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I remember back in the days playing co-op game for HL, called Sven-coop. Lot's of fun I tell ya. Well here it is another co-op mod. Oh wait, it's not a mod it's actually a free standing game based on HL2 source from makers of Counter-Strike.
Here is official statement from the makers:
"By leveraging its industry-leading AI technology and years of Counter-Strike development experience, Turtle Rock is building upon the elements that make Counter-Strike successful and applying them to Left 4 Dead," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "What Counter-Strike did for multiplayer action games, Left 4 Dead will do for co-op games."
Left 4 Dead is built atop the most advanced version of the Source Engine and introduces version 2 of Turtle Rock's artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology.Left 4 Dead will debut on the PC in summer of 2007.
About the Game:
Fight together… or die alone. A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured, wildly violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. One of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Together with a handful of fellow Survivors, you must fight your way to safety or die alone.
Gameplay:
Left 4 Dead is a First Person Shooter co-operative multiplayer game in which you play as one of up to four people (called “Survivors”), luckily immune to the virus that’s sending most of the population mad, pitched against an endless horde of infected
There are no character classes, every player starts off on an even footing in terms of skills and weaponry, meaning success requires teamwork and quick thinking.
At the start of each campaign of choice you begin with a basic pistol. Next to you are tables from which you can grab your choice of SMG or shotgun, and an explosive. Then you get into the action.
The "Infected':
Whilst players with automatic weapons against weaponless psychopaths with no thought of tactics may seem like a one-sided fight, it won’t be. The infected have one very clear advantage…...numbers. BIG numbers.
The infected are massive in numbers, they pour out from everywhere. A lack of strength means nothing if there are a good hundred or so of them.
Another thing that must be stressed is the speed of these creatures. These aren't the half-dead shambles of previous games. The infected are alive, mad, and their speed shows it. They are insanely fast.
Usually you find infected wandering around the city aimlessly, but sometimes they group up and go on stampedes through the city as a crazy mob. Which is something you’d probably want to look out for.
The infected keep on coming, you can’t kill them all and then lounge to the end of the map. After killing one, they’ll respawn and come after you again.
P.S.
Looks like this game now delayed till Q1 2008. Hmm... let's see what happens, I think that could be the death of this game
For more info try these websites
Steam Forums
Main Site
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