Only 1 month left to go Left 4 Dead fans

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True story, bro

It doesn't really matter, I play TF2, but don't care about hats etc.

very true

thanks didnt know that

Used to DL a lot of hunter jumping challenge maps... they were a pain to install and load.

also i think one can enable the censored version and get more fps

I beg to differ. L4D very much has a story. It's just left to the player to piece it together, instead of having a narrative presented to you, a la HL.

If you didn't gather any story out of L4D, then you're doing it wrong. L4D1 takes place two weeks after the infection broke out in PA, and by reading the various safe room graffiti, and following the progress of the survivors, you can clearly piece together a story.

Same with L4D2. If there were no story at all, then why are the L4D1 survivors as far south as Georgia, when they started in Pennsylvania?

It's just not a story that's thrown at you, you have to pay attention to it.

That said, L4D very much DOES need a third game. The second was largely inferior to the first, both in terms of tone and in terms of console-itis. (Again, giant guns that look like silly toys because it's "cool" on a big TV as opposed to realistic ones on a computer monitor), and much weaker characters.

Frankly, I'm sick to death of Coach, Rochelle, Ellis, and Nick. Not a damn one of them likable. You could find many likable things about Louis, Zoey, Franics and especially Bill.

I'd rather see a new setting, a bit further along in terms of infection progress, and some new survivors and new special infected.

Finally, the Source engine is tired and old and shows it. I'd love to see Valve get off their butts and make a new engine for it, (which I believe Gabe once said there wouldn't be a new L4D until source was retired) than just see more games/content on the incredibly dated Source engine.

Which, for the record, I don't just mean graphics. There's a lot of things more modern engines can do that Source simply does not have the capability TO do. It's very versatile, sure, and it was amazing for it's time, but it's time is done. I mean, the engine came out in 2004, same time as idTech 4 (Doom 3). id has moved onto idTech 5 (Rage, Doom 4), and is currently working on idTech 6. Meanwhile, Gabe still parks his giant behind on his dinosaur of an engine, refusing to ever actually fund a new one. In terms of PC gaming advancements, and gaming advancements in general, 8 years is a lifetime. For example, Atari 2600 - 1977. NES - 1985. Just look at the difference 8 years of tech can make. Change with the times, or die with them.

Whew. Rant over.

tl;dr:

L4D has story, look for it. L4D1>L4D2, Source is too old, make a new one, then gimme L4D3.