I tried the demo, and it was...ok. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. Some of the new items are neat, and some of the new special infected are interesting (although the jockey doesn't seem to be much of a threat). I cannot stand the music in the game, though. It's a horrible mess. The new characters still haven't won me over, either, except for maybe Nick. #left4dead2
@Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The new characters are terrible...I actually liked all the old characters...except maybe Louis...but now we have 3 Louises! It's an outrage! Ellis is so fucking stupid...he annoys me and all of my friends. He's like....super hick. The thing that made me hate him in the first place is his first line in the intro video. "Kill all sons of bitches. That's my offishal insthructions" And then the conversation about eating head or whatever in the demo...just no. #left4dead2
@DrowningInMercy: Out of all four characters, Ellis is the one I hate the most. I'm not surprised, though. I knew as soon as I looked at him that he was going to be a douche bag. #left4dead2
@Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: The music is actually my favorite part of the game. I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi though, which is only an hour and a half from New Orleans and being able to recognize the sounds and sites from NO is pretty neat. The music is a very nice change of pace and fits the atmosphere perfectly. However, I suppose if you're not from around here and can be a little too twangy ;P.
If you're from the South (I can't speak for all of us), I think Ellis isn't as bad as he sounds. For all of us here, he's hilarious. We all know someone like him. The only character I don't like is the girl, because she seems so plain, personality wise. Coach and Nick are pretty cool though. #left4dead2
Is it me or does the Kotaku player take AGES to load videos?
It may be my slow Internet but youtube and other videos from other players load quicker.
I am happy to wait but it would be nice to play the video all the way through and not have to stop half way through to pause it, wait for it to load and play again. #left4dead2
i used to work across the street from where they put these trucks together. I saw them roll out the first L4D trucks last year- there were also a couple traditional billboards that went up in Seattle too.
www.bigink.biz #left4dead2
I've seen three different L4D2 bill('s hat)boards around (pills) here. I don't recall ever seeing a game advertised on the side of the freeway... #left4dead2
@N●Gage Croal: You must be in need of glasses because these things are a (tank!) of advertisement and can be seen everywhere. At least it isn't a (Hunter!) blimp or something advertising this. #left4dead2
@sakamatana5:
I've never seen advertising trucks around here. However, I did see (L4D)2 more billboards around. This is some crazy boom(er) of advertising. #left4dead2
I have to say I must really underestimate Valve's popularity. I know among us gamers they are big, but big enough to handle a 25 million dollar campaign? The only other games I'd think would be able to do that cost wise would be GTA or FF entries. #left4dead2
@Sl0th: especially since they make such a huge profit on that ... they own Steam, so no middle man for them... and many of their Steam Content servers are voluntarily hosted by people who own large connections.... so they don't even pay for much of the bandwidth used to my knowledge...
tons of profit, Valve are rolling in it #left4dead2
@Hey_Blinkon: GTA or FF? You're obviously not in on the gaming loop, there are several companies right now that could throw out that kind of change, Activision for example.
I don't suppose you've ever heard of the Call of Duty franchise? #left4dead2
You what they could've done? Take a page out of Bungie's book and tour a bus around letting people throw down on the game. I'm sure it would've possibly defused any doubts people have about the game.
But I guess this works too.
I, for one, like it. I won't go into fanboy mode but the detail and variety of weapons/Infected is a step up from L4D. #left4dead2
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I did like the twitching hand at the end, though. Nice touch. #left4dead2
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If you're from the South (I can't speak for all of us), I think Ellis isn't as bad as he sounds. For all of us here, he's hilarious. We all know someone like him. The only character I don't like is the girl, because she seems so plain, personality wise. Coach and Nick are pretty cool though. #left4dead2
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It may be my slow Internet but youtube and other videos from other players load quicker.
I am happy to wait but it would be nice to play the video all the way through and not have to stop half way through to pause it, wait for it to load and play again. #left4dead2
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www.bigink.biz #left4dead2
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I've never seen advertising trucks around here. However, I did see (L4D)2 more billboards around. This is some crazy boom(er) of advertising. #left4dead2
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Ended up chasing it around the block to get a picture of it haha #left4dead2
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At 30-60 dollars/copy you're looking at well over 100 million dollars.
(This, of course, doesn't take into account Half Life, Portal, Counter Strike, Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, or profits from Steam.)
They got the funds for sure. ^_^ #left4dead2
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tons of profit, Valve are rolling in it #left4dead2
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I don't suppose you've ever heard of the Call of Duty franchise? #left4dead2
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But I guess this works too.
I, for one, like it. I won't go into fanboy mode but the detail and variety of weapons/Infected is a step up from L4D. #left4dead2