Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer demo on its way, pre-order customers get 'advanced access'

I downvoted you, but it's not because I'm a "blind fanboy." I've never played Left 4 Dead. It's because you offered poorly articulated criticism without any proof, and then decided to insult everyone for not agreeing with your point of view.

Sounds like something a jackass would do, doesn't it?

Shooting zombies over and over and over again is repetitive in my eyes. Yes, I have tried the full game and even the demo. Shooting zombies got boring pretty quickly.

You really needed to play it in 4 player for it to be fun.. the (Competitive?)Multiplayer was rubbish, if anyone left, as the AI didn't fill in on the Infected side..
What stopped me playing was something about the game gave me headaches, I was fine there was chatter on the headset, but Live's party system stops in-game team chat (or so it looks to me), so I can only go one 'story' before I had to stop playing

Gee, I guess I'm such a blind fanboy as I really had fun with game and feel I easily got my money's worth. Multiplayer was great fun and the game is a wonderful homage to the zombie film genre.

Here's another equation for you:

Ryan's opinion /= fact

Why cant you tell me why its not boring instead of downvoting me?

My issue isn't so much that they don't get any criticism. It's a bit more about how they don't seem to be criticized as strongly as other companies, but mostly about what happens when these kinds of controversies finish. EA repeatedly pulled crap like this, and while people will often forget a lot of individual issues they had with the company they can still remember it having a bad history and pulling a lot of crap overall. Capcom's gained a reputation for whoring and rehashing their games, as has Square-Enix. Nintendo STILL has a reputation for making "kiddie" games because of censorship they stopped doing in the mid '90s. All those big companies have done questionable things and have paid for them in a major loss to their public image. But Valve? Valve does something like announce an L4D sequel to be released within a year of the original and people get pissed off at that, but as soon as that controversy's passed? Suddenly, Valve are perfect again. Suddenly, they return to being a company that rarely, if ever, wrongs their customers, and who should be loved and supported as much as possible.

My biggest issue is that, like I said earlier, Valve gets a free pass. If anyone else in this industry screws their customers hard enough or on a regular basis, they're eventually remembered as a company that does so for ages afterwards. If Valve screws their customers hard enough AND on a regular basis, they get away with it because people revert back to being massive fans as soon as they cool off from the current controversy. Valve is basically in a position where they can do whatever they like without any long-term consequences, and it's because they KNOW they are that they seem to be getting even worse.

Well, it's because it seems that gamers today prefer simplicity over ingenuity and originality. Look at Resident Evil:Outbreak. That, in my opinion, was my ultimate zombie game. Different characters with different personalities, as well as special abilities. The ability to combine weapons and healing items, and each character helped the team out its own unique way.... but very few people liked it. Why? Because it was too complicated. Instead of being patient and looking for different ways to approach something, most gamers jut wanted to pick up a controller and rack up kills. And if you have a game that is as complicated as RE:O, the gap between new and skilled players are greater, and most likely skilled players will end up teaming with inexperienced ones. I think that's why developers like to keep things simple: less time and work, and bridge the gap between many players as possible.

Good point and a sad truth.