Left 4 Dead Delayed, Now Due November 18

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  Here's a fish for your troubles troll. : Mystery0000
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    here's a dictionary.... look up sarcasm. kthxbye. : coyoterys
    • Here's a box. Fill it with sand. : Legolas5

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• Unless it's a Game for Windows LIVE title, there is no cross platform play. EVER. And since Steam is ... : carbontree

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• co-op and the fact you can play as infected...plus the zombie waves are generated by an ai : Bumpmapped
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  As far as good co-op games, so few is around for the PC. Graphics wise it doesn't matter much.. as long ... : humbleone
  • agreed; nobody in the PC FPS development arena even tries for co-op anymore. Always complaints about not : the archvile
  • Yeah, co-op (especially online co-op) is sorely lacking from the vast majority of games. : deject
• This is easily my most anticipated fall title. Zombies are awesome, co-op friggin' rules, and valve cons... : Tauru
• hay guyz dis game dont look like no gearz of wrar zombiez wut? Who the fuck cares what it looks like,... : dewdman
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  Actually the game looks amazing in motion and is the best co-op experience you've ever played. Trust me ;... : -sk-
  • SWAT 4 may still top it in co-op play, but L4D is more about kicking zombie ass I guess ;-D : Lukiopimp
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  Consumers who demand graphics above all else are driving the high cost and low quality of games. : Lunaran
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    I'm pretty sure it's been like that for about 20 years now. : capt tripps
    • Yes. Yes it has. That fabled plateau can't come fast enough. : Lunaran
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    honestly you can't say if this was the exact same game but looked nicer you'd be mad. : SlingBlaze
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      yeah, but given that developing is operating off finite resources, more effort in graphics would mean SOM... : xsoulbrothax
      • I completely agree the graphics arn't that good, and I would like it if they were better but the gameplay... : SlingBlaze
• outdated graphics + great gameplay = larger customer base = $$$$$$ : techx4
• It may be outdated some by your discriminating standards but it still looks pretty good and does not look... : maldoror
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  This will probably be the first MP game I try out in years, ignoring very brief stints in Halo 3 before I... : nudel
  • (Oops, that should've said "Halo 3 and GTA4" not just Halo 3.) : nudel
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    Just to clarify abit, the small zombies arn't "real people" they are all AI controllered and only a handf... : SlingBlaze
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      When you die as a human you spectate until the others reach another safe house, assuming they're not kill... : AlexW1203
      • I wouldn't imagine playing as a regular zombie would be any fun. Run towards a player, catch a shotgu... : goshzilla
• You say that, but my housemate is worried because his computer might not run it. Low spec = bigger custom... : marmite
• Exactly.. Valve's on it with Turtle Rock and looking at their track record (Valve) it very well could be ... : eonix
• remember when you were a kid, and you picked up that new game and aimed at someones face, and were like w... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• kirk, i am ordering your ship back to base 001, we need to have a chat... pls have your gamer card handy. : deviantpaul
• Yeah, I'm kind of sad its not tied in with Madden and Halo. : not work safe
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  3 weeks != 0.5 years : bigimp
  • nov4------->nov18 = 14 days = 2weeks : barichnikov
• It might not have the latest graphic technology but it still looks very good. : razlebol
• It's about the gameplay, dummy. : wendigo

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  I doubt those two will compete much with each other. Not as far as end result goes anyway. : humbleone
  • I agree, they hit a different crowd (not to say people who play WoW won't play L4D and vise versa) so the... : ebok007
  • Yea, I wouldn't be worried at all - totally different demographic. That's like a grocery store delaying t... : Milleh
• I doubt Wrath of the Lich King will be out before December. They still have quite a lot of tweaking to do... : code-e255

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  Perhaps it's less about execution and more about timing? Oct 21: Dead Space, Fable Oct 28: Fallout 3 ... : carbontree
  • Oh yeah Far Cry 2 comes out on Oct 21 as well o_0 : carbontree

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  do it the weekend following nov 18 !! : barichnikov
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    Chances are the water in the pipes may freeze by that point, then we'd have to wait until April. :/ : TaintedSyringe
    • Burn the place and lan furiously while your power cable melts : dafugg

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• This is precisely what I was thinking... : heartsauce
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  I’d be more impressed if they did something with the gun sounds, the machine gun sounds like it was lif... : dangerdoggie
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    I believe the guns are designed to mirror the guns from Counter-Strike to appeal to that massive audience... : Wisp!
    • didn't that game rip the gun sounds from another game (or just use the same stock SFX)? Either way, th... : the archvile

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  I sincerely doubt that this was a development move as much as it was a marketing decision. I doubt develo... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Yep you are probably right. The thing is, no matter what title we are talking about - had the developers ... : humbleone
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    why not crunch it a bit and release it on halloween? that seems a better marketing move to me. : yAak
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      Dead Space + Gears of War = Bad timing : carbontree
      • I want DRUNK COOP ZOMBIE SLAUGHTER on halloween! : yAak
  • I don't see why they wouldn't spend those two weeks working on the game or a future patch. : Wisp!
  • They can still work on it, since its through steam just push out an update for day 1. : Iwannaacura
• 2 words: BUTT FUCK!!!! : redbeard05

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• Valve delay? no way : Iwannaacura

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• The co-op game can be played as a single player + 3 survivor bots. I think it may have drop in multiplaye... : carbontree

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• hahaha, I know! : angersma

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• a halloween release just because you have a horror-themed game isnt always a great idea... just ask flags... : radio_babylon
• Couldn’t agree more, I remember buying Blood 2 just for the occasion of Halloween. This games hype tan... : dangerdoggie

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• I say sept 29th. : dante2010
• I say September 11th, and then due to outcry from Mothers Against Everything, release it a week earlier! ... : dewdman
• You didn't tell of which year. : zehh
• I say release it on August 25, 2008 : .ka`boom.zZz.

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• This is what I'm hoping for as well. : dedgecko
• fuck yeah. needs halloween steam beta : feek
• I'd pay double the price to enter beta for Halloween! Killing zombies while stuffing my face with chocola... : beraserkr

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  Honestly I dont know why Valve hasn't learned by now not to talk about new stuff until it's ready to be r... : ventro
  • It adds to the hype, leading to more potential sales. : Cowburn199
  • If it's only 2 weeks off what they announced then I think they're doing very well for a project as comple... : nudel

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• I guess according to the wiki I am wrong. Maybe that is when it went gold. : ease one

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• It's only about a two week delay, anyway. : DrWaffles