With
Left 4 Dead's zombie apocalypse scheduled to touch down in just a few short weeks, Valve's eager to spend all its lunch money before the undead invasion plunges our global financial system into (even worse) disaster. With $10 million in hand, it's buying up
billboards, web sites, and even TV commercials in a coordinated effort to open our eyes to our impending fate. Here's the checklist: Zombies. Check! Four player co-op. Check! Apocalypse. Check!
Wait a second, what kind of checklist is that? We'd have blown some of that coin on important things, like crates of ammo, health kits, and totally convincing military surplus garb for just the right veneer of wholesome veteran mixed with fringe survivalist.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 30th 2008 2:48PM
Wasn't someone whining the other day about people calling the zombies in this game zombies? The ad says that they are zombies.
Heh (Mr. ESC, living in the hearts of us all) @ Oct 30th 2008 2:50PM
If it walks like a zombie, if it talks like a zombie, if it eats people like a zombie..it's a zombie.
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 30th 2008 2:51PM
HAHA here is Anticrawl's post!
"What does zombies have anything to do with this game? You fight the infected in this game, you can tell they aren't zombies because they run."
dark_inchworm @ Oct 30th 2008 2:53PM
Anticrawl knows about the scientific properties of a zombie.
xFenixKnightx @ Oct 30th 2008 3:09PM
LMAO! Yeah I remember that stupid little argument. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Rules for zombies, thats rich!
Erluti @ Oct 30th 2008 3:23PM
"If it looks like a zombie... and smells like a zombie... It could still be a crazy homeless man."
I stole that from Dr. McNinja.
Haggard @ Oct 30th 2008 3:25PM
The idea of Romero's walking zombies is that they represent a slow, oncoming force; an unstoppable wall of fate.
Of course, running zombies are fine too since L4D wouldn't be very fun without them. I bet someone still makes a 'realistic zombie' mod though..
Gold @ Oct 30th 2008 4:33PM
Didn't you hear what the guy said?
"Call these freaks whatever you want!"
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 30th 2008 7:00PM
FUCK YOU GUYS. THEY AREN'T ZOMBIES. THEY HAVE THE RAGE VIRUS!!!
Squirtforce @ Oct 30th 2008 2:59PM
It's weird, but I have a five or ten minute commute to work to Redmond, WA, and there are TWO billboards for this within 200 feet. They're those rotating kinds, but still, every once in a while double the left 4 dead billboards...
Booxatron @ Oct 30th 2008 3:48PM
I know. I work in South Seattle and live in North Seattle, and I pass four of these billboards now just on my way home from work.
Einhanderkiller @ Oct 30th 2008 8:37PM
I'm guessing that's because Valve are based in Bellevue, Washington.
Kevin @ Oct 30th 2008 3:07PM
I enjoy that commercial. Though, we'll see if it's actually on TV around here, and after 3000 viewings.
Tez @ Oct 30th 2008 3:07PM
Great ad.
xFenixKnightx @ Oct 30th 2008 3:16PM
Indeed, great ad. You know whats a horrible commercial for a sweet new game? Resistance 2. Man those commercials are turrible, just plain turrible, as Sir Chuck would say.
ogvor @ Oct 30th 2008 4:08PM
Agreed. It's to the point, stylish, and tells you everything you need to know about the game if you didn't know it already. It's also not annoying, something way to many ads are these days.
Vanillacide @ Oct 31st 2008 7:46AM
Want want want
robotoid @ Oct 31st 2008 1:29PM
It's awesome, they know how to build excitement.
ANTCEP @ Oct 30th 2008 3:13PM
valve defiantly has the best facial animations in the biz
Haggard @ Oct 30th 2008 3:26PM
I can't get enough of the TF2 animations as well. If they incorporated Euphoria into that game somehow, it'd be the most amazing motion ever made.
rinks @ Oct 30th 2008 3:14PM
Great song too. That's "Grounds for Divorce" by Elbow, for the curious.
embassy @ Oct 30th 2008 3:17PM
man, please tell me this game has at least 2-player local co-op and isnt just 4-player online co-op...
does anyone know?
that will make or break this game as a purchase for me.
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 30th 2008 3:20PM
I would like to know this as well, 4 player co-op is cool, but I would much rather have 2 player local.
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 30th 2008 3:22PM
Good news:)
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/l/left4dead/default.htm
FSK405K @ Oct 30th 2008 3:31PM
Okay, 1-2 splitscreen local, 2-4 versus by system link, and up to 4v4 over XBL? Yes?
Dr. Stabbingworth @ Oct 30th 2008 8:31PM
Sigh...
I know they limit local co-op to 2 so that the screen isn't all mashed up, but seriously, some people have nice large TVs/projectors and playing 4 people on one screen is not a problem. Hell, breaking up my 110" screen into 4 people is bigger than most people would get playing single player.
Haggard @ Oct 30th 2008 8:51PM
With each of the four windows rendered at 516x300?
Hooray for high def!
pr_master @ Oct 30th 2008 3:25PM
Nice spot, Valve really knows how to
do good marketing.
FSK405K @ Oct 30th 2008 3:28PM
Is this just a web ad or really being shown on TV? Call me impressed if they're using the thumb-bitten-off logo on broadcast TV.
baby sea tuna @ Oct 30th 2008 3:32PM
Ever watch an episode of Supernatural? Or Bones? The logo is pretty tame after some of the stuff I've seen on those.
Heh (Mr. ESC, living in the hearts of us all) @ Oct 30th 2008 5:36PM
I saw the entire Dead Space trailer on TV last week.
This is nothing compared to that lol.
Jawmuncher @ Oct 30th 2008 3:28PM
Anyone else noticed the guys eyes when the zombie hand goes through the door. They get so big it's hilarious.
GreyFox @ Oct 30th 2008 6:26PM
Haha yup! This is damn good ad.
Whiskey Jak @ Oct 30th 2008 3:31PM
Shit, I want that spot without voice over, only gameplay and the song!
GECKO @ Oct 30th 2008 3:34PM
Can't Wait for it. With 4 player co-op. COOL!
silverwolf761 @ Oct 30th 2008 3:47PM
Between this and the amazing TF2 character/Sandvich ads, Valve is the undisputed King of awesome videogame advertisements that I actually don't mind watching.
Obie @ Oct 30th 2008 4:18PM
Fuck Yeah!
Charlie_Six @ Oct 30th 2008 5:15PM
cool commercial. Wish i knew how to make something like that!
Juan @ Oct 30th 2008 6:23PM
Now thats a TV Spot! Way better than the Gears of War 2 spot...
d3athcr4ft @ Oct 30th 2008 7:07PM
I can't believe Valve is spending 10 million dollars to advertise a FOUR HOUR GAME. I admit I love all of Valve's other games and I'm sure this will be fun too, but there is no way in hell I'm paying $60 for FOUR hours of gaming. Claiming it has replayability is bullshit. I canceled my preorder as soon as I found this out. SCREW YOU VALVE.
The AC Dude @ Oct 30th 2008 9:42PM
Yes, I mean come on, 4 player coop and versus multiplayer has NOTHING to do with replayability.
Obie @ Oct 31st 2008 10:30AM
How can you even insinuate to be a "Valve fan" when you haven't played the demo, or read a single review?
Get over youself you pathetic emo kid.
d3athcr4ft @ Oct 31st 2008 12:44PM
Hey retard, I've read EVERY review that has been out about this game -- that is how I know the game is only about 4 hours long. I even said in my comment that I'm sure the game will be fun. I'm just not paying full price for half a game (if that). How about working on your reading comprehension before you talk smack?
silverwolf761 @ Oct 31st 2008 4:01PM
So you've read 0 reviews then? Since, you know, the game doesn't come out for almost 3 weeks....
d3athcr4ft @ Oct 31st 2008 6:51PM
"reviews", "previews", whatever. Is everyone here as dense as you guys?
Obie @ Nov 1st 2008 11:06AM
This boy doesn't know the difference between review and preview and calls us dense? lololol
It is for the better that this knob doesn't get the game because who the hell would want a whiny,yappy tool like this on their team?
d3athcr4ft @ Nov 1st 2008 11:50AM
Hey it was the other douche (aside from yourself) that started talking about 'reviews', I merely responded at a level of ignorance he could understand.
Oh and you don't have to worry, I wouldn't waste my time playing a game with some star wars loser like yourself, so fuck off!
umm....hello??? @ Oct 30th 2008 9:54PM
I'm looking forward to this game now....4 player co-op ftw!!!!
ps- thanks for not screwing us over and putting in 2 player split screen!!
NotZombies @ Nov 21st 2008 2:23PM
"If it walks like a zombie, if it talks like a zombie, if it eats people like a zombie..it's a zombie."
But they DON'T walk like a zombie, they run, climb, and jump. They DON'T talk like a zombie, zombies grunt and moan, these guys scream and yell. And finally they DON'T eat people like zombies. They punch, kick, and claw at you.
So....maybe they're not exactly zombies then? Zombie-like sure, but not zombies.