Added by Jeff on Oct. 28, 2008
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I still find the German box art to be totally silly. "ACHTUNG! NUMBER FOUR! BLOOD IST VERBOTEN! BRATWURST! (U TO USE)"
EA has announced that folks who pre-order Valve's upcoming zombie gun fest, Left 4 Dead, will also get early access to the game's demo. That early access will begin on November 6 and will cover 360 and PC retail pre-orders at participating stores, as well as Steam pre-orders of the PC version. The rest of you jokers will get access on November 11, which is still a full week before the game's actual release.
Now, I had to be the guy that has to bring this up, but demos are supposed to be the things that you play in order to decide if you're going to buy the game at all. If you're already sold on the game, wouldn't you want to wait for the full product instead of playing a small chunk of it ahead of time, and then replaying that same bit when you get the real deal?
Or are you so busy fiending for Left 4 Dead that you'll take what you can get, when you can get it? I suppose getting the demo in the hands of someone who's already on board gives them extra days to convince their friends to buy. Either way, it sure sounds like Valve is anxious to get the games into the hands of players. Take a look at this related quote!
“Every time someone plays Left 4 Dead, we witness the most overwhelmingly positive reaction that we’ve seen from any of our games,” said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. “This gives us tremendous confidence in the product and why we’ve taken the game on the road, produced this pre-launch demo, and invested more advertising dollars on the title than any prior release from Valve.”
Weirdly enough, I've managed to not actually play any L4D yet, but I don't think I've heard one person say anything negative about it so far, though most of the people I've talked to about the game seemed to agree that you'll need to play it with a competent group of friends in order to truly enjoy it.
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on Oct. 28, 2008
Exactly. What a stupid pre-order bonus.
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This.
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That line there pretty much sells the game itself, but if you're not convinced, go over to gametrailers.com and take a look at some gameplay footage, it's really cool looking stuff.
on Oct. 28, 2008
The fact that the heritage of this game lies with Half Life and Portal gets me in this games corner, although not enough to preorder with all the other games coming out. I think I will wait until the GB review is up before deciding!
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If Gabe really believes this then why did EA push back the release date, even though it meant missing the Halloween tie in? It sounded like they wanted (or needed?) more time. The game play videos I viewed are graphically unimpressive. Zombies rock and I want this game to be fantastic. COD4 may have jaded my expectations but this save $10 deal sounds like a Kane and Lynch get your money before you realize it sucks scam. I am waiting for a review from the men of Giantbomb.com before I make this or any video game purchase because everyone occasionally lays eggs.
on Oct. 29, 2008
I might be wrong, there might be a story, there might even be alot of content that i'm not seeing and i hope this is the case, but i've got to imagine that i'm not the only one who feels like this and will avoid the game.
EDIT: especially now that call of duty world at war now has a zombie mode.
on Oct. 29, 2008
on Oct. 29, 2008
Haimster, for someone so passionate about giantbomb I am surprised that you did not bother to read the article properly (hope it was laziness and not inability) . If you did you would find out that it still comes out a week before the game ships.
In my opinion the game will be great as I have yet to buy anything not worth my money from Valve and everything that I have heard about the game has been positive.
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