Left 4 Dead demo available to all
The demo for Left 4 Dead, Valve’s imminent coop zombie survival horror first-person shooter, is now available to the general public through Steam. So log on and download it! It was previously available only to people who had already pre-purchased the game, which frankly seems like a bit of a dirty trick to generate pre-sales to me.
I’ve personally been looking forward to Left 4 Dead because, I’ll admit it, I’m a huge zombie nut. I make it a point to try out every zombie-related PC game that gets released, including Zombie Panic! Source, a pretty good free Source mod that definitely captures the spirit of the zombie, and Stubbs the Zombie, which frankly isn’t that good. It’s just not that fun to play exclusively as the zombie.
I’ll get back to you with my impressions on Left 4 Dead as soon as I’ve had a bit of time playing the demo. I’ll also render my verdict on whether it’s worth purchasing the whole game, which isn’t a given; sometimes the demo pretty much sates any appetite you had for the game.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:50 am
FYI: These aren’t zombies.
Zombies don’t run. These “infected” are like the ones from 28 Days Later, which, fittingly enough, I just watched two days ago on Hulu on a whim. They’re not dead, so the whole “creeping, unavoidable” death thing that zombies have isn’t relevant.
The demo was really stuttery for me in places. I think it’s a Source engine thing; it did that repeated sound loop nonsense as if it were hung trying to load something. D:
Seems like the game would be good fun with friends on TS/Vent, but probably not something I’ll spend $45+ on.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
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