Left 4 Dead Created 18 years ago2006-12-03 12:34:07 UTC by Tycell

I just read about this in a PCG magazine that was randomly bought for me. It caught my eye with "Exclusive #1! VALVE'S SECRET ZOMBIE SHOOTER".

Of course VALVe was going to mean HL engine so I eagerly read on.

'Left 4 Dead' looks absolutly amazing, thats all that can be said. Its not some mindless "Headcrab bash". Its not even set in the HL universe. You play as one of four survivors in a city flooded with infected zombies. This is a Multiplayer Co-op game, and whats better, you can play as either one of the four survivors or as one of four zombies. There are no respawns, and each 'level' it is said can last from 40 mins to an hour.

Play with friends, or online, or on your own (with high level AI taking control of the unused players). The AI is also somthing to take note of, the monsters look and sound (from what I have read) terrifying.

You have your normal all out zombies, fast zombies (think 28 days later, not HL2), fat zombies that can vomit all over you and explode in a wash of vomit when they die, zombies with snake like tounges that slither around and get you like a barnicle. 'Hunter's which are much like the lickers from resident evil except they have no tounge and they are more agile but weaker.

This sounds fantastic, and what is more there are no scripted sequences, every time you play a level it will be different. Enemies will be in different places and if you play as a zombie you can 'herd' the masses of AI zombies to the players. From what I have read and seen from the screen shots this looks totally amazing. DEFFINATLY one to watch. I eagerly await its arrival. Watch this space.

http://turtlerockstudios.com/l4d/

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES FTBWE!

WOOOOHOOOOO!

what he said.

sounds l33t

Sounds old.

About time a real company made a co-op zombie game...

Old idea with new ideas put in to it, I like it.

Who cares?! It's ZOMBIES!

A release date on this yet? I see the site isnt even up

There is a PC gamer article somewhere on Interlopers, I shant link it for fears that PC gamer will rape me.

It has pics and so on...

Yes. The article does have pics and so on. It looks done, but you know how it goes, they finish the actual game and then have to spend at least a few weeks on mop up duty.

I dont think we will have to wait long before we start seeing this advertised.

Sounds pretty good.
If it involves massive gore and new weapons - count me in!

show me the pics dudes! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES!

Valve isn't the same as turtle rock.

True. But Valve is the one developing the game.

Take note, this is not a HL2 mod, this is a whole new game on the source engine.

The pictures are sex. If anyone can find any then please link to them here.

Whut? It says Turtle Rock are developing it, unless I am missing something vital.

Someone on the halflife2.net site has played it at Valve HQ, he talked about the gameplay a bit, sounds fantastic.

google is your best and only friend

http://www.nofrag.com/2006/nov/21/23741/

Looks AAAWWEESSOOOMEEE! I MUST have this! I MUST!

btw for those who immediately close the site as soon as they remember they don't speak French, the pc gamer pages are linked on the bottom of the page.
Sounds ueber and exactly the sort of game me and my friends were looking for.

It should be ok, since turtle rock studios make it, should be something different eh guys???

Read the article when the mag came out. We so have to get a server running for this game when it arrives.

Left 4 Dead is a shitty title, even if the '4' is significant to the gameplay....

Bah, won't beat Dead Rising, nothing does.

I'd have to agree with you there. Most mods have better titles than that, and the "4" just makes it worse.

i personally would have called it 'left 3.14 dead'

That makes perfect sense.

Left 4 dead is a bad name. But that doesn't mater. Half-Life is a pretty bad name too. So that doesn't matter.

ZOMBIES!

OH LOOK! ANOTHER ZOMBIE GAME!
Well at least its not just another mindless zombie shooter(or is it just one in disguise?). I might take a look at it but I have an overall negative outlook when it comes to zombie games.

Zombie, Turtle Rock works a helluva lot with Valve on major projects. I don't think I've ever seen a game that they haven't worked with Valve on, actually.

Tosse: Half-Life is the best name ever, so STFU or I'll come to your house at night and kill your cat!

WCD: According to their website, all they've ever made (or help made) are CS games.

Righto. I was also thinking of Ritual Entertainment as well(which also has only done work with Valve, I believe).

I've never seen a game from Turtle Rock that I really like. They've made, what, CS:CZ and some maps for CS:S? Not the most impressive repertoire, if you ask me. Especially not when compared to Valve. The fact that they're buddy-chums with Valve and releasing their new games on Steam doesn't really mean much - Valve aren't developing the game. I don't see what all the fuzz is about.

Still, their cs_militia remake was quite excellent.

The developer doesn't matter, the game does. From what I read, this definitly looks worth a try. It could be developed by fucking Lucas Arts and if it were good, I'd buy it.

The developer doesn't matter, the game does

Dont be dumb! the developer DOES matter as much as the game. would you want this to be made by some shi* developer???

I was reading about a game like this a year or so ago in EGM (consoles). It mentioned how you could have mulitplayer where you fought zombies, and if you died you came back as a zombie, sounded very familiar to this, but I doubt it was the same, I have to find that.....

It wasn't the D.E.A.D. (or whatever it's called) Mod for HL2, was it? I remember it has a pretty similiar premise.

personally i enjoyed the CZ singleplayer part.

would you want this to be made by some shi* developer???

... Turtle Rock is "some shit developer" if you ask me. But indeed, the developer doesn't matter - however, it's helpful for approximations of the quality of the game, pre-release - and my approximation of this game isn't very positive.

I actually think the Turtle Rock CS:S maps are better than the Valve ones, i have no doubt the quality will be good, but... it's a zombie game, and unless it's as fun and free-roaming as DR, it'll just be a typical zombie horror game.

thats what DR is
thats what makes it fun.

I actually think the Turtle Rock CS:S maps are better than the Valve ones

I agree, wholeheartedly.

the title has a pun: left for dead, '4' being 4 people.

example: we "left 4 dead" or were are "left for dead"

silly title pun

I like the title. But no it was D.E.A.D. it was a game for the Xbox, but I think that it already came out.

I like the title.

Of all the things to like about the game...

the title has a pun

Yeah, that's pretty obvious. No offence to anyone who didn't get it.

It's painfully obvious, so much so that's it's retarded. I mean seriously, surely they can think of a better name for their game...

Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kicks a Shitload of Zombies
Hell I'd buy it.

I love Turtle Rock's CS:CZ maps. They just look better than the 1.6 maps in pretty much every way. Everything in CZ looks better than 1.6, thats one reason I play it and map for it. And I'm bummed that CZ never got finished because I liked the single player too.

Be that as it may, I'm not going to expect greatness because Turtle Rock has made a couple of good CS maps. Thats entirely different from creating a whole new game.

Personaly I find it quite awesome that Valve isn't making this game.
I dislike Vavle and their games, strange enough. I didn't care much for HL1 singeplayer, I only like the multiplayer part because it kind of reminds me of UT (our comouters at school couldn't run UT so we went with HLDM). And HL1 is easy to map/mod for. And that's probably the only reasons that I like HL1.

ID makes all the good games, and you know it

Oh yeah, Doom III was just brilliant.

cough [/sarcasm]