TẢI LEFT 4 DEAD 3

Nearly 12 years after the release of Left 4 Dead 2, the genre it popularized has crossed back into the spotlight. At E3 2021, & in the weeks after, studios & publishers have announced nearly half a dozen games inspired by Valve’s co-op shooter. But even after a decade of innovations that other developers could bring to the genre, its best version might still be Left 4 Dead 2 with a few minor upgrades.

When Left 4 Dead 2 was first released, many fans bristled at the fact that it was coming just a year after the original game. Sure, it had new levels, the addition of melee weapons, better enemy AI, and more enemy types, but at a glance, it didn’t look much different from the original Left 4 Dead.

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And in truth, some of those complaints weren’t exactly wrong. In many ways, Left 4 Dead 2 is just an incremental nâng cấp of its predecessor, but maybe that’s because the original trò chơi only needed a few additions khổng lồ become something really special. With its semi-random levels, great arcade-style shooting, excellent writing, và the improvements to lớn the AI in the form of Director 2.0, Left 4 Dead 2’s in-game loop is nearly perfect in a way that the original didn’t quite manage. The balance between more relaxed moments of swatting away stray zombies & chatting with your friends, punctuated by chaotic high-tension shootouts against an encroaching horde, is about as fun & satisfying a loop as any trò chơi can manage.

The other games in the genre know it, too. Almost every game in the recent crop of Left 4 Dead-likes — both those that are already out, lượt thích Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Deep Rock Galactic, & those that are on the way, lượt thích The Anacrusis, Redfall, và even Back 4 Blood, which is developed by Turtle Rock Studios, the studio behind the original Left 4 Dead — is full of RPG mechanics that showroom spice to lớn the game play loop but don’t really change it. Random loot, customizable weapon loadouts, characters with chất lượng abilities, và upgrade systems don’t exist in Left 4 Dead 2, but they’ve become genre staples in the games that followed.

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Those features would have been right at home in a hypothetical Left 4 Dead 2.0. The trò chơi already has a cast of characters that fans love who could be perfect fits for inherent strengths or meaningful upgrades. Meanwhile, the entire genre is a natural fit for the modern service game landscape. Balance updates, map tweaks, and even entirely new levels could come as part of seasons, similar lớn other modern multiplayer games.

Of course, the fact that Left 4 Dead 2 was released without any of these ideas in mind isn’t surprising. It came out in December 2009, a few months after League of Legends was released, và years before the gaming industry would accept that a game with consistent, free nội dung updates could be profitable, let alone wildly successful.

Image: Xbox/Twitch Even after that model became a clear focus for many companies in the industry, Valve’s games have not committed to lớn it. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, & Team Fortress 2 are natural fits khổng lồ become service games with persistent updates, but Valve still keeps their patches few & far between.

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Even without massive or consistent updates, Left 4 Dead 2 is still thriving. The trò chơi has a massive hack community on Steam and, according to lớn the platform’s own tracking, it still has over 30,000 daily players, far more than most other games in its genre. & Valve is well aware of the game’s steady success. In 2020, the studio offered its blessing to lớn a fan-made bản đồ called “The Last Stand” that included quite a bit of new content. The maps appeared in an official trò chơi update without any fundamental changes, since Valve had only offered the team some technical guidance.

Back 4 Blood Image: Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment With so many Left 4 Dead 2 players still hungry for more content, & with the game’s clear place at the vị trí cao nhất already established, why wouldn’t Valve revamp Left 4 Dead 2? With new Valve-created maps, a few out-of-game upgrades, a seasonal content plan that promises timely updates in the future, & a current-gen console upgrade, Valve’s zombie game could easily reclaim the throne of the genre it inspired. But, since Valve hasn’t released a major first-party update to Left 4 Dead 2 since 2012, we’ll probably just have to lớn play one of the many spiritual successors that are on the way in the coming years.

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