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Left 4 Dead to be Cut Scene Free

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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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Published: 478 days 11 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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LastDance - 478 days 13 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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TheIneffableBob - 478 days 11 hours ago
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PC and 360. :/
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TrooGamer - 478 days 11 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 10 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 10 hours ago
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that...sucks cutscenes help make a game.
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kevanio09 - 478 days 10 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 6 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 - 478 days 4 hours ago
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Xbox + PC = Microsoft
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yaboi - 478 days 3 hours ago
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1.9 - so no story
just running around killing zombies thats it
wow what a great game
(sarcasm)
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RebornSpy - 478 days 1 hour 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 - 477 days 21 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 - 478 days 11 hours ago
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Looking forward to this game.
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IzKyD1331 - 478 days 11 hours ago
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well, I never expected story to be big in this game
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IaMs12 - 478 days 6 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 - 478 days 10 hours ago
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This game really reminds me of Serious Sam.

Tons of shooting + mindless action.
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kittoo - 478 days 10 hours ago
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4.1 - Which wears off pretty quickly IMO
Then u dont want to play it anymore
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mfwahwah - 478 days 8 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 10 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 - 478 days 10 hours ago
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a typical pc game - so i will play this on my pc ;-)
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kenshin22up - 478 days 10 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 - 478 days 10 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 - 478 days 6 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 - 478 days 9 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 9 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 - 478 days 9 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 9 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 - 478 days 8 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 7 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 - 478 days 5 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 - 478 days 9 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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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 - 478 days 8 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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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 - 478 days 6 hours ago
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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 - 478 days 6 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 - 478 days 3 hours ago
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14.1 - It's a Valve Game
Full price $50 PC and $60 on 360
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IaMs12 - 477 days 21 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 - 478 days 6 hours ago
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bomboclaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. this game is gonna be wicked
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Jason 360 - 478 days 4 hours ago
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AAlllllll Action and no 20hr movies
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VF34EJ25 - 478 days 1 hour 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 - 478 days 1 hour ago
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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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