Jun 04 2009
Left 4 dead 2 teaser video
Straight from the youtube channel of Valve Software comes the Left 4 Dead 2 teaser.
From the video it looks like the developers at Valve are moving away from the doom and gloom look of Left 4 Dead 1. The game play is outside, the sun is shining, it looks like any other day.
The characters look like they were almost pulled straight out of Team Fortress 2, and appear to have a cartoon look to them. But not as corny as what the TF2 characters look like.
In Half-Life 1 most of the action was inside the Black Mesa compound. Gordon Freeman went outside a little bit, but the majority of the game play was inside. In Half-Life 2, its just the opposite. The majority of the game play is outside.
Maybe the Valve developers are taking the L4D series in the same direction that they went with Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2. This would mean that the 2 left 4 dead games are going to be almost totally opposite of each other.
Another question, the release date is clearly stated as being November. This is a little strange for a company that has repeated for the past 10 years – the game will be released “when its finished.” So if something comes up in October and the game is not finished, will left 4 dead 2 still be released? There has been speculation that left 4 dead part 1 was not finished when it was released.
I get the feeling that regardless of what happens with left 4 dead part 2, its going to be released just in time for the 2009 holiday season. And then anything that was not finished will be patched through the steam update system.
Overall, Left 4 Dead 2 has an awesome look to it. I hope its just as much fun as part 1 – but only time will tell.
Discuss this article and video in the l4d2 teaser video thread of the left 4 dead forums.