Left 4 Dead 2 PC Demo Released

I was slightly underwhelmed, but my expectations were so sky-high that I'm counting that as a net positive ;)

The pistols seem less accurate to me than they were in L4D, and not capable of quite as high a rate of fire. That's really the only negative I noticed. I was always big on the dual pistols, preferring them to all of the other weapons, and I had gotten really good with them the way they were (still have 100% accuracy in my L4D stats with them) and they account for over half of all my kills. So the new "feel" is gonna take me a while to get used to. And I wish you could choose to drop your primary weapon in order to grab a melee weapon instead of the pistols.

The new 3-round-burst assault rifle is pretty neat, but I'm not really sure what it offers over the old (and still present) M-16 assault rifle. They both fire the same ammo; you just have less control over the firing rate. I don't understand that choice. Maybe I'm missing something.

Haven't quite figured out the boomer bile, yet. I threw it on a witch and the other infected really didn't seem to do anything but mill around in the general vicinity. Are they supposed to attack whatever you throw it on?

The defibrillator is cool! It replaces your medpack if you're carrying one, but it's a HELL of a lot more convenient than waiting for a rescue closet when someone goes down, especially in a finale standoff where there ARE no rescue closets.

The adrenaline (yes, there is adrenaline to grab AND pills: you can choose which to carry if you come across them both) is a new favorite for me. Instant speed boost above and beyond even your normal top speed as well as an ability to run right through hordes with guns blazing and not be slowed down. This really appeals to my style of play.

So far, I'm not real crazy about the melee weapons. All I've seen so far is the frying pan, the nightstick, and the guitar, but the aiming ("hitbox") with them seems way, way too finicky for me to want to trade in dual pistols for any of them. Maybe that'll change as I play it through a few more times.

I really dig on the new music. Gives the campaign a great New Orleans flavor. But the new characters don't yet seem to have as much unique, quirky character as the L4D characters did. But again, this is just a small slice of the full game and perhaps they're still adding voice cues and dialog.

BTW, the hunter's new skin where he just has the same hoodie and pants as the old one except with the sleeves and pants legs cut off cracks me up.

Anyway, I've played through it only once, so I'm gonna get back to it!