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Matt Bassos
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 Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:21 am Post subject: Left 4 Dead Survival Pack out now for 360 |
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| Left 4 Dead Survival Pack out now for 360 by Matt |  | | PALGN News: PC players still waiting. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Can't wait for the PC version. Going to line up another 10,000 zombies to kill in 30mins!!! Love it!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:00 am Post subject: |
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It's out on PC now.
Is there a reason why the PC version gets 7 new achievements but the 360 version doesn't? (Or at least didn't last night when it came out, is there a new update by now?)
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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The pc version is out!
Ok at first after installing the dlc the achievements don't appear for it but after you restart steam they all come back.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| Shadow Wave wrote: | | Is this essentially like Horde on Gears 2? |
Sort-of, but not really. Though I haven't played it that much.
Gears of War 2 horde mode is more organised and the waves of enemies are more predictable. An average game lasts a lot longer and you can respawn after you die, so long as somebody on your team survives the wave.
Survival mode's formula is similar, but the execution is quite different. The waves of enemies are much more chaotic and random, as you would expect from Left4Dead. Also, the games are a lot shorter. The longest my team managed to survive was three and a half minutes and you cannot respawn. It's a bit like an arcade mode, if you ask me.
It will be interesting to see how long a good team could last, but my early attempts to play with random people have lead to very brief games. Apparently there are online leaderboards, so it will be interesting so see some of the stats people rack up.
(cracks knuckles)
Enough talk, time to play some more...
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Survival mode is bloody hard! I did manage to get my first gold standard on the Church level though. Very intense towards the end when you have a constant stream of special infected attacking.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:45 am Post subject: |
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5min 45sec on Last Stand with my friends.
And that was a nail-biter.
We're trying to get Bronze (4 min) on every map and it's damned difficult.
Where did you stand in the Church to survive a whole 10 minutes?
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I played a game on blood harvest where one of the team had lasted 14(!!!) mins in a previous attempt.He didn't let on how tho and we only lasted 5 as a team.My best is a silver mdeal on no mercy, and that was fudgin insane.Two tanks at once, wailing on me.
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| Mullet87 wrote: | | Is there a reason why the PC version gets 7 new achievements but the 360 version doesn't? (Or at least didn't last night when it came out, is there a new update by now?) |
The way I hear it, Microsoft's current policy is that Achievements can only be added in paid for DLC. Seeing as Valve wanted the add-on to be free, no 360 Achievements.
Good on Valve, I say.
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| Jammers wrote: | | Where did you stand in the Church to survive a whole 10 minutes? |
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| Blenny wrote: | The way I hear it, Microsoft's current policy is that Achievements can only be added in paid for DLC. Seeing as Valve wanted the add-on to be free, no 360 Achievements.
Good on Valve, I say. |
That's what I assumed, but it's not like it hasn't been done in the past with Crackdown, Bioshock, both Gears games and probably plenty more.
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^it tends to suit left 4 dead more-so though with the whole zombie apocalypse motif it has going on.Your right though, it's not the first but it feels like the best iteration so far.
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Played some more and checked out the leaderboards. Some amazing times have been posted, but some of them seem like a glitch - were talking 300 minutes plus. Then again...
The key to Survival is teamwork. Okay, I know that sounds obvious, but it is even more vital than ever before. And probably the most fustrating aspect of L4D is the lack of teamwork you get from the average, random player.
If you don't want to play as a team, then go back to COD 4 or Halo, get the truck out of my L4D!
Sorry, had some bad experiences...
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There seems to be a glitch after 12 minutes or so; tanks and special infected more or less stop spawning. I anticipate a fix shortly, plus a wipe of all leaderboard scores > 12 minutes.
Anyhow, I like the new mode alot. Got gold on NM elevator level on my third try; again, you can't play this game online without a microphone, especially Survival (due to it's frantic nature). Favourite level so far would have to be Blood Harvest warehouse-y level where you open the door. Plenty of great spots to try surviving in, much more exciting than the boring levels like Crane.
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I was chatting to some guys in the L4D lobby before a game of survival and they confirmed what I suspected when I first laid eyes on the leaderboard - people are cheating.
I'm not going to get into specifics, but there are glitches on various levels which make you completely invisible to the infected.
What a bloody pointless waste of time! I hope Valve bans these people or at least invalidates their ridiculous times.
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| Crank wrote: | | What a bloody pointless waste of time! I hope Valve bans these people or at least invalidates their ridiculous times. |
They will, possibly with some penalties. Seen the punishment they've doled out in TF2 recently? =)
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