L4D2 Preorder open

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 2nd, 2009, 18:21

£27-ish on steam

Probably work out the same as a DVD pre-order all said and done.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 2nd, 2009, 18:22

45 euros? No valve.

Post by **deject** » October 2nd, 2009, 18:34

And being the weak-willed Valve fanboy I am, I totally just pre-ordered it.

As a work around for high prices we could try using paypal to transfer money to someone who isn't getting screwed to gift it to you...

Post by **Roman Totale** » October 2nd, 2009, 18:38

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

No

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 2nd, 2009, 18:51

deject wrote:And being the weak-willed Valve fanboy I am, I totally just pre-ordered it.

As a work around for high prices we could try using paypal to transfer money to someone who isn't getting screwed to gift it to you...

Nah, it's probably less then what I'd pay for it in the stores anyway, and at the moment I'm not really interested in it anyway.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 2nd, 2009, 20:46

Roman Totale wrote:Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

No

Pretty much this, I think I'll go back to the first one after the quick blast Pnut, Berk and myself had the other night. It was fun to a) play a short blast and b) see how bad we'd become after not playing in a long time.

Of more interest to me is the borderlands pre-purchase deal.

Post by **TezzRexx** » October 2nd, 2009, 21:03

Not on your Nelly!

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 2nd, 2009, 22:48

If you british bastards can sort it out amongst yourselves, there is a four-pack on Steam where you get 4 copies of the game, 3 of which you can gift away, and all that for the price of three copies of the game.

HereComesPete wrote:I think I'll go back to the first one

And it's safe to assume quite a few of us will, therefore it makes more sense to play it. L4D2 will probably get just as boring very fast as L4D did, since it's most likely going to be another one and a half year before we see the SDK released.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » October 3rd, 2009, 10:05

I think I'll wait. Waiting = get proper opinions and info about the game + possibly get it on one of those cheap-weekend deals

Post by **deject** » October 22nd, 2009, 18:15

http://www.shackvideo.com/?id=15501

*fapfapfap*

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » October 22nd, 2009, 18:30

Very good trailer, but I still don't like the guy in the cap or the girl. They just don't seem likeable.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 22nd, 2009, 18:40

None of those people is Bill. I am dissapoint.

Post by **deject** » October 22nd, 2009, 19:59

Gunslinger42 wrote:Very good trailer, but I still don't like the guy in the cap or the girl. They just don't seem likeable.

racist

Post by **FatherJack** » October 22nd, 2009, 20:42

I liked them all, although it took until the suit helped the big guy up until I liked him.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 22nd, 2009, 21:45

Mr. Johnson wrote:I am dissappoint.

Get your meme right.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 22nd, 2009, 23:37

What? No grabbin peeels?

It does look rather good, but I'll wait until they put it on a sale weekend or such. Because they're bastards, teasing us with a two part add-on.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 29th, 2009, 15:09

Demo is unlocked (for pre-orderers only, I assume).

I had a couple of goes. It's short but entertaining. Much the same as the previous, obviously. New melee weapons are a lot of fun, as are the new guns and associated sound effects of all. Some graphic improvements, the gore looks great in daylight.

Overall

Post by **FatherJack** » October 30th, 2009, 1:52

Played demo. Fun enough, felt a bit floaty though. Game is okay, but my only gripe would be with the way they did the setting.

I think they've gone overboard with political correctness, while it's okay to show a grimy New York or a grotty LA, anything but a sparkling cartoonish jazz-happy Louisiana is OMGRacist. I can understand why, but had kind of hoped for a little more balls when depicting areas still unrepaired IRL after hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, never mind post zombie-apocolypse.

The jolly jazz music when the horde come in horse is a great juxtaposition though and an excellent choice, but I did cringe a little when I found a randomly-strewn jazz guitar as a melee weapon.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 30th, 2009, 10:42

FatherJack wrote:I can understand why, but had kind of hoped for a little more balls when depicting areas still unrepaired IRL after hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, never mind post zombie-apocolypse.

Perhaps the zombie apocalypse is instead of the hurricane disaster, some kind of alternative reality thing. That sounds like a better plot device to me.

There's jukebox somewhere along the way which plays various tracks including Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton. Nice touch, I thought.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM[/media]

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 4th, 2009, 4:03

looks like demo download is open for everyone, no idea when it unlocks.