Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Now Available For All

[DigiQ8]

The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now available for all users on Steam and Gold members on XBox Live.



Steam Users click here to get the demo.

[hool10]

It's an awesome game but it feels like L4D was the beta or something. Everything has been improved and things such as more often horde spawns, less ammo piles, less health, and more diverse special infected are great. $45 though is asking a lot so I will wait for the Christmas sale.

[DEATHMASTER]

Get pals, get 4 pack.

[TollBooth Willie]

Beyond the insanely awesome gore and buckets of blood (holy SHIT the splashing sounds when a guitar splatters a zombie's head is beautiful) I'm not digging it. 'course maybe worth a rental.

[DEATHMASTER]

The demos for these games don't really do them enough justice, didn't for the first one.

[kazsymonds]

I wasn't too keen on it. Maybe i'm just used to the music etc of L4D.

Also lag sucks, i assume this only arrived today? I hit a zombie with a frying pan and it took 5 seconds to register the hit! 5000ms ping FTW, this was 360 version though.

I may get this on the PC depending on the specs, i'm due some upgrades though so this and MW2 could be the perfect excuse.

[Plissken]

Specs are exactly the same as L4D, so if you can play the first, you should be fine with this.

You have to play this demo on the higher difficulties a couple of times to get the real feel for it.

Especially the way it changes routes--where there might have been a door in one play through, is now suddenly boarded up in another. There's even this one alleyway that was suddenly bricked up and cut off that threw me off during a horde attack.

Also weapon placements and selections get constantly switched around, and I've gone a couple of play throughs without ever seeing a specific weapon spawn, like the Desert Eagle or a couple of the rifles.

All-in-all, should be a new and grand experience in the full game. I do think the new director seems smarter--the Special were spawning together and working together in some crazy ways--one game we got a three way assault from a Jockey, Boomer, and Smoker that finally ended in tragedy when a Spitter entered the picture. Ouch.

Love the machete. Can't wait for the other melees!

[SNIPER-X]

The demo was fun, but too short.

After watching, and reading the news for this game and the advertising Valve has put out to speak on specifics.
Supposedly the game is longer, bigger, better. I could agree that the game is feeling more polished, but if "The Parish" campagin was only 3 maps. This game is by far shorter, and extends itself in other maps longer than it probably should. (Unless there is 3 campagins to be told when the game arrives to make up that bad impression.)

The weapons are nice in variety, but none of them feel like they offer something better over one from the other. I like that there is variety, but none do themselves justice in speaking in terms of more accuracy, stopping power, ect. Just a big visual fedelity piece.

The special infected look neat in this game. I like the changes they've added and made for the "Hunter and Smoker".

But to reflect a $45-50.00 price on a game that is to be "longer & larger". It certaintly doesn't speak that much of a price to me. Especially when knowing "No Mercy" in Nov of 2008 was 5 maps long for that single campagin as a demo.

[OmegaX]

Feels like L4D with a new coat of paint, which is what I figured. Oh well, can't really expect much given less than a year of development time.

[Lucid]

Holy shit, I'm so glad I tried the demo before even thinking of buying this.
How the **** could they possibly ask for $50 for what is basically just L4D with a new coat of paint?

Just saved myself $50 that I probably would've regretted spending for the rest of my days.

[Operational]

Originally Posted by Lucid

Holy shit, I'm so glad I tried the demo before even thinking of buying this.
How the **** could they possibly ask for $50 for what is basically just L4D with a new coat of paint?

Just saved myself $50 that I probably would've regretted spending for the rest of my days.

It's interesting to see the various reactions from people, some like yourself don't see much difference between L4D and L4D2, while others are on the waay other end of the scale in that they they feel Valve took what they liked from L4D1 and removed it or replaced it with something worse.

Personally I think its worth the $35 I paid for it. L4D1 was great fun but it had both major and minor flaws that just got to me more and more over time, I'm at the point now where I just can't play and enjoy it 'cus they piss me off so much. L4D2 restores my enjoyment and excitement in the franchise with a number of additions, changes and improvements that, in my eyes, make it a worthwhile sequel.

[Wanted Bob]

It's still a ton of fun, no doubt about that, but I'm unsure as to whether I will buy this or not.

[Headcrab Pie]

For some reason, the SI and everyones heads are invisible or just barely visible.

See that hunter? Yeah, neither did I.




Also, stealthtank.

[MorganFreeman911]

Hm that's bizarre.. Never happened to me.
Anyways, I love the demo. They took what I loved of L4D1 and made it better.

[TwwIX]

Decent game, as expected. I have a few gripes with it though. The melee weapons are a nice addition but are situational, if not gimmicky. I expected them to get their own weapon slot tbh. You end up wasting your main weapon's ammo for ranged combat and ammo is sparse compared to the original. In the end, you are better off with the pistols. The hud and weapons look rather clunky. I Am running the game at 1400x900 and they still look ****ing huge to me. Poor scaling from what i can tell. The new uncommon infected and bosses are definitely a nice addition. They add to the challenge and keep you constantly on your toes. Camping will be a thing of the past from what i can tell. Good because i hated camping even when playing Campaign mode. Camping induces repetition and boredom for me. It's the main reason why i rarely even play the game any more. There's always some asshole on pub servers, telling you what to do, where to stand and eventually starts raging when you ignore 'em.
All in all, it's definitely an improvement over the previous installment.

That said.
I still think that this should have been an expansion pack, fused together with the current game but let's not start that discussion again. I will eventually buy the game once the price drops considerably.
Until then, have fun playing the game guys.