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Old 2009-06-04, 14:38   Link #1
Hyperion
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Carolina
Age: 39
Angry Valve announces Left4Dead2, Gamers outraged

Yeah, it's slated for a November 17'th release date, and the only changes is it comes with one new campaign, some new characters, 10 new weapons and a few new infected. And the AI Director 2.0.

Is that worth $50? Hell no.

The Steam forums are in uproar over this, and Valve is getting a bunch of flak from a lot of online gamer sites, and from people still at E3.


http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/47...nds-On-Preview

http://www.destructoid.com/e3-09-han...2-134770.phtml



Here's a list of what we are pissed at.

* Significant content for L4D1 was promised, and never delivered
* Valve put little faith in L4D1 since they started working on L4D2 right after release
* The fact that L4D2 is nearly identical to L4D1 will decimate the community for both games
* The announced date is not nearly enough time to polish content or make significant gameplay changes
* The new character designs seem bland and unappealing so far
* L4D2 is too colorful to fit in with L4D1's visual aesthetic
* The fiddle-based horde music is extremely disliked, though the differently orchestrated music is otherwise welcome
* L4D2's release will result in a drop in quality and frequency for L4D1 content, even compared to before
* The community has lost faith in Valve's former reputation for commitment to their games post-release


Look at TF2 and all of the additional content they have released for it for free. With all they've put in it they could have released TF3 instead of FREE DLC. See what I'm getting at? If they can keep pumping out FREE DLC for TF2, they can do it for L4D by releasing the new campaigns as DLC. Same goes for the weapons, new infected, etc. Even if they only give us a new campaign every few months.

Valve is trying to pull an EA, and the majority are pissed at this. This is a battle Valve cannot win, and it will hurt them severely in the future I am afraid.
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