Left 4 Dead On PS3 Isn't Needed Now That Dead Nation Is Coming

Blend Games writes:

"Valve's Gabe Newell may have his head up the rear-end of an Xbox 360 (and pumping out good titles for it too) but that doesn't mean the PS3 won't be getting similar games to Valve's renown 360 exclusives. In this particular case, all rumors of Left 4 Dead on the PS3 can be put to rest because a budget-priced PSN title by the name of Dead Nation is pretty much an isometric replica of Valve's famed zombie-shooter."

[Sunny_D]

Left4Dead was never needed, since it really isn't that great with it's outdated source engine and gameplay. :/

[Blaze929]

Do you even own Left 4 Dead? The game is awesome, at least on the PC. Outdated source engine, you probably dont even know what that is or what it does. Not that it matters, the game still kicks ass. If it wasnt that great it wouldnt have sold so many copies and got such great reviews.

Anyway, Dead Nation should be pretty cool and the graphics are sick. I'll have to play it of course before I can say whether its just like Left 4 Dead and/or better...which Blend Games probably hasnt even done yet.

[mrv321]

I do own it, and the graphics aren't great, the gameplay is repetitive for me on the 360 and that's the problem, on the PC there are 100's of maps many of which are better than the Valve version. Source is kinda outdated and you'll admit that, they'll ne a overhaul in order to move to the PS3 or keep up with the tech. A reviewer summed it up best.

'When developing on PC you throw ram at a problem, when porting to the 360 you throw ram at the problem. The PS3 doesn't work like that... you must learn the PS3.

[Bubble Buddy]

IMO L4D is very fun, but only if you play with friends. Playing alone can be alright for a bit but after a while, you need your real friends : )

[deadreckoning666]

Okay, the only people that say L4D is crap are people who haven't played it or don't like shooters PERIOD. That game is awesome and if it ever came out on PS3, id be first in line.

[randomwiz]

Left4Dead isn't needed on the ps3 because both consoles have their fair share of exclusives now.

[kalebgray92]

ive played on the 360 with in my dormroom with friends and it it fun especially the first time but after when they leave it gets boring imo... even with friends not as fun as halo or gears 1 (gears 2 sucks except for horde)

[raztad]

Dont fool yourselves guys. A good game is ALWAYS welcomed, whoever made it. I for once, want to play L4D so I'm gonna get it on PC, cause its not on PS3. It's a bit of a shame because I enjoy having my trophies, although not a trophy
whore here.

While I can understand why the comparisons arise, they are not justified. Provided the developer is known for arcadey games (SSHD), I'm almost sure game will have the same gameplay mechanics that SSHD, so other than zombies both games are very different each other. In other words, if you are looking for a L4D experience Dead Nations is not the right game.

[FuckinUsername]

Left4dead on the PC was fun for a while...
I kept joining co-op games and getting kicked without a reason.
I ended up hating the game for this reason.

[morganfell]

L4D is not needed. It was never needed. It may be wanted, but that isn't the same thing. This has nothing to do with L4D being a good game or a bad game and this is true of any title on any platform.

The only time a game is "needed" is when that platform is failing because it lacks that one particular exclusive. That is not nor was it ever the case for the PS3. If there is one thing the PS3 has then that is great exclusives that were not put together over the course of a summer.

[gamesR4fun]

so why bring it up? i mean if it was another fps n all maybe but this is jus grasping at straws.

[JsonHenry]

Well, I guess it is good that it is not needed because they were never gonna get it.

[sniper-squeak]

Told you so... :P

[Winter47th]

Well played Sony, a big FU to Valve thank you very much.

Now all we need is a 4 player co-op confirmation.

[solar]

i love butt hurt console ppl. makes me :)

zombies, check. compare the game to L4D? o.O come on really? FFS let it die already. Valve has no interest in developing Ps3 games, Insomniac has no interested in PC/360 games. give it a rest already. do we have to change diapers for all the whiny babies again on this site?

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Left 4 dead = first person.

Dead Nation = Over the top Shooter.

Burn Zombie Burn = over the top shooter.

Hmm...They're all pretty good.

[Polluted]

@Solar:

"i love butt hurt console ppl. makes me :)"

Doesn't sound like it's making you smile at all, dude. Sounds like you're getting really upset.

[solar]

oh yes it makes me smile. :))))) in fact it makes me LOL that this is the stretch that ppl make for L4D not being on the Ps3. FFS really? its so laughable.

[Tsar4ever01]

How is this FOOL gonna make outrageous statements "L4D NOT NEEDED PS3 GETTING DEADNATION" We don't even know that this game's gonna be successful when it's released. Didn't he know that L4D is a MEGA HIT?

[Godmars290]

no unless that thing has co-op and larger play areas. A few more features that L4D lacks like better destructible and interactive environments.

And still, it would be nice to the game itself. If Valve were more talented that is.

[Pandamobile]

Valve is one of the most highly acclaimed developers in world, and you're saying they're not talented? Lol...

[Godmars290]

I'm saying they can't do anything else but something on the Half-Life engine. And even then it has to be a PC game first before its anything else.

[STONEY4]

Well, source engine still looks quite nice. Half Life 2 Lost Coast and Episode 2 still look better than some of the games that get released today. But I really want them to make a new engine because I'm tired of every Half Life game looking almost the same as Half Life 2 in a way.

[solar]

Valve doesnt need a new engine atm. HL1...the Quake 1 engine. HL2...the Source Engine. HL3....you will be blown. :)

[evrfighter]

They could continue what they're continuing to do. Or spend who knows how many millions making ps3 games and just hope to break even (see kz2).

50-60 million to make who knows how many million in advertising and only 2mil+ sales. Thinking about it now, I wouldn't even say they broke even.

Valve need not lend its genius talent to a platform where sales aren't a guarantee.

[Cenobia]

I'm glad you're worried about Guerilla's profit margin because I was just to busy playing their game.

It's always good to have someone watching your back. I think you should write up a report with lots of facts and numbers, and then give it to Sony and tell them how you're so smart and they're so stupid. I bet they'd get a good laugh out of it.

Maybe you should just play games and stfu.

Valve should stick to PC period. The 360 doesn't offer any support for community modding, and the games are rarely updated. Almost all additions come at a price because MS demands it. The only reason they release on the 360 is because it is so close to the PC architecture and they can cash in on people that don't have decent PC's. There is no reason to buy L4D or Team Fortress on the 360 if you have a good PC.

[evrfighter]

wow people still play it? I'm impressed. I saw a clip of it then just went and scrimmed the game it tried to be. :D

but anyways.

If you like their games you had better hope they break even. Else another project of that magnitude will be a long time coming. And your dead on about Valve. They SHOULD stick to the more superior platform :D

[Cenobia]

Did you just say "scrimmed"?

First of all, Halo is not a sport. It's a fvcking video game...get over it.

And Killzone 2 never tried to be Halo. Why don't you go ahead and tell me how Killzone is even remotely similar to Halo. Go ahead and make a list. If you get past first person shooter, I'll give you a medal.

If you really want to start drawing comparisons, Halo stole everything it has from Half-Life 1. You shoot at aliens from a first person perspective in that game too. The fudging needler is the dam alien arm with pink fluorescence thrown in. The protagonist doesn't speak at all in that game, and MC speaks very little. The AWP in CS is also ridiculously overpowered. Oh the comparisons I could draw.

[callahan09]

OK, Dead Nation looks cool and all (Housemarque is a great developer and the graphics/effects are beautiful for a top-down perspective downloadable game), but I don't really see this game as filling in for Left 4 Dead. There'd be room for both titles on any one console. It'd be cool if the PS3 got Left 4 Dead, but it won't and that's OK too because there are lots of other games out there. But just because Dead Nation is coming out doesn't mean that a game like Left 4 Dead is suddenly not welcome on the PS3.

[kalebgray92]

sure on pc l4d was marvelous but it wasn't needed on any console... cant get any of the mods like with the pc

[DonCorneo]

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[Shaka2K6]

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[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

Not really a fan of the l4d series, Valve really needs to get a new graphical engine already

Still, this is a shallow comparison at best. The most these games have in common is the fact that they are shooters and they both have co-op. Dead Nation reminds me more of a smash-tv/burn zombies burn type of game.

[WaitStation 3]

They will not be making their money back.

[LukaX23]

Dead Nation isn't 1st person, therefor doesn't replace L4D. Plus we don't even know if it's any good yet.

[butterfinger]

How can you replace a first person shooter with a top down shooter? This is completely different. You may as well just say this is a better version of Burn Zombie Burn, but it's definitely not Left 4 Dead and the reviews and sales will reflect that.

[kaz-hirai]

" Valve's renown 360 exclusives"

why just 10 minutes ago i was playing it on my PC ;-D!!

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

I seriously think Left 4 Dead atmosphere should have been what Dead Nation is. Left 4 Dead is a zombie shooter but there is no glaucous ambiance. The maps are only common places used in scary / zombie movies (Valve forgot a college, btw. Zombies love colleges).

But other than few corpses here and there, you don't feel like in a horror game. Just a game in a town with zombies. Whereas Dead Nation shows a similar area (a ghost town infected with zombies) but with a far better ambiance.

You can see many times burning corpses mountains, cadavers, blood baths, fires, ruins, huge crawling shadows, very dark and foggy areas (yes, there are dark zones in Left 4 Dead, but as you almost always use a light, you don't feel the fear of darkness), exactly what Left 4 Dead needed to set a zombie atmosphere.

I wont buy a PS3 just for a Playstation Network arcade game, but it has the merit to be quite interesting.

[cyguration]

Dead nation looks more "horror survival" where L4D was just "survival shooter". Dead Nation still looks fun, though.

[STONEY4]

"You can see many times burning corpses mountains, cadavers, blood baths, fires, ruins, huge crawling shadows, very dark and foggy areas (yes, there are dark zones in Left 4 Dead, but as you almost always use a light, you don't feel the fear of darkness), exactly what Left 4 Dead needed to set a zombie atmosphere."

If you want something like that, play Doom 3 or Silent Hill. Valve wasn't really going for a scary realistic game, they went for more of a fun zombie shooter which you could play a long time with friends, with many humorous references to the overused cliches in alot of horror movies. But I would have liked a game like that better though.

[Nelson M]

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[BubblesDAVERAGE]

That was funny...

[-MD-]

Articles like this make my day.

[NegativeCreep427]

An ice cream cone and a pony ride makes your day!

[3sq]

Still butt-hurt from yesterday, huh?

Haaa haaaaah.

[Nelson M]

MurderTroll thinks he's Clint eastwood
More like
Chump BoTwood

[-MD-]

An ice cream cone and a pony ride sounds pretty nice actually.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Agreed. Totally different games, but now I can get the exclusive Dead Nation for my Trey, and just download L4D2 for PC if I like it. Trey for life.

[HammockGames]

Aside from zombies and bullets, Dead Nation and LFD aren't really all that similar. This is definitely not a "Left For Dead Killer", but I don't think it needs to be.

Actually, my initial impression is that this could be better than LFD. I liked Super Stardust HD more than LFD (the single player anyway), and this looks kind of like SSHD with zombies - that's not a bad thing (looks fantastic).

[xdye017]

LOL this game should be renamed Left 4 Fail.

[user858621]

if it has 4 play online co-op im sold! :D

[Pandamobile]

Hearing the words "Valve" and "360 exclusive" make me lol...

Valve have never, and will never make a 360 exclusive. Christ...

How the hell does Dead Nation even compare to Left 4 Dead.

[Godmars290]

But they've certainly never made a PS3 port.

And no, while they've never made an exclusive 360 game, it is accurate to say they've made exclusive 360 ports.

They aren't a 360 developer, they're a PC developer who make 360 ports. If MS hadn't made the 360 tools Windows friendly, you probably wouldn't be seeing those.

[bobdog626]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuweeeeeee eeeeeeeee suuuuweeeee suuuweeeeeee suuuweeeeeee !!!!! it's comming just wait and see.

[Henry Cain]

L4D was not that great imo.

[mastercon12]

Isometric = Not at all like left 4 dead

[hakis86]

Dead Nation looks more fun IMO, but L4D is great

[Faztkiller]

left4dead its fun for one or two hour then gets boring and i hated the MP

[nightelfmohawk]

All they know how to do is make the same old, boring first-person perspective games. Sure, Portal was fun, but get a new engine already and learn how to make games in less than 10 years.

[solar]

just like Madden, or CoD, or GTA, or MGS, or DMC, or RB, or GH or iD...do i need to go on?

[cyberwaffles]

everyone thinks madden is pretty much the same on a yearly bases; cod is becoming the madden for shooters; mgs4 came out like 3 or 4 years from mgs3; dmc, there has only been 4 of them in the span of 7-8 years; rock band and guitar hero, is completely milked.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Dead Nation reminds me a ton of a game that came out last gen. Was a top down twin stick shooter game that you could play co-op on. You played one of 4 characters and had rifles, etc.. you faced hordes of undead and horror based monsters... it was this same kind of iso view... I think they made a sequel as well.

Anyway, I for the life of me can't recall the name, but this game looks like its next gen successor. Anyone remember that games name? Pretty sure it was a PS2 and xbox game and it wasn't Project Overkill btw.

[ThisPlaceSucksBye]

You're thinking of the "Hunter: The Reckoning" games.
They were pretty fun, particularly "Wayward" for the Ps2.

[ZOMBIEMAN1]

as a PS3 owner and defender if necessary and pwner of R2 players and lord , master and god of zombies i'd like to say , IS THIS C0CK SUCKING BUFFALO DIARRHEA DRINKING TURD EATING JACKASS SERIOUS !?! i would totally love to have L4D on PS3 yeah Dead Nation looks sweet but i want a FPS or TPS zombie game with alot of gore

OFF TOPIC : did MS do there press conference yet the only announcements from MS at gamescon i heard was Fable 3 that's it

[duplissi]

that was the extent of their conference

[Socomer 1979]

never heard of it.

do they mean Dead Nation? ive heard of that.

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

love the fire in that game lol!! ps3 fire!!

[fossilfern]

lol game looks alot of fun ill definitely be getting this when its out :D

[mcgrawgamer]

dead nation look like a game I'll thoroughly enjoy as It akins to more of the hunter series and I did enjoy that.

but only a delusional console loyalist would sit here and say dead nation can fill the void that some ps3 owners want to experience with L4D. Most who hate the game only hate it because valve will not support their console of choice and that's fine. If you don't want to experience the L4D lite on the 360 get the real version on the pc if you hate valve that much because they don't support your console of choice. continue to bash and hate them if that makes you feel better.

[skeletonss]

Is the release?

[cyclindk]

Time in the future.

[madkrazygames]

IMO L4D is overrated, if Valve is as talented as they say they are, they need to prove it to me. Because I have yet to see it.

[etownone]

Lmao!
They need to prove it to you?!?

Half-life
counter strike
orange box
l4d

they already proved it to the world long ago and continue proving their talent..........
I can only assume your some pissed off little ps fanboy. Have fun with your zombie nation, as I'll be playing l4d2

[solar]

Valve never said they were talented. the game critics said they were. how many GOTY awards have they given themselves? oh wait NONE. keep trying mate. the HL series changed FPS gaming. but you wouldnt know that :)

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Good. It isn't needed, now you can shut up about it and stop coming into any Valve article and talking about how many cheeseburgers Gabe can eat.

I will take them both but if I had to choose it would hands down be Left 4 Dead. I think L4D has proven itself to be popular and a great game this game has nothing but a 3 minute trailer.

I have high hopes for Dead Rising 2 in 2010 as well.

[LONEWOLF231]

That is not true.
L4D is a great game, yes granted could of been alot better in the engine department BUT to compare Dead Nation an arcade style shooter WHICH looks hella fun by the way with a tactical game like L4D and say that L4D is not needed on the PS3 is plain fanboy foolishness. I think the one that needs to take its head out of its own back is the one that wrote this article. I hope that someday Ps3 owners get to play L4D i seriously do. Well at least those that haven't done so already. And you shall see that this game is an extremely good.

[Karum]

I wouldn't say PS3 "needs" L4D (there are plenty of other amazing games) but it sure as hell would be a welcome addition to the PS3's library of games, of that there can be no doubt and anyone that disagrees that it wouldn't be an awesome and welcome addition to PS3 is delusional.

[OtherWhiteMeat]

I completely agree.Well said

[mobwolf]

those who say L4D isn't fun & play on the PC...do you guys use mics to talk or are you typing msg? It's a co-op game the mic is a big part of the game...your playing with 3 other people....

dead nation is a top down shooter completely different games..

[cyberwaffles]

game looks promising but it will never be a left 4 dead. i mean, it's not like i really care too much about left 4 dead, it's still a cool game; but this budget-price isometric game is supposed to be filler? please, this game could never be as good as left 4 dead. that other psn game is looking good too though.

[Lex Luthor]

Cinemablend write up such garbage.

[Rocket Sauce]

I stopped watching the trailer as soon as I saw the boomer. That's just shameless theft.

[Rocket Sauce]

And, yeah, Valve ripped off 28 Days Later with running "infected" and all that, but they at least tried to put their own little spin on it with crazy mutated zombies.

This game looks like it took zero imagination to make.

[danthaman15]

I wouldn't say they ripped of 28 days with running zombies, they said themselves they cant have a fast-paced game with shambling zombies.

[SpartanZero]

another inferior ps3 exclusive what else is new

[l King I]

also Dead Nation better in the Graphics :)

[Knightofelemia]

I'd rather have Left 4 Dead least it looks better this game is like Burn Zombie Burn but with better graphics

[The Hunter]

Its funny that nobody calls Zombie Apocalypse.. This was a waaayy earlier in development then Dead Nation.. The article statement doesnt ever matter then, because the writer dont know about Zombie Apocalypse..

But i have also a own conclusion.. IMO Dead Nation is a ripoff from Zombie Apocalypse.. Its just looking the same, and thats not good.. Dead Nation was better if it was a FPS, and then if it was, you can compare it with Left 4 Dead.. but for now it is a bad ripoff from Zombie Apocalypse... Look:

[The Hunter]

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[keysy420]

with multiplayer this game is a hit

[Holeran]

Nothing great even in multiplayer but not a bad game at all. To say it is the be all end all is ridiculous. Good game yes, fantastic game a bit shy.