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Maximilian

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Feb 8, 2004
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Balls... i was hoping it would be cheaper too. Oh well, gotta spend my hard earned cash somewhere.
 

SZLiao214

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Sep 9, 2003
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It sounds like there is enough interest in this game to get a couple atot groups going.

Someone should set something up when it comes closer to game release
 

Maximilian

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Feb 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: SZLiao214
It sounds like there is enough interest in this game to get a couple atot groups going.

Someone should set something up when it comes closer to game release

Definately, theres plenty of people on AT who i would like to shoot in the head like that guy who badmouthed starcraft :frown: Just a reminder left 4 dead has friendly fire that cant be turned off.
 

Oakenfold

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Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: SZLiao214
It sounds like there is enough interest in this game to get a couple atot groups going.

Someone should set something up when it comes closer to game release

Hmm rotating ATOT Fight Nights with TF2 and Left4dead?
 

Red Storm

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Oct 2, 2005
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Yeah I was really looking forward to getting it, but then I saw the $50 pricetag. I honestly was expecting the game to sell for $30, considering the entire Orange Box was $50. Now I'll probably wait until it gets cheaper.
 

WT

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Sep 21, 2000
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Seems stupid to not offer it for $39 for three days on Steam, THEN raise the price to $44 after that time period. But, they are in business to make $$$, so I guess I will just suck it up and pay more.

Wonder when the Orange Box II will eventually show up with some additional content ??
 

Magusigne

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As you may have read..I have some problems with this game as far as entertainment value vs Zombie panic (which is free if you own a source game)

I realized that valve is producing it...so it must be 100x better and that I would not regret buying it...but that was the game being priced a reasonable 29.99 the perfect pricepoint for someone like me..for a game such as this.

I too will be waiting till it hits the ~30 dollar mark.
 

Liet

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Fortunately I can afford the pre-release discount $44.95 offer, so I purchased this last night.

I do hope it's a bit more enjoyable than Zombie Panic. That's a great mod, but it's not suited for everyone like TF2 is... you need real teamwork to win as a human, and the chances of everyone on a 20-man team having a brain is close to nil. Unfortunately, their lack of teamwork gives the zombies extra lives, so instead of just dying they make things a lot harder for you.

From what I can tell, L4D only supports 4 players? Can someone play as the AI Director, or no?
 

pontifex

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never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...
 

Maximilian

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Feb 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

Dude! You can shoot your own team!!
 

pontifex

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Dec 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: Maximilian
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

Dude! You can shoot your own team!!

and how is that helpful or fun?
 

Maximilian

Lifer
Feb 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: Maximilian
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

Dude! You can shoot your own team!!

and how is that helpful or fun?

Because its your own team! You can shoot the stragglers or betray everyone close to the end and make a run on your own... Think of the gameplay possibilities, it would be just like something out of a movie, awesome stuff.
 

videogames101

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Aug 24, 2005
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Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

It's Valve, I can't remember the last game they made that wasn't fvcking amazing, also, I love zombie games, try zombie panic:source and you'll see what I mean.
 

Liet

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Any man who doesn't fantasize about killing zombies isn't any kind of man!
 

pontifex

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Dec 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: videogames101
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

It's Valve, I can't remember the last game they made that wasn't fvcking amazing, also, I love zombie games, try zombie panic:source and you'll see what I mean.

umm...half-life 2, DoD, CS?
 

videogames101

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Aug 24, 2005
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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: videogames101
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

It's Valve, I can't remember the last game they made that wasn't fvcking amazing, also, I love zombie games, try zombie panic:source and you'll see what I mean.

umm...half-life 2, DoD, CS?

HL2- best PC game ever made, top meta-critic score ever, tied with a 96 among several other titles,

counter-strike is still hugely popular, also, many high scores,

and day of defeat may not have been amazing, but is still achieved a score of 79-80 on metacritic, and it one of there less major titles, not to mention is was based on a mod team's work, and it is insanely fun game to play, if it doesn't look that nice.
 

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: videogames101
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: videogames101
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

It's Valve, I can't remember the last game they made that wasn't fvcking amazing, also, I love zombie games, try zombie panic:source and you'll see what I mean.

umm...half-life 2, DoD, CS?

HL2- best PC game ever made, top meta-critic score ever, tied with a 96 among several other titles,

counter-strike is still hugely popular, also, many high scores,

and day of defeat may not have been amazing, but is still achieved a score of 79-80 on metacritic, and it one of there less major titles, not to mention is was based on a mod team's work, and it is insanely fun game to play, if it doesn't look that nice.

how's the saying go? "just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. just look at Mcdonalds." ???
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: Maximilian
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: Maximilian
Originally posted by: pontifex
never played the mod and i just watched a gameplay video for L4D.
Wow, people are actually excited for this? It looks horribly repetitive and just plain dumb. It looks like there is nothing to it except killing horde after horde of zombies...

Dude! You can shoot your own team!!

and how is that helpful or fun?

Because its your own team! You can shoot the stragglers or betray everyone close to the end and make a run on your own... Think of the gameplay possibilities, it would be just like something out of a movie, awesome stuff.

Well see that's the thing, I read the Wiki and it said that after running you get to a designated area that you have to fight off the zombies and wait for help. So maybe killing off someone wouldn't be a good idea since you're going to need all the help you can get in the end to get rescued.

Also McDonald's is good. I don't know why it gets all the bad press. It's just cool to hate McDonald's.
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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What are the required specs for this game? Is it using the same engine as HL2/TF2 and all that? Hopefully it is so I can play it with my current system.
 

CottonRabbit

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Originally posted by: Maximilian

Because its your own team! You can shoot the stragglers or betray everyone close to the end and make a run on your own... Think of the gameplay possibilities, it would be just like something out of a movie, awesome stuff.

Why is that amazing? Do zombies continue attacking corpses or something (this is a real question)? Otherwise, I can do that in other fps's too, it's either called griefing or plain tk'ing depending on the situation.
 

Mide

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It would be different each time in that your teammates would be different and the levels would be different each time. I'm not sure how much fun that would be though. $45 worth of it?
 

tailes151

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Mar 3, 2006
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From my observations thus far people are either really excited about this game, or not at all. There aren't too many people in between. I'm one of the ones excited about it. It's been a long time since any (IMO) good coop FPS's were released. I love joining a game with people I know. One of my fav. coop games of all time was serious sam: second encounter and L4D would be hard-pressed to be more repetitive, especially since I'm hearing that the characters in L4D react differently upon each situation revisited and on the current circumstances in the game. If the game is fun (which Im 90% sure it will be) I'll be getting it.

Heck, you want repetitive? I played CS 1.6 for 6 years on maybe 10 different maps and still have a blast when i hop on now...
 
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