During the Microsoft press conference earlier today Valve announced a full sequel to Left 4 Dead. Titled Left 4 Dead 2, the game is set for a November 17, 2009 release date and will be available for X360 and PC. The game will feature new campaigns, co-op missions and survival modes.
Should be fun, looks like the same engine though, was hoping for an update there. Still L4D is great, Id enjoy the multiplayer a lot more if it wasn't so glitchy though.
Why a sequel for this and none for Half Life 2 and Portal? This makes no sense for me. I thought they'd really support Left 4 Dead more with DLC campaigns.
Reverseface said: The 1st hasn't even been out a year yet. THIS IS TOTALLY WEIRD..........anyways they will HAVE to change ... [more]
Thats no peace sign it's back to front. Two finger up like that in Uk is like the middle finger.....Which basically means FUCK OFF AKA PISS OFF etc....So they won't get away with that in the UK. But it would be pretty funny if they did release that.
That fat black guy looks awesome. I wonder how he'd handle a zombie apocalypse?
I know how he'd handle a zombie chicken apocalypse...
Also, does this mean we'll be seeing L4D3 and 4 soon? That hand only has 4 fingers. Do you think the L4D5 boxart will be the zombie holding both of its hands up?
Considering the age of the first game, and its light content policy, this is fucking BS. I am interested, but unless this has $60 worth of content I'm not buying.
This is idiotic. I'm hoping that this is just a Valve joke, because this makes absolutely no sense. They put so much time and effort into devloping likable characters and all this other stuff they said they'd done... just to go and release the same game again?
What about this merits a second title in the slightest? They could've just added new characters and maps to the original.
It's a bit of a kick in the teeth that they're releasing a sequel so soon when the original is still riddled with glitches and inconsistency's, hopefully it will be an expansion pack and not a full blown new product, I'd be down with that.
So instead of releasing the extra campaigns they promised they are going for a sequal. Well if you can't charge people for DLC just release a sequel I guess.
I won't be paying full price for this and it seems that most people agree with me. This should just be released as DLC for the first game. What is in the new game that couldn't be added onto the first?
Ok anyone who actually listened to the L4D commentary knows that the developers at Valve stated their love for creating a dark atmosphere. Low-level lighting, few bright lights to attract the players to certain key areas. This sequel, from the gameplay looks to totally contradict everything they wanted to achieve in the first one. I hope I'm getting fooled. If you got Left4Dead, go into commentary mode and have a listen, very enlightening.
@Branthog: A) I didn't watch the press conference, just the trailer. B) If they did say the 17th, I frankly don't believe it. No one can make a good, complete game in that amount of time; although that assumes they started development following the release of L4D, not before.
Odds are Microsoft forced Valve into this position. I'm making this claim based on what we know about MS and Valve.
1) MS disdains free updates, and the free survival mode update to L4D is, as far as I know, the only free update offered through X-Box Live that is not a patch. 2) Valve felt really bad about the Orange Box's multi-platform release, so much so they stopped developing for the PS3 and fought tooth and nail with MS to have the L4D content be a free download.
Valve probably lost this trickle down content battle with MS, and this is the only solution they can think of. Lets hold off the boycotts and what not until we get the full story.
" Odds are Microsoft forced Valve into this position. I'm making this claim based on what we know about MS and Valve.1) MS disdains free updates, and the free survival mode update to L4D is, as far as I know, the only free update offered through X-Box Live that is not a patch.2) Valve felt really bad about the Orange Box's multi-platform release, so much so they stopped developing for the PS3 and fought tooth and nail with MS to have the L4D content be a free download.Valve probably lost this trickle down content battle with MS, and this is the only solution they can think of. Lets hold off the boycotts and what not until we get the full story. "
@Branthog:First off, it's a bit misleading to say that it's using the existing engine- game developers constantly improving their engines to keep up with new technology. I think it's premature to write off L4D2 as just "some new characters, dialogue, maps, weapons" (which, by the way, is no trivial task). It might not cost 60 dollars (it certainly won't on the PC, where you should be playing it) either. Lets be honest- that trailer did NOT give us very much information about the game; just that there are different looking characters and settings. It could very well be a complete package, if they had begun development before the release of L4D.
I will concede that if L4D2 IS simply L4D1 with new characers, dialogue, maps, and weapons, then I will be disappointed and a bit pissed. But I don't think we've seen enough to come to that conclusion yet, and so far, Valve hasn't failed me.
It's still 6 months out. Anything could happen in that time (in terms of characters, box art, title, a cut-price upgrade from L4D etc.). I think Valve probably deserve the benefit of the doubt given their track record....
Oh, and if this was their biggest announcement you would not be seeing it slipped into the MS conference. They have something big to come. Who knows, maybe even HL3... it has been 5 years already.
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