Those looking forward to the Left 4 Dead release date will be delighted to hear a demo has been released for both PC and Xbox 360, although pre-purchase is required to play the demo before November 11th, when access will be open to all, regardless of pre-purchase. In addition to having access to the demo 5 days earlier than everyone else, pre-purchasers also get a 10% discount on the full price of the game, bringing the total cost to $44.99 (£28) through Steam.Public demo access begins on November 11th, and both demos end on November 18th when the game is due to hit the shelves in North America, and available worldwide via Steam. The game will be in retail stores from November 21st for those in Europe.
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News source: Steam News
Am I the only one that thinks the wording of that is contradictory?
It should read "although pre-purchase is required to play the demo before November 11th". Thanks for pointing that out, I'll get it changed.
Otherwise, yeah, it would be pretty ridiculous.
Does it bother anyone that they have done away with the server browser that they use in all their other games? Sometimes I'd might want to select my own server or select my own group of people to play with. I know you can select "Play with friends" but a lot of times with games like Counter Strike I select a server because of the "kind" of people I know frequently play there. Or because I see people I played with/against before and I know are good.
Real ingame footage with sweet audio!
http://vimeo.com/2175403
I've had some pretty bad lag issues (not uncomming living in New Zealand), several crashes and lock-ups and every now and again when the game starts the game runs incredibly slow.
Since it is a pre-release for pre-orders there aren't a lot of dedicated servers around or people having a good connection or computer setup to run one.
So once the public demo is out or the real full game, it should become better with the server stuff.
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