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LemonManX
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Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
The few people here who defend the decision to make L4D2 seem to not understand what everyone is upset about. I've tried to summarize the most common issues I've heard people having in hopes that it clears things up:
* Significant content for L4D1 was promised, and never delivered
* Valve put little faith in L4D1 since they almost certainly started working on L4D2 right after release
* The fact that L4D2 is nearly identical to L4D1 will decimate the community for both games
* The announced date is not nearly enough time to polish content or make significant gameplay changes
* The new character designs seem bland and unappealing so far
* L4D2 is too bright to fit in with L4D1's visual aesthetic
* The fiddle-based horde music is extremely disliked, though the differently orchestrated music is otherwise welcome
* L4D2's release will result in a drop in quality and frequency for L4D1 content, even compared to before
* The community has lost faith in Valve's former reputation for commitment to their games post-release
Want to contact the team? Write us at --- l4d2boycott@gmail.com
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Interesting, I joined. Don't think Valve will give a crap about this though.
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This post was last modified: 06-06-2009 09:20 PM by LemonManX.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
This makes me smile.
Too little too soon, perhaps?
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
too soon for a valve game. not soon enough for an EA game.
12k+ members... how many people bought L4D? 360 and PC combined, im sure it's over 1M.
this boycott is the equivalent to an online petition. nothing's gonna happen, but i hope im wrong.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
Like I said, Valve probably won't care. They make too much money to care. But I once believed they cared for their community.
I don't think I'll both with either L4D's now, I'll just jump into TF2.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
Remember valve time?
They probably won't make it to this release date.
As for extra content, I'm sure there's nothing stopping them from adding additional stuff into the game?
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
The problem is they already stated that this is a console game, with a (better) PC port.
They're marketing it like a console game; console gamers will love it, PC gamers will whine. (like me)
I made the mistake of thinking they'd treat it like a PC game, even for the console players, give them a taste of what we get with TF2. I should have known better knowing how they treated TF2 for consoles.
But anyway, unless its priced like an expansion (no more than 30$) I won't be buying it.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
They should just release it as DLC. No reason for this game to be released so soon.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
The new weekly list of top 10 best selling games on Valve's Steam service has their co-op shooter Left 4 Dead in the top position again after Team Fortress 2 took the top spot last week. We are going to take a wild guess and guess that's because of the Left 4 Dead 2 announcement at E3 this past week.
http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/07/l...ales-list/
are the masses boycotting the series by buying the first one? or is this further proof that no one gives a crap except for the fanboys?
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
I just don't know many companies that announce sequels just barely over the 6 month mark for a game not that old. Except Activision, and they are douches.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
The new weekly list of top 10 best selling games on Valve's Steam service has their co-op shooter Left 4 Dead in the top position again after Team Fortress 2 took the top spot last week. We are going to take a wild guess and guess that's because of the Left 4 Dead 2 announcement at E3 this past week.
http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/07/l...ales-list/
are the masses boycotting the series by buying the first one? or is this further proof that no one gives a crap except for the fanboys?
And even then the fanboys got denied pre-orders because their store didn't find it on their damn system >:-(
Heh, also, they nearly sold me gears 2. They rang it up and everything but just as he was about give me the game and receipt he released what game he was selling me. Sad face.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
I'll but it after ensuring it's as good as the first. But it may not be. Problem.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
People still play L4D? That game sucked. Sorry.
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RE: Fraction of Steam Community seeks to boycott L4D2?
People still play L4D? That game sucked. Sorry.
On a serious note, what didn't you like?
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