I've been super quiet of late, only because I'm flying around the universe, saving humans and aliens, tagging bad guys, and getting the chicks in Mass Effect 2. Taking my time, so expect a review awhile later. For now, Left 4 Dead 2 is getting some interesting updates!
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The Passing is apparently coming "soon", and as you know with Valve, that can mean anytime from now to eternity. The Passing is the really interesting DLC planned for L4D2 in which survivors of the first game meet up with survivors of the 2nd. What happens next is really a mystery. I'm thinking.... TEAM DEATHMATCH with perks and kill-streaks and.... whoops, wrong game.
Anyway, The Passing is a while off but the one that's coming quite soon (in a few weeks, says reports) will be a major addition of Infected bots for Versus mode. This is really, really good because it's an annoyance when people drop during matches leaving teams unbalanced. It may even give players the opportunity to practice their Hunter pounces and stake out strategic hotspots for the next competitive game.
There's also a tweak to remove auto-spawning for Infected side during finales. Apparently, auto-spawning brings the average survival rate of Survivor teams to finish the game at a low of 34.56% Valve thinks that's wayyy too low and not enough fun for people playing the Survivors.
All good stuff if you're still keeping one eye on Valve to see that they are living up to their promise of continual support and updates to Left 4 Dead and its sequel. Me? I'm kinda' tired of the game. Once you've written an 8000 word thesis on it and played it to bits, you go, "Meh, there are a bunch of other stuff out there to try anyway." And I want them to start focusing on making Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
Finally, I don't know if it's the same anywhere else, but one thing that never fails to amaze me is how tons of girls in Singapore play Left 4 Dead 2?!? They even fit it into their daily routines of pedicures and shopping. Girls-night-out can actually be fun times at a LAN shop. What is the world coming to?
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