (if you're really set on getting that code) tell them to open up one of the cases, or wait for someone else to come in and pick it up and have them open the case.
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outstanding.Chinner said:
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I've yet to play as any other character than the girl. What's the deal with people racing to choose one of the dudes? Now, I don't mind playing as the girl but it'd be fun to get the chance to play as another character and hear a few more of their comments.
marvelharvey
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Think that'll work. I'm on a Japanese ISP, using a game preordered whilst in the UK.fanboi said:
VGChampion
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I've always been a huge VS person but man the new Scavenge mode is so much fun. I rarely run into rage quitters and the games go by quick enough that people aren't afraid to stay in the game for the next round.
Sucks I'm going to be gone almost all day today. This is one of the only games where I actively want to keep playing.
Sucks I'm going to be gone almost all day today. This is one of the only games where I actively want to keep playing.
Ugh, people don't have a fucking clue about beating The Parish climax. It seems I won't be able to do it until I try with my friends
I mean, is the concept "run AND shoot" so hard? some people still haven't realised they can't butt-wall their way in this game. Specially with a FUCKING ENDLESS HORDE
I mean, is the concept "run AND shoot" so hard? some people still haven't realised they can't butt-wall their way in this game. Specially with a FUCKING ENDLESS HORDE
So what does everyone think happens to the survivors after The Parish finale?
I thought
I thought
The military would take them somewhere to be lined up and shot since they were doing that to other people/carriers,
and they specifically asked if the survivors were immune (carriers),
but then... why not just blow the bridge with them on it?
and they specifically asked if the survivors were immune (carriers),
but then... why not just blow the bridge with them on it?
gregor7777
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I know some of the difficulty comes from unfamiliarity with the new maps, but I think that said, this game is significantly harder than the first.
Common infected are tougher, the new SI remove a lot of the stop and camp strategies, the director throws more SI at you more often, etc.
SI seem to work better together this time around also.
Common infected are tougher, the new SI remove a lot of the stop and camp strategies, the director throws more SI at you more often, etc.
SI seem to work better together this time around also.
OmegaDragon
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ArjanN said:
Well I played with just one human player, we didn't really manage to defend the stage. It was pretty sweet though, When the chopper landed, we both got in (bots were doing... something). But I got dragged out of the chopper by a smoker and got boomered and my health plummeted, it looked pretty grim. But we escaped, I think with 1 hp or something :lol
fistfulofmetal
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joelseph said:
Skype > Vent
EmCeeGramr
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Wii said:
Yeah,
I thought that too, but listening to the radio again you could hear the military ask the chopper pilot (or vice-versa, I couldn't tell) whether the other was prepared to deal with carriers. I took that as, to be prepared to shoot in case the Survivors turned out to be carriers. If military suspected that anyone who was immune was a carrier, I doubt they would've bothered to pick them up.
Though I am wondering whether or not the Survivors in both games are carriers. Losing both helicopter pilots makes me suspicious.
And the idea of carriers being a real threat requiring extermination is odd. If it's true and CEDA and the government weren't overreacting, then that would mean that the Infection can be potentially be transmitted through the air.
Though I am wondering whether or not the Survivors in both games are carriers. Losing both helicopter pilots makes me suspicious.
And the idea of carriers being a real threat requiring extermination is odd. If it's true and CEDA and the government weren't overreacting, then that would mean that the Infection can be potentially be transmitted through the air.
I survived the Parish finale with less than 3HP (it might have been 1HP). It was so intense
The strange thing is I usually buy games and play them once then sell them on. I'm ok with that because I get most of my money back and enjoy it. But I played L4D2 for about 9 hours yesterday, finished every level, tried Realism and failed, and had a go on Scavenge...and I don't even acknowledge that I completed the game. For me that was just a way to see what I'll be playing in Versus and what to expect when I really finish the game (on Expert). I can easily see myself putting 500+ hours into this game and still wanting more
I went to the stairs, got caught by a Smoker and killed him, my friend jumped down the ladder and landed on a Tank :lol I threw Boomer bile at him and ran off. My friend got incapacitated so I ran towards him...a Hunter pounced me and my friend killed him while still down. I ran over with an axe and killed all the zombies, picked him up - all while still being dangerously close to getting incapacitated - and we escaped together just as the Tank ran towards us
The strange thing is I usually buy games and play them once then sell them on. I'm ok with that because I get most of my money back and enjoy it. But I played L4D2 for about 9 hours yesterday, finished every level, tried Realism and failed, and had a go on Scavenge...and I don't even acknowledge that I completed the game. For me that was just a way to see what I'll be playing in Versus and what to expect when I really finish the game (on Expert). I can easily see myself putting 500+ hours into this game and still wanting more
LunaticPuma
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Ledsen said:wth. I played 4.9 hours and didn't finish a single campaign on normal
This game is way too hard.
My friend and I took 4 hours to finish Dead Center on advanced. We spent about 2 hours on the finale before finding the best route to collect the gas cans. Playing with bots is so-so. They are better at backing into corners and such now, but they're still slow and never help with any objectives.
I'm having a weird sound issue with the in game voice system. In the lobby people can hear me but I can't hear them. In game with the exact same settings we can all speak to and hear each other fine. Been through all my levels and settings and everything checks out. In game bug perhaps?
gregor7777
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I joined fallout and a few others yesterday, and he said he had played the Dead Center finale like 12 times without success before I got there, and I played another 6-7 times with him without beating it. :lol
wayward archer
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syllogism said:
Cause the secret 6th campaign where the survivors from l4d1 meet the l4d2 ppl hasn't unlocked yet.
Are the achievements bugged or something? It says I killed 0/6 uncommon infected, but I've killed both the hazmat guys and the riot cops multiple times. I've also deployed ammo for my team numerous times but didn't get that ach and used at least 2-3 different melee weapons (counter says 0/9). wth
joelseph said:
Hell yes, you hear this Vert! use Skype!
Also Push to talk is to lame for L4D, not hearing people QQ is the most fun parts
TheExodu5 said:
This only applies if you have shitty upload speeds so if you don't Skype is the better route but for games like WOW or where you have more then 8 people its better to use Vent. Skype sound quality is way better then vent too which is why I prefer to use Skype.
This brings me to another matter of discussion? are mics vital for L4D2?
gregor7777
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Fireye said:
We kept getting separated, which was our main problem.
Didn't really care about this game since I've got bored of l4d months ago. Bought it on impulse for some reason and holy shit! I probably had one of my most enjoyable gaming experiences yesterday. All the little changes they made to this game come together in a big way to make it much much better then it's predecessor. Can't wait to play tonight.