L4D2 - The End of the Boycott!

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/left4dead2/video/6238431/gabe-newell-today-on-the-spot-extended-interview

"Left 4 Dead 2 actually... for people who've joined the boycott group on Steam. We can look at their preorders and they're actually preordering the product at a higher rate then Left 4 Dead 1 owners who weren't in the boycott"

Judas!!! :twisted:

With the new game containing over 25 new maps, several new infected characters, changing level design, allegedly 30 new weapons, weather effects that affect how you play the game, new characters and presumably free DLC the boycott has gone on to become a farce.

The leaders of the boycott have been captured and forced to surrender!

They sold out harder than Metallica.

Did anyone actually think they were serious?

Screams of boycott on teh internet can be taken about as seriousley as online petitions.

Did anyone actually think they were serious?

Screams of boycott on teh internet can be taken about as seriousley as online petitions.

warmaster670

[QUOTE="warmaster670"]

Did anyone actually think they were serious?

Screams of boycott on teh internet can be taken about as seriousley as online petitions.

biggest_loser

Whatever i am still boycot..... wait 30 weapons and 25 maps? But then again most of those weapons will be meele weapon variations and 25 maps= how many compaigns?dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Whatever i am still boycot..... wait 30 weapons and 25 maps? But then again most of those weapons will be meele weapon variations and 25 maps= how many compaigns?biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="dakan45"]Whatever i am still boycot..... wait 30 weapons and 25 maps? But then again most of those weapons will be meele weapon variations and 25 maps= how many compaigns?dakan45

I haven't wasted my money on the game yet, I'm not buying overpriced DLC.dont-read-this

Since when was DLC bigger than the game its supposedly DLC for?

ya thats what i thought.

I wish they had a snow level. I love snow. :( Is there any way I can let them know I want it?

Either way, I played the demo at least 20 times so far and it's amazing :)

This boycott confuses me. People complain L4D2 should be DLC. By the time Valve rations out the DLC with all of the new features, weapons, and maps the price would probably be around $40. RevolutionGun

These are some of the images that have just been sent in to me following the announcement of the end of the boycott!!

[QUOTE="RevolutionGun"]This boycott confuses me. People complain L4D2 should be DLC. By the time Valve rations out the DLC with all of the new features, weapons, and maps the price would probably be around $40. biggest_loser

:P

The demo's pretty good, I'm surprised. Can't wait to play Versus.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Whatever i am still boycot..... wait 30 weapons and 25 maps? But then again most of those weapons will be meele weapon variations and 25 maps= how many compaigns?biggest_loser

or an iron skillet!

*KLUNK! BANG! GONG!*

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="RevolutionGun"]This boycott confuses me. People complain L4D2 should be DLC. By the time Valve rations out the DLC with all of the new features, weapons, and maps the price would probably be around $40. F1_2004

This baby is going off the charts!!!

I'm not opposed to free stuff obviously, but to demand all of that content - 25 new maps alone - for free, who do these people think they are? It takes time to develop, design and test this stuff.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"] Yeah the joke is that they wanted all of this content FOR FREE. Were they that oblivious to the economic climate? Or just plain greedy? biggest_loser

This baby is going off the charts!!!

I'm not opposed to free stuff obviously, but to demand all of that content - 25 new maps alone - for free, who do these people think they are? It takes time to develop, design and test this stuff.

I agree, vanilla L4D is great, and all I ask a developer after releasing a game is to release patches (for technical issues) and to support the community, to an extent (generally an SDK).

Free stuff is, like you said, all well and good but you cant demand it lol.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="warmaster670"]

Did anyone actually think they were serious?

Screams of boycott on teh internet can be taken about as seriousley as online petitions.

pvtdonut54

the picture of the bridge was the best one a shame blizzard didn't go for a darker art stlye the game will still be awesome no doubt but it would be better with a darker art ****kinda like Epic mickey. the only game i will be boy cotting and wont buy will be MW2 unless they bring back dedicated servers its a no go at any price. I won't be pirating it as well people who think this will show them would just be proving there point.

I actully kinda prefer the top one

I like seeing the scenery instead of, you know just BLACK

I have the first game and I'm not part of this boycott group. I am not planning on buying the second game though since it's just an expansion to the first game. I don't join this boycott group because I say "either buy the game or don't".

[QUOTE="F1_2004"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"] Yeah the joke is that they wanted all of this content FOR FREE. Were they that oblivious to the economic climate? Or just plain greedy? biggest_loser

This baby is going off the charts!!!

I'm not opposed to free stuff obviously, but to demand all of that content - 25 new maps alone - for free, who do these people think they are? It takes time to develop, design and test this stuff.

lol @ pic.

I don't see what's wrong with demanding such free content. There certainly have been devs (more so in the past, before the DLC thing was so popular) that gave us content updates for free, so it's not an alien concept.

Someone needs to demand it and put some sort of pressure on the devs to stop the trend towards nickel-and-diming us, and if that someone is not us the buyers, then who the hell will it be? I don't have a clue about what kind of time & money Valve put into developing a certain amount of content, and how much free content will boost sales of the base product, but I'm not their accountant and as such that's not my concern and neither should it be yours. See what I'm getting at?

Free stuff is, like you said, all well and good but you cant demand it lol.

One can demand as much free stuff as they want, doesn't mean they'll actually get it.

As for the game, bargain bin pickup for me. The original lacked an real re-playability in my opinion, once you did it twice you've seen it all. The Vs. matches consisted of the same old BS tactics pretty much every time and they actually made the actions of the Director less random after a few patches, (making the tanks spawn equal for both both sides 98% of the time as an example, weapons spawned in identical places). This game actually looks decent and really the original should have been what this one is , however I'm still kicking myself for spending $50 on the first one so I'll wait it out a bit.

And the boycott, retarted as are all boycotts in which a game in the primary focus.

Meh, still wont be buying left4dead2, I bought the first left 4 dead at full retail price as soon as it came out because I knew valve would do a bang-up job with future content. I still feel betrayed, all we have is survivor mode and a puny thrown together campaign. I wont be buying this one full-retail price, I'm going to just wait till a bargain comes around.

Meh, still wont be buying left4dead2, I bought the first left 4 dead at full retail price as soon as it came out because I knew valve would do a bang-up job with future content. I still feel betrayed, all we have is survivor mode and a puny thrown together campaign. I wont be buying this one full-retail price, I'm going to just wait till a bargain comes around.

Siofen

Thats one reason I have no respect for people who boycott games they like, they never stick with it.

Why were they boycotting?MrLions

[QUOTE="MrLions"]Why were they boycotting?biggest_loser

The new infected sold the game to me.

These are some of the images that have just been sent in to me following the announcement of the end of the boycott!!

biggest_loser

Judging by that i d say that they were not informed in the content size of l4d2

And didn't they say they would still have a team,albeit a smaller one still doing stuff for the original?

And didn't they say they would still have a team,albeit a smaller one still doing stuff for the original?

felixiration

They sold out harder than Metallica.

pvtdonut54

You owe me a new drink! I laughed too hard at that. So true tho.