Left 4 Dead 2 Demo out now! (for preorders)

[Phanataz]

Tried the demo out tonight. I like it! Being to use melee weapons is a cool feature. Nothing like playing whack a zombie with a guitar lol

Game runs fine (as so did L4D 1). Look forward to playing the whole game. Anyone know what Realism mode is going to be like?

[The_Stranger]

The Demo was a gas! Now I know what y'all were going on about with L4D 1.

I think I may need some kind of hardware upgrade though--the demo temporarily froze every so often, seemingly stuck on some kind of audio glitch (screen stopped moving, last sound looping for as long as 5 or 6 seconds). After a freeze, everything is back to normal until the next freeze (sometimes only a few seconds later). I have seen this on Source engine games before but not so bad.

It was fun, nonetheless, but this obviously won't work for me for coop, unless I fix/upgrade something.

problem solved. I just had to disable multicore rendering in the advanced video settings. Doesn't play well with XP, Apparently.

[The_Stranger]

Realism mode is (allegedly) a mode that makes things harder with some special refinements. For example, it is much harder to kill the common infected unless you headshot them, the item cues don't show up until you are close enough to pick them up, etc. Oh and lots more Witches!

A video describing realism mode:
http://g4tv.com/videos/42356/left-4-dead-2-realism-mode-walkthrough/

Where/when are you folks playing these days?

[Hort]

The audio glitch was a fairly common bug in the original game, Stranger. I still get it during the launch menu of both versions.

Try the newest driver first.

[Phanataz]

Stranger, i'm on Steam, "Phanataz" is my account name. I usually play Saturday nights

[The_Stranger]

I'll Keep an eye out. I am Stranger.

[Hort]

And I'm "hort" in Steam.

w00t!

Pre-loading :)

[Phanataz]

Im reloading.