GamerZines: Do you see Left 4 Dead 2 as an entry level game? Solely due to the fact that the concept of zombies is so universal.
Chet Faliszek: That's the cool thing, you know you don't have to explain or say it's an evil corporation or anything like that. People already know what to do and they make really good fodder. It's definitely something that excels from an ease of entry point of view.
GZ: Since the release of Left 4 Dead 1 it seems as though you're going for a more competitive aspect.
CF: There is some of that in Left 4 Dead 2 but we're statistic freaks. I think a lot of people thought players would go for co-op and then versus but in reality people play more co-op than versus, because it's a social thing. You hook up with your friends you went to college with or we've heard stories of a guy using the game to propose to his wife. We've had long distance husbands and wives playing the game because it's like a chatroom where there are more things to do than just chat. So we've done more with co-op but we still have new stuff for competitive players like Scavenge mode, which is shorter and more intense. Versus games can be very long and if I tell my wife I'm going to play versus she knows I'm coming to be until late and it's true. Even with Crash Course it still ends up being an hour, So we wanted something much quicker and that's what Scavenge is all about. You can jump into fifteen minutes of competitive play and it's over, or you can do another round if you like.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."
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.
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.