L4D2 DEMO REVIEW

[Internet Kraken]

You left out a ton of details. You neglected to mention most of the new weapons and items. You always only gave a very brief description of the new SI, and didn't even talk about the UCI. What about all the improvements made to the AID?

Sorry, it's just that there is a lot missing from this review. Had I not played the demo myself I would know almost nothing about the game.

Also, hero closets and duel wielding are still in the game.

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I also heard that there's going to be cricket bats in the game.

There is. In fact, the dialogue spoken by the survivors when they pick it up is already in the game.

I like how Ellis calls it "some sort of paddle-bat thing."

5 Campaigns with 4 levels each I think.



Story will link them together.

There are 5 campaigns, but 3 of them have 5 levels each. The only ones with 4 levels are Dead Center and Swamp Fever (or was it Hard Rain?), and in those campaigns the levels are lengthened so that they are just as long as the other campaigns.

 

[Greyfall]

Played the Demo, thought it kicked ass. That new high-powered rifle is my new favorite. 30 rounds per clip, one-hit kills and zoom? Time to retire the old assault rifle.

 

[RoseBridge]

Good review, I don't plan on buying but renting on release. My experience was a little different though. For the Charger he was spot on, but he came alone so as tough as he was the whole team destroyed him pretty fast. The spitter is obscenely weak I took her down way to fast but her acid is a good slow down and hurts! if your not paying attention. The jockey seems more dangerous then he actually is, like the spitter was already down when he would show up, and for some reasons when there was regular zombies he would stir me away from them most of the time, one time he did put me in the middle of a mob and I did go down. To me the best new zombie is the armored at first I figured that if I just shot a lot he would die, but no he keeps getting back up, eventually I did the melee then shoot strategy and that made it easier, hes still a fiend in mobs.
I was playing on advanced difficulty level.

 

[RoseBridge]

Good review. They didn't take out dual pistols, though. They did add a magnum that I'm not sure you could dual with, but the magnum is so awesome by itself that it doesn't matter. I'm actually pretty excited about L4D2 at this point.

I have read someone else talking about a desert eagle, mind telling me where in the demo you found the DE or magnum? I would love a mess about with it.

OT: Yep agree with the review, especially about the friendly AI, they def know how to handle themselves better now, thank god.

I dont remember exactly but there's a desert eagle behind a dumpster in the second part I think. It counts as a primary gun instead of secondary though, so you cant carry a shotgun and a Deagal. which sucks.
edit: its a magnum.

 

[Flushfacker]

Good review. They didn't take out dual pistols, though. They did add a magnum that I'm not sure you could dual with, but the magnum is so awesome by itself that it doesn't matter. I'm actually pretty excited about L4D2 at this point.

I have read someone else talking about a desert eagle, mind telling me where in the demo you found the DE or magnum? I would love a mess about with it.

OT: Yep agree with the review, especially about the friendly AI, they def know how to handle themselves better now, thank god.

I dont remember exactly but there's a desert eagle behind a dumpster in the second part I think. It counts as a primary gun instead of secondary though, so you cant carry a shotgun and a Deagal. which sucks.
edit: its a magnum.

Hey thanks for the help, I found it in the end since then anyway, but appreciated none the less. I think it is a secondary weapon though, I was sure it just replaced my standard pistols when I found it. PS: it rocks!

 

[RoseBridge]

Good review. They didn't take out dual pistols, though. They did add a magnum that I'm not sure you could dual with, but the magnum is so awesome by itself that it doesn't matter. I'm actually pretty excited about L4D2 at this point.

I have read someone else talking about a desert eagle, mind telling me where in the demo you found the DE or magnum? I would love a mess about with it.

OT: Yep agree with the review, especially about the friendly AI, they def know how to handle themselves better now, thank god.

I dont remember exactly but there's a desert eagle behind a dumpster in the second part I think. It counts as a primary gun instead of secondary though, so you cant carry a shotgun and a Deagal. which sucks.
edit: its a magnum.

Hey thanks for the help, I found it in the end since then anyway, but appreciated none the less. I think it is a secondary weapon though, I was sure it just replaced my standard pistols when I found it. PS: it rocks!

well anyway glad to help.

 

[AkJay]

This wasn't a very good review, sorry. A lot of the information is false, if by "Player Closets" you mean when a new character spawns inside of a closet, or a room, then you are wrong, they DO have that. And there is NO WAY the game could have possibly been "DLC" for the first. The new game is just too big and would be too much of a hassle and expenditure on Valve's end.

I'd also like to state to a lot of the people who ***** about how this should have been DLC in the first place. Fuck you. you have no right to be entitled to anything.

 

[dududf]

Good review. They didn't take out dual pistols, though. They did add a magnum that I'm not sure you could dual with, but the magnum is so awesome by itself that it doesn't matter. I'm actually pretty excited about L4D2 at this point.

I have read someone else talking about a desert eagle, mind telling me where in the demo you found the DE or magnum? I would love a mess about with it.

OT: Yep agree with the review, especially about the friendly AI, they def know how to handle themselves better now, thank god.

I dont remember exactly but there's a desert eagle behind a dumpster in the second part I think. It counts as a primary gun instead of secondary though, so you cant carry a shotgun and a Deagal. which sucks.
edit: its a magnum.

Wait a second, the Deagle counted as my firearm, so I was able to keep my chrome shotty AND a deagle (Up until I find a machete )

 

[dududf]

I'd also like to state to a lot of the people who ***** about how this should have been DLC in the first place. Fuck you. you have no right to be entitled to anything.

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Tad bit hostile aren't we? We are all entitled to our opinions.


I wasn't originally gonna get it until a sale went on but after hearing coach say "I know one thing for sure. I'm grabbing peelz" I was Sold (Until a smaller sale goes off)

 

[AkJay]

I'd also like to state to a lot of the people who ***** about how this should have been DLC in the first place. Fuck you. you have no right to be entitled to anything.

...

Tad bit hostile aren't we? We are all entitled to our opinions.


I wasn't originally gonna get it until a sale went on but after hearing coach say "I know one thing for sure. I'm grabbing peelz" I was Sold (Until a smaller sale goes off)

I'm no more hostile than the people who are outrage, OUTRAGED, at the fact that they actually have to pay money for a video-game instead of it being DLC, which as i stated before, would be impossible.

 

[dududf]

I'd also like to state to a lot of the people who ***** about how this should have been DLC in the first place. Fuck you. you have no right to be entitled to anything.

...

Tad bit hostile aren't we? We are all entitled to our opinions.


I wasn't originally gonna get it until a sale went on but after hearing coach say "I know one thing for sure. I'm grabbing peelz" I was Sold (Until a smaller sale goes off)

I'm no more hostile than the people who are outrage, OUTRAGED, at the fact that they actually have to pay money for a video-game instead of it being DLC, which as i stated before, would be impossible.

That's no exscuse, remember the saying "Don't argue with idiots, they'll bring you down to their level then beat you with experience."

'sides some may honestly have thought it was going to be DLC to begin with, then out cried when they thought that they were paying a full game price for (In their minds) DLC.

From which over all is wrong, but nonetheless it's their opinions, same as it is ours that it shouldn't be DLC.

Ah well, don't wanna get all hostile on yeah, in case that's what your gettin' =]

 

[Dusty Donuts]

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I also heard that there's going to be cricket bats in the game.

Of course, how could I have forgotten!
The baseball bat, for pre-ordering.
Well, I haven't heard anything about cricket bats, but sure, why not?

 

[MagicShroom]

I enjoyed the demo. DEFINITELY feels like an expansion pack, NOT a sequel. I'll def pick it up on a weekend sale.

I agree with this of that being this is more of an expansion rather than an actual sequel.

 

[TETSUOrocks]

I'll be waiting till till it hits discount on steam in a year or so. It looks nice and plays much the same I just don't feel the need to dish out another 40 dollars like i did on thier first game.

 

[theownerer]

uhh witch doesnt kill you in two hits its one hit and she always did that. And this doesnt seem like a review your just listing everything thats new in the sequel.

 

[crabwaffles]

I actually wasn't impressed with the AI. It might have been a bug, but I got pounced by a hunter. As expected, they knocked it off me. However, I was incapacitated. When the hunter was knocked off and killed, they just ran off, leaving me to die. It was unbelievable. Hopefully this was just a bug but still, it was amazingly horrible.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Yeah, the demo was good, but it just seemed way too similar to L4D1.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Played the Demo, thought it kicked ass. That new high-powered rifle is my new favorite. 30 rounds per clip, one-hit kills and zoom? Time to retire the old assault rifle.

Yes, but you have to find the bugger first. I've grown to like the hunting rifle.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I actually wasn't impressed with the AI. It might have been a bug, but I got pounced by a hunter. As expected, they knocked it off me. However, I was incapacitated. When the hunter was knocked off and killed, they just ran off, leaving me to die. It was unbelievable. Hopefully this was just a bug but still, it was amazingly horrible.

That just seems like an incredibly unfortunate bug. Normally the top priority of the AI survivors is to get you up. Them completely ignoring you seems odd.

Played the Demo, thought it kicked ass. That new high-powered rifle is my new favorite. 30 rounds per clip, one-hit kills and zoom? Time to retire the old assault rifle.

Yes, but you have to find the bugger first. I've grown to like the hunting rifle.

Hopefully people will stop calling me a noob for using the hunting rifle now that they fixed the accuracy when moving.