Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Valve Provides Details On Left 4 Dead Survival Pack DLC

Posted by Soulskill on from the a-new-take-on-not-dying dept.

A post on the Left 4 Dead blog shares details of the Survival Pack downloadable content due out next week. It will be free, and available for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game. "Our goals for Survival Mode are to deliver a mode of play distinct from Campaign or Versus, have games that regularly last under ten minutes, and emphasize competition with team play through leaderboards. Survival Mode draws on the planning and communication aspects of a successful Finale or Crescendo event, while taking it to another level. It rapidly hits a fever pitch that only a well coordinated team will be able to successfully survive. ... Given the extreme pace of Survival Mode, the number of zombies killed in a single round often outnumbers an entire campaign."

5 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bad content:dollar by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its free. You wont have to pay anything extra. You got your wish.

  2. Re:Bad content:dollar by Nihixul · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is free content, right? I don't see where they are wanting you to pay "MORE". Then again, my contacts should have come out about 30 hours ago, so I might just be misreading something....

  3. Survival mode? by joocemann · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bring it on! As if there was anything else to do as a survivor!

  4. Re:Excellent! by TheLink · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually the glowing of enemies in L4D reminded me of AvP2.

    I think the AvP franchise still has potential as a game. Imagine using the crysis tech for AvP. Maybe the player controlled marines (as opposed to cannonfodder NPC ones) could have nanosuits, or maybe not :).

    --
  5. Re:Excellent! by rossjudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    You blew your chance to say that Valve read your mind, and ate it.