Lots of zombies? Coop-focused? Valve?

[Llyranor]

I'll probably end up getting the 360 version. Guesting will easily seal that deal, but even without the pendulum is swinging that way already.

 

As for why I'd choose that version; convenience, laziness. But more specifically to stick with the same idiots I play other 360 games with. The controller is an non-issue. It works fine. I'm playing the game, not the control scheme.

[Nick_i_am]

Says flightstick dude.

[Hurlshort]

Ok, this game is still at least 6 months away. Let's let the thread hibernate for a bit and revisit closer to the fact. I don't want to get that impatient feeling about it.

[jaguars4ever]

Looks like I'll be picking up a 360 copy of this fo' sho.

[alanschu]

PC version for me!

[Sand]

FPS's, especially online ones, are what makes teh PC gaming. Keyboard + mouse = winrar

 

 

It equals a file compression program?

 

[Moatilliatta]

FPS's, especially online ones, are what makes teh PC gaming. Keyboard + mouse = winrar

 

 

It equals a file compression program?

 

Have you ever tried compressing files with a controller? It sure aint pretty.

[Krookie]

This game is only a month away!

[Gorgon]

Becides, the controler isn't an issue, i'm pretty much as good at console shooters now as I ever was at PC ones.

 

The mouse might be more accurate, but having to pinpoint aim at everything is kind of annoying.

So you press a button to flick through available targets. Aiming is the very definition of an FPS, and you think it's 'annoying'.

 

You are hereby dubbed a lammo.

[random n00b]

Wait, console shooters have a sort of integrated aimbot?

 

I like my pinpoint aiming D:

[Moatilliatta]

Pinpoint aiming or not the point of L4D is coop multiplayer of a relatively close-knit group and as such the PC is lucky it's even a runner up. It's hard to argue that the 360 isn't the superior platform for this game.

[crakkie]

Steam > XBL in October 2008

also, a 9600gt is $80 and *poof* your computer is faster than a 360.

Edited October 17, 2008 by crakkie

[random n00b]

Pinpoint aiming or not the point of L4D is coop multiplayer of a relatively close-knit group and as such the PC is lucky it's even a runner up. It's hard to argue that the 360 isn't the superior platform for this game.

I'm not really interested in revisiting the tiresome "Consoles vs PC" polemic, but how do you figure that?

 

There's plenty of PC games that show that close cooperation between players is possible on the PC - take Planetside, CS, the BFs... etc. And if you're thinking of people getting together physically, there's always laptops (which have their own advantages and disadvantages).

Edited October 17, 2008 by random n00b

[Hurlshort]

I think they are referring more to the fact that we already have an active Xbox Live group going, whereas the Steam group is not active (or at least I never here about epic times over Steam.) Xbox live is easy to use, easy to get your headset working, and easy to group up with people on the forums. I'm not saying Steam doesn't have the same capabilities, but many are already committed to XBL. Plus, every 360 runs the same, which makes any tech issues less common.

[Moatilliatta]

I originally wrote my post without this: "of a relatively close-knit group" does that tell you what I'm on to?

 

I guess you might be lucky enough to have three friends who are interested in this game, PC players and owns a Microphone. Most people don't and as such the lolbox is the generally suggested platform.

 

Lots of coop games work on the PC, like TF2, because the public servers are decent, but we're talking a whole different kind of much closer coop when it is 4 players instead of a 10 man team. Unless L4D is much worse than I'm guessing it is then communication will be important and I don't see that working well on the PC in general.

 

Also see Hurlshots post. I would actually consider getting it for the PC if we could pull some kind of steam community together but we can't.

[Walsingham]

Yeah. I think it could be great as a steam community. but I'm a little disappointed to see there's no 'slow zombies' option. Surely that wouldn't be so hard to add in? Or too much to ask!

[Moatilliatta]

It could be extremely great for our steam community as it ought to work well with highly variable amount of players but our steam community is clinically dead.

 

The speed of the zombies probably have to do with the amount of zombies that can be processed at the same time (slow zombies means that more are needed for an equal threat) and because fast zombies might produce a more urgent need for fast coop coordination which is the purpose of the game.

[Walsingham]

Thought: harvest profile pictures from facebook to get a range of zombie faces! Isn't there an automated program for doing this now?

[random n00b]

I originally wrote my post without this: "of a relatively close-knit group" does that tell you what I'm on to?

 

I guess you might be lucky enough to have three friends who are interested in this game, PC players and owns a Microphone. Most people don't and as such the lolbox is the generally suggested platform.

 

Lots of coop games work on the PC, like TF2, because the public servers are decent, but we're talking a whole different kind of much closer coop when it is 4 players instead of a 10 man team. Unless L4D is much worse than I'm guessing it is then communication will be important and I don't see that working well on the PC in general.

It seems to me that you're making a generalisation based on how things are here. Yeah, I can see how for the OE boards crowd, the 360 is the best choice. But only because in this case, the Live group is already up and running while the Steam community failed to take off.

 

And the mic? Heh, anyone who's played any reasonably modern online game has one... or Skype.

[alanschu]

I plan on picking up L4D on my PC, as does my roommate, a friend of mine, and that friend's sister. So woo for me.

[Moatilliatta]

@R_N

And stuff like splitscreen and guesting and all the stuff that the lolboxites regularly mention are minor technicalities to you? I do realize that the PC might be better for you but that doesn't mean it is better in general.

 

Anyway if you're set on buying the PC version you might want to check out the pre-purchase 10% off on Steam.

[random n00b]

And stuff like splitscreen and guesting and all the stuff that the lolboxites regularly mention are minor technicalities to you? I do realize that the PC might be better for you but that doesn't mean it is better in general.

No, splitscreen is a major deciding factor for me. As in, if I can avoid it, I will. What's the advantage of playing on half a screen, again?

 

I don't know what you mean exactly by guesting, though.

 

In my case, getting it on PC is a non-choice because I don't own a 360. I'm not saying it's the better choice under all circumstances. But I fail to see how the PC is "a runner up at best", either.

 

 

Anyway if you're set on buying the PC version you might want to check out the pre-purchase 10% off on Steam.

Will do. Thanks!

[Deraldin]

And stuff like splitscreen and guesting and all the stuff that the lolboxites regularly mention are minor technicalities to you? I do realize that the PC might be better for you but that doesn't mean it is better in general.

No, splitscreen is a major deciding factor for me. As in, if I can avoid it, I will. What's the advantage of playing on half a screen, again?

 

Playing on half a screen means that you have someone sitting beside you playing on the other half. It's the whole human interaction thing.

[Hurlshort]

And stuff like splitscreen and guesting and all the stuff that the lolboxites regularly mention are minor technicalities to you? I do realize that the PC might be better for you but that doesn't mean it is better in general.

No, splitscreen is a major deciding factor for me. As in, if I can avoid it, I will. What's the advantage of playing on half a screen, again?

 

Playing on half a screen means that you have someone sitting beside you playing on the other half. It's the whole human interaction thing.

 

Actually I'm a bit confused why they don't offer that on the PC as well? I mean, you can plug in two controllers. Although most monitors probably aren't very conducive to a split screen.

[Moatilliatta]

I don't know what you mean exactly by guesting, though.

If I remember correctly it is just utilizing splitscreen with online play. Guesting is what Nick calls it here on the forum and I guess it sticks even though the word is horrible at actually explaining what it is.

 

The PC is a runner up at best because it has less option than the lolbox, I can't really say anything else. The failbox has autmoatically working mics and options for cramming more players into less machines. You might not like those options yourself but that doesn't matter as I never argued that it was better for you.

 

And yes as far as I know splitscreen hasn't been implemented for the PC. Valve mentioned that splitscreen is integral to the lolbox so I don't know why they think it wont/can't work on the PC.