Rumor: New Left 4 Dead 2 CG trailer leaked, epic
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Oct 22nd 2009 at 3:05PM } 
Awesomeness may not be something that can be quantified in traditional units of measurement [these come close -- Ed.], but we're prepared to say that this Left 4 Dead 2 trailer contains at least 8 quarts of it. That's enough for the whole Little League team -- which, incidentally, shouldn't be anywhere near Left 4 Dead 2. It's rated M, you know. The rest of you, however, should watch it, and watch it hard.
Warning: Minor plot spoilers, most of which involve killing zombies.
[Via Shacknews]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Candlejack @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:11PM
Preordering right now
EX3CUT1ON @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:35PM
Shame on you for not preordering it already! ; )
Obie @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:24PM
Just lock me up in a dungeon with this game and modern warfare 2 next month....I'm good!
Mike @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:40PM
you know i watched this trailer and thought it was good, but then i was hit with a major case of Deja Vu. The commercials and trailers for the first game made it seem epic as hell, but then when i got it it turned out to be absolutely nothing special. Just a run of the mill shooter with boring and repetitive gameplay, and not enough content. Also all of these cinematics? they are just fluff, there is zero gameplay in this trailer and im sure that this game is going to suck just as hard as the first one.
Blank-Mage @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:57PM
Downvoting you STRAIT TO HELL.
robotoid @ Oct 22nd 2009 5:57PM
boner over here!
holyice7 @ Oct 22nd 2009 7:05PM
I didn't want to buy the first one, either, until I saw that first trailer.
Same effect, all over again.
Stevetrop @ Oct 22nd 2009 8:17PM
I can't wait to have this
Also if you want uncle phil up those stairs you just tell him the copter is made of Pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes.
Arf @ Oct 22nd 2009 8:47PM
You guys should be ashamed for downvoting Mike.
Just because the way he said stuff wasn't "nice" doesn't mean you should disregard the points he makes.
There is indeed no gameplay on this trailer, awesome as it is, which means this has nothing to do with gameplay.
Jesus Christ, some of you people...
Candlejack @ Oct 22nd 2009 11:47PM
But arf! You see, no one cares. We've seen the gameplay 100 times over! I wouldn't buy Tekken 6 because it has an awesome ad campaign, because I know it sucks (sorry fighting fans), but I know this game will be good and the trailer simply swayed me. So, would you kindly stfu?
Omega2k3 @ Oct 23rd 2009 1:04AM
Mike, your post was worse than Allison's poem.
XBL: xGeneral DEATHx PSN: Deeth82 [Planeteer | Power of General Hostility and Angst] @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:56AM
Alright, if no one else here is gonna do this, I'm gonna have to say it:
Cool story, Bro.
Cj @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:12PM
WOW. Alot more cinematic than 1 was.
danthaman15 @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:20PM
So much fucking win in one trailer.
Oh yeah, and CEDA sucks.
Monica Dickey @ Oct 23rd 2009 2:39AM
For sure! I am puuumped for some zombie shootin action!
uncle jesse @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:12PM
EPIC!
uncle jesse @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:39PM
I'm all pumped up now!! But I'm just sitting in an office, behind a desk, at work.
I think I'll go to the lunch room and just start punching people in the face...
Urza @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:35PM
And here I thought I was going to be able to play Modern Warfare 2 and start up L4D2 when I got bored. Wroooong.
SpydaKat 17 @ Oct 22nd 2009 7:09PM
Holy shit it's Emperor Palpatine!
maveric101 @ Oct 22nd 2009 10:14PM
@uncle jesse
kinda like how uncle jesse did in the video? my favorite part of the whole video when when he punched that zombie in the face in the beginning.
this one is definitely going in my "awesome game trailers" folder.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Oct 22nd 2009 11:15PM
think you mean Uncle Phil
Buddycuffs @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:13PM
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF MUST PLAY
Jack Tretton @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:13PM
When is the leak of a video of the legitimate kind anymore?
ducttapeBigSexy (PSN&XBL: ducttape12) @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:08PM
When is the video of a leak of the legitimate kind anymore?
JDxUndeadX @ Oct 22nd 2009 6:37PM
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even video but go want to do legitimate more like kind anymore?
xandeR- @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:14PM
EPIC TRAILER OMG!
NeilNaS @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:15PM
Wow... I can't find any other words to describe..
AsherR [Planeteer | Power of The Hoff] @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:16PM
Same here!
Planning on getting this with the four pack.
WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Oct 22nd 2009 5:04PM
What about Testilicious?....that didn't work.
Avatar @ Oct 23rd 2009 9:38AM
Scrumptulescent.
avan @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:15PM
GOTY
The Commenter Formerly Known as (kbomb1upc) @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:08PM
From a CG video with no gameplay...really. In that case Onimusha 3 should have been Game of the Century... The opening CG video was amazing.
DBuck_Eye @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:15PM
I could go for a chocolate evac helicopter right about now.
Wesley @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:33PM
Is there a left for dead non-cg trailer?
Munky @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:18PM
I really don't care for zombie games or movies, but this rocks. Now, I'd like to see a little game play.
Dr.House @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:20PM
"Holy Shit..."
Mr.ESC @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:22PM
Finally someone read my tip :3
Okay probably it was mailed by another 100 guys from /v/ as well.
EPIC and it reminds me of house of the dead a little.
lanceyami03 @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:22PM
Why are people boycotting this again?
wack @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:23PM
because they are really fucking stupid
Evi1d33d @ Oct 22nd 2009 10:08PM
Because this is what L4D1 could've been. Just look at TF2, it's $20 and see how much free DLC's been added to it.
Zsavior @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:26PM
once I clean my pants I will Pre-order. Damn that looks good.
Special Agent Steve @ Oct 22nd 2009 6:20PM
Just do it on Steam. See, you won't even have to change your pants.
hallowhero @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:26PM
I think if Left 4 Dead was one big continuous story I would have liked it more. There is just something about it that I don't like. I may pick this up with some extra cash around Christmas after playing my friend's copy. I do have to admit though, that was an awesome trailer. Valve knows how to make cinematics.
CaramelZappa @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:54PM
If you play with the developer commentary, they say that the campaigns were originally tied together and happened one after another, but for reasons I forgot it didn't end up working very well. They also wanted anyone to be able to jump in on any campaign and get as good as an experience as someone starting with no mercy and going through all of them.
nothingtoseehere @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:58PM
They made a campaign called crash course, which is right after the Evac heli comes to pick them up from the hospital. It crashes and you need to make your way to a 'bad ass truck' and leave. That might be a plot in between mercy and death toll, Or Harvest
Amoveo @ Oct 23rd 2009 1:57AM
I found Left 4 Dead's minimalist story perfect. They knew gamers were going to be playing the same levels over and over again and didn't want to sit through or even skip cutscenes and scripted events. Plus it made the game make more sense. In a zombie apocalypse the probability of survivors knowing whats going on are really low.
There are zombies and they want to kill you. Thats all the game needed and thats all the game had.
Dark Virus @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:28PM
SOOOOO Happy i already pre-orded it on steam last week :)
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:28PM
MUST....RESIST...URGE...TO...WATCH...
seb640 @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:29PM
This is the way Resident Evil movies should have been done..
Torque_AOD @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:35PM
Ellis really does seem to get the worst beating of the new group