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Is Left 4 Dead now 'infected' by cheaters? What I'm hoping for in the form of a patch and DLC...
Noah | 6:48 AM on 12.22.2008 15 comments


There are plenty of 'glitches' in Left 4 Dead for the 360, but there's one in particular that bothers me. People have discovered that the Hunter is strong enough to push some large environment objects around, such as the forklift among others in 'No Mercy'. It's in the elevator level, at the top of the building where the survivors have one last stretch before making it to the safe house. Below is a link to a video, though most of you have likely experienced it, or have caused this to happen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t5BBcpYIJGg

I usually don't mind exploiting cheap tricks, but this has been happening in what seems like every other verses games I've been playing this past week. Each time, the Special Infected team either... 1) Kills the Survivors because they're trapped....2) Drains them down to no health and then moves the blocking object...or... 3)The Survivors all start crying and quit. Usually a mixture of 3 and the other two happen.

I'll admit, the first time this happened, I was a special infected and I thought it was pretty funny. The survivors were also having a fun time, no one quit or even complained, and eventually my team moved the object and we continued our game. But a week later I first started seeing it, it's not funny anymore, and when it happens it throws a wrench into the flow of a good, fair match.

When the inevitable DLC hits Xbox LIVE, I'm hoping Valve can include an update and make the forklifts unmovable. I'm also hoping for some more verses maps....seriously.

What do you guys think of the elevator blocking glitch, am I just being a whiny little baby or is this pissing other people off? Also, what are you guys hoping for in the future DLC?



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BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
What do you expect? It is XBL, the people who made "teabagging" so "popular." I honestly haven't played in awhile. Not cause of that but cause I haven't been playing games much but don't expect a patch from Valve, they don't care about the 360. And don't be so expectant of DLC since they said TF2 was supposed to get it and low and behold still nothing.
njsykora's Destructoid Blog
The Smoker can do it as well. Its not just that forklift as well. The generator by the elevator and the forklift in the warehouse in area 3 have the same thing.

Thing is, there are so many little tricks in that campaign especially (hello Smoker roof kill) that its making me wonder.

Also, I just want Death Toll and Dead Air to be versusable. Then some new campaigns.
wilbo's Destructoid Blog
go play no mercy - the sewers as the survivors

before boarding the lift and alerting the horde go to the warehouse door thats opened from the inside, if you punch it 50 times from the outside it shatters

avoiding the lift horde part altogether
now thats what i call bullshit!

also, dead air and death toll versus please
tazarthayoot's Destructoid Blog
YOU CAN FUCKING MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY IF YOU'RE A FUCKING SURVIVOR! INSTEAD OF SITTING AND BITCHING AND WAITING FOR DEATH, CROUCHJUMP INTO THE GENERATOR AT A CORNER AND BEGIN MELEEING IT.

Seriously, do people not read the fucking posts?
SilverDragon1979's Destructoid Blog
Be a real gamer and play L4D on the PC!
Noah's Destructoid Blog
@tazarthayoot

Really? As far as I know Survivors can't move it. Have you done this, do you have a video link or something?
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
Tazar only posts that in EVERY whining/complaining blog about this "glitch."

Just get use to it, it will probably be there for while.
Noah's Destructoid Blog
Sorry, I didn't know other people brought this up, I did a search for Left 4 Dead and didn't see anything. Makes sense though
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, people don't necessarily put the exact topic in the subject.

Just don't get high hopes for DLC, I've been waiting over a year for TF2 DLC on 360 that is supposedly coming. Heck, they don't ever really patch it.
njsykora's Destructoid Blog
Does every L4D blog have to degenerate into PC vs Console?
Count Grishnack's Destructoid Blog
I was going to post about this too. There is also the exploit in the last level of No Mercy where the Survivors can just hide under the ramp near the helipad and they are unkillable. Instant win. Pretty lame.
Zombutler's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, if you know what to do it's easy to get past it. Also wilbo, how is that bullshit? There is a button on the other side that opens that door, so obviously it's meant to be opened/smashed. It takes just as much time to run across the roof as it does to melee the door down, so it's just another strategy.
twincannon's Destructoid Blog
"lol physics objects"
big filth's Destructoid Blog
I heard there are zombies in this game? If that is true I am so going to think about checking it out!

Zombies!?!? in a game!!??
BluDesign's Destructoid Blog
You guys know what else is bullshit?

Zombies. In all manners and forms.

Dead bodies should not be able to animate and feed on living flesh, or walk, or run, or grow to disproportionate size and projectile vomit on you.

But whaddya do?


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