Left 4 Dead

Telgere · 07-11-2008 3:51pm

More demo servers are coming online.

See this could be a problem later if there is no incentive to buy/host your own servers. Hopefully valve will address this before the game launches.

L31mr0d · 07-11-2008 9:58pm

I've found hosting the server locally works best for me. Played a few rounds there with some friends and had no issues.

It's actually very good, it had me laughing out loud at how hectic it gets

pro-tip: don't shoot the car

bizmark · 07-11-2008 10:32pm

L31mr0d wrote: »

pro-tip: don't shoot the car

Best part imho that and getting vomited on by a boomer frantic fireing away blind into a huge hord ftw

L31mr0d · 07-11-2008 10:37pm

bizmark wrote: »

Best part imho that and getting vomited on by a boomer frantic fireing away blind into a huge hord ftw

yeah it is

I've played through it a few times and every time I can't resist shooting the car, throwing in a pipe bomb and watching the whole hoard of zombies jump on it and explode...

Stev_o · 07-11-2008 10:53pm

Best game ever. I havent laughed and screamed so much in a long while. We were playing tonight and i set off the witch accidentaly (really i did) two of us go down and im speculating my friend saying **** witch is coming right next to you, he just stands there and the thing walks past him i was like you lucky git.

We were at the generator part and had a witch beside one of them so we came up with a plan to ignite her with Molotov's and gas can and she'd go down.Everyone is sh1tting a brick about triggering her so i say f*ck it ill do it, shoot she starts screaming, i try jump on the generators. Failed. The guys set her one fire. She then charges at me, sets me on fire, sets the ground on fire and then dies amongst screams and laughter on TS.

Just brilliant.

Gummy Panda · 07-11-2008 10:56pm

Stev_o wrote: »

Best game ever. I havent laughed and screamed so much in a long while. We were playing tonight and i set off the witch accidentaly (really i did) two of us go down and im speculating my friend saying **** which is coming right next to you, he just stands there and the thing walks past him i was like you lucky git.

We were at the generator part and had a witch beside one of them so we came up with a plan to ignite her with Molotov's and gas can and she'd go down.Everyone is sh1tting a brick about triggering her so i say f*ck it ill do it, shoot she starts screaming, i try jump on the generators. Failed. The guys set her one fire. She then charges at me, sets me on fire, sets the ground on fire and then dies amongst screams and laughter on TS.

Just brilliant.

Yeah its awesome.

Hard to describe the feeling you get from the game. Its kinda like TF2. Simple but enjoyable and rewarding.

PogMoThoin · 07-11-2008 11:03pm

Deffo a winner this, Valve are on to another good thing. Great fun, although there aren't enough servers yet, quick match is a little buggy. I love the way the swarms come when u set off an alarm. Any of ye others tried expert mode yet?

Stev_o · 07-11-2008 11:05pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Deffo a winner this, Valve are on to another good thing. Great fun, although there aren't enough servers yet. I love the way the swarms come when u set off an alarm. Any of ye others tried expert mode yet?

Yup only playing it on expert and bloody hell it doesnt let off at all took us 4 or 5 attempts to finish the subway level with only one survivor left.

I think Valve just got what it is that make games fun and really done a good job on it, iv never played a game with more tension then this in all my life.

Now all they gotta do is fix the occasional CTD and laggy servers.

Dcully · 08-11-2008 3:12am

Im hearing nothing but rave reviews about this game.
A friend said he and some friends were just screaming and roaring at eachother on ts while playing the game.
He described it as an exhilerating feeling while playing and said he never laughed and got so many frights from any other game.
Sounds like digital cocaine to me.

Looks like ill be getting this too

So many must have games right now.

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 9:32am

Dcully wrote: »

So many must have games right now.

This is the only one i've paid for

and glad of it, its mega

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 11:16am

Ok folks, made ye a vid of the multiplayer

L31mr0d · 08-11-2008 3:19pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Ok folks, made ye a vid of the multiplayer

nice. Hey did you notice at the start that you can blow out the roof window behind you and jump down instead of using the stairs. Gets a bit hectic though as the room you jump into is full of zombies. Still its fun to pull a leeroy jenkins when the rest of your team are slowly creeping down the stairs

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 3:32pm

L31mr0d wrote: »

nice. Hey did you notice at the start that you can blow out the roof window behind you and jump down instead of using the stairs. Gets a bit hectic though as the room you jump into is full of zombies. Still its fun to pull a leeroy jenkins when the rest of your team are slowly creeping down the stairs

Ya, my young fella copped on2 that one, you can break it with a melee attack. No point playin this on any other level but expert, loads of peeps on the Valve forum even asking for a higher insane or suicide level, but then again this is only the first 2 levels of the game, I'm sure it'll get impossible with some of the other maps we've not seen yet.

Zillah · 08-11-2008 4:36pm

This is sounding like a lot of fun.

Fanny Cradock · 08-11-2008 6:37pm

Out of curiosity, what are the minimum specs for running this game? Usually games release recommended and minimum specifications, but I can only find the one for this game.

• OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
• CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
• RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
• DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
• HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
• VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
• SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card

I have a feeling the the old AMD 3700+ and 7600GT aint gonna cut it

Epic Tissue · 08-11-2008 6:43pm

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Out of curiosity, what are the minimum specs for running this game? Usually games release recommended and minimum specifications, but I can only find the one for this game.

• OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
• CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
• RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
• DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
• HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
• VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
• SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card

I have a feeling the the old AMD 3700+ and 7600GT aint gonna cut it

www.srtest.com

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 6:48pm

Minimum: 256 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better so I'd say your ok

Fanny Cradock · 08-11-2008 7:02pm

Looks like the rig just about passes. Must try the demo and see how it plays. Cheers guys.

TheHairyFairy · 08-11-2008 7:12pm

Sounds like an excellent game, will get it purchased online tomorrow. Also if you havent already have a look at "the hidden". Its a HL2 mod that would really fire some of you up.

Zillah · 08-11-2008 8:23pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Ok folks, made ye a vid of the multiplayer

Looks like a lot of fun. I assume that was easy mode? A couple of points there where you were completely swamped and it really seemed silly that you survived.

Also, I am incredibly sick of double pistols. It looks silly and it makes no sense. Am I alone in this?

Fanny Cradock · 08-11-2008 8:26pm

I've never bought anything off steam before. Do they use an exchange rate on the games or do they rip European gamers off and charge at the dollar rate? In other words, does the game cost 35 EUR or 45 EUR?

pixelburp · 08-11-2008 8:26pm

As much as it looks like fun, it does seem like a big clusterf*ck of zombies at times?

uglyjohn · 08-11-2008 8:55pm

they die pretty easily. you dont need to pump bullets into them so big hordes are survivable.

Pyr0 · 08-11-2008 9:12pm

Zillah wrote: »

Looks like a lot of fun. I assume that was easy mode? A couple of points there where you were completely swamped and it really seemed silly that you survived.

Also, I am incredibly sick of double pistols. It looks silly and it makes no sense. Am I alone in this?

If I can shoot two pistols at the same time instead of one while facing a horde of zombies i'm not gonna complain !

Q_Ball · 08-11-2008 9:23pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Ok folks, made ye a vid of the multiplayer

Whoever played yer wan has gotta learn the meaning of 'crossing the tube'!

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 9:28pm

Zillah wrote: »

Looks like a lot of fun. I assume that was easy mode? A couple of points there where you were completely swamped and it really seemed silly that you survived.

Also, I am incredibly sick of double pistols. It looks silly and it makes no sense. Am I alone in this?

Actually that was expert mode

Fanny Cradock · 08-11-2008 9:33pm

I'm curious, I bought the game on steam (they don't tell you about the tax the cheeky buggers) and I open the 'my games' section in Steam and it says the game isn't released yet. Am I correct in assuming all those youtube clips are from the demo?

Stev_o · 08-11-2008 9:50pm

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I'm curious, I bought the game on steam (they don't tell you about the tax the cheeky buggers) and I open the 'my games' section in Steam and it says the game isn't released yet. Am I correct in assuming all those youtube clips are from the demo?

Yeah you just get the demo before everyone else and hopefully get to play the full game a day before everyone else but hey you never know.

PogMoThoin · 08-11-2008 11:14pm

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I'm curious, I bought the game on steam (they don't tell you about the tax the cheeky buggers) and I open the 'my games' section in Steam and it says the game isn't released yet. Am I correct in assuming all those youtube clips are from the demo?

Ya its the demo, 2 maps and just a few weapons

Cunny-Funt · 08-11-2008 11:26pm

TheHairyFairy wrote: »

Sounds like an excellent game, will get it purchased online tomorrow. Also if you havent already have a look at "the hidden". Its a HL2 mod that would really fire some of you up.

Totally thought of the hidden when looking at a few maps there. But Zombie panic would be closer.

Zillah wrote: »

Also, I am incredibly sick of double pistols. It looks silly and it makes no sense. Am I alone in this?

Yeah I totally agree, its just cringy too me at this stage. Its worse when they do it in movies though.

Zillah · 09-11-2008 1:17am

Pyr0 wrote: »

If I can shoot two pistols at the same time instead of one while facing a horde of zombies i'm not gonna complain !

Haha

Ok if there's a wall of zombies then yes, two pistols I suppose is somewhat feasible. I still think it looks silly though and the idea of anyone aiming two guns at once with any competency is a bit much.

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Actually that was expert mode

Really? I can see why people are calling for Super-Expert mode then. I think at the highest level of difficulty it should be expected that one or two players aren't going to make it.

If we're going to take inspiration from zombie movies then we know that a large percentage of the cast will be killed and eaten, and that they're going to be spending a lot of their time desperately fleeing from zombies and boarding up doors. The whole spray of bullets thing is a little too gung ho for me. I think a zombie game like this would be best as a horror story with some action, not an action game with some horror.

L31mr0d · 09-11-2008 2:37am

Zillah wrote: »

Really? I can see why people are calling for Super-Expert mode then. I think at the highest level of difficulty it should be expected that one or two players aren't going to make it.

I think you need to play it. Health packs are few and far between, and the distance between safe rooms could mean you have to fight off numerous waves of zombies. Also your buddies AI is rubbish. You absolutely need 4 humans playing if you want to have a hope at completing this game on Expert.

Here's a clip I recorded of myself playing on my own with the computer. What adds to the horror is that the placing of the zombies is completely random each time you play it. You could come around a corner one time and there'll be 1 zombie, the next time there might be 50. You also always have a sense of being surrounded, as even if you've cleared a path, more zombies will still keep attacking from behind you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPSg29McmQ

Maximilian · 09-11-2008 9:53am

L31mr0d wrote: »

I think you need to play it. Health packs are few and far between, and the distance between safe rooms could mean you have to fight off numerous waves of zombies. Also your buddies AI is rubbish. You absolutely need 4 humans playing if you want to have a hope at completing this game on Expert.

Here's a clip I recorded of myself playing on my own with the computer. What adds to the horror is that the placing of the zombies is completely random each time you play it. You could come around a corner one time and there'll be 1 zombie, the next time there might be 50. You also always have a sense of being surrounded, as even if you've cleared a path, more zombies will still keep attacking from behind you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPSg29McmQ

Saw you playing through Steam Boards group but it wouldn't let me join.

Great game. Looking forward to the full release.

Auto-shotgun ftw btw.

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 12:38pm

Maximilian wrote: »

Saw you playing through Steam Boards group but it wouldn't let me join.

Could've done with ya, L31mr0d & myself had a go at multiplayer yesterday with L31mr0d hosting the game and we found it v difficult on expert with just the 2 of us and 2 "bots". The bots are ok for covering and healing you, but they don't push forward. We've figured that you need to push forward quickly as he longer you hang around the more you get swamped down. Fantastic game, cant wait for more maps and weapons.

witnessmenow · 09-11-2008 1:06pm

Does it annoy anyone else that the flashlight its just comming out of nowhere?

Stev_o · 09-11-2008 1:14pm

Was playing last night with my friend and a pub plus one bot, we had just gotten to the safe house in the apartment level. My friend said "hey everyone get ready to run" shot the red car and the horde starts pouring in, me and the pub get to the safe house first and decide to close the door on him :P He's there desperately trying to get into the safe house and then suddenly all i see through the slit are about 50 zombies rushing down the stairs and pile right into him at the door. I couldnt stop laughing.

But i should of know he would get his own back which he did on a repeat of that level, he had managed to startle the horde (or maybe i did i cant remember) and he had managed to get to the safe house first. I was running as fast as i could to the door, came short before the horde ran into me. I start trying to fight them off and start shouting at him for help, i quickly turn around to the door to see if he's helping me, and he was just standing there LAUGHING watching. I was in tears from laughter and it got even better. I managed to get to the door but he had closed it then bot Bill who was in the room with him tried to help me up after i was knocked down, so my friend lets him out the door and shuts it on us and watches us both die.

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 1:45pm

For anyone who's having stuttering issues, it's an issue with multi-core processors. You can set the game to run on only one core by setting the affinity in Task Manager to a single core and that should fix it until Valve fixes the issue. A Valve guy posted in one of the threads on the Steam forums about the issue so they are aware of it. It doesn't seem to be a very common bug, most multi-core setups work just fine.

I've got 2 gaming pc's in the house, mine which is in sig and another for my Son with 8800GT, E6600 C2D & 2GB ram (we share a Steam account as I not play Steam games much, till now). I was having serious stuttering issues with this game on his pc. Setting affinity to a single core sorted it instantly and he can max the game with triple buffering v-sync, 16xQ CSAA, 16xAF with Shaders Very High at 1280x1024 and get a constant 60fps. I can play with the same settings at 1920x1200, but I had no stuttering issues with a quad core.

pixelburp · 09-11-2008 1:57pm

Remind me; is this demo available to everyone yet, or still just to the pre-order people?

Oh and the AI on the zombies seems weird in those videos. Many seem to be just milling around in a room, ignoring you until you fire at them or come up pretty close.

L31mr0d · 09-11-2008 2:56pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Oh and the AI on the zombies seems weird in those videos. Many seem to be just milling around in a room, ignoring you until you fire at them or come up pretty close.

Well the Zombies are supposed to be dumb, like usual. I've walked into a room that had a TV on and there was a zombie there just clawing at the screen, he only noticed me once I shone my flashlight at him.

@Maximilian: Add me as a friend in steam. Most of the games I've played where friends only so you wouldn't of been able to join unless you are in my friends list.

Dcully · 09-11-2008 4:43pm

Really liking the demo,how many missions or levels are there in the full game?

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 5:02pm

Dcully wrote: »

Really liking the demo,how many missions or levels are there in the full game?

20 maps i think and loads more weapons, wait till the modding community get some custom maps

silvine · 09-11-2008 5:14pm

Looks like another standard FPS. Is it?

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 5:24pm

silvine wrote: »

Looks like another standard FPS. Is it?

Not really, it kinda reminds me more of a tactical shooter, much like SWAT, than a fps

Cunny-Funt · 09-11-2008 5:49pm

I'm really looking forward to this now. Whens the demo out? Tuesday yeah? (I know all you guys playing the demo now are only doing so due to pre-orders)

Fanny Cradock · 09-11-2008 6:05pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

20 maps i think and loads more weapons, wait till the modding community get some custom maps

yeah, 20 maps and 10 weapons I think.

I have to say I am disappointed with the demo. Don't know what the issue is, but I cant play on-line; it keeps disconnecting from the server.

Telgere · 09-11-2008 8:20pm

I think there is a harder mode in the full game.
Can anyone confirm this?

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 8:30pm

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

yeah, 20 maps and 10 weapons I think.

I have to say I am disappointed with the demo. Don't know what the issue is, but I cant play on-line; it keeps disconnecting from the server.

Ya, lots of probs with the servers, there aren't enough of them yet and the SDK seems buggy, hopefully they'll iron out the kinks.

L31mr0d · 09-11-2008 9:13pm

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I have to say I am disappointed with the demo. Don't know what the issue is, but I cant play on-line; it keeps disconnecting from the server.

enable the console in the options

then open the console and type "openserverbrowser". This will give you a list of current active servers to choose from.

Fanny Cradock · 09-11-2008 10:39pm

I've done that and no servers are listed. As I've disabled my firewall, I assume this may be due to me having the incorrect version. However, I thought that Steam updated it automatically. Any way to check if I got everything updated?

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 10:45pm

They'll be custom servers as the game is a demo. I tried this earlier but it just told me that you must join from a lobby when i tried to join.

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