Left 4 Dead - Hands on!

[Russian Mafia]

Here it is. About to read it now... 3 pages long.

In Left 4 Dead, taking too much damage doesn't result in an immediate death. Instead you fall to the ground and have a "bleed-out" timer, at the end of which you die. Teammates will need to be aware of who goes down, as a fallen comrade can still take damage once they hit the floor. Finding the fallen is easy enough, since the game lets teammates see each other at any time. As Survivors, you'll see greenish outlines of all your buddies even if they're behind several walls or structures, which keeps you from getting too lost. Once you've approached a friend and the revive sequence is initiated, it'll be a few seconds before they're back on their feet, during which time you're vulnerable to attack. Each player can carry one health pack, which can usually be grabbed at the start of a map. These can either be used to patch yourself or your teammates up. Without health packs, you'll have to rely on bottles of pills found in certain spots. Though these do replenish health, it's only temporary, and will slowly degenerate back your health's starting level after a little while. If you get killed three times in one map, you'll also notice the health boost you receive upon revive is temporary, and once that runs out you turn into a one-hit kill target.

 

[bam23]

Can't wait.

 

[Ennui]

that's pretty awesome

 

[nutcrackr]

downloadable campaigns sounds like some fun. I also think that constantly adding weapons is a good move as mentioned in another article. Still not sure how fun it would be to play a zombie when most of the time you are dying.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Woohoo! Can't wait to play this game again

 

[Asuka]

Sounds kickass!

 

[highlander]

Woo! can't wait.

 

[Flyingdebris]

bitchin

 

[destrukt]

not in the mood to read the 3 pages but i'll do so soon, but, any gameplay videos floating around ?

 

[Jintor]

Woohoo! Can't wait to play this game again

Starts with B, ends with tard, I'm calling you it because YOU'VE ALREADY PLAYED THIS ARRRarRrRRRGGHGHHH *rips out hair*.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Looking incredibly awesome. I especially like the character designs.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

\ Still not sure how fun it would be to play a zombie when most of the time you are dying.

Actually you don't play as the normal zombies you play as one of the 4 boss zombies that populate the map. Those are alot tougher to kill and can attract other zombies and the like >_>

 

[Gorgon]

lol WTF haha

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Ha. Thats one of the boss zombies that you play as >_> I think thats the boomer. When your playing as him you can vomit all over a player which attracts a whole bunch of zombies towards that guy.

 

[CrazyHarij]

****ing sweet!

just one thing, the guy writing that article is ****ing ridiculous.. does he get paid for writing like this?

 

[IonizeMyAtoms]

Haha I was thinking the same thing as soon as I started reading it
Looks amazing though, love the character design as well

 

[CptStern]

has potential to be repetative but so long as they keep the campaigns varied and interesting this could be a very good game ..nice change from typical mp fps, looking forward to it

 

[hool10]

Summer! I thought it was Spring now it's Summer. What's next, Winter?

 

[CptStern]

fall comes after summer dum dum

 

[Reginald]

Actually you don't play as the normal zombies you play as one of the 4 boss zombies that populate the map. Those are alot tougher to kill and can attract other zombies and the like >_>

Only the 5th-8th players to join the server. Subsequent players then play as the smaller variety, in a queue for the big things. :E

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Sounds good.

 

[theroadtonowhere]

hmmm.,.. thoses screen shots dont look so hot compared to like ep2

 

[Iced_Eagle]

hmmm.,.. thoses screen shots dont look so hot compared to like ep2

It looks fine in-game... Plus, it's made by a MUCH smaller team so give them a bit of a break

 

[Ren.182]

I like the screens. Models look all gritty and horrible, adds to the effect tbh. plus I'm assuming there could be a lot of zombies on screen at once? That right Iced?

I WANT THIS!!

 

[Iced_Eagle]

There are TONS of zombies at once.

Like 20+ at times.

You get overwhelmed fast

Add onto those 20 zombies some boss zombies and you got yourself quite a challenge!

 

[Kouler]

Wow sounds awesome!