Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-order Demo Thread

[CodeBrain]

So, by now you either are doing the following (whether or not you like it :P)

1. Playing the Left 4 Dead 2 Early Demo

2. Waiting for it to come out :( (Currently this is the option right now)

Currently this is the time's people will get the demo released to them on Steam:


PST = October 27 @ 12:00am MIDNIGHT
GMT-7 = October 27 @ 01:00am
GMT-6 = October 27 @ 02:00am
GMT-5 = October 27 @ 03:00am
GMT-4 = October 27 @ 04:00am
GMT-3 = October 27 @ 05:00am
GMT-2 = October 27 @ 06:00am
GMT-1 = October 27 @ 07:00am
GMT = October 27 @ 08:00am
GMT+1 = October 27 @ 09:00am
GMT+2 = October 27 @ 10:00am
GMT+3 = October 27 @ 11:00am
GMT+4 = October 27 @ 12:00pm NOON
GMT+5 = October 27 @ 01:00pm
GMT+6 = October 27 @ 02:00pm
GMT+7 = October 27 @ 03:00pm
GMT+8 = October 27 @ 04:00pm

Protip: The time is the same for everyone, it's the time zones that make time different :tinfoil:

So, either tell how fun the demo was, or wait with anxiety like the rest of us :(

[CN3089]

It says today at 1600 EDT so yeah your times are wrong bro hth

[CodeBrain]

It says today at 1600 EDT so yeah your times are wrong bro hth

Uh no bro steam tells you your local time that it will be released

so yours is 1600 EDT, and mine is 1:00 PM.

:smug:

[CN3089]

Uh no bro steam tells you your local time that it will be released

so yours is 1600 EDT, and mine is 1:00 PM.

:smug:


GMT-4 = October 27 @ 04:00am

:golfclap:

[CodeBrain]

:golfclap:

Heres the thing I didn't tell you, but it's secret so dont tell anyone else :tinfoil:

The times are apparently wrong, I live in GMT -5, but it's saying 1:00 PM, which is GMT +5.

also, have a look at this, it should help you understand Valve's time thingy

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

:realsmug:

[Ganon]

I checked and it told me 4pm today :I

[CodeBrain]

ughghghghgh

Apparently the timer doesnt adjust to your location, it is always 1:00 PM PST.

Of course, your time will differ because of time zones, but at 1:00 PM PST is when the demo will be released.

That means for me at 4:00 PM EST is when it comes out :(

[flibitijibibo]

Is that the normal time for Steam releases? This is the first thing I've ever preloaded... [/n00b]

[CodeBrain]

Is that the normal time for Steam releases? This is the first thing I've ever preloaded... [/n00b]

Hey it's the first time for me too!

o/

Valve resides on the West Coast, so PST is their time. That would mean at 1:00 PM PST, is when the demo will be released.

[CN3089]

You mean PDT. Also it's in five minutes :woop:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Its availiable now, also, someone upload this for us non preorderers
>:D

[flibitijibibo]

Says it's still not released. :(

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

wat

[BobtheGreatII]

Fill this thread full of pics and videos too please. :)

[CN3089]

You mean PDT. Also it's in five minutes :woop:

lol you thought valve would be on time what are you 12?

[Ganon]

sittin here waitin to play this~

[flibitijibibo]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366

2AM EST.

welp,

[CodeBrain]

Clearly you people haven't heard the wonders of Valve Time!

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time


Today = Tomorrow

Tomorrow = Next Week

Next Week = Next Week

This year = Next year

etc etc etc

[Ganon]

"ATTENTION FROM VALVE SOFTWARE LIMITED:

CHET FALISZECK HAS HIS COCK STUCK TOO FAR UP GABE NEWELSS ASS TO PRESS THE BUTTON, SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE!"

"THE FUCKIN PHONE DUDE DOESANT DO SHIT ALL HE DOES IS SAY WE DONT SUPPORT BY PHONE THEY PROLLY TURNED ALL THE DAM OPERATORS OFF SO WE DONT COMPLAIN LIKE A BUNCH OF MOTHER FUCKERS"


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"FFFFFFUUUU GABE AND EVERYONE AT VALVE BLABLA!!! THIS IS NOOOT WHY I PRE PRUCASED!"

"Fuck Valve is right. Pre orders are a thing of the past with me. I will never spend another dollar in order to get anything early with Valve again. You made a commitment to your buyers when you said if you purchase this game in advance we will give you access to the game on this day and time. You failed to honor your word when you failed to give said access to your customers. Now you push the date back and time back to unacceptable proportions. I can only say that I think you have crossed the line where a good game company and on into a piece of worthless crap."


lol these kids

[CodeBrain]

But in a sense the last one (about the promise) does make sense, Valve has always never followed a perfect release schedule. They did this with the TF2 Online Public Beta, they did this with multiple games previously (like Borderlands) and now Left 4 Dead 2 has been hit.

Oh well, this gives me enough time to do other shit then

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Heh, the demo is okay, I'm playing it on the 360 atm, its wicked buggy though.

[CN3089]

It looks like Valve had always intended on releasing it at 11pm, the guy who typed up the event just missed the second 1 ahahahaha

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c251/CN3089/Gaems/J3u5x.jpg

This is why the rest of the civilized world uses 24 hour time scrubs!

[Saggy]

Well, just finished playing through the demo on the 360, and I gotta say:

It was kind of dissappointing :(
I was expecting something a little different, but to me it just felt like the same old Left 4 Dead. There are only two levels of the first campaign in the demo. It is set in New Orleans. There are a few new infected types, as well as a few new "grenade" types and healing items. Melee weapons are really only useful when you have a swarm of zombies surrounding you and you can't move.

Other than all that, it felt too, familiar I guess you could say. There just wasn't that level of excitement that there was the first time I played L4D1. Hopefully the full game is better, what with the variety of campaigns and playmodes there are.

Oh, and sorry if the post seems unorganized... Posting this from my iPod.

[StankBacon]

didn't preorder, but am pre-loading the demo now :o

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

how

[StankBacon]

type steam://preload/590 into your browser and steam will let your preload it.

you may need to restart/update steam 1st.

[Rook]

type steam://preload/590 into your browser and steam will let your preload it.

you may need to restart/update steam 1st.

lol..

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

And if you are on win7, prepare for extreme lag!

[StankBacon]

why?

[flibitijibibo]

By lag he means 14 hours of it! Because that's how much they delayed it! Again!

16:00 GMT-5 again.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

By the way guys, I swear the ai are more retarded in this then they where in the first.

[Bodzilla]

type steam://preload/590 into your browser and steam will let your preload it.

you may need to restart/update steam 1st.
you know sometimes i'd turn gay for you bacon.

fuck you have some nifty tips for this kinda shit.
+rep good sir~

[CN3089]

By the way guys, I swear the ai are more retarded in this then they where in the first.

I demand my zombies be smart!! VALVE THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

[CN3089]

I AM CANCELING MY PREORDER RIGHT NOW

[paladin]

I AM CANCELING MY PREORDER RIGHT NOW

ME TOO!! ARAARARAGGGGG

[Saggy]

By the way guys, I swear the ai are more retarded in this then they where in the first.
THIS

On my playthrough, zombies would just run into walls/cars/objects continuously. Some zombies I could even crouch dance beside and they didn't give a shit. Oh, and your fellow survivors feels it is necessary to kill ever last infected before entering the safe house.

[Ganon]

Maybe this was an older build

[flibitijibibo]

It is. Steam downloaded the demo again last night, and apparently I wasn't alone.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

also, your teammates seem to ignore the witch.
E: also, if I get permission, I can most links to the iso that can be burned, and used on any retail xbox.
Protip: all demo's can be burnt to a disk and used on a retail xbox.

[Ganon]

1 more hour, place your bets gentlemen, will they release it!

[CodeBrain]

Lawl:

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo

Today @ 5:00 PM EST

:maddowns:

[Ganon]

lol gabe, what are you 46?

[flibitijibibo]

No, they didn't! :D

:)

:(


:suicide:

[Ganon]

Today @ 06:00pm est

haha oh man.

[StankBacon]

wow.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

this is teh lulz
also, the demo is teh sux

[CN3089]

this is teh lulz
also, the demo is teh sux

the 360 version is an older version hth

[CodeBrain]

Nope, the demo is being delayed again.

I am getting reports that it is now 10:00 PM EST, but I am not sure, since I can't seem to load this page (its stuck "loading")

http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366

[CN3089]

NbzflQJo6pI

I think this anime video accurately sums up the current situation uguu~

[AAA]

+rep

[Ki11a_FTW]

its out go play

e: nvm... its fucked

[StankBacon]

lucky fuckers.

[CodeBrain]

e: nvm... its fucked

What do you mean "it's fucked"?

:ohdear:

[Ki11a_FTW]

i did not pre order so nvm

[flibitijibibo]

Just decrypted the demo, ran through chapter 1-2 on single player. First impressions:
- Friendly AI is actually not shit. Did I mention the run through was on expert?
- Common infected behavior/movements are a bit different, but not in any really negative way. Haven't had any enemy AI issues yet.
- Returning special infected haven't changed too much in their mechanics, but boy do they look a hell of a lot better. Not just in the case of looking less like Source characters, but they also work with the rest of the infected in the area.
- That's my next point: This doesn't feel like an add-on at all. While the gameplay motions are about the same, it definitely would not be interchangeable with the original characters, both survival and infected. It, as a whole (or at least, for the first impression), feels like a new game, while retaining the fun part of L4D.
- I know I'm going to get shit for this: I love the new soundtrack. It works perfectly with the new setting, and makes the "new game" point MUCH stronger. Admittedly, I am a bit biased toward that genre of music, but at least it didn't sound like "hey, let's take our original score and put different instruments on the parts. And, uh, maybe swing some?"
- Haven't seen too many new weapons. Most of them are melee/peel slot items.
- The weapons work fine. This may be a 360 issue, or possibly latency since I haven't gone online, but the weapons make the L4D1 weaps feel like waterguns.
- Not too much unique/humorous character dialogue yet, but it's only 2 chapters. I will say, I do like that they name the item they take for ALL the items, not just grenades/health.
- Charger is surprisingly weak as shit. He has about the same health as the hunter/smoker, which is a bit deceiving. Maybe next time I encounter one, I'll understand why.
- Jockey was funny to encounter the first time. Hopped on Rochelle, she ran about, took a bit of aiming to finally get him off. Kinda reminds me of facehuggers for some reason.
- Spitter was... eh. The acid didn't really look like acid as much as it did green phazon... which, is kind of an acid? I don't know, I just didn't think acid when I saw it. Also, on that note, boomer vomit is even more grose now. 'Tis awesome.

Will update/write more as I play more.

UPDATE! Played coop with Kyon, Rook, and some others. Added thoughts:

- Charger health is justified by the lolhueg amount of damage he does once he has a hold of you.
- Common infected REALLY like to climb street lamps for some reason.
- Got to fight a tank. He actually yells... you know, the way you would expect from a tank. Shame that I'll still be using the Tourette's Guy sounds.
- Expert coop is fucking hard. Maybe it was the lag, but damn.
- Spitter acid: bitch.
- See Yoko's witch comment :gonk:
- JUST remembered: the Jockey took hold of a teammate and deliberately ran him into a witch. Watch out for that, kids!

[Yoko]

It works fine for me, and well.

It's pretty damn fun actually. Same as l4d demo, two levels and the second one is cut short. New weapons are awesome, picking up fucking frying pans, machetes, guitars and killing zombies is :downsdance:. Already there's more guns than l4d had, and that's not counting melee weapons (melee weapons replace pistol, by the way). You can throw boomer bile in containers and have the zombies swarm on that spot, makes for pretty easy killings. Coach is fat and easy to laugh at, and easy to shoot at lol. Weapon detail (at least IMO) is :awesome:, and metric fucktons better than l4d. Second level has an interesting objective right before the safehouse, though. You have to enter a fenced compound that loops around to the center. The whole time an alarm's going off, and at the center is where you turn off the alarm. Fun chance to run and gun, and interesting new panic event. Did it meet my expectations? Pretty much. I know the full game is gonna rape, and I'm glad I pre-ordered it

e: witches aren't stationary god damn it you turn the corner and she's walking right at you :gonk:

[Rook]

fun stuff :downs:

[CN3089]

the spas-12 owns bitches

bitches like rook :realsmug:

[Phobias]

The Australian version of this sucks. I'll not even install it when it's released.

[Yoko]

This is why Australians can't have nice things :realsmug:
http://hivclan.net/hivshack/images/kvsu4wgt9hkz42nyurgj.jpg

[Ganon]

I played by myself but that shit was good. I have no complaints other than the dumbfucks didn't help me when i was trying to kill the witch. But then again this game should never be played by yourself... This actually surpassed my expectations so far.

[CN3089]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c251/CN3089/Gaems/l4d01.jpg


upgrade_add incendiary_ammo
upgrade_add explosive_ammo
upgrade_add laser_sight

hth

[BobtheGreatII]

Ha ha, epic.

[CN3089]

Hey Australians!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c251/CN3089/Gaems/heyaustralians.jpg

jealous? :realsmug:

[Rook]

- Expert coop is fucking hard. Maybe it was the lag, but damn.


we played expert again a few hours ago, flew through it pretty easy without any wipes.

never played 1 myself so getting used to the game overall...



the spas-12 owns bitches

bitches like rook :realsmug:

fukn team shooter

[Bodzilla]

kunt3089 are you trolling me?

[CodeBrain]

Sel kicked me from the game :(

[StankBacon]

just got done playing it, pretty fun.

[Con]

The dual pistol animations are fucking horrible.

[CN3089]

The dual pistol animations are fucking horrible.

Much like your posting!

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

The dual pistol animations are fucking horrible.

Its true, and they rarely even match up.

[Jelly]

just got done playing it, pretty fun.
Did you preorder it or did your preload link work?

[StankBacon]

neither :)

[ODX]

The dual pistol animations are fucking horrible.Most of the animations are horrible, but most of the public doesn't care so whatever....

I don't understand why they totally downgraded the walking animation as well, it's really uninteresting compared to L4D's.

[Ganon]

Did anyone notice that the zombies like to climb up on top of light posts for no reason. Been seein this a lot lately and I have to say I am jealous that zombies can achieve such acrobatic feats :I

[sevlag]

type steam://preload/590 into your browser and steam will let your preload it.

you may need to restart/update steam 1st.
at first i thought you were kidding, but now im like damn son

[k4is3rxkh40s]

at first i thought you were kidding, but now im like damn son

May not be for your region, but it's unlocked for preloading to everyone now anyways. I saw it earlier when the Steam "Update News" thing popped and it was on the first page.

[Ifafudafi]

So now that the demo's publicly available, I DL'ed it.

-L4D2 gladly beats Gears 2 up and nicks the "Goriest Shooter I've Ever Played" award
-Machete, bitches
-SCAR seems to have been designed specifically for my play style
-Fucking griefers
-Spitter is annoying; should be a blast to play in VS
-I preferred Zoey over token black chick tbqh
-Coach says "GRABBIN' PEELZ" with an odd enthusiasm
-Considerably less different from L4D than I'd hoped, but still pretty fun
-"THOSE ZOMBIES HAVE ARMOR!" "DO THOSE ZOMBIES HAVE ARMOR?!" "I THINK THOSE ZOMBIES HAVE ARMOR!" "DAMN, I THINK THOSE ZOMBIES HAVE ARMOR!"

While I personally would've preferred a TF2-style update trickle, or at least an expansion pack price, this is still good fun and I bet I'll love it, but I'll wait until the obligatory Christmas sale to buy it.

[JERK]

well I played it today (preordered it yesterday but stuff came up so I had to delay my first play) and it's p. good, def. better than the demo for the 1st game

*melee weapons are great i can totally see myself going melee only in everything but Expert
*boomer bombs are p. cool I guess but only really useful for nailing a special infected so they're like a pipe bomb for SI I guess???
*new guns aren't too different from the old guns but at least it's SOME variety as opposed to practically none of that in the 1st game
*spitter is really only good in close quarters, if it's a big open stretch she's useless
*jockey is more annoying than deadly in my experience, I dunno it would be nice to see how he handles in Versus
*charger is p. easy to avoid but if for some reason you can't get out of his way you are practically guaranteed to be incapped

overall it's p. fun & I'm looking forward to the full game

[Rook]

I'm glad that you like it JERK but are the stories of you coming from steam forums true??

oh and if you haven't heard this yet you should probably stop jacking it.

T0tBMJFNdMg

[paladin]

rofl

[flibitijibibo]

People always started hitting me when I turned the jukebox on. I like the songs on that thing...

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Coach looks like uncle phil from the fresh prince.

[flibitijibibo]

For those looking for files-a them songs:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2 demo\left4dead2\sound\music\flu

[sdavis117]

bfT17jTh3bg

Also, the Portal Still Alive song is on that Jukebox.

[Sel]

My tf2 buddies get mad when I make them stay at the jukebox and listen to musics :(

[JERK]

probably because they want to actually play the game not listen to a song that you can easily listen to without holding everyone in the server up

[blind]

I really like this JERK character.

[Terin]

My tf2 buddies get mad when I make them stay at the jukebox and listen to musics :(That's because Re: Your Brains causes a panic event, and they might think you're griefing them.

[blind]

Becasue tf2 and its playerbase sucks :lobo:

[Aerowyn]

I'm about to sit down and actually give the demo a try tonight. I heard from a few of my friends that it wasn't so impressive. But I gotta see for myself.

[Yoko]

If you haven't played l4d it will be really impressive for you.

If you have played l4d, it'll be just as impressive.

Unless you know, you're a communist. :ssh:

[sevlag]

If you haven't played l4d it will be really impressive for you.

If you have played l4d, it'll be just as impressive.

Unless you know, you're a communist. :ssh:
worth the money to buy this

I squeezed all the fun I could out of the original L4D so this is like opening a new can and enjoying the contents

[paladin]

Got to play today (xbox). Valve was at my school doing a presentation and brought 3 consoles with it.

[Cortexian]

Finished playing through the demo on expert single player, was extremely unimpressed. It's just additional content for Left4Dead and should be released free as they stated it would be.

[Rosco]

Finished playing through the demo on expert single player, was extremely unimpressed. It's just additional content for Left4Dead and should be released free as they stated it would be.

The demo really does show off all the content that should be downloadable yah know

[SonicXtreme]

I must be a communist along with Freelancer then because like Freelancer , i downloaded the demo Oct 27th and played it through on expert , both levels , as part of my preoder deal , and i was unimpressed.

[sevlag]

I must be a communist along with Freelancer then because like Freelancer , i downloaded the demo Oct 27th and played it through on expert , both levels , as part of my preoder deal , and i was unimpressed.
truth be told advance wasn't much fun...

dont get me wrong i love the new things they;;ve done (wandering witch is a hazard :D)

but i found myself more often than not swamped with more zombies

L4D: nao with moar zombais >:U

pros (so far):
new weapons add some more fun
new hazards such as a wandering witch (mistook one for a common infected standing around the safe house on 2nd level)
new "special" common (police and clown)

cons (so far):
repetitive
feels like the original L4D with larger mob attacks

[flibitijibibo]

My Podacity review still pretty much covers my opinion of the demo. I think the demo's repetitive nature is due to the fact that it's a chapter and a half; I imagine once we get more variety in the maps, the game will be a bit more enjoyable in that aspect.

Perhaps they should have picked a different campaign?

Edit: 5000 posts to go...

[blind]

so you guys realize its only showing off two chapters of SINGLE PLAYER.
of course its not gonna be impressive. Theres new gametypes to rape, new infected to try crazy shit with in versus that we havent even seen yet.
Don't buy it if you think it should be DLC. But get the fuck over it.

[Ganon]

hey my $33 was worth just hitting zombies with frying pans, I am so grateful that they included other things that I may do when I am not smacking some zombie women in their cunts with a frying pan. for example I may burn said woman zombie with fire to make sure her and her cunt do not make anymore zombies. this game is gonna be cash and honestly besides a few simple things that should be tweaked by release, this game is much better than the original. I am glad that not much has changed, because if they changed a lot from l4d 1, it would suck! :]

[blind]

^
MAN THE FUCK UP MODACITY

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Ganon again.

[Bodzilla]

i'm thinking about it, but it's alot for more of the same

[paladin]

so you guys realize its only showing off two chapters of SINGLE PLAYER.
of course its not gonna be impressive. Theres new gametypes to rape, new infected to try crazy shit with in versus that we havent even seen yet.
Don't buy it if you think it should be DLC. But get the fuck over it.

I like what this mans saying.

[English Mobster]

Personally, I would love L4D... But my computer(s) are absolute shit and can't run any games released after 2004, exception being TF2 and Portal.

[Rook]

COUNTDOWN: 9 Days

[Llama Juice]

^It's a Valve product. Countdown: 14 days.

[LlamaMaster]

I got it for free. I couldn't give two shits about how little new content there is. :realsmug:

But like blind already said, all we have played is the campaign, which is pretty much the lamest part imo.

[Rook]

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/71e542ec278b8d228558e9ff1cb3fa1e3c39fab0.png
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/60c0afc54f889dfa8c1f4ca31255c7d1b9cfef48.png

[Ganon]

noclip

[Jelly]

posting to try and mark this read