Shacknews does Left 4 Dead

[BabyHeadCrab]

http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2007/050107_left4dead_1.x

According to Valve, Left 4 Dead marks the closest collaboration yet between the noted Half-Life developer and another studio.

Turtle Rock and Valve plan to support the game after launch with additional full-length free scenarios. By the time the game ships, work will already be well underway on the first of these downloadable scenarios, with the current plan to ship new content this year.

To keep the game constantly fresh, and to add to its replayability factor, all spawning of enemies is handled by a dynamic "AI director,"

Upon ending a level, either by completing it or by failing it, the game presents a breakdown of player performance stats, accompanied by specialized awards or badges of shame for each player. Players are singled out for causing too much friendly fire or for pushing a teammate into danger with a poorly placed melee attack, but so too are they marked for walking into too much friendly fire. More positive awards include recognition for taking out a Smoker before he drags over an ensnared player, taking out a Smoker yourself as he is dragging you over, completing a scenario without dying, completing a scenario with the team intact, pulling off numerous headshots, taking out a Boomer without being attacked by zombies after being vomit-tagged, pulling a teammate up from a ledge

With each preview my anticipation goes up, me and a bunch of real life friends plan to have a clan, so to speak, that plays this each weekend in LANs

 

[Asus]

Unlike other games, I don't really want more media released for this game. I WANT TO PLAY IT NOW.

 

[L33TPete]

After playing Zombie Master for the past few days I am really hyped for L4D.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Unlike other games, I don't really want more media released for this game. I WANT TO PLAY IT NOW.

I'm in the same boat, I just want it to come out already D: , I keep teasing myself reading all these previews.

 

[Shamrock]

When is the official release date?

 

[CyberPitz]

When is the official release date?

Not soon enough.

 

[Planetary]

The Smoker sounds alot like a barnacle: Irritating to fight alone, disgusting to destroy (Though all zombies are like that I suppose.)

 

[Operational]

Mostly info I've read before, still a good read.

After playing Zombie Master for the past few days I am really hyped for L4D.

Oh noes, not another ZM L4D comparison:rolling::rolling:

Not soon enough.

QFT.

 

[Asuka]

Cant wait!!!

 

[Kula Meenur]

****ing epic

 

[Sloth]

Nice find - tis front page'd.

 

[Cerpin]

But seriously though, when is this out?

 

[Ren.182]

I cannot wait for this. I seriously just want to play it now.

Also love the sound of the awards system.

 

[MultiVaC]

But seriously though, when is this out?

Says "summer" at the bottom of the article. I've been hearing fall in other places, but according to this article that's for the Xbox 360.

 

[Asus]

Summer. Fall. Valve loves to dance around the month of September and drive us nuts.

 

[Warbie]

It's out on the 360 too - which is good news for those of us with a pc that's still coal powered

I can't wait for this game!

 

[Gorgon]

This summer is looking good....

 

[PvtRyan]

Can't wait for it! Co-op is by far the funnest genre.

What I also liked from the 1UP footage is that zombies don't seem to take a lot of ammo to bring down, a couple of rounds and they're dead. I hate it when you need to empty a clip of a full automatic to kill something.