benjamin says:

Hey awesome, they announce L4D #2 before creating any new campaigns for the game that’s already out. Thanks Valve…

So really they should have called the original Left 4 Dead “Left 4 Dead: The Tech Preview” and now we’re getting the full thing. This is a pretty dick move, and uncharacteristic of Valve.

I know some smartass is going to come here, gloat and use the tired argument “You were okay with paying $50 for the game as it shipped, why so bitter?” Bull. Valve built themselves on a tradition of offering a large number of expansions to their original games through the game’s lifetime. To announce that they’re spending development time on a completely new game to supplant one that came out only a year ago is a goddamn smack in the face.

We were all happy when we learned that HL2:EP2, TF2, Portal and L4D were coming out in rapid succession. Looking at this, I’m starting to think I miss the old, slow Valve.

June 1st, 2009 at 7:26 pm

Linfosoma says:

I agree with benjamin.
L4D, while great as it is, still has a ton of bugs and exploits.
I will not buy this game until there’s some sort half price weekend deal or something like that.

Too bad to see Valve go the EA way, I wonder if they’ll start charging for the Steam subscriptions now too.

June 1st, 2009 at 7:32 pm

Geram says:

That sounds utterly TERRIBLE. Frying pans? This is supposed to be a horror game, not TF2 (not that I have anything against TF2, but it’s out of place here). The lighting is rubbish, character models…what can I say? Eurgh. Hazmats? That completely takes the fun out of burning stuff. Light maps completely removes the tension. There’s a reason most zombie films and games are made at night.

June 1st, 2009 at 7:36 pm

Nayon says:

L4D was a very incomplete game and many people bought it with the expectation that Valve would provide support for it for a long time, since everyone trusted them for quality. This is a huge bitch move, Valve. Thankfully I am not the only one who thinks like this.

June 1st, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Sabre says:

Et tu, Valve? Then fall, video game industry!

I’m not getting this. I spent their outrageous price for L4D in the first place, on the assumption that it would receive the traditional Valve treatment of long-term support and content, even though the initial content was lacking. We’re not even a year later and they’ve been developing an entirely new game and all that L4D has properly got is only one new map and a bunch remixes of the original maps? Sod that.

My respect for Valve has significantly decreased with this. L4D is still fresh, there is no need for a new game, only for new content to be made for the original; as there was with Counter-Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source and Team Fortress 2 on release. It is very unlike Valve to throw out a half-brained sequel this quick, though unfortunately it is very like other company who’s logo is involved with L4D.

No thank you Valve. Make L4D 1 a game fully worth the price charged for it first.

This had better be a joke and this is really just the next DLC for L4D 1, Valve can’t surely be serious with this.

June 1st, 2009 at 7:50 pm