xhonzi said:

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 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.

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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.

I thought you said you bought L4D2? I am surprised to hear you have as of yet still only played the demo. We need to play sometime. I temporarily have a lot more free time now.

I couldn't quite find the words to describe the way the L4D1 finales compared to the L4D2 finales, you used the word "less epic" and that is exactly what I felt about them. The L4D2 finales were just as hard and just as big of a deal, but somehow the first ones felt really climactic, and the second ones not so much.

When you say the 4 in L4D o versus the 4 new ones, I have to assume you either mean levels or survivors. There are actually five levels in L4D2, so I imagine you mean survivor characters. If that is what you meant, I really agree. There is no character I really care that much for in L4D2, and none of them seem likely to be the sort to survive the zombie apocalypse.

In L4D1 we have:

a muscular biker

an old war veteran

a officer worker who happens to be a survival/outdoors enthusiast

and a college age video game fanatic

All the above seem likely enough to survive by their own means long enough to run into other survivors to team up with.

In L4D2 we have:

a dirt stupid mechanic

an overweight football coach

a news reporter

and a con man

I guess the con man is likely enough, the news reporter is believable but unlikely, and the other two just make no sense at all. Especially the mechanic. The group just doesn't work as well to me as the classic group.