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Gametrailers.com has an interview with
Mike Booth and revealed that
November 4th is the release date for Valve's Zombie game Left 4 Dead. You can watch the interview
here.
Also Gametrailers has 5 gameplay videos which shows enhanced HUD and better visual effects such as film grain, shifts in color palette, and blood spatter
In other news, both 1UP and Kotaku posted their impressions:
1UP:
The new feature we saw this time around is the overall art polish. The HUD seems the same, but notifications (such as friendly fire warnings and revivals) are now more prominent. Visual effects such as film grain, shifts in color palette, and blood spatter have been added to give more of that "relentless zombie movie" vibe to the game. The combination of blur filters plus the black-and-white tint when you're knocked down (your health has been drained, and you're down on the ground, pistols blazing, until another player rescues you) adds a nice measure of visceral impact.
Kotaku:
There are some nice touches scattered throughout that make Left 4 Dead stand out and these pop-up warnings come into play elsewhere. For example, in one area, you are warned that zombies don't like car alarms. In fact, they become enraged when they hear them. Unfortunately, it's sometimes hard to avoid hitting an alarmed car and rage sets in. You'll also see pop-ups that essentially say "Pull this level and expect mass hysteria." It's funnier when Valve does it.
You can read
1UP preview here or
Kotaku's here. Remember mark you calenders Left 4 Dead is coming November 4th on both PC and XBox 360.
