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The Official Left 4 Dead Thread

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123rl

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Anybody know what's in the update? That Teletubbies video is amazing. Zombies are fine. I can deal with zombies. Getting hunted by giant brightly coloured fat...things...is something else altogether.

I only have two Achievements left to get. One should be fine but the last one, no damage from Specials, seems way too hard even on Easy mode. Any tips?
 
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123rl

Member
Found it:

Left 4 Dead 360 Update Released
A free update for the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead is available now via Xbox Live. The update includes a host of fixes, tweaks and new features, including enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play. The full change list is:

General
Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises Fixed mini-gun physics exploit Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators Fixed rare achievement bug issues Fixed several map exploits

Versus Changes
Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots Normalized special infected melee damage Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health Players can only change teams once per map Players can't change teams while other players are still loading Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch Fixed team swap issue

Hunter
Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does

Smoker
Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance
Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break Survivors cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a tongue hit Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ ghosts Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors

Tank
Bashable objects now appear with a red glow Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks

Witch
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors
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xero273

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patch also added new achievements. Instead of out of 50, it shows out of 60. I guess Crash Course is coming soon.

123rl said:
Anybody know what's in the update? That Teletubbies video is amazing. Zombies are fine. I can deal with zombies. Getting hunted by giant brightly coloured fat...things...is something else altogether.

I only have two Achievements left to get. One should be fine but the last one, no damage from Specials, seems way too hard even on Easy mode. Any tips?
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For Nothing Special. if you are going to play with all human player then you need real good people to stick together and make sure special don't get you. For single player, choose blood harvest on easy and just rush through the stages. Running through the stage very fast, doesn't give the game a chance to spawn specials. So you'll have less special infected to deal with. For the finale, you are going to need to stand out in the open with the AI. This makes it easier for the AI to shoot the Tank while it is running toward the group. It is still hard to get the achievement with this method.
 
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vertopci

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DaFish said:
I ended up not being able to play... I got my PC back up to shape and I'm definitely playing Thursday night! Promise :D
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Yea you better play Thursday you damn fish!

Next GAF game is set for Thursday! 9 PM sound good...?
 
ToyMachine228

ToyMachine228

Member
xero273 said:
I'm pretty sure it's 560 msp.
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Yeap, that's what Valve originally announced. Crash Course has been absolutely AWOL since it's announcement though. No screens, videos, previews, nothing. They originally announced that it would hit in September too...And we're in the home stretch of September so we'll see.
 
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JohnnyPanda

Neo Member
ToyMachine228 said:
They originally announced that it would hit in September too...And we're in the home stretch of September so we'll see.
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The Paramore Game With Fame thing tomorrow mentions Crash Course, so should be hitting very, very soon.
 
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Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
So...anyone still playing the 360 version? I just got a 360 again and I've been enjoying some Zombie genocide. This game never gets old, I just was in a campaign last night were I got left behind by the group and had to run for my life from an entire horde to the safehouse. It was some intense shit. Anyways, if anyone is still playing you should keep an eye out of TigerStyle86 if you'd like someone to play with.
 
Nabs

Nabs

Member
DaFish said:
I'm gonna play like a damned nub thursday... how to you shoot again? :lol
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hahah, don't worry about it. l4d is easy to jump back into, esp. when you have a team working together.
 
Nabs

Nabs

Member
sites are reporting that Crash Course will be released on Tuesday.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60561

Following through on its promise to deliver a batch of Left 4 Dead downloadable content by September's end, developer Valve today dated the "Crash Course" add-on for a September 29 release.

The download--free on PC, 560 MS Points ($7) on Xbox 360--brings a new campaign to the zombie shooter for use in Campaign and Versus Modes. New Survival maps are included as well.
 
Mantorok

Mantorok

Member
borsdy said:
Oh man, I really hope that DLC flops hard on XBL but it will likely not :/
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Of course it won't, the majority of people are gagging for a couple of new maps, me included. The game was too short to begin with, which is a shame that we have to pay for it now, I'm surprised it's held my interest this long though.
 
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Lone_Prodigy

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wayward archer said:
New infected hud is cool, and they also fixed powershotting, thank god.
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360 right? PC gamers have lost that luxury for months. :lol

But it was cool while it lasted. My brother and I would play 1v1 Versus and I'd charge him as a Tank, wondering why he wouldn't shoot... at least until I lost like half my health in a millisecond. :D
 
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Volcynika

Member
Just to reiterate that Crash Course is next week rather than this week (because people are saying you can play on 360 against Paramore (or w/e band) today):

LEFT 4 DEAD CRASH COURSE AVAILABLE SEPT 29 - L4D1 DLC2 Expands Award-Winning Game
September 23, 2009, 9:33 am - Valve - Press Release
September 23, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced that Crash Course -- the second downloadable content (DLC) update for its co-operative zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead (L4D) -- will be made available worldwide on September 29 on Xbox 360 and PC.

Crash Course delivers new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay to both platforms, and bridges the gap between the end of the "No Mercy" campaign and the beginning of "Death Toll" in the original game.

While containing both Survival maps and a Co-operative Campaign, the primary goal of Crash Course is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game's existing Versus campaigns. A recharge timer for infected teammates has also been added, and item spawn behavior has changed for more balanced gameplay.

Left 4 Dead is an action horror game from Valve that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress with the dramatic, narrative experience made popular in single player action game classics such as the Half-Life series of games. Released in November of 2008, L4D has earned over 50 industry awards from outlets around the world and sold almost 3 million copies worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.l4d.com.
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syllogism

Member
I hear the 360 patch increased the amount of health spawns, possibly as a side effect of making them the same for both teams. Likely unintentional but sounds like something that would really ruin the game.
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Thanks. Ooo, a new bad team theater, too.

:lol German(?) Francis and Louis; can't we change their voice track to other languages somehow?
 
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Turfster

Member
Valve needs to implement an awesome new game mode in L4D2: "The running man"
You start off with 4 people in the safe room, last man standing gets all the health.
Then the aim is to make it as far as possible on your own in expert while the rest watches and gives comments.
It was a surprising amount of fun (also, I got furthest in no mercy map 2, I got all the way to the second platform! :lol )
 
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duckroll

Member
Turfster said:
Valve needs to implement an awesome new game mode in L4D2: "The running man"
You start off with 4 people in the safe room, last man standing gets all the health.
Then the aim is to make it as far as possible on your own in expert while the rest watches and gives comments.
It was a surprising amount of fun (also, I got furthest in no mercy map 2, I got all the way to the second platform! :lol )
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No you didn't! Botagel totally made it to the last train before he was mobbed. He's the winner!

Red Scarlet said:
It would've been nice for duckroll to respond to messages. Tell him he sucks.
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;_;
 
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Turfster

Member
duckroll said:
No you didn't! Botagel totally made it to the last train before he was mobbed. He's the winner!
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I didn't actually see that, so it doesn't count!
He left me half-dead on the floor shooting a toilet out of frustration in the safe room, and died before my life timer reached 0! =p
 
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123rl

Member
Turfster said:
Valve needs to implement an awesome new game mode in L4D2: "The running man"
You start off with 4 people in the safe room, last man standing gets all the health.
Then the aim is to make it as far as possible on your own in expert while the rest watches and gives comments.
It was a surprising amount of fun (also, I got furthest in no mercy map 2, I got all the way to the second platform! :lol )
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Sounds like a game I play. All four start off and it's a direct race to the Safe Room. There's only a few rules. It's you vs everyone and you must do anything to slow down the others. Bombs, molotovs, provoking the Witch etc. There's no direct team killing because that's just pointless. Plus it's more fun alert the Horde and have them kill your team for you anyway. The few times we've played it have been hilarious. It's easily good enough to be an official mode in the game
 
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