The Battle In My Mind Rages On...

This trailer definitely restored my hype in L4D2, I'm curious to see if this means that the game is going to have more of a story-based focus in comparison to the first.

my eyes just got a boner

"THIS USED TO BE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD"

Valve should just say fuck it and make a bonafide Left 4 Dead CG movie and distribute it on Steam.

Poor Ellis. He got beat up the most.

While it would be interesting if valve actually implements a story into l4d2, that doesn't swing any pendulum. This game lacks any major game overhauls or changes, it is just as big of a waste of time and gamers money as modern warfare two is. Story or not, this is l4d with a chainsaw and guitars, that doesn't amke it l4d2, that makes it bullshit.

I still think that you should get Dragon Age first, then l4d2

Ellis is now my favorite survivor.

This looks like it could very well be the new intro.
It has definitely given me a hope that this might turn into a legitimate sequel. Not just a game that feels like an expansion.

A story-less game with 5 repetitive "campaigns" is going to win out over a BIOWARE game....Nick I expected more from you.

Dragon Age looks like complete shit, hell this overpriced DLC does too but fuck it I'd rather get this than Dragon Age

hate or love it we're still gonna play it

looks like they will have a battle in a concert stage or sumthing. sigh makes me want a xbox 360 :(

Pretty sweet story. I'd like it if there was a story as it seems to imply. Makes me really want an xbox 360.

thought the coach dude was shaq for a moment

But that's a badass trailer

The characters all seem pretty realistic

This looks so freaking cool, hope it's gonna be just as fun as it looks. Can't wait for it to come out.
And for all those people wondering if it will be having a story line or thinking it's not, according to a review by IGN these campaigns will be connected with a plot so yes, there is going to be a narrative with background and such this time around. Guess Valve took note of the fans upset by the lack of story in the first one.

I hope the 5 campaigns are all connected in some way, that would make the story swing better.

oh never mind -_-

Well, it's definitely made me want to play as the fat bloke most.

"Hey Coach...maybe the helicopter, maybe it's made of chocolate!"

what are brad's feeling on l4d2? are they the same as travis'?

This was a pretty awesome trailer, now it confuses me if I should get Borderlands or this... great.

The trailer is pretty bad ass

this trailer makes me drool
CLOWN ZOMBIES
and the black dude punches that zombie right in the tooth :')

Can't wait, only 4 more days till the demo comes out for preorderers on the 27th, just in time for Halloween! ^^

Well, I should kill myself now I suppose. That looks great, I mean I dunno about the gameplay, but the characters and cinematics looks sweet.

And I have a PS3. :/

Rochelle's as boring as ever I see. =( Guess we'll see when the demo gets released soon. You can definitely tell L4D2 had a bigger budget though.

I hate the L4D2 haters. First off, it's not story-less. Valve themselves has said there's a story to it. Notoriousmatty, how do you know the 5 campaigns are repetitive? Have you somehow managed to play all 5 campaign modes? L4D's campaigns weren't repetitive, and the only reason anyone would say that now is to put down L4D2.

Also, Travis, L4D2 isn't just chainsaw's and guitars. There's the 10 melee weapons (axe, baseball bat, cricket bat, chainsaw, crowbar, guitar, frying pan, katana, machete, nightstick), all the original guns plus 6 more (AK47, grenade launcher, magnum, a new assault rifle, silenced SMG, and a new semi-auto sniper), explosive rounds, incendiary rounds, laser sight, adrenaline injector, 3 new special infected, different behaviors (and even genders) for special infected, new common infected that behave differently (hazmat, clown, mud men, and 2 more for the other 2 campaigns), scavenger mode, a "realism" modifier, 5 new campaigns, and an AI director that doesn't just spawn zombies differently but has control to change entire map layouts, rolling crescendos, and variable weather conditions. They've also made upgrades to online play like being able to jump into matchmaking. And like I said before, there actually is a story to this one. They've also touched things up graphically.

So is all that still not worthy of a sequel? Certainly can't get all that from DLC, which you'd probably end up paying atleast the same amount for a whole new game anyways.

*salutes Skeet11* Thank you; I've been so irritated as well by these people saying that L4D2 is gonna be stupid and not worth anything, just because it won't be completely and totally different compared to the original (even though there will be lots of differences as you mentioned). It's good to see someone else so against these foolish assumptions.

did i just saw a clown-zombie in there? if so, brad won't play this :P

Amidst the L4D2 hating,I missed the part about why "Dragon Age: Origins" calls for any excitement.

RigVertigo...because Bioware made it. If your on a videogame forum you should know what that entitles.

So developer faith is the criteria for this argument then? Because Valve has quite the track record themselves.

While it looks great, I can see they fleshed out the characters quite a bit with this trailer, which I hope will remain like so during the actual game.

I also remember when getting new game sequels was a welcomed thing, and wasn't bitched at by a whole lot of people who are just speculating on what's been shown and making their final decision just by watching a game and not doing what was intended. Playing it.

skeet11 speaks the truth, also rigvertigo brings up a great fucking point, Valve makes awesome games and deserves your respect, when have they ever let you down

As cool and funny these cinematics are they only make me feel pretty indifferent when I think how little they have to do with the actual GAME and GAMEPLAY.
L4D2 won't have a story more than the brief, shallow explanations done for the scenarios. And that's how it should be seeing as these scenarios are supposed to be played over and over and over again. If there was actually a story with cutscenes it would get tremendously repetitive and people would be skipping the cutscenes anyway. Having heavy story elements and that type of progression doesn't have a place in a game you're playing over and over again.

These are just as cool as the cinematics Valve do for the TF2-classes, which are also really awesome, but just like this they have very little to do with the actual game and gameplay. TF2 is a game where you play the same maps over and over again. There's no place for story within the actual game. L4D is the same.

Funny/cool cinematics and supposed story elements should not be the reason one should be looking forward to L4D2 or be "convinced" of the games merit. Because these won't have any place within the game at all.
The genius of the game lies elsewhere, and it's going to be fucking awesome!

For a guy who's never owned a Left 4 Dead, I think l4d2 is a must buy. But If you already own the first l4d, you may want to think a bit first.

Give the fact that I am actually a better human being than you Prowler and I try to treat my privileges on this site professionally... I will let that comment slide.... WTF am I saying, you are full of horse shit.

OFFTOPIC:I'm so proud of you, Nicholas.
ONTOPIC:This game looks okay, got me a bit more excited on L4D2.

Badass trailer actualy thinking of buying it.