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Home Hacking

12:20 PM on 11.23.2009, Nick Chester

35 comments | 5418 views

Confession: When playing co-op Left 4 Dead, I'm the guy who's always shooting you in the back. I mean, I don't do it on purpose. It's just that what if you were a zombie? Also, I'm not a very good shot... and you keep getting in my way, man.

So this strange little hack that allows for up to 16 players join in on a cooperative Left 4 Dead 2 game sounds like it would end in disaster. These videos tell the full story, and are a pretty good indication as to why Valve set the limit to four players during the cooperative campaign. Add any more, and this happens.

Think about it for a moment: Having to scream "close the f*cking door!" at 15 people, while a Tank is trying to enter the safehouse. I think I've had nightmares like that...

[via Hot Blooded Gaming]

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35 comments | showing # 1 to 35

Monodi

Holy fucking shit. The laughter and the messy ambience combined is horrible. I have thought it would be awesome if there was an 8 player mode in which all the 8 survivors from the franchise suddenly met each other, but after seeing this I got my doubts.

StingingVelvet

While it isn't really long-lasting fun to play well above the designed multiplayer limits on PC, it can be a short and sweet piece of entertainment.

WarZombie

Well, duh. You can't take a game designed for four people and quadruple it and expect the same results. Besides the novelty, where is the challenge? The Tank would be dead in like, two seconds. Pretty funny, though.

Also, I'm jealous that PC users get to use those CS weapons and we don't :(

RenagadePanda

I can't even imagine trying to ration out the health packs.

Shadowstew

Yeah I think 16 Players is too much.

Yehat

"Think about it for a moment: Having to scream "close the f*cking door!" at 15 people, while a Tank is trying to enter the safehouse. I think I've had nightmares like that..."

I don't know man that's what made playing 10+ player Killing Floor great, watching how 3 guys get the "clever" idea to weld & barricade themselves in a secure room despite the cries of everyone else telling them not to do it. Smug in their confidence of letting the whole thing blow over they then forget to realize none of them were watching the ceiling vent behind them...

@Monodi

I like this idea a lot, though I think they'd have to specifically design some 8 player maps. If they did I think it'd be pretty awesome like Sven Co-Op awesome.

Monodi

@Yehat

Yeah, like splitting in groups Scooby-Doo style to later hen they are in the open they meet again.

Naim Master

Gunny sucks at L4D2.

thisbearmanpig

lol once i played with 25 other people

it lagged like hell but it was fun as hell

WormFOODx

Yea, maybe with 8, but not with 16. This was more of a "Hello world!" message than anything.

Magnalon

8 would be perfectly fine. I think saying it doesn't work is an excuse for leaving it at 4 players only, which works, sure, but 8 would be a sweet extra mode for Left 4 Dead 3: just for funsies.

Woverine

It's a sad day in the world when left for dead 2 has more people in it than a team deathmatch game in COD-MW2.

D-roy

Lets break the world record for a co-op campaign?

Rigby

Kinda defeats the purpose. The whole point of the game is to be outnumbered and/or nearly alone. I don't see how this could actually be fun or tense or anything.

Occams electric toothbrush

That reminds me of a performance at the Grammy's.

MrSlippery

This was hilarious fun. I'm a regular on this server, and it's utter chaos.

the admin made sure to tweak it though, all zombies are the special Jimmy Gibbs Jr model with 1000 health, and the tank has 20000 health.

Locke

this wouldn't be a problem on dedicated servers on PC if implemented correctly.

AfroWalrus

@ thisbearmanpig

It's possible you were in hell.

So any chance of an 8v8 Versus match? Or would that just get way too hectic?

Monodi

@AfroWalrus

With that amount of people I'd rather play TF2

Dexter345

That looks awful.

Br0th3rGr1mm

8 DECENT players that were familiar with the level MIGHT be managale, but that was just a massive cluster-eff.

Encarton

Haha, I remember that!
It was pure insanity. But at least the mod was there though to put down extra health packs. Even then, definitely better as a four player game. Well, more sane and less everyone accidentally injuring everyone.
If people were straggling the mod would teleport them to the end to get on with it.
On the Bridge Level after beating it, the end glitched and all we saw was a Gnome and Rocket Launcher Flying off to saftey lol.
I'll have to tell D̸̢̅̆̀͘Oͩͩ̊͟Nͦ͘̕I̶̶̐ͭ͋͞Xͧͦͨ͋ͬͤSͫ! (Nick in Video #1)
Oh yes and people were having their fun with Voice Commands too heh.

Lsage

how about start at 16 but no healthpacks or respawn?

Lsage

then get infected hits to cause infection, gradually decreasing a survivors health... when they die they turn into a special infected.

KingSigy

I'm pretty sure the reason Left 4 Dead is 4 player co-op is because of Halo 3. But regardless, having anything larger than 4 makes a co-op game too easy, so this 16 player thing is worthless. It doesn't even look like it runs well.

Professor Pew

Look at those dedicated servers in the 2nd vid start!

dfielder

Notice how they are using cs source weapons Krieg in second video) , i bet they are doing this through Garrys Mod somehow.

lewness

@Occam: I find your comment utterly amusing

Survivor#2: You take that position.
Survivor#13: No way, it's too dangerous there! I'm staying here.
Survivor#6: But I'm on that spot!
Survivor#11: C'mon guys, I can see the door. Let's run for it!
Survivor#9: Guys, I'm really hurtin'. Spare me some health?
Survivor#10: Ah fuck, I'm swarmed! Where the hell are you guys?!
Survivor#4: NOTHINGSGONNACHANGEMYWORLDYEAYEAYEA*melismaticbarrage*OHYEAWOOOOO

See? I couldn't tell the difference. Except that L4D2's fun.

Velt

it looks like total chaos... maybe an 8 co-op...

Banana Chi3f

looks like fun to dick around actually. however, this semi reminds me of those damn resident evil movie... shitty clones and all.

andycadaver

That would be entertaining for, well... probably... about 10 minutes.

Steve Hemmerstoffer

Love your "Confession" Introduction!
How to turn a little post into a great laugh in a sentence, thanxxx :D

BTW, when you're not playing co-op D4L, i'm the other guy who shot the other survivors in their ass... ^^

Los255

LOL. That's awesome.

The only way I can imagine at least 16v16 is like a seperated race mode with the survivors of L4D1 and 2 to see who gets the farthest and fastest.

Mushman

awesome, shame about the lag though.

readbigwordsisgood

I'll tell you what looks like a bad dream.

The Xbox screens for this game compaired to the PC quality?

The XBox the gimped version of this game and even Destructoid for all it's brashness is kind of not saying anything.

Where has all that piss and vinegar free speech gone? - never fear, the Germans aren't censoring themselves.

Here are their PC vs. Xbox screens.

Which game do you want to play?

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