Left 4 Dead Public Demo Arrives

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  I have 6.4 days left. O.O Generally it only takes a few minutes to download a demo from Steam, my connec... : JackAxe
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    I got 520kbs and it dled in about 1.5 hours. that 6 days left means how long the demo is good for, after... : tunis5000
    • Ok new game, see which one runs out first: Time to download or Time left to play? : IHATEDUST
    • That's about what it took for me, even though it changed to 6.2 days left. So I'm not sure why it was bei... : JackAxe
• I got like 400-500kbs when I preloaded it the day before the early demo release. I think you are experien... : X-Nice
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  I'm gonna have to skip the demo until things clear out a bit. This is ridiculous. : jtthe2nd
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    Well with all the new games that have come out plus the zombie mode for COD4 I can put L4D off until it h... : jtthe2nd
    • Of course not. I wouldn't put much credibility in any opinion that tries to evaluate its worth when all t... : X-Nice
• UPDATE: Bandwidth issues seemed to have worked themselves out. FYI the game is awesome. I have logged 7... : IHATEDUST

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• console'd : gyokuro
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  Are you kidding me? The game has feels like PC shooter in a way few do nowadays. I can't imagine playing ... : -efx-
  • I agree. It feels like it's opposite day with some of the criticisms people are leveling against this gam... : SFtheWolf
• Don't see how those poor console people can possibly shoot down as many zombies in the head as I can with... : Mystery0000

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• Its slick, but ultimately I find it uninteresting... : RookieCAF
• It looks meh : phinn
• agree.. graphics look dated and it still feels a bit laggy on a new PC. I really dont like it when tonn... : magicfucker
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  "6. Not enough blood, not enough interesting things happen to zombies when shot. " Hmm are we playing t... : Lukiopimp
  • Same for me, some version are censored though. I know the german version is censored which is why I had a... : jbury
• Disagree with everything in the cons list, have been playing the game over and over and over and over and... : Mystery0000
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  Troll failed. Next time try to argue more valid points than C1, C3, C4, C5, C6, or at least dress them up... : AlexW1203
  • Trolls typically don't have correct grammar, and punctuation. Maybe you should think about the differenc... : ZoDD The Immortal
  • Seem like valid complaints to me : digweed014

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• I don tthink it was COD that introduced looking down the ironsights as a more precise aim. Also when you ... : X-Nice
• I was unaware that COD invented Ironsights. : comiekazie
• Bah I feel right click to aim just slows things down really, works ok in CoD games I guess, but definitel... : Benoit Stordeur

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• no u : TheIneffableBob
• i second the F*** Valve. : araczynski
• why? explain : sheepraper
• I called Valve a fag, what more can I do? : aaarrrgh
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  Feek Valve? What is that supposed to mean? : CrustaR
  • I think it's Fart Valve. : aaarrrgh
  • i don't know we are left with so many questions : ihya
  • Felt Valve, totally non-waterproof : mrseldowski
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  No, I second this F***. I HAVE WORK TO DO AND I CAN'T KEEP UP. AAARGH : zehh
  • I don't think its Valves fault you can't get an erection. : Nighteyes

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• That's odd... many people have multicores now, no? No issues here anyway. : mystifier
• May be a combination of a multi-core with multiple monitors. in-game, from the console, you can do a ma... : Lokatana
• The demo runs flawless with video settings maxed out on my quad-core. I'm running under XP64, which OS a... : JackAxe

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• go play with yourself : changeling
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  Yep. Pre-order the game for a demo to try to see if I like the game I pre-ordered. Something is wrong... : airmaus
  • it's called beta testing for 5$ off :) : paranos
  • the game is awesome. 1) go get it. 2) stop complaining. 3) ?????? 4) profit : DewFuel
  • Umm pre-orders are refundable... : FuryVII
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  Sling is right. Steam allows you to cancle pre-orders right up to the day before launch. No excuses, unle... : X-Nice
  • Again, information that would have been useful to me YESTERDAY! I kid. I had no idea, thanks for the ... : ReiMomo

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  ya know... it just seemed blah to me. I played the single player with the computer (xbox) on Hard and it... : Madwacker
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    Just pretend this is a MP-only game. Because truth be told, that's where all the magic happens. If you... : carbontree
    • I wasn't. I'm hoping for the multiplayer. : Madwacker
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      I would have to partly disagree. Single player is great. AI performance is well done. But the magic is in... : richcz3
      • rich ass... 320 for l4d fun? id charge at least 10 to get in the door... : sanewave
      • Do you have 8 computers ready to go for your guests?? : moneyshot
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    The other thing too.. I thought maybe if i went to the HARD, I'd have to shoot 'em i the head only or som... : Madwacker
    • They might still, or someone will mod that in. Oh wait, you're playing the xbox version....sorry. : carbontree
    • headshot only is impossible. Either I'm old or a pothead, but I can't make 10 headshots in a row of a mo... : X-Nice
  • you were playing it on the 360? That's why... I have the demo for both the pc (pre-ordered the game) and... : TheVietSpecial

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  No, not yet, You can still access it by bringing down the console and typing 'openserverbrowser' thou... : Durajim
  • its a feature, not a bug! : sanewave
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  Last word was that it would make its way back in next week or so. : Flobster
  • So... are they working on making it not work in time for next week? : heartsauce

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  It seems the demo concludes when the game launches on November 18. : Chris Faylor
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    smart move by Valve i'd say, games have suffered in the past when a significant % of the player base is s... : ballystix
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      lol yea bf1942 probably still has people playing it. : Iwannaacura
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        Still almost 600 people playing the BF2 demo right now after over 3.5 years. Couple years ago, it used to... : carbontree
        • people still play the Halo demo. now i don't even know what to make of that. i is so confoozed : DewFuel
    • Yea, I agree... it sucks having a way to play the game without purchasing. Why don't all games go like th... : bob3578
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      WTF are you talking about, what if I want to try the game a month from now to see if I want to buy it? U... : Fpsnut
      • Oh no i cant be at work where i can use the internet ???? : Iwannaacura
      • Its the same game after a month as it is after two days, you non fucking nerd with a broken life. : noobja
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        you have 24 x 6.5 hours to download this demo. Relax. My point is if a demo is considered "too good" the... : ballystix
        • Agreed, a little short. Problem is when the full game gets released, it'd be hard for them to prevent peo... : carbontree
        • First, my PC is too fucked up right now to play games like these thanks to ATI .NET control panel garbage... : Fpsnut
      • A better approach might be to let you play it for a limited time regardless and tie it to your Steam acco... : Shai-Tan
    • The best example is UT2004, where the remaining stick of people play Torlan. Everything else is completel... : leaked
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    Any idea if offline play will still be available? Or will they be de-activating the whole thing somehow? : etherealrhythm
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      As long as you don't connect to online and reset your clock every day, you could conceivably keep playing... : carbontree
      • LoL, great! : etherealrhythm
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    so I should keep this russian demo for a while longer. : Turd Ferguson
    • the girls voice is hot in russian! amiright? : vynn
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    are you sure it's not just showing the number of days until the full game is available? : vynn
    • Yes. The demo concludes on November 18, when Left 4 Dead will be made available at retail outlets acr : Chris Faylor
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  What are you on about? It only says 6.5 days because the download speed is so slow at the minute. : simoney
  • I'm guessing your joking. If not, no, that's in the gift column. I downloaded it at 2000K/s although it d... : Shai-Tan

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• Ha, yup. : etherealrhythm
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  DEMO IS UP. go click it in steam and install away for all us non-preorder folk. : smacknca
  • thx to all pre-order folk for beta testing it for me too :p : paranos
  • Thank you. : Chris Faylor
  • Not here for me yet :( (UK). : etherealrhythm
  • yep, shows for me too now.. hope it's good : paranos
  • arg damn you people! i got to 95% and then it just crapped out. now i get 'steam too busy to blah blah ... : smacknca
• restart steam and you can install the demo : cineris
• u need steam to play a demo? what year we have? 2008? : apfelstrudel2

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  Oh man, I hope so! : David Craddock
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    I was so ticked off when I heard no 4-player offline coop for COD5, only 2. I want to be able to sit in t... : VictoriouSecret
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      It's really not. Saving humanity should be as easy as possible. : David Craddock
      • not according to the Contra guy. you people have it so easy nowadays. yeesh! : DewFuel
• yes, there is 4 player co op on the 360 demo. I wa playing with some friends of mine yesterday, and it i... : shwortdogg
• Yes. 2-player split-screen local. : P-Squid

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• Nevermind, it finally worked. Must have been a momentary issue. : Shai-Tan

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• Apparently, Ze Germans got there. : airmaus
• If you do a 'Verify integrity of Game Cache' under Properties > Local files it should fix this issue. : locash

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  Let's not get carried away. : etherealrhythm
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    Ok. *ties himself to his chair* Try and carry me away now! Hah! : Rehevkor
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      *carries you away on your chair with my big muscles* : etherealrhythm
      • Ugh. What are your big muscles doing on my chair? That's just gross. : Rehevkor

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  Reworded article fail = less fail : watcherxp
  • LoL. Indeed. : etherealrhythm
  • All I did was rewrite the headline :( : Chris Faylor