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    Left 4 Dead 2

    Those who preordered before the 17th, what do you think of the game?

    I was reticent about buying it when it was announced since L4D had only been out for 6 odd months at the time.

    But I caved in when the quad pack offer was available and I must I say I'm not regretting it...yet.

    It does seem like the game that L4D should've been and hate the fact how it'll divide the community.

    I just can't see how you can regularly play L4D when you've got L4D2 instead.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Agreed. It's a better game.
    Harder too.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Enjoying it at the moment. I didn't play the first so have nothing to compare to. As far as mindless shooters go, it's great fun especially with a bunch of mates and a beer.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Its not even a new game...and barely a sequel. Should have just been DLC, really.
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by e-LAN-go View Post
    I just can't see how you can regularly play L4D when you've got L4D2 instead.
    Still enjoying L4D1 personally, don't really agree with the sequel so soon after, ill just wait until its on special offer on steam most probably. L4D1 is still being supported and there is additional content on its way for it.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Oobie- View Post
    Its not even a new game...and barely a sequel. Should have just been DLC, really.
    I can see where you are coming from, but it does have everything else new. Maps, players, zombies, weapons and great music. It may be my imagination but I think the zombie behavour has been tweaked. They appear to move more quickly, dodge more often and less grouping that makes it too easy to gun them down. I was happy to buy the game at the discounted price.
    Admittedly it's not big, it's not clever, but it is fun.
    Of course YMMV.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    It would be great if you could ever get a low ping game. I had 'Best available dedicated' selected and it decided to host locally. I am lucky to get below 200ms.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by educatedfool View Post
    It would be great if you could ever get a low ping game. I had 'Best available dedicated' selected and it decided to host locally. I am lucky to get below 200ms.
    Never had a game over 70ms personally. Could be your line

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Oobie- View Post
    Its not even a new game...and barely a sequel. Should have just been DLC, really.
    I disagree, I think there are enough new things to justify it.
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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    I'll wait for a special offer.. don't really want to spend full price on this one even though I want it..

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    I also had major problems last night getting a playable versus game.

    About of about 8 servers, 2 were playable.

    Either pings over 400+ or constantly "reconnecting to the server".

    However I did notice that I had a constant ping of around 200 on one server and it played fine. Not a single bit of lag.
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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Blastuk View Post
    I'll wait for a special offer.. don't really want to spend full price on this one even though I want it..
    That's why I bought the pre-order, for £26 its worth it Just a shame I can't get servers where people stay for the whole campaign. Last one I played I went right through and no less than 18 different players came and went.

    Geist you will get that issue with pings later on in the night as a lot of servers are state side. If you host the game and then get friends in on it with a few randoms you will have better games
    Last edited by Grey M@a; 21-11-2009 at 10:30 PM.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    I ended up buying a server for 3 months, played campaign on it for a good few hours there. Have no idea how to set up public versus matches on it with a couple of friends, oh how I wish for a server browser.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Just waiting on my copy from play.com
    Hoping I play it more than I did the original - and that there is decent DLC rather than an announcement of Left 4 Dead 3 6 months down the line...

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    Quote Originally Posted by educatedfool View Post
    I ended up buying a server for 3 months, played campaign on it for a good few hours there. Have no idea how to set up public versus matches on it with a couple of friends, oh how I wish for a server browser.
    +1.
    I can't tell what my pings are until I join the game and things are moving like treacle on whiz. I would really like to be able to see what the ping is before I waste the time joining.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: Left 4 Dead 2

    They do know about a lot of the network problems and have said it should be fixed in the first patch.

    That will hopefully at least fix the ping/lag issue even if it doesn't help the match / lobby system being rubbish.
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