Alien Swarm (UT2003/2004 mod) was a great co-op game that pitted a small group of players against tons of different aliens. It had quite a few unique characters, with upgrades, and some well designed battles. Great mod, easily the best for UT2004.

I'd love to see a good co-op zombie mod, but so far I haven't seen enough to expect the game will be having any long-term appeal.

If they offer at least as much character customization and freedom as Alien Swarm, I'll be sure to buy this. I'm worried it's just going to have a few generic characters, with a few generic weapons, in a few generic environments.

fall

Grimmus

The gameplay looks right on.

I found the interview exciting after peeking through the recent Kotaku article that was commenting on how Graphics in recent games have outweighed AI and gameplay.

These folks look like they have been focusing on the AI and gameplay from the very beginning.

That little cinematic sequence with all the infected baddies run at you looked just like 28 days later. Kind of took me a back, considering that most zombie games has slow creepers that you can avoid just by walking around them. Theres nothing more exhilarating than being chased imo.

Quite refreshing!

Patient

Man I Can't wait! Release date please! RE4 for wii and now this.... what a treat... what a treat!

Teekan

GameTrailers>GameVideos

AZRoboto

TBA

@raison: There were no zombies in 28 Days Later.

temporaryscars

This is a no-brainer. If they don't fack up the mechanics, somehow - it will RULE. Oh, and it better not be coming out under 'Games for Windows' because I am not buying Vista, hence I would'nt buy this.

The Commissar

F8X

@temporaryscars: As of late zombies have been becoming faster and faster in movies like 28 days later and the Dawn of the Dead remake. So of course a game with zombies in it would have them be alot faster then they typical slow ass moving horde of zombies. Because no matter how many of you there are if you move at a snails pace you arent catching anyone.

@penhalion: The games AI supposedly knows what each players stress level is. So if it knows that certain areas are usually choke points then it wont send alot of zombies there each round. So then youd have to fend off the player controlled Infected who would be easily taken down by a group of 4. Also theres no "Dash and dodge" to the exit. From what ive read at the end of the round you have to defend yourself against hordes of zombies while waiting for evacuation. Which means people who just try and run through the whole thing will still end up having to fight there way out. Also as far as running out of ammo in another interview i think it was said that the zombies dont take much to drop so hopefully you wont be wasting insane amount of ammo on certain ones. I hope theres a good melee system in the game as well. I want to bash zombies with my rifle.

raison

Jesterhead369

Ape.of.Gods

guiltyOrion

Boxelder

guiltyOrion

Nor do you. A zombie is a fictional creature, therefore it has no real definition. One definition though is of a mindless human with no control over their actions, either through possession or disease, which is exactly what the infected are.

lordofsword

MissingNo

Now, about this game.... Its Valve so I have very little confidence in what they can put out.

godhandiscen

Trov

Maybe the devs just have lofty goals? Either way Left 4 Dead looks like it has some promise. I'll wait for the 360 version, or demo, and give it a spin.

JoJitsu4u

Can't wait for this game.

lilsamuraijoe

DiscoBeard

Everything you just said makes no sense by a ton of scales:

1. People have played this game. It reportedly plays as advertised.
2. He's not an idiot
3. How're you to know the director algo doesn't place extra ammo to ensure a stable balance?

You don't know shit. Sometimes it pays off to have an open mind.

Sunjammer

Maybe she should think about adding them to the game.

temporaryscars

People who are quick to judge others based on their opinions, and the pussies who aren't immediately excited about this game.

enderspawn

Jayzilla

I have to say though those graphics wouldn't look out of place on the Wii.

Zim

It's people infected with super rabies (think rage virus from 28 days later).

The people aren't zombies they are just mutated crazy people. I think the director stuff he was talking about is gong to make the game incredibly unfair as there will effectively be an infinite amount of infected coming after you. This looks like a no win scenario to me as there isn't infinite ammo.

I suspect that when real people get their hands on this it will quickly be exposed as an 8 player death match where only those playing the infected will re-spawn. Once all the maps are known and the choke points are learned, it's going to be a case of get through the choke points as quickly as possible or a simple dash and dodge to the exit.

I'll wait for the demo before even considering buying this one.

penhalion

Sunjammer

guiltyOrion

LittleBigPlaneteer

I think I'm in love.

Kuraudo

I was excited about this game, but then I saw these so called "zombies" running at full speed. Now, you couldn't pay me to play it.

Zombies don't run.

temporaryscars

Sunjammer

Game isn't even out until the end of the year you gotta think they are playing an early build. Graphics will be better by then...i heard the graphics were great anyway. This game is going to be a huge hit...glad it's on the 360.

Gott

Raynre

Other than that, how many players? I can only imagine something like 4 survivors vs 4 infected + all of their AI friends.

Xirj

blacksamurai87

its kindof annoying to me how these guys keep on congratulating themselves.. i mean it doesnt look that cool really, and especially not as cool as doom 3 and what that game impressed apon me at early stages. yeah it was cheap at times but it wasnt cheap in an unrealistic way, and it could be overcome with care.

however i do think it looks like a nice approach to the zombie genre. Also those running animations look good for the zombies.. i do think that story needs work tho.. the foundation is ok to be built upon, but the main characters look kindof lame.. too specialized prepared and confident looking to be normal.

thendoftheline

I agree. The footage available isn't that good. I'd love to see some higher resolution gameplay videos. Still, I think I'll be picking this one up.

mrdietsoda

I also hope there's split screen support. A game like this NEEDS to have the option of being able to experience with your buddies on the couch.

-Kye

Kimosabae

we can only hope the AI and procedural game dynamics live up to the PR though - unlike half life. infinitely replayable my ass.

Rajio

Kyle81

Witzbold

Hmm...if that's all you think the consumer needs to know, then you're not going to sell many copies.

S

sascha23