Thread: The Story in Left 4 Dead...

VALVe posted this on their MySpace bulletin. It's the announcement for the DLC2 being released for L4D. What you have been waiting for, L4D content! LEFT 4 DEAD CRASH COURSE AVAILABLE SEPT 29 - L4D1 DLC2 Expands Award-Winning Game September 23, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced that...

I can't believe I'm reading this kind of post again, who cares about how you like the game in this thread? this is a discussion about the background of L4D not a debate. Some L4D signs . Any insight on Crash Course?, I haven't been through it enough yet.

People keep saying it wasn't meant to have a story...This is not accurate... The game was intending to have proper story but was dropped.

The opening was actually just to introduce you to the elements in the game. Had the Smoker, Hunter, Tank, Witch, and Boomer Puke. Showed pipe bomb, and the car alarms. That did not have much story in it. However, there is a new level called Crash Course that is right after the story in No Mercy. Apparently, the helicopter crashes and they are stranded.

Quote: Originally Posted by Subgenius You must not have played the game. There is very clearly a video, a short movie, when the game opens. At least on the PC version of the game there is. It really does have a story. And, I still don't know why a zombie shooter needs a story anyway. It's an first person shooter, not an MMO or an RPG. It's a shooter. You see zombies and you shoot. Simple as that. If you look at the history of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Subgenius There really is no discussion. L4D has a story. If you don't think it has enough, then don't play it. Invent your own game. Whatever. FPS games are shooters. You shoot stuff. That's what they are, and people LOVE it. I love L4D. I like the story that they did and that it is not the focus of the game. If you don't like a game that focuses on online play, then don't play it. L4D...

so...... open a new thread to talk about the lack of a story in left 4 dead rather then post it in the thread about the story in left 4 dead? I am sure the mods would love that.

For some reason, i always thought that each campain was a different story...basicly in a different senario of them escaping. but really, i think its up to the fan to interperate the story...or stories if you will, although that is completely just my opinion.

thanks KMB for posting for the story in that assembly of info i had assumed much the same but never put allot of thought into it!

In regards to the story, or lack there of, in L4D, I personally prefer it the way it is. Seems more realistic. This is a game about survivors trying to continue surviving. To me not having any knowledge about what caused the outbreak puts you more into the shoes of the characters. These are just four everyday people. They aren't trying to to determine what caused the outbreak and they aren't trying to stop it. They are just trying to...