Left 4 Dead 2: A Late April Fool's Joke?

[Nonsue]

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.

[Bacn]

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.

[†Ð£MØц]

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

[Riz]

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.

[Bacn]

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?

[Jamaic0n]

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

[Riz]

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.

[bonneau_14]

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.