Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead Rises

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  Except i dont remember any space marines hiding in a closet, i really hope their big patch coming up addr... : alphablu
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    Let's be honest here. While some people may not think it makes for more exciting battle situations. If yo... : lavaflare
    • I think it would help if there was a Boomer special infection puke that makes melee-ing slower. : heartsauce
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      I agree and thats fine for co-op mode, in versus its the same thing as simply bypassing the panic events ... : alphablu
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        I disagree. In my opinion, closests and tight spaces just represent a good defensive position for the sur... : ShrimpScampie
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          Agreed completely. You don't kill them while they wait for the elevator, you kill them as they walk to... : SFtheWolf
          • Why should the panic events be the safest possible time for the survivors? that makes no sense. The di... : alphablu
• The two games look to be apples and oranges other than the co-op/FPS portions...then again maybe not? I'm... : Sturm08
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  There's actually tremendous potential there for an Alien themed game in the mold of L4D gameplay. Can you... : lavaflare
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    Actually, couldn't someone just add Alien models to L4D and change the survivor models to Marines and cal... : mrwolf710
    • To do the aliens justice, you'd have to allow them to crawl on any surface and that would, I imagine, req... : lechuck59
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  You know what the world needs? A zombie MMO. Seriously.... I want to play Urban Dead in a persistent wo... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • World War Z already made the setting, just put the game during that big-ass conflageration. : Rice Cooker
• If you have ever played Aliens Vs Preador 2 on the PC you know how awesome a Aliens game can be. That ga... : supyoscn
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  aliens game is on hold unfortunately :( : alalkoolj
  • I heard that it was abandoned. : Jobos

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• It comes with a lifestyle that promotes such things. : SFtheWolf

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• Get used to it. The "young male" gamer that enjoys using vulgarity and porn is becoming less and less of... : Miller_TYM

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  as long as it's exploits-free, you can find tons of videos on youtube showing exploits and bugs ruining ... : hanged_man
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    Won't play an online game until there are no exploits? Hmmm, I guess you have never played any online gam... : Helios150
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      i've played a lot but the "melee spamming" exploit is something that cannot be ignored and totally ruins ... : hanged_man
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        That's funny, a tank usually makes pretty quick work of corner campers, just before to chuck a few rocks ... : CyCo_PL
        • Ugh, "before" should be "be sure". Don't know how that happened. : CyCo_PL
        • Way of beating yes, probably. But using a script to be able to melee once every 0.3 seconds instead of... : Splinebastard
  • It's a game for playing with friends anyway. You'll be fine so long as your friends don't exploit. : SFtheWolf
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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    so few people use exploits that I've only seen it once in my playing of l4d and I bought it when it came ... : vujinovicm
    • Lemme guess... Hiding under the Ramp on the Rooftop stage in No Mercy : stelth
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      If by "tactical advantage" you mean hiding in a closet and melee spamming, then yes, that is an exploit. : rock42
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        using melee in a tight spot with a teammate behind you shooting, such as in a closet, or in a corner, or ... : sekira05
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          it is in vs. : Cihte
          • Exploiting a good defensive position? Pretty sure that's a desired feature for the survivors. SuperSpeed ... : ShrimpScampie
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        It's kind of goofy, but what is it exploiting? If I were trying to stay alive under attack by hundreds of... : Chris Remo
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          In terms of closets and bathroom, it's exploiting the awesome power of the melee attack. As long as you'r... : xsoulbrothax
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            Yes, I agree. Nerf melee and allow barricade building and it would be more believable. : Wisp!
            • Maybe, but would it be more fun? Besides, it's not fool-proof, especially on expert. Boomers appear, smok... : sam eagle
          • Okay you guys need to define what you mean by "exploit" in cases like this. What you're describing is de... : DinK
      • i think melee is fine, except for places where there's only one entry, like closets. as long as we can p... : ermac
    • I've only had it less than a week and already run into it. On No Mercy finale we were near the minigun... : dooberzoo
  • You do realize that represents a small number of the games played right? People will upload videos of an... : OmegaRed59
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    play on shack servers, problem solved! : ermac
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      how do you get invited to those? : nevlos
      • Post in the "latest chatty" and ask to be invited. Post a link to your SteamID page. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Not a problem. It's primarily a co-op game, which you play through repeatedly. On the rare occasions that... : sam eagle
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      I got a game and was exploit spammed with (no joke) 4 boomers simultaneously followed by 3 tanks and 2 wi... : vertdang
      • haha, there are exploits to spawn guys like that? Though I was playing co-op on a server last night that... : DinK

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• Me too: http://steamcommunity.com/id/itsjohn Thanks : johnwissinger
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  Me too? Pretty please? Pretty, pretty please? http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197997174023 : ajvitaly
  • That only took 10 minutes! Thank you! : ajvitaly
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    Done, done done : Durajim
    • Thanks a million - see you there! Cheers Zed : ZedFromZardoz

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  Yeah everyone that I know bought L4D though Steam. The last game PC game I bought at retail was Crysis. S... : Bumpmapped
  • Ditto. Only one of the eight guys I know who bought Left4Dead did so with a retail box. : stelth
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    most of us bought L4D via retail, mostly because it was just cheaper until the Steam sale kicked in at th... : xsoulbrothax
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      i'd say a lot of us bought it via steam, so we could play the demo early :] : ermac
      • lol nah, just having some side hurts while reading your post.... : apfelstrudel2
  • "Since then I bought at least 5 games online" let me guess: hexen episode one and two, monkey island o... : apfelstrudel2
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  Maybe even Bioshock might've made it on there, I'm sure they sold a lot of copies at $5 this past week on... : psamathos
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    They did, but not as much as other titles like L4D and GTA 4. You can see the steam bestsellers of the x ... : Alegis of Light
    • I know at least 2-3 friends who bought Bioshock, and they would have never purchased the game at usual re... : Djsoulshot
    • If that's true then i feel sorry for all those people that bought CoD World at War. : mrwolf710
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      sales figures =! content but hey, keep going cuz you all will never get it! it's like ut99 vs q3 an... : apfelstrudel2
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        q3 is more awesome : Cihte
        • i personally think dm17 won...HIT ME! : apfelstrudel2
      • There are three remarkable statements contained within this post and I would love to know how they work w... : A Sponge
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  You talk about Steam and D2D. What about TPB. Isnt that a huge player in digital distribution? just : doomed
  • you say tpb would "outsell" the others? hmm, could be true,,, : apfelstrudel2
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  I've got 47 steam games now, what kind of numbers do you guys have? I bet the sales are alot bigger than... : Pneum0
  • 31 different steam entries; 29 total games. : ajvitaly

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  This is PC sales. : Smurfy12
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    there was an article the other day about halo 1 for pc being one of the top played games of 2008. a niel... : dantastic
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      I call BS : Skyburst101
      • ditto, check the article i think it was last week : dantastic
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      I believe this. I walked in on my boss playing halo 1 just the other day. It was funny how he was fumblin... : AroundTheFur1380
      • You've got me. I was going to debate it, but your persuasive argument has convinced me Halo was a huge mu... : Wisp!
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    Joke missed, please try again : Durajim
    • No, the joke just missed anything it intended to hit. Please reload magazine. : Rice Cooker
• Yep, it's really shocking what passes as a respectable survey these days. : mizeriq

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• And deservedly so...it's good to see that they're actually giving that award to a game that's, you know, ... : wytefang
• more like because its (was) on sale for $37 for holiday. I got mine along with TF2 for $10. Its alot of f... : dxerg3770

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  no idea, but I never play to win per se, I enjoy the game even when I'm losing. : aethyr
  • I've been playing since Friday and loving it. I think I have my video settings cranked up too high, thou... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I agree. I play to have fun and in L4D that usually involves me limping into the safe room after being i... : skidmoore
    • I'd enroll in a PENIS girth contest. : vertdang
• We're talking about L4D here, right? Loads of people do that because they can't be arsed to play as survi... : Durajim
• We play with friends that everyone knows... no pubs simply because of the ragequitters. I get on the mic... : spyrext

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• here the nickle for you. : apfelstrudel2
• I agree! Versus sucks the time out of me, and I'm amazed when I have a group of 8 people playing togethe... : spyrext

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  The developers were laid off by EA. : TheIneffableBob
  • EA has nothing to do with that title. : Godhatesfatpeople
• That game and it's concept always sounded amazing to me. The developer has been so quiet about the entire... : Godhatesfatpeople
• It's being developed by Arkane Studios with the assistance of Valve anyway. : Rice Cooker
• Unfortunately that is the company that Harvey Smith ended up. :( : deathofrats
• Hmm, I'd be more excited if Dark Messiah turned out better than it had. This is coming from a fan of Arx ... : Killrig

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  Not really surprised here - GTA IV was the shittiest version R* has released for PC, having to deal with ... : Lukiopimp
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    Yeah thats a bit annoying but I'm loving the game so far. I never played a GTA game before so I hope you ... : qwplayer
    • Well - I do agree that gameplay wise i'm sure GTA IV is fine and a worthy successor, but not being able t... : Lukiopimp
  • hehe...the game may have failed in so many instances bot not the one you mentioned. xlive and the r* club... : apfelstrudel2
  • I'm playing it and enjoying it. : coolbreezr
• i think this should give rockstar an excuse to not release any future GTA episodes, they're going to blam... : hanged_man

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• Micheal Booth of Turtle Rock was the one with the idea for L4D. MB did AI work for Valve on Condition Ze... : i poop from there
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  i actually was chatting with one of the employees a few days ago on steam. turtle rock is still very muc... : spleendor
  • So this employee said the team was still intact and working? : Porkasaurus
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  Yeah they do. Still in the same original location and offices. They just have a new name now. (Valve Sout... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Were they the team working on Left 4 Dead, though? : T-900
    • Yes. As far as I know. The original team is still intact. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yes they were, Turtle Rock was made up of around 10 employees originaly working on off site contract work... : Flobster
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  Didn't you just answer your own question? Why would Valve by a studio ( without any original IP) and then... : lavaflare
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    Companies are acquired and dissolved constantly in this industry. : Porkasaurus
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      Fortunately Valve doesn't do this. Like they did with the Portal team. They just merged the original team... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        I have no idea what they don't do. I had heard the L4D team went through some changes, just didn't kno... : Porkasaurus
        • It sounds like you're trying really hard to find something negative here? I'm not sure I understand. I ha... : Godhatesfatpeople