More Information on the Left 4 Dead DLC

[ad_hominem]

With there being a bit of confusion over what exactly you could expect to see in the new downloadable content hitting Left 4 Dead in the spring, Gametrailers.com have stepped up with an exclusive few minutes inside the upcoming new features.

Just when you thought the zombie apocolypse couldn't get any more horrifying! Valve recently announced its plan for Left 4 Dead DLC, and we've got the first look. Valve is opening up Death Toll and Dead Air for versus campaigns, and even more exciting is a new multiplayer mode called Survival, where up to 4 players set records for the longest time surviving hordes of Zombies on over 12 maps. This new mode will be available for download or as part of a special edition for Left 4 Dead coming this Spring.

So, it looks like the 'new' versus campaigns will indeed be Death Toll and Dead Air, as expected, and the survival mode is presumably a kind of stronghold mode, where your aim is solely staying alive rather than the progression through the level.

The "over 12 maps" to be available for Survival mode is most likely the maps already in the game that are best suited to the new mode, and not new arrivals from Valve. As a result it looks like the update won't have any new content on that front.

You can find the information in this video, at 18:43. There is no footage of the new mode as of yet.

[no00dylan]

I would like some REAL new content, please Valve. I mean... c'mon, unless those 12 maps are completely new, this stuff could have been done by now.

Well... unless Episode 3 is taking up their time...

BUM BUM BUMMMMMM.

[source-maps]

I need... new.. campaigns !

[no00dylan]

hmmm...

4 Movies
5 maps per movie=
20 maps...

those 12 survivor maps gotta be new, either that, or they removed content for survivor mode.

[YokaI]

There are rumors going on that they are sending a few developers to update CS:S seeing as, well, it's Valve's biggest franchise and still uses the out of date netcode that was pre-orangebox.

[MrTwoVideoCards]

I would like some REAL new content, please Valve. I mean... c'mon, unless those 12 maps are completely new, this stuff could have been done by now.

Well... unless Episode 3 is taking up their time...

BUM BUM BUMMMMMM.

I wanted to do this EXACT same mode, as it's simple, but very fun and controllable. But ah well valve, thanks for crushing my Dreams again.

[ad_hominem]

I think the major attraction of the Survival mode will be to mappers who don't have the dedication to create an entire campaign. Instead, they can make just one reasonably sized level which is self-contained.

those 12 survivor maps gotta be new, either that, or they removed content for survivor mode.

I think it's much more likely that they've just removed some maps - like the final levels from each campaign, as they play like the survival mode anyway. Remember that these will most likely be played independently, like maps on Counter-Strike, rather than in a sequence like the campaigns.

[no00dylan]

Cmon.. I'd love at least just ONE new campaign from Valve, because God knows theres going to be 1,000+ shit ones when the SDK is released.

[dragonfliet]

It would be nice to see some completely new maps, but this is Valve we're talking about. It's going to be a Loooooooong time before we see anything from that front. I'm still excited though. Hell, the 2 maps for versus have held up really well, so even just the 2 more will be nice.

~Jason

[KommanderK]

Im sure there will be new stuff, just look at tf2 the first updates to that where old maps with switched game types

[k-dawg]

hmmm...

4 Movies
5 maps per movie=
20 maps...

those 12 survivor maps gotta be new, either that, or they removed content for survivor mode.

remove the first and last lvl of each 'movie'

there is you 12.

[Mess]

I think the major attraction of the Survival mode will be to mappers who don't have the dedication to create an entire campaign. Instead, they can make just one reasonably sized level which is self-contained.

Hopefully we won't get hundreds of funyard maps being passed off survival maps. I'm planning on making a shorter 3-map campaign when the SDK is out, because I personally fatigue relatively quickly in L4D and never finish a full campaign.

[undertone]

I think the major attraction of the Survival mode will be to mappers who don't have the dedication to create an entire campaign. Instead, they can make just one reasonably sized level which is self-contained.

Hopefully we won't get hundreds of funyard maps being passed off survival maps. I'm planning on making a shorter 3-map campaign when the SDK is out, because I personally fatigue relatively quickly in L4D and never finish a full campaign.

Yeah some people just don't have time to complete the whole campaign.

I kind of want to do a mix of survival and campaign. You have to get to the end, and then see how long you make it.

[korge]

Err, is this free?

[KommanderK]

on pc it is