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Ok, this game is awesome. If the versus mode even somewhat delivers, which I'm sure it will, then I can see this game sitting in my 360 for a long time.
 
Shake Appeal said:
This game is incredible, in that I can't believe how good it is.
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From what I've been reading in here, the game looks and plays like it will be great. Glad this time that falling for the hype will work out
 
Yay.

Oh, and I also hope Valve changes the server to, by default, not only allow from lobby. And then add back in the server browser.

It's a win-win. For those who want to join a server via the Lobby matchmaking, it will work, and for those who want to manually join a favorite server, that will work.

I know Valve is listening, so hopefully not long after launch (even sooner if possible! :D) they can change that functionality.
 
DenogginizerOS said:
The premise and gameplay give me a classic 4-player arcade game vibe (ex. TMNT) but obviously takes it to a whole new level.
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I thought exactly the same thing while I was playing earlier.
 
ghst said:
because i don't want the game i've been salivating for since its announcement to be crippled by a gimped networking system, and i want it fixed before release. just like the majority posters that are hating on it right now.

i have no desire to be at war with the single most important company in pc gaming right now, so i want to see this written off as a mistake or an oversight rather than a precedent.



ACTIVATE PLAN B!
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My point is that you're acting as if the world is ending when, in actuality, it's extremely easy and functional to play with friends right now. You haven't played it, you haven't seen for yourself how things actually work, yet you've posted endlessly about how this is so terrible in every way and are boycotting the game until your misperceptions on how it actually works are "fixed".

I totally agree that the lack of a server browser for now sucks, but that doesn't in any way, shape, or form ruin the experience. A server browser is frankly the last thing this game needs for how it's built to work.
 
just finished me first play thro I don't really have any complaints so far. I love the sounds fx in the game they did an awesome job with that. Boomers are crazy fun to shoot, bile attacks suck. I can't wait to have my friend over with a case of beer and play on insane :D
 
We were trying to beat the subway for the last hour, restarting probably 30 times. We got to the door after the last train car, on our best try. The game is difficult, seriously.
 
Sorry if this has been answered before, but can you play the demo by yourself? Like me and 4 AI bots?

Just curious as I only have a limited window to play it in before I go out of town, wanted to atleast shoot a zombie in the face.
 
dLMN8R said:
My point is that you're acting as if the world is ending when, in actuality, it's extremely easy and functional to play with friends right now. You haven't played it, you haven't seen for yourself how things actually work, yet you've posted endlessly about how this is so terrible in every way and are boycotting the game until your misperceptions on how it actually works are "fixed".

I totally agree that the lack of a server browser for now sucks, but that doesn't in any way, shape, or form ruin the experience. A server browser is frankly the last thing this game needs for how it's built to work.
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There's a lot of people here in Europe who cannot connect at all. So I think a little bitching is in order, especially considering the time this has been spending in the polish phase. At this point I was kind of expecting it to emerge with nothing less than a mirror shine. This feels more like a beta.


klownboots said:
Sorry if this has been answered before, but can you play the demo by yourself? Like me and 4 AI bots?

Just curious as I only have a limited window to play it in before I go out of town, wanted to atleast shoot a zombie in the face.
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Yeah, the demo has an SP function.
 
klownboots said:
Sorry if this has been answered before, but can you play the demo by yourself? Like me and 4 AI bots?

Just curious as I only have a limited window to play it in before I go out of town, wanted to atleast shoot a zombie in the face.
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Yeah, you can.
 
Great, I finally get my 360 demo code and Live isn't working because someone in my building is using a router on our network at school and messing with everyone's interwebz. God dammit.
 
klownboots said:
Sorry if this has been answered before, but can you play the demo by yourself? Like me and 4 AI bots?

Just curious as I only have a limited window to play it in before I go out of town, wanted to atleast shoot a zombie in the face.
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only in co-op campaign (single player), but yes you can.
 
My only complaint so far is that teh game needs to be more gory, i want to see limbs flying around when i shot the bastards. Awesome game.
 
I'm not sure if it's been posted yet, but don't ever, ever, EVER Molotov a Witch.

All you end up with is a very pissed off fireball. :lol
 
Expert mode is crazy. :lol

My god the fucking tank is amazing. Seeing that thing break concrete, toss concrete, and toss you around is awesome. When it charged me I freaked out. :lol
 
CajoleJuice said:
Yea, so I take back what I said about expert being the difficulty to play on. Jesus fuck.
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An impassable witch on the subway car + a swarm when you startle her = death
 
finished it once on expert, thats some hard shit, fun though :)

favourited all the servers that allow console joining aswell
 
Darkone said:
My only complaint so far is that teh game needs to be more gory, i want to see limbs flying around when i shot the bastards. Awesome game.
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Limbs can be severed actually, try the shotgun up close, aim for one of the extremities.


My personal complaint regarding the content, is that the pistols don't have the sled thing (top part of the pistol) all the way back when the entire clip is spent. This is very obvious when there's just one bullet left in either of the guns when dual wielding.
 
Zanboo said:
An impassable witch on the subway car + a swarm when you startle her = death
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That was the very situation that prompted my ill-fated witch molotov. It seems like she's spawning for a lot of people right there, where she is impossible to sneak past.
 
Fallout-NL said:
There's a lot of people here in Europe who cannot connect at all. So I think a little bitching is in order, especially considering the time this has been spending in the polish phase. At this point I was kind of expecting it to emerge with nothing less than a mirror shine. This feels more like a beta.
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I totally agree here - I had problems connecting all morning. But now, only a few hours later, they've already released some updates that have smoothed things out. However, my beef was that this guy hadn't even played it, yet was talking about the matchmaking implementation and lack of server browser for now as if it was the end of the world.
 
GhostRidah said:
Having a blast, want to take more pics but when I take pics with fraps it crashes most the time.
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F5 is screenshot.
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:D
 
co-op in expert is soooooo much fun and quite hard I must say, we died countless of times but damn when you get to the end it's so rewarding :D

tank is a fucking beast!
 
Aight gun nuts, what's that part of a semi-automatic pistol that is supposed to slide backwards (and stay there) when the entire clip is spent?
 
the shotgun looked really small to me when I was reloading earlier kinda like a kids pellet gun.
Those pics NameGenerated posted are great makes the 360 version look like puke...SD gaming ftl ;(
 
Valve has given a response

The case that will be difficult if not impossible to deal with will be a mixed system, where you have a private "clan server" for you and a friend, and you want two other public players to come in via matchmaking.


I'm saying that your case is one we're going to solve, but having a mixed setup is more difficult.

Part of getting this demo out ahead of time was to see what kinds of concerns server administrators had, and we hear what you are all saying.

We have our hands a bit full right now, but we're all talking about what we're going to do to make running a game server something that is worth it for you.
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http://www.left4dead411.com/
 
So my code still hasn't arrived from gamestop.

Did anyone a way to speed up the process? (Probably not)
I guess its a long shot, but does anyone got have an extra code for live?
 
I just love when a massive amount of zombies come right at you and you don't realize you hit the boomer. At that point you're firing blindly at your team mates because of the green goo on your screen.
 
When the game works, it's so amazing. But I'm running into nothing but trouble, because it's impossible to find a dedicated server, everyone plays Lan, with horrible lags and then a server disconnect. This is bullshit, my first run was perfect, and so much fun.
 
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