I've been playing this game pretty heavily lately and just got the DLC for it. Anyone here play it?
My X-Box handle is Crane Strike. If anyone wants to get on there and kill some sonsofbitches, let me know.
Been playing it since it came out on PC and lurve it. The original as well.
I'm playing it on Steam. My nickname is ImperatorVorkosigan.
PC Version here. L4D and L4d2 are awesome.
I even like single-player.
You three... buy X-Boxes.
Quote from: Cranewings;447346You three... buy X-Boxes.
I have one, but I'm not paying the outrageos 80 € that costs the wifi receiver for the damned thing :D So my Xbox gaming is off-line, unfortunately, until prizes drop.
It is kinda shitty that the wifi isn't built in. I have one and it works really well but still...
Doomboy314 on Steam...at least, I think that's my name.
I like L4D, but the balancing is just SO narrow. In most fps, if the teams are divided in skill by, say, 53%/47%, the game is close, whether it's ctf or killfest or whatever.
But in L4D, that kind of spread means the game is a total rout for the stronger team, score will be like 5000/30. On top of this, if you have a weak player on your team, you're screwed, and it doesn't matter how good the other three players are, even one awesome player can't make up the deficit.
Some servers now track the ragequits, and having 20 such quits during a 30 minute game is quite common. Toss in the griefers, as well as the folks that go ape when even a single boomer fails--and then spend the rest of the game unleashing a torrent of profanity (sometimes fun to listen to, I admit)-- and only about one match in 50 is any good to play.
But I do like the game.
It's weird that the last post is by JameGW, but when I look, last post is me.
XBox Live multiplayer is the only way to go.
If you play single player campaign, you can still select the option to allow other players to join in
XBox game tag - Lawbag
The worst kind of gamers (and I've encountered most of them whilst playing L4D 1/2) are those who (a) leave you to die, metres from the safe point and (b) fuck about trying to get some pointless achievement whilst you wait dead/dying/awaiting revival...
I have been playing on the PC via Steam. Great damn game
Steam Username: Daedalus252
Quote from: Lawbag;453095XBox Live multiplayer is the only way to go.
One of quite a few ways to go. And some games are better suited to Live, while others to Steam because of its openness. TF2 on Live is anemic compared to the PC community, and what few players are left do not use teamwork at all. I played 10 games straight on Live all with different hosts where no one used their mic (even though it comes with the Xbox and everyone uses it in CoD), while on PC everyone us communicating and stragegizing. Night and day.
QuoteThe worst kind of gamers (and I've encountered most of them whilst playing L4D 1/2) are those who (a) leave you to die, metres from the safe point and (b) fuck about trying to get some pointless achievement whilst you wait dead/dying/awaiting revival...
Yeah I've never had that problem on Steam. Barrier to entry is a little higher than Xbox, though, so that solves some of the problem.
My Local Game Group (which is trying to get back together for at least a once a month game) is trying to get together an event where we play Left for Dead 2 so at least we can play that, hang out, talk via voice and socialize
Quote from: Daedalus;453275My Local Game Group (which is trying to get back together for at least a once a month game) is trying to get together an event where we play Left for Dead 2 so at least we can play that, hang out, talk via voice and socialize
I've done the Xboxes + Two TVs for the split-screen play, and it's hella fun.
Quote from: Peregrin;453279I've done the Xboxes + Two TVs for the split-screen play, and it's hella fun.
yeah. I like the people in my group and with it so difficult because of schedules to find time together to play a rpg this would be a good way to hang out and talk and social
I tend not to use the MIC, even though a headset came with my XBox. Dont need to chat, but I do enjoy the "chatter" of other players...the stories I could tell...
How do you communicate with your team, then?
I type when I need to chat. A simple "yo" is enough to let folks know I'm in trouble.
L4D uses MANY sound cues; a human team that's talking is at a huge disadvantage. Other than "1, 2, 3, GO!", there's nothing that should be said outside of the safe house.
The monsters have a bit more leeway, but, here individuals also have more downtime, making typing quite easy...past "1, 2, 3, GO!" to synchronize an attack, there really shouldn't be much to say that needs to be said immediately.
Mmm, I disagree. I think you can "riff" off of other players like you can in any game, but formulating or modifying strategies mid-level has improved my play immensely. This was one of the advantages of playing with split-screen with everyone in the same room.
It's also pretty easy to adjust the mic volume so people don't overwhelm the in-game audio (and it's gotten better since Valve has updated their audio-in codec.)
Well there are two postive things going on. It looks like some of the members of my group will be playing Left for Dead 2 online and it looks like we may be able to get a once a month tabletop game going.
Things are looking up
Man I totally forgot about this thread.
Yeah, I'm not buying an xbox. Dpad/yoke/whatever-you-call-it controllers and FPSs don't work for me. Mouse & Keyboard 4 life yo.