Left 4 Dead gets some goodies today! (Revised)
Thats right, everyones favorite zombie game gets an upgrade.
When I woke up I was treated to seeing some new DLC for Left 4 Dead, and the best part is that its free! So I downloaded it and gave it a go. All I have to say is screw versus mode, I have survival mode now. Survival mode is exactly what it sounds like. You and 3 other survivors have to last as long as you can in special survival scenarios. Plus it opens up dead air and death toll as versus modes.
There were a few tweeks which I cannot say I am very fond of. Remember when you and your team could run to a corner and melee till your arms fell off? Well not anymore, you get about 4-5 quick swings and then a small circle appears in the middle of your screen, its the melee recharge reticle! Thats right, the more you melee the longer it takes between swings! WOOOO Also reloading seems to take longer now. Now an insane amount longer, but enough to throw you off your game and make you curse the controller for not acting fast enough. I also found while playing that there is a bit more collision detection when you and your buddy are in a corner. The one further back seems to push the guy in front out of his way. Making it so you can no longer stack up in corners to defend. Plus it seems you get stunnded longer when a boomer explodes or some big ol infected hits ya.
(EDIT!!!!)
Ok so I gave the story and versus mode a go earlier and came to a realization. The melee timer and reload slow down are only in the survival mode. I had no melee timer or reload slowdown at all in versus and campaign mode.
Overall this is a must have, especially since its free. The survial mode and the ability to use dead air and death toll as versus modes are very welcome. It will take you a while to get used to the game with the few tweeks that were done. But overall the game is awesome again and I have a reason to play it.
Oh wow, they fixed the melee spam? That’s actually incredibly surprising. That’s going to make Expert mode nearly impossible.
Yeah the group that I was in kept getting decimated and couldn’t figure out why. That is untill we saw the melée recharge thing and noticed reloads were slower.