Left 4 Dead

[davidxiphoid]

Originally Posted by Chocolatejas

I downloaded the steam demo. I think that may be the only place to get it but it stopped working when the game came out.

I'l probably just bite the bullet and buy. I love FPS, and I love zombies =) from everything I have heard this is one kick ass game

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by Deads3t

SDon, I'll add you when I get home today. My tag is the same as my username as well. you really need to play this with some people, it increases the fun by leaps and bounds.

Okay sounds good. My usual available gaming time is 8-11pm Eastern Time on weekdays, a bit later on weekends.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

Okay sounds good. My usual available gaming time is 8-11pm Eastern Time on weekdays, a bit later on weekends.

I'm on Mountain Time, that should work out for game time for me on weekdays and weekends. When I can break away, I typically game around 6 - 9 pm weekdays.

Weekends, Friday I start around 8pm or so....I can start around 4pm saturday and game till whenever. When my basement is done, saturday mornings will be a good time as well.

Edit - when it's not a hockey night.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

Okay sounds good. My usual available gaming time is 8-11pm Eastern Time on weekdays, a bit later on weekends.

Ok just sent the request

[Deadset]

ah, camperI just missed you by 1 minute, as soon as I saw you were playing, I loaded it up. maybe next time.

[camper]

Originally Posted by Deads3t

ah, camperI just missed you by 1 minute, as soon as I saw you were playing, I loaded it up. maybe next time.

No sweat, I was hitting the sheets anyway and I'm dragging this morning for it. I'm usually in bed by 9pm EST, but ended up finishing Death Toll with the group I started with.

Don't you hate it when they suck, you help them beat the level (1 person never beat it before) and you're the only one who gets wiped out RIGHT as the boat docked? Stupid smoker...pulled me into the horde and they left me to rot

Ah well, all part of the games charm

camper

[mikejet]

OK, I'm picking this up next week. About 75% sure of that.

[Blu Jacket]

Originally Posted by camper

No 3rd person play. The stats/info bars are very low-key and simple, so pretty much each screenshot you see of 3rd person is of the other 3 characters. They probably have just cropped the lower part of the screen. The screen shots you see on Amazon (for example) are pretty much what you see in the game with very few exceptions being one or two grabs from the intro movie.

In fact, amazon has 8 customer images that you can look at too.

camper

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately the first person only is a deal breaker for me as I loathe playing FPS.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by Blu Jacket

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately the first person only is a deal breaker for me as I loathe playing FPS.

It's really not your typical 1st person shooter as no one is shooting back at your (with bullets). So there's really no strafing involved....

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by camper

No sweat, I was hitting the sheets anyway and I'm dragging this morning for it. I'm usually in bed by 9pm EST, but ended up finishing Death Toll with the group I started with.

Don't you hate it when they suck, you help them beat the level (1 person never beat it before) and you're the only one who gets wiped out RIGHT as the boat docked? Stupid smoker...pulled me into the horde and they left me to rot

Ah well, all part of the games charm

camper

I was finishing up a simpson's game level with my wife, finally finished it, fired it up but you had just left. ah well.

Yeah I do hate it when people don't help out. I usually have the most protects and revives, but usually am 2nd or lower in total kills for the simple reason of 1 person always standing in a doorway, not wanting to kneel, shooting up everything. I've had a few cool people add me. So hopefully we can get a nice group of people.

[SDon1969]

Maybe we could set up a zombie-kill ahead of time, say Friday night maybe? 10pm EST, for example?

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

Maybe we could set up a zombie-kill ahead of time, say Friday night maybe? 10pm EST, for example?

If you guys do play Friday night, I won't be able to make it till about 11:30pm EST. I am on mountain time and we have a hockey game to go to at 7pm MT.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by mikejet

OK, I'm picking this up next week. About 75% sure of that.

I hope you do, that way we can get a group of people from blu-ray.com who'll play.

This game is reminiscent of battlefront 1 and 2, in a sense where I can play those games over and over again with friends and enjoy them every time. I still play BF 1 and 2 co-op on the 360...

And with the AI director in L4D everything is different each time you play.

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by Deads3t

If you guys do play Friday night, I won't be able to make it till about 11:30pm EST. I am on mountain time and we have a hockey game to go to at 7pm MT.

I'm good for 1 or 2am on weekends, plus there is a Celtics game at 8pm - so actually 11:30 would work great for me.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

I'm good for 1 or 2am on weekends, plus there is a Celtics game at 8pm - so actually 11:30 would work great for me.

Ok sounds good. I should be home around that time, unless it goes into overtime, but when I sign on, I'll send you guys a message.

[camper]

I'd be up for trying to plan something, as long as everyone is willing to let me be flexible. My zombie killing time is pretty restricted because these types of killin' games are ones I won't play around the kids...so if I reject a game request that's the reason why. They're usually put to bed by 8pm EST, and depending on how I'm feeling or what else is going on, I'll play a full campaign level (which is usually about an hour or so).

Although, I just checked this morning and saw that my other Xbox (the one I bought used on ebay) is coming back from microsoft soon and that one goes in the bedroom; so weekend-day playing may be possible when it finally does get here.

This particular weekend is no good for me though, since we'll be out of town. Tomorrow night I could probably stretch it until late (until I can't stay up or get loopy), because I'm off Friday and it's a nice relaxing travel day.

Sdon1969, I'll add you onto my friends list tonight, so if you see something from zingore0711 it's from me.

On another note, does anyone know if there is any difference in play for the characters? I thought they were essentially the same, but I noticed last night that I was playing Louis (I usually end up being Francis or Bill) and I seemed to be missing an awful lot, and my headshot to the witch trick wasn't working even at close range. I also felt like I was taking more damage than usual too.

camper

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by camper

I'd be up for trying to plan something, as long as everyone is willing to let me be flexible. My zombie killing time is pretty restricted because these types of killin' games are ones I won't play around the kids...so if I reject a game request that's the reason why. They're usually put to bed by 8pm EST, and depending on how I'm feeling or what else is going on, I'll play a full campaign level (which is usually about an hour or so).

Sounds good, my schedule is kinda strange too, sometimes I play during the week, but mostly on the weekends. No worries about not responding, if I see you playing Barbie horse adventure, I'll know it's your kids

Mine is too young to know, 6 months. But he sleeps around 8pm as well. And my game room is in a bedroom away from the main room where he plays.

Although, I just checked this morning and saw that my other Xbox (the one I bought used on ebay) is coming back from microsoft soon and that one goes in the bedroom; so weekend-day playing may be possible when it finally does get here.

Cool, as long as your wife doesn't mind the "reloading"

This particular weekend is no good for me though, since we'll be out of town. Tomorrow night I could probably stretch it until late (until I can't stay up or get loopy), because I'm off Friday and it's a nice relaxing travel day.

Thursday works good for me too. I'll login and try to find you.

On another note, does anyone know if there is any difference in play for the characters? I thought they were essentially the same, but I noticed last night that I was playing Louis (I usually end up being Francis or Bill) and I seemed to be missing an awful lot, and my headshot to the witch trick wasn't working even at close range. I also felt like I was taking more damage than usual too.

camper

I usually play as Louis and haven't got a 1 shot kill on a witch yet...maybe you can school me if I play Francis or Bill? I don't think there are any advantages with different characters. You'd think Bill would have the advantage along with Francis.

[camper]

Originally Posted by Deads3t

Cool, as long as your wife doesn't mind the "reloading"

She doesn't mind it now....

I usually play as Louis and haven't got a 1 shot kill on a witch yet...maybe you can school me if I play Francis or Bill? I don't think there are any advantages with different characters. You'd think Bill would have the advantage along with Francis.

I'll try, but not sure if 2 people can approach her at the same time. I'm wondering if that's what screws it up. A couple times I said "Watch out, it's the witch" and people are like 'where, where' as they're running around looking for her. There can't be other zombie's around either, because if they come up to you when you're trying to get close it causes her to be spooked.

If you jsut want the achievement, I'm sure you could play single on easy and use the shotgun. I'm after the sneak past her achievement myself, and I've come to the conclusion that I'll only get the 'no damage to team' achievement on a single player campaign. I swear, last night I took more damage from teammates than the zombies. I'm not awesome at the game, but still.

camper

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by camper

She doesn't mind it now....




I'll try, but not sure if 2 people can approach her at the same time. I'm wondering if that's what screws it up. A couple times I said "Watch out, it's the witch" and people are like 'where, where' as they're running around looking for her. There can't be other zombie's around either, because if they come up to you when you're trying to get close it causes her to be spooked.

If you jsut want the achievement, I'm sure you could play single on easy and use the shotgun. I'm after the sneak past her achievement myself, and I've come to the conclusion that I'll only get the 'no damage to team' achievement on a single player campaign. I swear, last night I took more damage from teammates than the zombies. I'm not awesome at the game, but still.

camper

I tried it on easy with the hunting rifle, no luck, I'll try the shotgun.

If you want to try the no damage to team, I'd be willing to give it go. I've also tried the "Use only pistols" I did that for 1 full chapter and didn't get anything. I think you have to do that for the entire game.

The other night I took some hellacious FF from this one dude, I finally called him out on it. Granted, I've done some too, but this guy nearly killed me several times, just spraying his gun around.

[Deadset]

Camper, I'd like to propose to start listing some strategies.

I'll start.

After getting puked on by a boomer

If you are playing with some people who know how to play, go ahead and crouch and get your back to a wall or a corner. Keep your gun and melee, melee, melee. Let your buddies project you. If you fire around, you're bound to hit some of your teammates...it's best to melee and let your team take on the horde.

You should never really be isolated in the game, so someone should always be near you.

I see my teammate has a hunter on them

Again, melee the hunter off and pop a few rounds into the hunter. I've seen 3 people shoot at the hunter that got on me. Needless to say, I had to use my health pack.