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L4D2 Demo More Bloody, Less Lengthy
waitwhat \| 2:26 AM on 10.28.2009	12 comments

I grabbed a gs exclusive download for an early demo of Left 4 Dead 2 tonight, and I must say, I'm not too terribly impressed. The demo was about 1.6 MB and took a while to finish (thanks in part to slow internet). I started it up with high hopes; especially upon seeing the menu, which looks rather stylish. I ran through a single player offline game, just to take time to run around, explore, mess around, what have you. I finished with the first chapter, and after attacking as many zombies as possible with a frying pan, closed the safe room door.

I started the second chapter, with one push the button, horde, continue series. Then after I got to the safe room, it was game over. I felt rather upset at the length. I know the shorter chapters are supposed to be more enticing, but this was just not enough time for me. Granted, the new weapons (I especially enjoyed guitar smashing on zombie face) are really cool, and with some interesting other pick ups (defibrillator, adrenaline, boomer bile in a can) there is a whole new aspect to this game. I still feel slightly jaded at what I saw. Very strange physics of jumping zombies not withstanding. I know I'll still grab it, but the demo actually deflated some of my hopes. Those of you that have played it, what say you?

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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9

Jon B

1.6MB? Wow, that's impressive! :P

Personally I'm in favour of the shorter maps, one average Versus match on L4D1 was an hour long, so it was rare that I could have a match where all the players stayed in the game for the duration. Perhaps this will ease that problem.

Also, damn you for having the 360 version. PC version got delayed by a day. Not impressed.

waitwhat

1.6 GB* Apologies.TY Jon B for that.

ChronosWing

PC version got delayed a day, and right now for some odd reason it is pre-loading again even thought it's been pre-loaded all day. I guess they had to re upload the new demo or something, probably why it was delayed a day, to patch something.

Jon B

@ChronosWing
Not to mention that the entire Steam platform got an update too. Trying to play the demo came up with "Your Steam Client must be updated to play this game".
Must've been something pretty serious.

Blasto

The mode I'm looking forward to, versus, isn't even in the demo. Lame. The original L4D demo had it, so I assumed it would be in the L4D 2 demo. That's pretty shitty, as it's the most important and replayable mode in the game, in my opinion. Oh well, back to Crash Course. Bastards.

RonBurgandy2010

Fuck shorter length in favor of mutiplayer, I play nothing but single player. MP is annoying.

Naim Master

You are wrong, lrn2read, the demo is only 2 chapters, like the L4D demo, full stages will be 4 chapters long...

Gamernerd101

I felt the demo was fine the way it was, yeah I would have liked to see the new modes but that's what the full version is for. It gave me a good taste as to what to expect in each campaign. It was exactly how the orignal demo was here's a taste of what to expect from the game, but instead it offered a taste of all that was new in it. The level design was pretty amazing in my own opinion so far. Despite it's lacking content it's a demo what'd you expect to full game?

Although I'm going to have to agree with Mr. Burgandy I would prefer it if more focus was built around Single Player, or split-screen that way I don't have to worry about people...

Holyetheline

Keep your head up, I haven't played the demo yet but I bet it will be pretty good. Demos are just a small taste of the game after all.

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