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Author: Lewis
Posted: January 22, 2009 (08:37 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"ou can tell that the developers just kind of slapped this together and put it on shelves at a premium price to see if anyone would bite."
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Author: ProfesserPants
Posted: January 24, 2009 (01:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Well it seems like they should have put a lot more gameplay into it. I love the game. I don't know much about development, but it just seems like for $60, I should get more than just 4 levels over and over again.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: January 24, 2009 (03:16 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"I should get more than just 4 levels over and over again."
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Author: timrod
Posted: January 24, 2009 (03:42 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Actually, I completely agree with the OP. Left 4 Dead was rushed out, and had a ton of bugs (the Smoker being utterly useless, the Infected being able to push props in front of doors so the survivors couldn't progress, super melee, the Infected spawn exploits) that were either fixed too late (most of them) or never fixed (in the case of super melee). The same four campaigns got incredibly boring for me after I finished them for about the third time - the AI director is essentially a giant joke because the hordes/special infected will almost always spawn in the same places. I bought L4D on release day, and it's one of the few actual game purchases I've made that I utterly regret. |
Author: Lewis
Posted: January 25, 2009 (12:59 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Then people are having an impressively different experience from me. How is the smoker 'utterly useless'? Didn't really notice any bugs except for slight clipping issues, which I care very little about. And you must be playing a very similar game with very similar people each time, then. In around 40-50 hours play, I don't think I've seen The Director do exactly the same thing twice, at all.
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Author: ProfesserPants
Posted: January 25, 2009 (07:15 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I do love left for dead. I've had it for about a month and I play it for about an hour every other night. I'd say about 50% of my enjoyment of the title is the online interaction and social aspect of the game. I see what you mean about there being changing elements in the gameplay and I did read about the bugs with the original ship of the game. I probably spoke too soon about it being "rushed" when what I really mean to say that I just want more maps. 4 maps just doesn't seem like a lot for the price of $60 when you can rent it for $5 and beat the game into the ground before the due date. Keeping in development a bit longer and shipping with a couple more maps would have been nice. Do you know if they plan on putting out any downloadable content (DLC) for this game? For $60 I would like to see 1 or 2 freebies, but if I know Microsoft, that won't happen with such a popular title. Thanks for your comments so far.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: January 25, 2009 (11:59 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's nothing to do with Microsoft. L4D is developed and published entirely by Valve. If Team Fortress 2's anything to go by, they'll be releasing some DLC content towards the middle of the year, and again towards the end of it.
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Author: ProfesserPants
Posted: January 27, 2009 (04:09 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I read a lengthy article about how Microsoft is very strict about putting out free DLC, so I'm not basing that on random ideas I had. Either way though, the point remains the same, for $60, 4 maps that occasionally change where the [limited] weapon drop points are located is not very reasonable. Some free content would be nice weather it's from Valve or Microsoft.
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