Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders Get 10% Off

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• Honestly, I come and look at these threads from the comfort of latest chatty just to see what hilarious n... : Durajim
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  "there is plenty of content. But you didn't enjoy what little there is" Confusing, confusing. "Left : Mystery0000
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    I thought the whole point of the game was to play with friends/strangers online. This is where I get the ... : CurbDog
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      What you're basically saying is that L4D is a glorified version of Skype. And here I was thinking that... : Mystery0000
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        Interesting interpretation there. I guess if by Skype you mean interacting with others in a social aspect... : CurbDog
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          Alright since you're still not getting it I'll just say it outright: The journey is boring and repetit : Mystery0000
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            I get it just fine. I find the offline experience boring and repetitive yet the online is fun and ent... : CurbDog
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              I want more gameplay elements not textures and sound effects because L4D is so shallow, not that you'll u... : Mystery0000
              • Well, how about you try and comprehend that Left4Dead is EXACTLY what it was meant to be. It was never in... : Lycronis
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    1. I apologize for the poor choice of words. 2. We are just getting back to the same subject matter as be... : Wisp!
    • "Adding more maps isn't going to make the game more fun." That's one opinion. But for me, more maps e... : gokwyjibo
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      If Left 4 Dead had 10 hours of CONTENT, I wouldn't be complaining about the lack of it. However, Left 4 D... : Evan_C
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        That's complete bullshit. 4 hours of content. It takes well over an hour to beat a map on Expert, and eve... : Wisp!
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          Fuck, saying this game has 2 hours of content is like saying Team Fortress 2 has 4 hours of content, beca... : Wisp!
          • Reverse the 4 and the 2. : Wisp!

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• i assume you mean the boxed pc version. do you think they get it much earlier than the release date? : qhnzone

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  I grabbed L4D1 on steam pre-sale for $45 and don't regret it at all. More value from it than any other ga... : pyide
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    Yep this. Over 270 hours worth of playtime according to xfire. : TheDaFox
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      Well good for you. I guess we can average that out along with the numerous people that played for less th... : nardman
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        You sir are fucking broken. : erebus
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          I enjoyed L4D but also played it for only an hour or two... I played both of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games thro... : SpikeMeister
          • Safe to say you only like single player? : erebus
• I pre-ordered, from Steam. I can't wait for release. : saturn96
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  I grabbed it for $33 now because I have friends \o/ : vehementi
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    Yup, doing the same, now that I found out the 4-pack gets early demo access as well. : carbontree
    • I have one avail for $35US pm me : lord_omega
• The best time to play is, by far, the first few days. : ZombieAcademy
• Wait for the 50% off sale. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/50PercentOff : JediDwag
• I want to exercise my right as a consumer and get it now. Later when the game will sell for $30 my cognit... : Real Patriotic American
• $5 bucks a month to play l4d2 before all the cheapskates join the servers and start whining about the pri... : mrflamey

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  Yea the orange box was clearly bad value gaming. : erebus
  • yea cuz thats exactly what i was talking about... : dignan

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• Yeah, a little less than a year ago (iirc?). : Memphis-Ahn
• Everytime I see your post in a l4d thread : dookiebot
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  hey, speak english frenchie... this aint paris bakery : Real Patriotic American
  • I see what you did there. : Mystery0000
• I want to see how long you last in a latestchatty.... : deject

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  and i just don't see how they keep l4d1 and l4d2 as separate communities in the long run That's been my ... : abrasion
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    i actually agree with community thing... it really is a shame that L4D1 will basically now be considered ... : Real Patriotic American
    • Precisely and that's why I'm disapointed, it's not the money it's this complete abandonment of L4D1 which... : abrasion
• Given the state of the Left 4 Dead codebase, I'd be surprised if they reused much code... it was a real m... : FreonTrip
• Fuck it, I've already stopped caring. I'm just happy that L4D1 owners like ourselves have had a year to e... : mrflamey

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  yeah you got burned by playing a higher quality game than 90% of the shit that came out last year for $50... : brainchild420
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    I'd pay $60 on launch day, the first week after a game comes out is always the best, imo. I do indeed ge... : SavvyMike
    • Amen to that brother : Johnnsen
• Are you familiar with the LOLpage? : dognose
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  Careful, there be trolls here. I'm waiting for a $15 or so, even $30 is too much for this, it's DLC at... : Mystery0000
  • PS: that's if it ever gets released in Australia without censorship at all. : Mystery0000
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    LOL, I didn't know admitting I was going to buy the game eventually was a troll. I'm serious, waiting for... : SnakeIRye
    • I didn't mean you, some of the replies. : Mystery0000
• Yeah Ill be waiting for the 20-25 dollar price tag, by then I may not care anymore : ShXIII
• pre-ordered as soon as i heard about it. can't wait. : botch

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• QQ : imcompa
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  Name me one game which doubled its original content through DLC, let alone free DLC. Can't wait to pla... : stncttr908
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    TF2? : FiReaNG3L
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      TF2 FTW : NEEEEEMO
      • TF2 Best Game Ever : JediDwag
  • Counter-Strike: Source : nutcrackr
  • TF2. : Memphis-Ahn
  • I think DoD Source as well.. : deathofrats
  • TF2. : SonicWang
  • TF2, and when they say they are going to release DLCs even faster than for what they did for TF2 thats wh... : Just_do_it_ffs
  • Depending on your definition of DLC, the mod community for the original Doom games have generated several... : FreonTrip
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  I think you meant say most of their shitty fans. : Wisp!
  • I'm pretty sure we'll all feel a lot better if this happens : Durajim
• Well, if you mean fans like you then all I can say is: Great Job Valve! I'm getting to the point wher... : Lycronis
• What I'm wondering is when did people go from, "OMG, 4 years to make a new game?! WTF, I don't wanna wai... : SavvyMike
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  what wrong with releasin a new game as long as it's half way different? $45 aint that much for hours of e... : DaM0nkey
  • Not when they promised stuff in L4D2 as DLC for the first one. Besides it cost >$65 in EU Tier 1. : Just_do_it_ffs
• Nay. An awesome game for 34 euros. The 4-pack is a steal. : Pulveri

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  please learn to do $20 not 20$ remember you're not 5 years old anymore : spaceyme
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    Please learn about the world you live in, and that the US is not the center of it. 20$ is perfectly acce... : gokwyjibo
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      No, Abrasion made a whoopsie, but in all God's great Universe who cares? : Yxalitis
      • Well, obviously spaceyme did. : gokwyjibo
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      mostly the symbol is before the amount in most places of the world, and I'm not for the US so get a fucki... : spaceyme
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        "Mostly" is still not everywhere. And there are many places elsewhere were it is acceptable to append t... : gokwyjibo
        • lol owned : Unkei
        • Yeah, I agree that it is very rude and makes you look a little silly to people that do business around th... : SavvyMike
  • In my country yes you're correct, it should also be $20 here, however I type it as I say it in my head, t... : abrasion

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• Yeah, at $33.75 this becomes VERY tempting. : carbontree
• Do all 4 players get the melee + demo ? : MrLobo
• I would do this but all my friends play it on console, and I don't have the $ anyways lol. Thats my reaso... : bob3578
• I bought the 4 pack last time. : intothefray
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  when you buy the 4 pack, does that give you 1 copy of the game and let you gift it to 3 other people? : harold.johnson
  • what do you know, i read the page and confirmed it myself. doh. : harold.johnson
• Shackers should just get together and purchase 4 packs : lord_omega
• What you do is you collect 33.75 from 3 friends, buy the 4 pack, get your copy and gift the other 3 copie... : Seabass307

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• You and I shall do much slaying of the Zombies. : LoioshDwaggie
• omg stop pissing yourself : Unkei
• I need to hook up with you for one of your L4D sessions. : edgewise

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  No. : dmason
  • LOL.... : wytefang
• Well I'm not sure of any cross promotion, but Damn Zombieland was a great movie. I enjoyed it thoroughly... : Tauru
• What Valve needs to do is cancel L4D2 and this release it as ZombieLand. Two problems solved: 1. Preve... : FuryVII
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  L4D3 - The Zombieland Event : Fuzzdad
  • SHUTUP! Valve might read this board. : Nighthawk0110
  • Nov 2010! : abrasion
• I think L4D2 is cross promoting with the first game, since they're both brand new. : Vegetolo
• I'm half-surprised that those trailers aren't playing Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400. : the archvile

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• want to see how long you will wave that bat until be fed up with it. my guess: 45 minutes. : Unkei

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• not unless you bring six-pack : Unkei

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• lol taht game was pure win : Unkei

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  Do you mean timed as in when the timer runs out the demo quits, or Timed as in Valve might remove the dem... : pyide
  • They removed the demo the day L4D came out, IIRC. : OmegaRed59
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  Retailers have indicated that it'll be exclusive to pre-orders for one week. : Chris Faylor
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    Why on earth would anyone play a demo when they just purchased the game. Kinda ruins the hype for the act... : enlightened eye
    • The L4D demo was extremely popular, and people still play the No Mercy campaign often. : GrimmyD
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      This argument is pointless. People who don't pre-order still get to try the game before they buy with pl... : The Campin Carl
      • Dedicated fans get early access? OMG no other companies do this....oh wait. : erebus
    • yeah. i wonder too. : Unkei

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  They will have access ot it... a week later than those who pre-ordered L4D2 : Cihte
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    I do not believe this has been announced. : harvord
    • ? The demo will be available to everybody, including L4D1 owners. : TheIneffableBob
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      That's because you didn't actually read the article. : carbontree
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        Please show me because I can't find any article anywhere which says the demo will be released to the publ... : harvord
        • http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/48802/L4D-DLC-News-This-Summer-L4D2-Demo-Confirmed : Cihte

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• Ouch.... : abrasion

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  That would be horrible PR, not to mention an incredibly childish and infantile thing to do. : The Grolar Bear
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    Incorrect. This would be STELLAR. : FusionJunky
    • All right then. : The Grolar Bear
    • That would be great : jonin
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    ^^ Boycotter outted right here folks. : erebus
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      Um, I'm not a boycotter. Thanks for that, though. : The Grolar Bear
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        Um, you are a boycotter. Thanks for that, though. : Slork
        • lol internet : carbontree
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          Guess I rattled the cage, eh? : The Grolar Bear
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            I can tell you aren't getting it. Nothing here has been too serious yet you are taking to war. Chill o... : FuryVII
            • I actually do get it and was trying to be as facetious as you guys. I suppose these things aren't conveye... : The Grolar Bear
  • You are probably right. But it would be funny as hell! : TrickSh0t
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  They should add an achievement you get if you're in the boycott group imo. : kahoona1
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    ---The Benedict Arnold--- Run a legally purchased version of L4D2 while a member of the L4D2 Boycott gro... : brainchild420
    • Perfect! : kahoona1
    • This would be amazing. : MeestaNob
    • If that was in LFD2, I would pre-order it right now lol. : bob3578
  • Yeah, they could call it the "Economically Entitled Dumb@$$ Award." : wytefang
• No, they should have an easter egg in the first level or something, a shop for cheese and wine, and part ... : sreyes22

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  Why is that HAHAHA funny? How many other massive releases go on sale before they are sold? It's better th... : pyide
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    He was looking at his genitals while writing this post : MoreVespeneGas
    • lol good one : hanged_man
    • Or worse he was looking at someone elses. Hoooommooooooooo.... : Nighthawk0110
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  And by a few months you mean 9 months right? : sreyes22
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    l4d went on sale around december-jan : Jikim
    • Wrong, February: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57237 : Xevo

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• Yes you can, at least with gamestop you can, other stores could have different policies. : hypn0t1c
• gamestop will let you cancel it even after it's come out, unlike a digital copy. But im trying it out ... : NEEEEEMO

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• Go in on the 4 pack with 3 other people, it's like $34 then. : dognose

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  It'll be some time before the demo comes out (November 6). : Smurfy12
  • Besides, the whole point of preloading is there's no hurry. : Smurfy12

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  Targeted for October 27. : Chris Faylor
  • How dare you post something informative, helpful and accurate. Thanks! : LoioshDwaggie

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  its $15 for the original now. they dropped the price last week. : jarek99
  • That was for a weekend sale / DLC promotion. It's back to $29 now. : pyide

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• Well said. Thus far I'm not impressed with the updates that will come in this sequel, but I will likely p... : lectR
• I like it being a new game for all the new mechanics, the melee combat (with fatigue) and adrenaline, wit... : Johnnsen
• I'm wondering what will keep the two games unique from each other, other than L4D2 being "better" due to ... : MoreVespeneGas
• Get 3 friends and buy a 4-pack at $135. That makes it $33.75 each. : Bingo

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  What I remember is that if someone who pre-ordered the game hosts a match, then all the people who join g... : ElArabDeMagnifico
  • So it'll kinda be like this, except people will get bats at the end? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4... : zipr
• If you play with somebody who has the pre-order weapon, everyone can play with it. : Johnnsen
• I'm going to say no, but enough people will preorder it that you will get to play with the bat enough. : TheDaFox

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  I would expect it to be within the hour. The announcement says "now" but it's not up yet--we'll throw a l... : Chris Faylor
  • Thanks! : Johnnsen
• It's up now. I'm about to preorder it : jonin
• I just preordered it. Woot can't fucking wait. : erebus

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  "The offer brings the PC version to $45 and the Xbox 360 edition to $55. Of course, the company's own PC ... : jonin
  • Yeah, that line wasn't in there at first as I wanted to get the news up ASAP. : Chris Faylor