Valve's marketing VP Doug Lombardi has revealed that the studio is currently in the process of working out cross-gameplay between Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, allowing the two games to lock together like a gestalt and form Devastator.
"That's something that we're trying to work out the details of right now," he explains. "So nothing specific to say today, but we understand that it's a very valid thing to be working on and looking at."
In terms of Mods, Valve has confirmed that they will be able to migrate between the games: "With the MOD stuff, if you're making stuff for Left 4 Dead it will work in Left 4 Dead 2 with very minor amounts of work to bring it over. So we feel we've made good steps on that side and now we're looking at how we manage that for folks who buy the first game and sequel."
Going back to cross-play, this is a feature that many fans have named as a highly desirable addition to the sequel, so hopefully Valve is able to confirm its possibility soon. It may go some small way toward warming the cynics over to the new game, if Left 4 Dead 1 won't be rendered totally obsolete by the sequel's existence.
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11:20 AM on 07.06.2009
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Oh well, bravo.
Imagine if there was retroactive changes? Like fighting the sequel zombies in the first game. That's some Sonic & Knuckles lock-on action going on right there. =P
Thats cool and all but almost not necessary. Especially if there's no new dialog for the old characters.
Doesn't really matter for PC. If Valve don't do it, modders will just port the maps into L4D2 anyway.
I just find it strange that Valve, who are notorious for long waits between sequels, have suddenly pulled this 180.
Either way.. More Left 4 Dead is a good thing. Paying retail price for it is debatable.
WTF
Well, I'd be pissed if a zombie was dancing on my head, too.
I read the title as cosplay, too.
Now everyone telling the 'whiners' to 'stfuajpg' can officially fuck themselves because you're going to be directly beneiftting from the gamers who cared enough to make their voices heard.
ROFL, yeah, you whiny bitch crybabies had SO much to do with this happening.
Cue VALVe facepalming in 3,2,1...
I mean, I'm sure it won't be an option on the 360 anyway...
The only complaints that would remain are the nitpicky unimportant ones like "it's too bright" and "the characters look generic"... right down there with the complaints about Diablo 3
Though really, the fact they are announcing this kind of stuff a month after E3 (a month after outrage), really does make me think they did not plan on this and are now really just backpedaling; making changes to please the complainers and keep EVERYONE happy. No reason they could have mentioned this at E3, or right after the outrage burst... it would probably take a couple of weeks for the higher ups at valve to decide on how they were going to handle it and for their programmers to figure out if it was possible (the last thing they want to do is make an announcement saying "there will be no crossplay" after saying there might be)...
People explained their reasons for being upset ad nauseum. Don't be a jackass.
I wasn't a boycotter, but I respect what they did. I'd say they give ten times the shit that your generic comment-making, 'Rofl' writing lameass does about the games industry.
And don't hate on people for having the guts to stand up to the industry. You're probably perfectly content to whine and bitch in a forum when something upsets you, but do you ever do dick about it? No. If you don't believe that 30,000 voices had any effect on Valve's handling of L4D2 then you really are an incredulous twat.
If they can put a decent price on it for release (Valve normally do) then this should appease a lot of people; instead of getting another game replacing the first, theyre hopefully getting a massive upgrade.
You see, this is how things SHOULD be handled. I don't like the boycotters, but because they bitched we ALL got a pretty cool feature in return. And if you think that Valve didn't just stat working on this, then you need to open your eyes. This would've avoided a lot of flak that Valve got after E3, and announcing this so long after all the backlash proves that the 30,000+ protest group definitely had something to do with this.
Oh... that's right... this means the 'crybabies' are getting at least part of what they want (because they're right and Valve knows it) and you look like a pompous douchebag for pissing on all of them ever since the issue started (even though you shit any other companies doing exactly the same sort of thing).
Fucking hypocritical wanker.
I fucking love Valve so much.