Left 4 Dead content confirmed free

Ok, I've been gone for a while, but this bait was just BEGGING to be taken, so I'll bite. And bite hard. PALGN is too cool a place to allow trolling like that.

I hate it when people just assume they have the right to any and every game for free just because they have a black soul and can pirate it. Games are damn hard work, a horribly risky business, and those who manage to actually produce something that brings smiles to people's faces deserve every damn dollar they charge.

If you truly believe you deserve it for free, as opposed to being grateful that it is free, then you should hand your next paycheck back to your employer. You bought this game wth full knowledge of wht it included - and if they had left it at that, I'd still have had tons of fun with it, as would most buyers. So time to grow up and realise there is no free lunch, this cost time and effort to make (coding games is NOT fun, despite what people believe - sure it's cool, but it's hard and really easy to screw up), and people ain't gonna give you free entertainment. The fact that Valve does this for free is a testament to the fact that they trust in customer loyalty - something I, and most others here, value highly.

Seriously. Maybe it's just my absence for the last couple of months, maybe I just need to rant, but I feel much better now. So, in an odd way, thanks.

(PS - the comparison with Blizzard has got to be th most stupid thing I've ever read. Blizzard has what, 1 big game out now, and plans to split the next cash cow into 3 to make more money. Their games may be fun, but they are FAR more guilty of commercialising their products, and Valve have more games than Blizzard. That post was more fail than our economy).

... though survival mode may change that. Sounds awesome, can't wait!

More Versus maps are certainly welcome as well. What would be very cool is like an inverse of the game - you and 3 other special infected have to slowly spread the virus through the city, while the army fends you off/hunts you down. Would probably need more Specfected, but they should add more anyway. Variety is the spice of life. Or death. Whatever.

Quick intelligence test: You see an add for a car that will be release in 2 years time. The car looks pretty impressive. Then, a year before it's sent to market, a few features are cut in order to maintain safety and reliability, as well as general driving comfort. Do you:
a - buy it and expect the same feature set as the original ad?
b - buy it and expect free maintainance?
c - buy it and then whinge because it's been engineered for safety over features?
d - expect the car to be the batmobile.
e - drive the car until it runs out of its first tank of fuel, and then complain that the entire car is wasted and used up.

Sounds to me like all of the above apply to you. Especially c. But especially e.

Now, be mature and don't take this personally. I'm more than hapy to patronise anyone that writes immature rants without any rational basis.

You complain about quality, but include profanity in your post? Ever wonder why noone takes angry people seriously? Calm down and set out a logical, reasonable argument that doesn't sound like it's coming from a 5 year old who dropped his icecream and is bawling for more.

Dude, no one even hinted that this should cost money, merely that Valve don't owe you anything except keeping servers available and fixing bugs. Lack of content (and given the # hours me and many others have spent on this game, there's no lack of that) is not a bug.


There is a big difference between having a tantrum because you failed to read game reviews, and getting excited about the prospect of being given free stuff. It's all about attitude, and the impression I get from your posts is that you will never be happy, and always blame others for that, when in fact petty greed is the cause. Have some maturity, don't be like the billions of people who think they are special because they are hateful cynics that can get emotional about a few dollars. If you had simply posted tha you thought the game lacked value for money (which most of us would agree with in the case of Single Player), you'd be making friends, not enemies. Then, you'd have some people to play multiplayer with.

So simple, so why not quit being the harbinger of doom, and realise that ultimately, games don't make you happy - YOU make you happy. It's your happiness, and if you're going to approach every opportunity in life with the view that it's a scam in disguise, good luck to you. Time to relax a bit, and instead of pointing fingers at the first sign of trouble, get creative and look for ways around the problem. Like trying multiplayer. I've probably gone will over 50 hours in the last 2 months in Left 4 Dead - that's about $1.50 an hour. Helluva lot cheaper than a good movie.

It's called Schadenfraude. Seeing the misery of others makes you happy. And you, good sir, are one miserable being, at least when it comes to L4D. Of course, I would still prefer it we were all happy, whichis why I urge you to examine why you got so ramped up about a single game. The facts about the gam are out there, so if you really cared about that $80, you have no excuse for not doing some research. And if you did, your real issue is not with the game but with the marketing/journalists.