Left 4 Dead Preview on CVG

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Finally! A preview complete with grotesque screenshots of the upcoming Valve/Turtle Rock title Left 4 Dead has been published at CVG.com. It's Sunday night for me and I am emotionally distraught from my beloved Chargers' loss, so I'll let you read up on the preview yourself...

But of course, the zombie plague isn't just made up of undead businessmen and tramps - the Infected come in far more fearsome guises than this. The Hunter, for example, boasts remarkable speed and the ability to leap massive distances - even up walls. The Smoker, meanwhile, has a long tongue capable of plucking a member of your squad right off their feet and out of the sanctuary of the group...

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[br]The full preview, which is a great read, can be found at this page. In case you were wondering, the official website for Left 4 Dead is here.

 

[TheSock]

Um, COOL.

 

[Asuka]

Damn, the textures look very detailed.

 

[ailevation]

Wow look great, the old soldier guy reminds me of big boss.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

LOVING the bubbly face!

 

[Qonfused]

Looking good.

 

[simon]

The textures are the same quality as CSS. And all content used is CSS. My guess is it's a quick project they don't want to spend too much time on making. Just new maps / characters / gameplay. Probably due to the positive responses of all zombie based mods that are in the making. But now they want to beat the mods with their team of gamedevs. before any mod gets released. So imHo it's a race against time for both sides. I kinda hope zombie master or nmrih gets released first and hope they get a solid game with lots of maps, so people wont bother buying this rip-off. I would have thought a much original game and content from Turtle Rock Studio's.

 

[Dodo]

Well, not ALL of it is from CSS, and even if it is... they made it in the first place.
But it looks great anyway, im sure ill buy it.

-dodo

 

[nutcrackr]

Turtle rock made quality cs:s maps (don't care what the haters say) I have no doubts they will do just as well here.

 

[simon]

I was referring to Asuka's comments
And I don't hate them, I would have expected new content / textures thats all. They have made a lot of cool stuff for CSS, no need not to use it of course. But it's still early in development, maybe they will add more stuff in the future.

 

[TheMastahC]

Whenever I make a game, I always make sure to start with all the important stuff first life graphics and sound. After that's finished, I work on whatever else needs to be done (if I have to do some sort of gameplay, I might fiddle with it at the end).

 

[Mutley]

Looks the nuts, any information on a release date?

 

[Evo]

The gameplay is the focus i think of this game, not that they use CSS assets :|

 

[nervousquirrel]

Yeah you know, in the trailer they put out I just know I heard some sounds from CS:S, I mean how cheap is that? I hope they take note of what we're writing here and do something about it, cause that's just sloppy.

 

[Apostle11]

Looks really cool, who's the babe?

 

[nervousquirrel]

who's the babe?? you can't be serious.

 

[DannyC.]

who's the babe?? you can't be serious.

I wanna find out about the big guy with the shotgun. :naughty:

I dunno... I'm sure the game will be cool, but the trailer didn't show me anything at all, unless the game involves running to somewhere, looking at eachother for a few seconds, then getting swamped by zombies. I know that's what zombie-strike involves.

The counter-strike sounds were sloppy.

 

[Dodo]

Well, its good that the trailer doesnt tell shit, thats what a trailers for... hyping.
Just pick a random hollywood trailer and see how they pack it with guns going of, explosions,
jumping men, and chick throwing here hair back. They dont explain the story line.

...and for them using counter-strike sounds, yes that sucks a little.

-dodo

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Well, Zombie Master's using a lot of default content - they're likely focusing on getting the code done and the game released, just like us. Art and sound can come later.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Acepilotf14]

Err... isnt that preview from PCgamer? Atleast, alot of it I recognize. Even the screenshots.

 

[Beerdude26]

Whenever I make a game, I always make sure to start with all the important stuff first life graphics and sound. After that's finished, I work on whatever else needs to be done (if I have to do some sort of gameplay, I might fiddle with it at the end).

Same here. Hey, Nuclear Dawn did it for its first media, and look how much everyone loves that!

(No offence onwee, I know they've changed sail )

 

[63]

L4D > ND > Crossing

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[kineaesth]

I don't really mind about what sounds they use... It may be better if they created their own, but i think the focus is that the game itself will be good, and different.



But still the zombies. The world is obsessed with z0mbies.

 

[hool10]

Wow look great, the old soldier guy reminds me of big boss.

I thought that too when I first saw Bill. Bill is actually a retired Vietnam vet though.

Looks the nuts, any information on a release date?

Soon I hope. With all this media hype, it must be soon! :E

Looks really cool, who's the babe?

A daughter of some rich family. I found all this info here btw: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/left4dead/news.html?sid=6163983&tag=topslot%3btitle%3b1&om_act=convert&click=topslot&page=1