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."

[Number1TailzFan]

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.

[cthulhucultist]

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.

[rakentaja]

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.

[anast]

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.

[-Foxtrot]

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.

[Minute Man 721]

Can't find my part 2

[shaenoide]

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

[GhostScholar]

Well the first game was by far the best

[CrimsonWing69]

I don't remember seeing critics or gamers complain about anything broken... in fact, I saw mostly praise for the game.

[mkis007]

Dont remember it being anywhere close to broken, just remember a slight annoyance at 2 coming out so soon after.

[__y2jb]

I thought the first game was incredible.

[Good-Smurf]

Really?
I'd find the game pretty stable even on Xbox 360.
And currently Steam are doing sales on both of these games, L4D2 is now less than a dollar in my country until the end of November, grab both of these for less than $2 sounds awesome on PC.
I remember I had a blast with my brother and his friend play 4 player co-op it was very addictive with friends.