"Left 4 Dead 2 is a worthy sequel and at no point comes across as a game that should have been released as a downloadable expansion to the original. You are getting a true sequel here. Valve may have produced Left 4 Dead 2 in a single year, but it's a game intelligently engineered for fans of the original and meant to frustrate you in the most entertaining way possible while you bleed out on the floor screaming for help.
"The emphasis on atmosphere and melee will go a long way in reminding gamers why they loved Valve's zombie apocalypse in the first place, but a little more time in the oven for the inevitable sequel should hopefully produce a campaign with more balanced highs and lows than what's on display here. Despite the initial skepticism when it was unveiled, Left 4 Dead 2 makes a good case for Valve pulling off annual iterations of the series. Such a comment comes as the result of several smart, game-changing additions to the sequel, which should reinforce the philosophy of trust many instilled in Valve's decision making process before Left 2 Dead 2's quick announcement. In Valve we trust...again.
"The Pros
- Melee completely changes how you play the game
- Uses the environment to screw with the player over and over again
- Just enough additions to make it feel like a worthy sequel
"The Cons
- Campaign quality is uneven, some look and feel generic
- Source engine is starting to show its age
- Like the first one, always play with friends"
By Patrick Klepek (G4TV)
November 16th, 2009
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.
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I've been seeing the commercial for this game a lot lately and it's definitely enticing, it makes me pumped up and want to play it. Too bad that the one I've seen only shows CGI. But whatever. The game looks fun. I skipped the first Left 4 Dead, but I may get this one. But they're definitely right with this comment, "Source engine is starting to show its age." Woo, this is not a pretty game. I've seen the promotional screens and those are purposefully released to attempt to show the best of what the game offers, and they look pretty damn bad. Somehow it looks worse than Half-Life 2 to me, I'm not sure what it is.
iam not a huge L4D fan. When i play the 1st one i though "damn, wtf is that for a crap game".. i played alone and just the SP.
Now, i got the demo for L4D2 and started to try it via xbox live and i must tell ya that this game makes HELL LOT OF FUN!
Its a fact that left 4 dead is just an ONLINE game, but an amazing one!
Target has this game(360 only) on sale for $44 this Sunday. I know someone who works there, and I got the sales paper early. You can get these(360/PS3) at $44 too: Dragon Age: Origins, Brutal Legend, Tekken 6, and Borderlands. Also, if you have a Target holiday coupon book, or whatever it is called, they have one coupon to get $10 off two 360 games and one coupon to get $10 off 2 PS3 games. So, you would only be paying $78 for two games.
good score.
L4D BORING ME