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    L4D2 is probably just for the Xbox people since SDK is PC. I don't see any reason why a PC player would pick this up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pok View Post
    L4D2 is probably just for the Xbox people since SDK is PC. I don't see any reason why a PC player would pick this up.
    Well user-made content is a little harder to access on left 4 Dead then any other Source game. Would be nice if we had a server list but noooooooooo.

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    Its not a joke.

    They made a sequel because developers felt like doing moar that wasn't done in L4D.

    I believe they said a playable demo was at E3.

    Just check ign.com for shiz like this gawd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nonsue View Post
    Its not a joke.

    They made a sequel because developers felt like doing moar that wasn't done in L4D.

    I believe they said a playable demo was at E3.

    Just check ign.com for shiz like this gawd.
    I was just being facetious with the title. What I'm saying is that the game makes no sense. The game has been in development since 2004~, so if there were any major features that Valve wanted to put in the game they would be in it. Everything else could easily be put in through updates.

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    They already put a new section in the steam forums up for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bacn View Post
    I was just being facetious with the title. What I'm saying is that the game makes no sense. The game has been in development since 2004~, so if there were any major features that Valve wanted to put in the game they would be in it. Everything else could easily be put in through updates.
    They COULD be, but they could ALSO be done through a $50 sequel. As a company, Valve saw a way to make a pretty penny off of a hit online survival horror game, and is rolling with it. Now, what Valve SHOULD do is learn to understand the meaning of episodic gaming, but that's another rant for another time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lefos View Post
    They COULD be, but they could ALSO be done through a $50 sequel. As a company, Valve saw a way to make a pretty penny off of a hit online survival horror game, and is rolling with it. Now, what Valve SHOULD do is learn to understand the meaning of episodic gaming, but that's another rant for another time.
    But why would they decide to do this with Left 4 Dead and not Team Fortress 2? After all, they've added quite a bit to Team Fortress 2. New Maps, new game mods, unlockable weapons. yet all of a sudden they decided that Left 4 Dead should have a sequel? Why do this with one franchise and not the other?

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    Maybe they are pushing something new in this version of the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bacn View Post
    But why would they decide to do this with Left 4 Dead and not Team Fortress 2? After all, they've added quite a bit to Team Fortress 2. New Maps, new game mods, unlockable weapons. yet all of a sudden they decided that Left 4 Dead should have a sequel? Why do this with one franchise and not the other?
    Left 4 Dead has a number of little issues here and there, and it seems Valve has decided to (hopefully) fix them via a full blown sequel instead of a number of updates. While a proper server list update would be more than enough for me to buy the game, it seems I'm going to have to wait and pay newgame price for what is essentially a repackaging of the same game, but with a shiny new box.

    TF2 does not have a campaign, while L4D does. They could easily just release new maps via DLC or updates, but I guess they decided to do it via the sequel, as the consoles can only take so much in terms of updates(Notice how TF2 on the 360 does not have the newer weapons.).

    [EDIT]: Keep in mind that they have only just announced the game. It's entirely possible there is more they are going to add.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bacn View Post
    But why would they decide to do this with Left 4 Dead and not Team Fortress 2? After all, they've added quite a bit to Team Fortress 2. New Maps, new game mods, unlockable weapons. yet all of a sudden they decided that Left 4 Dead should have a sequel? Why do this with one franchise and not the other?
    wow dude forget about tf2, why not? they don't have to do the same thing over and over again because they did it once.

    only problem is from what i've seen the graphics look a bit less realistic.

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    Shitstorm all over gaming forums. It is real, no doubt about that, valve even announced it on their homepage. Its also a whole new game, not DLC. Although everyone will complain and whine about it, companies make games for money, and this is what valve is doing. I just hope they won't abandon L4D1.

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    hey a new infected new weapons new char's and 5 new movies, Im not complaining. Not to mention also I bet there will be writing in the safe rooms that give the outcome of Zoey,Bill,Louis, and Francis

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