Why is Left 4 Dead so popular?

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n7

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Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
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or compaign with friends.

Key factors: playing with friends with mics, or with other good people you meet online with mics.

<3 L4D

 

Koudelka

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Originally posted by: shortylickens
I dont know about everyone else, but for me its good, simple, violent fun. The kind of shooting action we got back in the Serious Sam, Doom and Blood days. The kind of fun we dont see much of anymore.

<3 Serious Sam .. simple mindless killing with some humor thrown in :)

I nearly cried when Serious Sam 2 came out.. such a horrible game. It wasnt nearly as good as the first.
 

Josh123

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Originally posted by: Koudelka
Originally posted by: shortylickens
I dont know about everyone else, but for me its good, simple, violent fun. The kind of shooting action we got back in the Serious Sam, Doom and Blood days. The kind of fun we dont see much of anymore.

<3 Serious Sam .. simple mindless killing with some humor thrown in :)

I nearly cried when Serious Sam 2 came out.. such a horrible game. It wasnt nearly as good as the first.

I agree.....I'll never forget the first time seeing those bomb guys running over that hill yelling lol.
 
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Originally posted by: Josh123
Originally posted by: Koudelka
Originally posted by: shortylickens
I dont know about everyone else, but for me its good, simple, violent fun. The kind of shooting action we got back in the Serious Sam, Doom and Blood days. The kind of fun we dont see much of anymore.

<3 Serious Sam .. simple mindless killing with some humor thrown in :)

I nearly cried when Serious Sam 2 came out.. such a horrible game. It wasnt nearly as good as the first.

I agree.....I'll never forget the first time seeing those bomb guys running over that hill yelling lol.

won't lie, the bomb guys gave me the creeps.
 

fishfrog

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Serious Sam was about as mindless as it gets...but damned if it wasn't fun. I remember playing that on dialup in between Q2 CTF Laser Grapple matches.
 

SJP0tato

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Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Campaign mode is nice but the default Normal difficulty is getting way too easy, we need more servers set to Advanced by default, or perhaps even have Valve change the difficulty of each setting or even introduce a 5th level of difficulty.


Why not host your own game? Ask friends, or random people will usually show up quickly to join on any difficulty level.
 

dmw16

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Its the fact that it requires co-op play to suceed. In other shooter like Counter Strike a single player can (with enough skill) beat the other team single handedly. But in L4D you have to work together.