Anyone playin Left 4 Dead?

"Stri" <geordiekid.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 14, 6:58 pm, "McG." <McCod....DeleteThis@comcast.ne> wrote:
> DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.
> McG.

Yeah, another thread on this I believe. I'd love to try it but my PC
doesn't meet the minimum spec. I've heard a lot of good things about
this and reading the details during it's development I've been keen to
try it.

Co-op is the future and by co-op I certainly do not mean MMO's. Take
note Vis and Iphi!

Co-op is the future? what an interesting thought. Considering it was the
*beginning* for all multiplayer. Don't you remember Doom, and the 4 player
networked games? Two choices: Co-op, with monsters or deathmatch. Period.
))
McG.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:03 -0600, "McG." <McCodger DeleteThis @comcast.ne>
wrote:

>DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.
>McG.
>

I downloaded the Xbox 360 demo as my PC would probably explode with
all those zombies on screen at one time!

I have to say it is rather nice...it's even easy to use the joypad to
aim which is one thing I hate doing after playing PC games for so
long.

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> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:03 -0600, "McG." <McCodger.DeleteThis@comcast.ne>
> wrote:
>
>>DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.
>>McG.
>>
>
> I downloaded the Xbox 360 demo as my PC would probably explode with
> all those zombies on screen at one time!
>
> I have to say it is rather nice...it's even easy to use the joypad to
> aim which is one thing I hate doing after playing PC games for so
> long.

I played the demo in single player to the second level, spooked the witch
and she ate me alive My rig handled all of it really clean and smooth,
in 1920x1200 16:10 and all goodies maxed. I am still trying to figure out
the goal of the game! Heh!
McG.

"McG." skrev

> DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.

Bought 3 copies last sunday
Have been playing the demo - quite nice

- Peter

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> "McG." skrev
>> DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.
>
> Bought 3 copies last sunday Have been playing the demo - quite nice
>
> - Peter

per-purchased 3 copies already? Heh! It looks really good. Oughtta see
if there are any servers for mp
McG.

"Peter [AGHL]"
>
> Bought 3 copies last sunday

Preloading atm btw - looking forward

- Peter

McG. wrote:
> DL'ing the demo now... my son tells me I GOT to try this one out.
> McG.

Your son would be correct! Fantastic game. I've played the demo to death
so i'm now waiting on the full release on Tuesday.

"McG." skrev

> per-purchased 3 copies already? Heh!

For me and the youngsters *G*

Both are paying with their own money!
Hmm actually my money but well earned

- Peter

"McG." skrev

> I am still trying to figure out the goal of the game!
To entertain?

Actually I think the concept is to survive and also help your teammates to
survive

This wiki article describes the concept pretty ok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead

- Peter

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> "McG." skrev
>
>> I am still trying to figure out the goal of the game!
> To entertain?
>
> Actually I think the concept is to survive and also help your teammates to
> survive
>
> This wiki article describes the concept pretty ok
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead
>
> - Peter

Yep, survive in post pandemic world. Need More Weapons! RPG, MPE5
grenades, SlAmMeErS! , crossbow, flamethrower. Little stuff, yaknow?
;-D

Me and my son teamed up on a server last night when he got in from work.
Couple of his clanmates joined on his invites. I was the only one without a
microphone. The voice system is working pretty good in Steam now. I like
taking point in the forays. I get the most kills and suffer the most damage
too, LOL! I hate getting killed though, takes too long for them to come
find me!
McG.

> Co-op is the future?  what an interesting thought.  Considering it was the
> *beginning* for all multiplayer.  Don't you remember Doom, and the 4 player
> networked games?  Two choices:  Co-op, with monsters or deathmatch.  Period.
> ))
> McG.

Doom passed me by actually. I went from Spectrum to Amiga and then,
many years later I got a PC100 by which time Doom was "old hat" and I
didn't revisit it.

I played it briefly on company network but that's it.

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> Co-op is the future? what an interesting thought. Considering it was the
> *beginning* for all multiplayer. Don't you remember Doom, and the 4 player
> networked games? Two choices: Co-op, with monsters or deathmatch. Period.
> ))
> McG.

Doom passed me by actually. I went from Spectrum to Amiga and then,
many years later I got a PC100 by which time Doom was "old hat" and I
didn't revisit it.

I played it briefly on company network but that's it.

Doom 1 was the BIG college craze over here. Seems everyone had their own
computers, and the schools were all networked. That's nice. Great to see
how our money is being spent, yeah. So the shareware episode of Doom spread
like wildfire across the country. The single player form didn't see much
attention for some while. By the time I discovered Doom, Doom II was
coming out. I bought that one first. Much later, I snagged a clearance bin
box of Doom. Just to make the set complete. It reminded me of
Wolfenstein3D, of course. But, Doom and DoomII had networking So me and
my boy just had to set up some kind of networking at my place just so we
could try it out. But truly, outside of the college bunch, it didn't catch
on as fast. Not until Quake. Now THAT was my gig!!! I loved
Quakeworld CTF, Thunderwalker CTF, ALL the CTF for Quake. That was fun.
HL was a much more enjoyable single player game for me. I didn't like TF
much and I absolutely hate CS. WAY too rigidly structured gameplay to be
any fun.
BUT...you guys turned me on to HL DM and I was hooked again, specially with
the RatsMaps!
McG.

On Nov 16, 12:31 am, "McG." <McCod....RemoveThis@comcast.ne> wrote:
> "Stri" <geordie....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:5a808107-a313-4c17-9327-e3f695807f03@d36g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Co-op is the future? what an interesting thought. Considering it was the
> > *beginning* for all multiplayer. Don't you remember Doom, and the 4 player
> > networked games? Two choices: Co-op, with monsters or deathmatch. Period.
> > ))
> > McG.
>
> Doom passed me by actually. I went from Spectrum to Amiga and then,
> many years later I got a PC100 by which time Doom was "old hat" and I
> didn't revisit it.
>
> I played it briefly on company network but that's it.
>
> Doom 1 was the BIG college craze over here.  Seems everyone had their own
> computers, and the schools were all networked.  That's nice.  Great to see
> how our money is being spent, yeah.  So the shareware episode of Doom spread
> like wildfire across the country.  The single player form didn't see much
> attention for some while.   By the time I discovered Doom, Doom II was
> coming out.  I bought that one first.  Much later, I snagged a clearance bin
> box of Doom.  Just to make the set complete.  It reminded me of
> Wolfenstein3D, of course.  But, Doom and DoomII had networking  So me and
> my boy just had to set up some kind of networking at my place just so we
> could try it out.  But truly, outside of the college bunch, it didn't catch
> on as fast.  Not until Quake.    Now THAT was my gig!!!  I loved
> Quakeworld CTF, Thunderwalker CTF, ALL the CTF for Quake.  That was fun..
> HL was a much more enjoyable single player game for me.    I didn't like TF
> much and I absolutely hate CS.   WAY too rigidly structured gameplay to be
> any fun.
> BUT...you guys turned me on to HL DM and I was hooked again, specially with
> the RatsMaps!
> McG.

Well the first FPS that I recall playing in any amount on a LAN was
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Think primitive Jedi Outcast and you're
not far off. We had some fun with that for a while. Took me ages to
pursade them away from Orion 2 (strategy/economic game) but when they
did they enjoyed it.

First shooter I played online was Half-life: Deathmatch. I enjoyed it
and played it quite a lot. I hated CS initially and it was Vis (but
mostly) my old clan leader Hugoagogo who dragged me kicking and
screaming into what was then the new CS.

Quake, again passed me buy entirely. I had a quick go of Quake III but
it didn't grab me.