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Still haven't decided if I want to pre-order or just wait till Christmas.

Levi was on the 360 demo for an hour last night. Don't think he intends to get the PC version, esp. since it'd also likely mean a second copy for Jr.

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Levi was on the 360 demo for an hour last night. Don't think he intends to get the PC version, esp. since it'd also likely mean a second copy for Jr.

Yeah got the demo early as a bonus for preordering with Gamestop.

OMG!!!!!!

In hind sight it would've been great if Valve had held off a year, released one L4D in different cities, 8 mix and match survivors and all the maps. Two seems to be so much more polished. Now THAT would've been a L4D game.

No PC play here for now. Can't afford to keep up with 360s AND PCs. Jr's PC is my old one. 3.2P4, Gig ram and a AGP 800XT. Great for HL2, UT2004 but not so much the modern stuff.

Oh while picking up the demo I got Jr his own ODST. Pros: No moar split screen. Cons: Damn this is getting expensive.

Last edited by LLEVIATHANN (2009-10-29 1:39 pm)

Well the PC versions of L4D do look better than 360. You also could run it on a X800. Its really not that complex of a game. Whatever HL2 will run on, it will run on too for the most part.

Well, I can see why it was banned in Australia. But it is nothing more than what i've seen in Soldier of Fortune games. The zombies now have destructable zones similar to SoF. When you blast a certain part of a zombie, sometimes you get to see whats inside. Bit more bloody in this aspect but if you've played SoF, it is nothing new. In fact, it looks like they may have used the same tech.

What Levi has stated is correct. It is more polished. However, I think the new special infected are rather weak. The charger is useless out in the open and even then, his hp is low. The spitter is more or less pointless unless you've got the survivors covered in boomer bile. Then finally I see almost no point in the jockey. I get the idea behind it but his hp is so low that unless you use him when a horde hits or boomer booms...solo hes useless. Haven't seen the others yet but I hope some things get buffed cause even in Expert mode, they are easy to kill.

In fact, with the melee weapons, expert mode is a breeze. The machete is just loads of fun hacking everything up. The more blunt objects are just meh so far. The frying pan makes a nice sound but its no where near as fun as the machete.

Think its gonna be worth the money in the end. Its going to be a great COOP game. Right up Bat's alley. VS i'll wait and see on as the new SIs are weak. With current 4 vs 4 setup, if you had more than one of the new SIs the survivors would run you through real easy. But we'll see.

Oh performance is good. Ran max everything before in L4D1 and its going good too in L4D2. Even took time to swap back in the 8800GTS and compare. But I couldn't tell the difference. Both the 88 and the 3870 handled it fine. But I will say, I ran the Street Fighter IV benchmark while I was at it. 3870 kicked the 8800's butt. 8314 to 7920 rating. Wonder if SFIV is DX10.1 aware . 88's fps dropped below 30 in high effects moments and in the last character flyby while the 38 hugged close to 60.

Last edited by NightCougar_37 (2009-11-03 3:56 am)

Yeah true. I have seen more of them in spots. It also is a nice touch to see they have male and female boomers. Now you can be grossed out by walking bags of bile from both sexes! Equality is a good thing!

Cool, got to try it today. Really nice stuff, I like the characterization a little more than in lfd1.

$80 medical bill kinda makin me hesitate to buy before my slightly larger winter paycheck

L4D2 demo is out?

Aggghh I hate being away from my home, all the good stuff comes out whenever I'm away. I'll miss MW2 as well..

Nothing like running through a horde with a chainsaw. Fun times!

I also like some of the new items like the Boomer bile. Just toss it onto a Tank and have the zombies help you take him down!

Well difference in caliber on the AK too. 7.62mm vs 5.56mm. I tend to take the AK more often and it really tears the zombies up. Course the 5.56s do it pretty well too but the AK does appear to have that penetration that the others lack. But I will admit, if I have to go 5.56 i'll use the 3 round burst rifle more often than the M-16. They both tear up but the burst I find conserves my ammo a little better.

Chainsaws are variable. I didn't get one till I was on Dark Carnival. Didn't see one at all in Dead Center. Course now replaying them, i've seen it in all of the campaigns. Same with the grenade launcher. Its the AI Director thing that mixes it up. Sometimes i've had 2 nade launchers in one level. Shame the bots won't use it.

Last edited by NightCougar_37 (2009-11-27 6:11 am)

Scored a grenade launcher on the Dark Carnival finale last night - very useful against those tanks!

I don't go for the chainsaws much, I prefer the katana. Very satisfying blood spray.