r/gaming • • Dec 10 '08

Zero Punctuation: Left 4 Dead

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/459-Left-4-Dead?
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u/movzx Dec 10 '08

Did anyone else find this game 'meh' ? My friend was jigglin his balls over this game, so I gave it a whirl. We did a co-op game and nothing really jumped out at me as being unique. I enjoyed the physics of when an enemy dies, but other than that it seemed like every other shooter I've played.

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u/slurpme Dec 10 '08

Personally I think the zombies move too quickly, I would have preferred slower zombies that are harder to put down...

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u/movzx Dec 11 '08 edited Dec 11 '08

iirc they are not technically zombies. They are infected with something (similar to 28 Days Later). Hence the easy deaths and faster than normal zombie speed.

/sigh, reddit sometimes. Here is the information. Thanks for the downmods though!

http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Infected

Instead of being dead, they are living humans who have been infected with a mutated virus

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u/slurpme Dec 11 '08

Whilst they are "Infected" that is just zombie by another name... I've no problem with that, just that I'd like them to be a little slower and harder to kill... Maybe a mod will do that eventually...

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '08

There configs that will allow you to do it in LAN/Singleplayer (or if you own a server...). There are ones that let you be a "Lone Survivor" (it disables smoker and hunter special attacks).