Comments on: Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Open To All

By: Conlaen

Conlaen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:48 +0000

Haha, I just turned the jukebox on that’s in a bar in the first level of the demo. I was very surprised when 2 buildings ahead I suddenly hear a song I know softly in the backgrouynd. I backtrack to the jukebox and sure enough, Jonathan Coulton’s – Re: Your Brains on the jukebox.

Awesome :)

By: Pantsman

Pantsman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:37:29 +0000

The thing, Clovis, is the proximity. Had this come out a year or two from now, exactly as is, people wouldn’t be complaining nearly as much. People are upset that they’re getting more so soon, because that implies to them that it won’t have been given the time needed to be worthwhile, which as it’s turning out is not the case.

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:29 +0000

The textures really do seem flatter and more cartoony. It may well be the daylight, though. It’d be interesting to see them in one of the night campaigns as a point of comparison.

By: Lilliput King

Lilliput King — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:33:26 +0000

Makes sense really.

By: kulak

kulak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:21:35 +0000

better shaders, higher res textures (yes), multicore rendering, better models

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:53 +0000

I’m attributing it to the daytime, as L4D’s graphics were far from top of the line. It’s definitely and upgrade, but the sunlight just isn’t being kind to the textures.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:06:43 +0000

The hilarious thing is the lack of justification as to why it’s an expansion pack in their view. There’s a complete lack of precedent for an expansion back far outstripping the original game in terms of size and scope, but no it’s an expansion pack because….?

By: Lilliput King

Lilliput King — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:56 +0000

“Why not look up what rhetoric means?”

No need, boyo.

It’s just such a peculiar thing to seek.

By: Lilliput King

Lilliput King — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:30 +0000

It seems marginally prettier to me, but I can’t pin down quite why.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:13 +0000

@Xercies

Do the math on the ‘couple’ bit in a compare and contrast manner with L4D Vs L4D2 then come back with your conclusions

By: Bender

Bender — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:18:01 +0000

Hi folks,

so I downloaded the demo yesterday and played the campaign in coop on normal one time.

Am I the only one who thinks that the graphics are worse than in L4D? Maybe its because of the daylight but e.g. all the textures seemed very bland to me. I checked the video settings and everything was ok, is it that they are just keeping the graphics on low quality in the demo?

For the rest: seems pretty much like L4D to me, wonder how it will play in versus with the new special infected.

By: Clovis

Clovis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:08:04 +0000

I think claiming there is “little replay value” in co-op is a bit unfair. I mainly play single-player games, and I pretty much never replay through them, especially shooters. Playing the same maps but with more enemies that are simply stronger is boring. But playing co-op on inceasingly difficult settings in L4D had such a significant effect on gameplay that I’ve now replayed most of the maps many times and almost never felt bored. I don’t know, maybe you just started out on Expert or something.

Survival mode did get kinda’ boring quickly though.

I spent more time in L4D in single player and co-op than most other shooters I’ve played. I spent less time playing it than I did Fallout 3, GTA IV, or any strategy game I liked though.