Left 4 Dead 2 add-on arrives in March
Valve has revealed that both Left 4 Dead 2 and the original Left 4 Dead will get new content in the coming months.
The information was let slip by Valve's Chet Faliszek at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco, who told Kotaku that two updates were on the way - one for each game.
Interestingly, both add-ons will tell a single story too. The unnamed Left 4 Dead 1 expansion will focus on the original cast as they battle through a new area. The Passing will then have the Left 4 Dead 2 characters meeting up with Louis, Zoe, Bill and Francis and working together to escape a zombie horde.
The Passing won't feature eight-player co-op though, so don't get too excited. Instead, players will be cast as the L4D2 characters and the original crew will be AI controlled.
A new uncommon infected will be introduced in The Passing too - The Fallen Survivor, who sometimes drops equipment when slayed.
On the downside though, The Passing is unlikely to be a free expansion, though Valve has only said that it will announce pricing closer to the actual launch.
Check out our [i]Left 4 Dead 2 review for more information on the latest game and let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyL4D2 hasn't seemingly lasted at all. I was still playing L4D up until L4D2 came out. Now I play neither. A new storyline may get me interested for a few days, but paying for it? I'm afraid I am out.
Although i do prefer l4d2 by far.
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"Dont worry, we'll make more" :)
L4D1 was fun, loved the characters and the feel of the game.
L4D2 was nowhere near as fun, got a bit of joy from trying the new infected (spitter and jockey rock, charger not so much)
The actual game is much better in L4D2, if only they could port the characters over (maps as well would be nice) It'd be perfect :D
After playing L4D2, uninstalled L4D.
@phuzz +rep for the link there mate - will definitely give that a try! If they could get the L4D1 characters to banter back and forth like the L4D2 characters as well that would be perfect.
OT,
:D
I did actually look for something like it not long ago, but could only find references to very incomplete versions.
This version isn't perfect (characters ported over but none of the voices) but playing about with it just now, the maps seem to work just fine :)
(with some nice additions, ie no mercy now has some of the riot cops and hazard-suit uncommon infected, as well as some of the hard rain weather effects :D )
Increase the number, increases the hecticness of the play.
first time i've ventured into an online server on my own too. sadly, they kept booting the lowest scoring players (so i lasted about 6mins lol) but was a lot of fun, and surprisingly lag free :)
+1
L4D2 killed L4D1 for me.