Pete_LeGrant June 3, 2009 Industry, PC, Xbox 360 133 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Wow. Check out:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott

The group’s mission statement reads:

The few people here who
defend the decision to make L4D2 seem to not understand what everyone
is upset about. I’ve tried to summarise the most common issues I’ve
heard people having in hopes that it clears things up:

* Significant content for L4D1 was promised, and never delivered
* Valve put little faith in L4D1 since they almost certainly started working on L4D2 right after release
* The fact that L4D2 is nearly identical to L4D1 will decimate the community for both games
* The announced date is not nearly enough time to polish content or make significant gameplay changes
* The new character designs seem bland and unappealing so far
* L4D2 is too colourful to fit in with L4D1’s visual aesthetic
* The fiddle-based horde music is extremely disliked, though the differently orchestrated music is otherwise welcome
* L4D2’s release will result in a drop in quality and frequency for L4D1 content, even compared to before
* The community has lost faith in Valve’s former reputation for commitment to their games post-release

What do you think? Does L4D2 threaten L4D? Do you think that these predictions will turn out to be true? I think there are some legitmate concerns here, with 3 and 4 above being the strongest.

However, many gamers seem perfectly happy to bounce back and forth between a game and its predecessor, as in the case of COD4 and Call of Duty: World at War…