C3PX said:

cutnshut said:

was gonna get the original Left 4 dead as well but from what i've read 2 is the new improved version.

Hmm, I actually still like the first Left 4 Dead a lot more than the second one.

I'm a little ticked/glad (is that possible?) to hear you say that. I've only played the first scene and the start of the second in L4D2 (and the demo level) and I have to say that I wasn't blown away in any way by L4D2 when compared to L4D1. You said it in your post, but I <snipped> it- I do like the variation in the finales so far... but with all of their variation, they seem to be less epic than the big finales of L4D1. The new SIs are cool, but I'm glad they've just been added to the mix as opposed to replacing the original 4 (which I assumed they had done) because it gives the whole thing a nice variety. But if I had to choose the 4 in L4D versus the 4 new ones in L4D2, I think I'd stick with the original ones.

Well, actually, I kind of take the whole thing as a package deal and somewhat consider them one game in my mind.

Yeah, that's the thought I'm having so far too. Which we're not supposed to think, because Valve very forceful told the gamers "this is not more L4D1, this is a whole new game- stuff we couldn't have done as updates and DLC for L4D1." And some of the most stingy unbelievers seem to have been converted upon trying L4D2. I guess for me, after seeing what they've done to Burnout Paradise... I don't believe anyone who says that they can't technically do "it" as a patch or as DLC. Maybe it's a financial reason, and that's reality too... but don't tell me it's technical.