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Anger over Left 4 Dead 2 and what we deserve in a sequel

Left 4 Dead 2 has been announced but it's not necessarily a good thing. Gameplayer takes a look at some of the shortcomings of the original Left 4 Dead and what needs to be included in the sequel for gamers to fork out their hard-earned cash.

"It wasn't so long ago that Left 4 Dead fans were getting excited about the prospect of a decent chunk of (free) DLC. Dubbed the Survival Pack, the downloadable content granted a new lease on life to the undead shooter, which was starting to get a bit stale. Don't get us wrong, we love the game and were addicted for quite a while, but it was rather limited in its multiplayer options upon release. Single-player was basically an extended training mode, cooperative play could become a frustrating affair if shared with dickhead players and Versus mode only supported two of the four campaigns. On that note, the very limited content of the campaign acted as a deterrent to replayability, despite the addictive nature of the game and the dynamic flavour added by the ever-meddling Director overlord."

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NachosWithCheese5862d ago

It'd be nice to be able to use the axe to cut off smoker tongues.

Also more explosive weapons! A bazooka or 2 wouldn't go astray.

mastiffchild5862d ago

Personally I'd love a proper SP cam[paign with an actual story to give the MP modes(which were also lacking in variety-still are now truth be told)a little grounding in an alternate reality, to make the goals seem more worthwhile and such. And 'cos a real SP L4D would be cool, even better if you have thee choice of co-op too but a L4D experiebce fo those without the greatest connections would be amazing. Would also give making a sequel so damn quickly more of a point, imo.

NachosWithCheese5862d ago

Agreed dude. If it has such an emphasis on multiplayer then they might as well not have single-player. Give us a decent single-player campaign too Valve!

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Top Horde Shooters Your Squad Should Play

The Guide Hall explores the top horde shooters that co-op fans should be playing this year before the upcoming launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2!

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN462d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit462d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead462d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica462d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL462d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit462d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash462d ago (Edited 462d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper461d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica460d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer462d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit462d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer462d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit462d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff2183462d ago (Edited 462d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer462d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff2183462d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper461d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal462d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood462d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff2183462d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde462d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

ZycoFox574d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist572d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja571d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast572d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot574d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide572d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar572d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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