So, the demo for Left 4 Dead 2 became available today for those who pre-ordered it.
HOLY KATRINA FLASHBACKS, BATMAN!
The short of L4D: it’s a first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse, and 4 people have survived – you have to work together to survive. It’s pretty awesome.

That said, I took a few screenshots, and it seems they really nailed the feel of New Orleans.

 

 

 

That last one is clearly that amphitheater-style area on Decatur St. across from the St. Louis Cathedral / Jackson Square.

I can’t wait to play all the way through.

I spent some quality time as Orangelo™ ( as Louis, the black guy ) with Squillis™ ( as Zoey, the chick ) and PCounts™ ( as Bill, the old guy ) playing Left 4 Dead, a new zombie-apocalypse first person shooter.

Let me just say, it was fun as Hell. Before playing, my only knowledge about this game was based on this video – needless to say, I was instantly sold. Paul and I went through most of the No Mercy campaign and Squillis met us up partway through. Unfortunately, Paul disappeared at the start of the final level (presumably due to interwebs issues), leaving Squillis and I to finish the campaign.

The game, while playable in single player mode, is so much more fun in co-op. Computer players will fill in the role of the missing ‘survivors’ (in our case tonight, Francis) if needed. Unfortunately, neither of my friends had a working microphone setup, and mine was at best hacked together. Still, they could hear me, and react accordingly (if desired).

Hopefully next game, all will be good. Will be nice to hear the rest of the team.

The problem, I believe, resides with OSX. L4D is a Steam/Valve product. While it is generally awesome, it does not have native OSX/Linux clients. I was playing on my pc, Paul was on a Mac (using BootCamp), and I don’t know about Squillis’ setup. I do know that I’ve been trying to get it to work properly with my MacBook via Codeweavers Crossover Games, and while the main menu screen runs flawlessly, the rendering of the actual game play is downright horrendous.

I guess it is all for the best though. It would be nice to go over to someones apartment and play in the same room though. I’ll keep plugging away at it as I get time.