tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post1652423138189155743..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: Grateful deadMitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-47942266538568378272009-12-04T21:07:08.423-05:002009-12-04T21:07:08.423-05:00Grabbin' Peeeeeeeeels. =D
Your point about th...Grabbin' Peeeeeeeeels. =D<br /><br />Your point about the arcade like complexity is spot on. I loved the first game for the exact same reason - it presented a rarefied space for decisions which meant you could focus on the moment-to-moment decisions like "Do I aim for the head or the chest?"<br /><br />After spending almost a week playing the game familiarity got me over the initial difficulty with the new choice of items.Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-22300499004132531712009-12-02T16:48:29.086-05:002009-12-02T16:48:29.086-05:00I played the first Left 4 Dead and got pretty good...I played the first Left 4 Dead and got pretty good at it (on normal), which makes the difficulty of the second one right in the sweet spot for me. I feel the same frantic sense of barely surviving that I did when I first started Left 4 Dead, only now it's every time I play. The zombie apocalypse is a much scarier place in Left 4 Dead 2, which I take as a good thing. <br /><br />It lends itself to more of those dramatic "go on without me" moments, and every play session has a real sense of urgency and desperation. I'm into it! <br /><br />I definitely agree that many of the scenarios are ridiculous. The game is sort of at war with itself: the inclusion of a setting that is actually the site of a major disaster and the new realism mode seem to say that Valve wants the game to be taken more seriously, but other settings are more campy and over the top. Then again, the zombie apocalypse tends to be pretty campy.Daniel Bullard-Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930142428698229185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-10360541796569261182009-12-02T13:57:01.521-05:002009-12-02T13:57:01.521-05:00Most of the problems people seem to have with this...Most of the problems people seem to have with this game (including difficulty and ridiculous scenarios, but mostly difficulty) are solutions to the problems I personally had with the original. The original was too easy. It shouldn't be that simple to blow through a zombie apocalypse. I personally disagree with the idea that the first game was great in part because of its arcade-like simplicity, but I can certainly see where you're coming from when you say that. <br /><br />This game is different. This is the game I hoped the first one would be. I was disappointed in L4D and in a perfect world I wouldn't have shelled out another $45 on Steam to get this, but I found it completely worth it.Tim Mackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342297476257564263noreply@blogger.com