Anyone see this?

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http://www.filefront.com/14777713/Left-4-Dead-2-Cinematic-Intro-Trailer/

Can't wait to try the Chainsaw! Oh sweet memories of DOOM!

[fishbulb]

Yup-- can't wait.  The preview on arstechnica.com said it looks pretty cinematic, even in comparison to the first game.  This is going to be fun...

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The demo's out for general public today (atleast it's supposed to be), so we shall see.  I think they've likely added too much shit to it and tried to "tf2" it up too much.  Tf2's fun and all but they're 2 separate genres.

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I think I'm going to pre-Order it on Steam, $44.95 seems a good price when L4D is still selling for almost $60 in retail stores up here. I can't imagine L4D2 coming out for less than that.

You get some kind of 'customized' baseball bat in the game too, and who needs a box anyway?

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Why wouldn't you download and play through the demo a few times before you choose to do so?  You can assessment of how you like the actual game and can still pre-order.  That's the idea of having a demo.

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Why wouldn't you download and play through the demo a few times before you choose to do so?  You can assessment of how you like the actual game and can still pre-order.  That's the idea of having a demo.

I thought you had to preorder it to get the game and it was only in a locked 'Demo Mode' until a certain date....'course I did drink a lot of beer and killed many brains cells last weekend so I could be wrong....

EDIT: ah, I see you're right, it's now available as a separate D/L...grabbing it now! 


Left 4 Dead 2 demo now available to all PC users

Posted Nov 3rd 2009 7:00PM by John Callaham

For all of you cheap skates who don't want to spend money ahead of time for Left 4 Dead 2, your time to play the demo for Valve's upcoming zombie co-op shooter sequel has come. Now everyone with a Steam announce can download the demo for free.

Yes, you can check out the campaign and solo modes for the sequel as you run around the zombie-fied city of New Orleans while dealing with new boss zombies and using new melee weapons like our favorite the machete. If you like the demo you can still pre-order the full game for 10 percent off, plus get an exclusive Team Fortress 2 in-game hat.

http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/11/03/left-4-dead-2-demo-now-available-to-all-pc-users/

[Sco]

Played the demo this morning.  Really glad I didn't pre-order. 

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Played the demo this morning.  Really glad I didn't pre-order. 

Didn't like it? Kinda hard to judge on what little we got of 1 campaign. 1st impression...I'm not blown away but I did like what I saw. I liked the variety of weapons, one guy I was playing with was raving about how much he liked the Machete. Having Adrenaline is an interesting concept if you're trapped by a horde and need to move fast.

What didn't you like?

[Sco]

Well it's really stupid how you lose your pistol when you pickup a melee weapon.  None of the new weapons do anything spectacular.  Pipes and mollys.. gee haven't seen those before.  A witch that wanders instead of sits.  A few new infected.  It's exactly what I would expect an expansion of  Left 4 Dead to be, instead it's a separate game for $50.  That's too much for an expansion.  It's a money grab by Valve and people will pay it and they will successfully cash in on this mediocre sequel. 

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I agree about the Pistols, carrying 1 or 2 as well s a Melee weapon should be doable. Once I find a Desert Eagle pistol I don't want to give up that monster gun. Yeah, it's a cash grab but I'll probably buy it anyway to support development of games like these. I've seen many comments like yours on gameboards, there may be a backlash on Valve over this.

There should be loads of Downloadable Content for it over the next couple of years tho to justify this price. Hopefully Valve realizes this.