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Left 4 Dead to be Cut Scene Free

Kotaku writes:
"Left 4 Dead is very much a zombie apocalypse game, you'll find no deeper meaning here, no Romero-esque political message.

The game opens on the game's four characters at ground zero two weeks after the rise of the zombies. Left 4 Dead will have a short introduction, created by the team behind the Team Fortress 2 cut-scenes, but that will be the only cut scene gamers will see in Left 4 Dead."

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LastDance - 482 days 21 hours ago

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"Left 4 Dead is very much a zombie apocalypse game, you'll find no deeper meaning here, no Romero-esque political message"

lol....mindless gameplay. Only on xbox right.

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1.1 TheMART at Xboxkings | 482 days 19 hours ago - comment has been reported as off topic -

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TheIneffableBob - 482 days 19 hours ago

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PC and 360. :/

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TrooGamer - 482 days 19 hours ago

1.3 - @ Mart

Well if you feel that way can you say why 360 fans keeps itching for the game to be ported?

Disagrees...i guess 360 fans dont want it on there system anymore, how times change lol

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idontcare - 482 days 19 hours ago

1.4 - …@TheMART

don't talk trash about MGS4 - it's one of the best games ever created with at least 12 - 15 hours of gameplay. the cutscenes are more entertaining than in any game you've ever played before plus the story is 100% intriguing. you can play the game a hundred times and it can be always different. the textures are the best ever seen on a console and the music and sound are breathtaking. when you sneak around the battlefield the atmosphere feels like you're in a real war movie.

i feel sorry for you - you will never play one of the greatest games of all time. this is a game like Ocarina of Time or Mario 64. Groundbreaking!!!

idiot.

edit: and you would love Metal Gear Online

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yesah - 482 days 18 hours ago

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that...sucks cutscenes help make a game.

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kevanio09 - 482 days 18 hours ago

1.6 - How many cutscenes did Braid have?

It was near perfect and didn't need cutscenes. Although MGS4 was perfect in the way the stolen earth was a perfect doctor who episode ( made for fans) cut scenes are not the only way to advance the story.

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Dark General - 482 days 15 hours ago

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I agree that they aren't the only way. But they are the most effective in my opinion. I played Half Life 2 and Portal and another game who's name escapes my mind that did all the "storytelling" in game. You know what, it didn't work that good. Besides maybe Portal which was still light on story and needed a voice actress for Chell. Though i do like what Dues Ex did with story telling by having conversations with people, reading books and hacking computers you figure out more and more.

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Jason 360 - 482 days 12 hours ago

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Xbox + PC = Microsoft

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yaboi - 482 days 12 hours ago

1.9 - so no story

just running around killing zombies thats it
wow what a great game
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RebornSpy - 482 days 10 hours ago

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Half-Life series (also made by Valve) has an amazing story, but no cutscenes. So cutscenes do not equal great game.

The game will be awesome.

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zagibu - 482 days 6 hours ago

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Cutscenes are ok in games you have no direct control over one single character (like strategy or party-rpgs). But in ego-shooters and the like, they create an unnecessary detachement from your alter ego, and that's usually not good. Half-life is a good example for games (largely) without cutscenes, but it suffered from frequent loading-screens, which were even worse in terms of "flow"-breaking.

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Grassroots - 482 days 19 hours ago

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Looking forward to this game.

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IzKyD1331 - 482 days 19 hours ago

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well, I never expected story to be big in this game

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IaMs12 - 482 days 14 hours ago

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ya i agree the story never compelled me to want it, its like Counter Strike, make your own story up lol, it shows that it does not need a story to have a great game and well valve is good at what they do

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strotee - 482 days 19 hours ago

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This game really reminds me of Serious Sam.

Tons of shooting + mindless action.

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kittoo - 482 days 19 hours ago

4.1 - Which wears off pretty quickly IMO

Then u dont want to play it anymore

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mfwahwah - 482 days 16 hours ago

4.2 - @4.1

It doesn't matter what you want:

"'You're gong to play a map 50 to 100 times so we can be more subtle,' he said."

You are going to be forced to play it a lot of times, apparently. xD

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zethos56 - 482 days 19 hours ago

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Not surprised. It would be kind of hard to come up with a deep story for this anyway.

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idontcare - 482 days 18 hours ago

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a typical pc game - so i will play this on my pc ;-)

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kenshin22up - 482 days 18 hours ago

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So what, there wasn't any cut scenes in Half life too, although I don't expect this game to be of the caliber as Half life.

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SiN-MVGA - 482 days 18 hours ago

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This wasn't meant to have a super serious story-line.

But it's there for those who really strive for one.

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IaMs12 - 482 days 14 hours ago

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well think about it what kind of story line can you get with a Zombie game... besides RE games... it kinda all comes down to the same thing

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Dzpool - 482 days 18 hours ago

10 - this is a good thing

cut scenes could cut down on the action in the game also this way they can fit more gameplay on the discs less wasted space more gameplay is always a good thing

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TrooGamer - 482 days 18 hours ago

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Apparntly its still about 8hrs long so wheres the gameplay?

I could be wrong about length of the game

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Dzpool - 482 days 17 hours ago

10.2 - but this way they could

possibly add extra multiplayer game modes maybe even add more to the length of the game i really don't care for cut scenes i usually skip them in most games when its possiible

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Zyrusticae - 482 days 17 hours ago

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8 hours long? What?

That doesn't make any sense. This isn't a single player game, this is a multiplayer coop game. You can't measure the 'length' of a single playthrough, because there's no clear beginning and end to any multiplayer game.

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mfwahwah - 482 days 16 hours ago

10.4 - @10.3

Co-op games don't have any length!? Since when? Hell, I must've been doing it wrong all these years...

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Zyrusticae - 482 days 15 hours ago

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Maybe for a game like Halo, where there's a definite beginning and end. But each level is a self-contained scenario, just like in Team Fortress 2 or CS:S or whatever other multiplayer FPS you want to reference. It's not a game with a story that has a clear beginning, middle, and end; the progression is from one game to the next, but they're each their own game. They're not linked.

Is that clearer?

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mfwahwah - 482 days 13 hours ago

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Ah, I didn't read up on L4D too much. I've been following it kind of loosely. I didn't know it was like that. Sorry for my snarkyness :P

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happyface - 482 days 17 hours ago

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this is good news because 360 gamers think cutscenes are pretty lame and boring

if they port to ps3 they prob need to add cut scenes because ps3 fans like games with more cut scenes than gameplay

maybe this is one reason why valve didn't port to ps3? they knew they would have to do cut scenes for that system

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00 - 482 days 17 hours ago

11.1 - "this is good news because 360 gamers think cutscenes are pretty lame and boring"

Who said that and how do you know.

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Shepherd 214 - 482 days 16 hours ago

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for me a good story is almost essential for the singleplayer aspect. gives me a reason to get to the next level and finish the game. gameplay is simply not enough to satisfy me, maybe is it for some other easily satified ppl.

Halo trilogy, MGS series, Bioshock, GTA series, Gears, Mass Effect, KotOR, all are games which have a great story and dialogue, and without their great stories they wouldnt be the games they are. Weve seen fantastic stories done in zombie flicks, like 28 days later, dawn of the dead, etc, so quit being lazy and use your mind to craft a good story for Left 4 Dead wtf

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IaMs12 - 482 days 14 hours ago

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Well who says this game WONT have a okay story for singleplayer.. Look at Bioshock which you stated... that had what just a few cutscenes in the Whole game... the only 2 i remeber were at the very end when you meet ryan and the last cutscene... still was an awesome game... but its the multiplayer im looking foward to

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IAm1Bearcat - 482 days 15 hours ago

13 - not sure

how well this will play out. im really, really, really looking forward to Left 4 Dead ( love anything with zombies) and while i understand that if they leave out cut scenes then it will be non stop shooting. but is non stop shooting (for an entire game) a good thing or a bad thing? i guess i'll find out in november.

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IaMs12 - 482 days 14 hours ago

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Will this game be $60 dollars? kinda would dissappoint me if it was on launch doesnt seem to be the type of game that would be... if its 40 it will be a day 1 buy but my luck of course it wont be lol

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KratosKilla - 482 days 12 hours ago

14.1 - It's a Valve Game

Full price $50 PC and $60 on 360

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IaMs12 - 482 days 5 hours ago

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okay thanks, im debating if i want to get it on PC or the 360... I mean feels like a PC shooter but since its Co-op i feel Xbox live would give a better online expierence.. sigh who knows..

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bomboclaat_gamer - 482 days 14 hours ago

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bomboclaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. this game is gonna be wicked

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Jason 360 - 482 days 12 hours ago

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AAlllllll Action and no 20hr movies

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VF34EJ25 - 482 days 10 hours ago

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Another stab at MGS4. Does this happen a lot on N4G? I thought this was the Gamer Zone, a place where people can discuss great games regardless of what console it's on.

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Fanboi - 482 days 9 hours ago

17 - Its an ONLINE game, duh.

Seriously, that's obvious. Online centric games usually don't have a lot of cut scenes, if any.

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strotee - 482 days 21 hours ago

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"Only possible on xbox360" ....... and PC.

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IzKyD1331 - 482 days 19 hours ago

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yeah, N64 graphics rule!

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Lost_My_600_Dollar - 482 days 18 hours ago

1.3 - Zombie = droid

lol

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silverchode - 482 days 17 hours ago

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bots= 12 year olds.

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Jason 360 - 482 days 12 hours ago

1.5 - @strotee

"only possible on a Microsoft platform"....:)

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Shadow Man - 482 days 19 hours ago

2 - LOL

Xbox360 gets gameplay while PS3 gets video play (MGS4,Heavy Rain)

PS:Heavy Rain looks awesome though.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 482 days 18 hours ago

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Krakdol aka NASIM

Actually it seems Ninja Gaiden 2 is a pretty solid game on a 8.2 average. At least if you find GT5P with a 8 out of 10 good, or Heavenly Sword with a 8.1.

The real games are still on the 360, while the PS3 only has one game on or over 9 out of 10 average. Oh wait I should call that a BluRay movie actually.

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SixTwoTwo - 482 days 18 hours ago

2.3 - you're all retarded

stop being a f*cking fanboy and just enjoy the games

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IzKyD1331 - 482 days 18 hours ago

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Mart's retaliation to everything is accusing the person of being nasim

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caffman - 482 days 4 hours ago

2.6 - actually he has good reason

nasim ALWAYS says x360 in his posts without fail. He has a very distinctive writing style as well

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lunaticpanda101 - 482 days 19 hours ago

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yummy, would love to stick ice cream down the zombies rumpa pumpa

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idontcare - 482 days 18 hours ago

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oh MART you know that you're wrong.

you know where the "real" games are, don't you?

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rebirthofcaos - 482 days 18 hours ago

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do you like it PP you troll in the ps3 secction (our secction) so please if you dont like it then shut up yourself.

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Transformer - 482 days 14 hours ago

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hey lost my 600 dollars I found it awhile ago and used for buying a PS3.

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caffman - 482 days 4 hours ago

10 - Please

take note Hideo Kojima. You don't need several hours of cut scenes in a game

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