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Left 4 Dead 360 Manual

Left4Dead411 writes,

"We've just received and uploaded the Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 manual for all to see!

The manual covers the 360 controls, the Survivor and Infected heads-up displays, information on the Infected and Survivors, lobbies and more. Check it out!"

No Way6026d ago

Does Anyone Have Any Tips On Fighting The Tanks? Especially on Expert.. The Things Are So Difficult To Kill..

N4PS3G6026d ago

Run?

anyway..I'm getting this 1st day :)

The demo was a blast!

Xi6026d ago

At least that's what seemed to help me get through them.

thenickel6026d ago

Run back to the safe house and kill him through the door.

ChampIDC6026d ago

The safe house can work if you're close enough. Tanks are the only thing that can eventually break that door down, but you get a lot of free headshots in the process.

Also, Tanks are rather slow to climb, so climbing on top of something can buy you a few seconds. My friends also told me that sharp turns throw them off, but I haven't had a chance to test that, because I always end up fighting them in the more open areas.

Bnet3436026d ago

I know what you mean, those things are hard to kill on Expert, I gave up.

No Way6026d ago

Hehe.. It's kinda hard to run away from it on Expert. =P You can only run faster than The Tank if you have a healthy amount of life, which usually isn't the case when you run into one on Expert.. =(

@Xi - Yea.. When playing we had four players, two with the assault rifle and two with the auto-shottie. Just blasting him, and two of used a pipe bomb and a Molotov.. didn't help. Haha.

@thenickel - I might hafta try that next time.. never thought about it.

@ChampIDC - Hehe. Yea, never tried that either, but three times while I was playin it yesterday, we fought a Tank while underground, the area right before the area with the turret. No where to climb in there, and it's to far to run back to the safe house. =P

@Kigmal - Yes.. Same here. We finally got to the point where you can use the turret, and even that didn't help against The Tank whilst on Expert, He stilled raped us. =/

solar6026d ago

molotov's work great against tanks. the DoT takes their health down. kite him around running while he is burning, letting your teammates whittle at his 8000 health points O.O pipe bombs really do nothing to a tank. so dont bother, save those for the swarm.

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mariusmal6026d ago

i'm getting this day one. what an amazing game. since i'm a zombies flicks fan.. this is a must buy. i played the demo with 3 other friends.. oh men the highest difficulty setting was insane LOL. but fun anyway.

once i got rushed by like 50 zombies and everyone was screaming on the headset ahaha

thenickel6026d ago

The demo is such a tease though, and I bet this game get's way more intense and freaky in the complete version. Definitely a day on e purchase for me as well so hope to see you online.

ChampIDC6026d ago

One of my favorite things about the game is that sometimes when you die, all you can think is, "Wow, that was an intense, awesome way to go down", and you're not mad about starting over. At least that's how it is for me.

No Way6026d ago

Definitely agree. Have you tried playing on Expert? That is so intense, it's crazy.

@ChampIDC - I hear ya on that one.. Getting owned by a Tank is a glorious death. But, an even more glorious victory. =P But, yea.. I felt the same way. I never got mad or upset after I got pummeled to death by 50 zombies.

Amazing Game. First Day Purchase. =)

mariusmal6025d ago

exactly.. what a way to go down. and the tank ? OMG :P

@no way

yeah we tried the highest difficulty setting and it's a killer indeed

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trancefreak6026d ago

This demo was fantastic also a day 1 purchase here.

Richdad6026d ago

Whats so great abt this game and looking at the screens graphics looks just OK. But most critics are saying that it is having astonishing graphics.

No Way6026d ago

The graphics aren't.. eh, impressive. But, they are rather good.

But, I don't even care about the graphics.. The game is so intense and crazy, it's a blast to play. Especially with Three other friends.

Spike476026d ago

it was really fun at first, but it got sort of repetitive. Still one of the best demos I've played this year.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies386d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken386d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing69386d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker386d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo386d ago (Edited 386d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing69386d ago (Edited 386d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos386d ago (Edited 386d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt386d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken386d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Most Offensive Video Games That Would Never Cut It Today

Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.

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thorstein424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.

The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.

In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.

MrBaskerville423d ago

Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.

0hMyGandhi423d ago

Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.

It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.

And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.

Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.

And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.

thorstein423d ago

The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".

Profchaos423d ago

Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.

thorstein422d ago

The Outlast Trials just came out.

But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.

It was all filmed by a psychopath.

As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.

Bodycam looks so real.

People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.

ZycoFox423d ago

The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.

Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.

MrDead423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.

Killer2020UK423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?

This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.

Huey_My_D_Long423d ago

Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.

So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.

banger88424d ago

Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."

"Feminist Whore" lmao

gold_drake423d ago

ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.

its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.

ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.

Barlos423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

They're not offensive.

And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!

Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Deeeeznuuuts423d ago

Would love a new fat princess game 🤟

CantThinkOfAUsername423d ago

Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.

isarai423d ago

Actually it's about fat princesses

Huey_My_D_Long423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.

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Left 4 Dead Writer Explains The Drawbacks Of Releasing Games In Early Access

He wants to launch all his projects initially through close beta.