Remember those pair of error messages that a few folks found in the demo for Left 4 Dead 2, referecing "Miracle" and "Apocalypse" DLC? Yeah, those ain't no thing. At least, not according to Valve's Chet Faliszek, who recently addressed the error messages while speaking at the Eurogamer Expo. "What, those error messages?" he reportedly said, "Why, those ain't no thing."
Of course, Kotaku's slightly more accurate transcription of this quote had Faliszek saying, "if you're reading in the forums and you're reading about the 'Miracle' DLC or whatever, that's test code." He added, "to get tested through Microsoft certification we had to do test scenarios with DLC. We haven't actually come out internally with what we're going to do yet." Hmph. We liked our version better.
Reader Comments (31)
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 11:32AM Arsenic13 said
No one seems to care about L4D1 players appearing in L4D2s "Friends Online" thing in the main menu. Doesnt this kind of solidify that rumor about linking?
http://n4g.com/NewsCom-419089.aspx
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http://n4g.com/NewsCom-419089.aspx
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:12PM (Unverified) said
Hmm. Very interesting. I wonder how that would work... some kind of campaign/character import process, maybe with a minimal fee, as in RB/RB2? I am very excited about this, it would certainly squash any last reservations I had about buying L4D2
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:07PM Shadowbender said
Hey Cheesus, Pachter just called and he told me that in a few moments, someone's comment will be...faded.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 1:58PM GennosukeSama said
@ Shadowbender (Nelson Is Behind You)
for once, pachter's right.
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for once, pachter's right.
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:04PM Shadowbender said
Oh, I didn't get those errors. However, I got a secret message from Gabe Newell that said "Chet Faliszek is full of crap." I think I agree with him.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:20PM Shadowbender said
HO! HO!
I can't believe I didn't catch that...Nice job.
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I can't believe I didn't catch that...Nice job.
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:29PM Special Agent Steve said
Depends. If you download it off Steam, then technically it is. If you get it from Gamestop/Amazon/Newegg then it's not.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 3:51PM (Unverified) said
It should be, Valve is being pretty douchie how they are handling the game with the community (steam).
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 12:41PM (Unverified) said
I sense a disturbance in the Force...
That means he's lying.
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That means he's lying.
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 2:07PM (Unverified) said
Why do they always draw them with guns that aren't in the game?
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 2:08PM (Unverified) said
I was there and he said that they were placeholders, not "why, those ain't no thing". Thats journalism bs to keep you on tenterhooks :P he did mention that he was going to strangle one of the devs for keeping it in though hehe
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 3:47PM (Unverified) said
it is nice that their including the guy from Fresh Prince, maybe Carlton will be in the next one.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 3:52PM (Unverified) said
oh and thanks for including Nicholas Cage and Taylor Lautner also.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 5:27PM xnowimcoolx said
that might actually explain why some games have DLC content available so close to the games release date, because they need some sort of content to test, so why not have actual content ready anyways.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2009 10:46PM (Unverified) said
Valve.. don't release HL2 Ep. 3.
Idgaf anymore.
I was one of the people looking forward to L4D 1 but after that disappointment you can't expect me to buy more of your garbage, especially when it's overpriced.
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Idgaf anymore.
I was one of the people looking forward to L4D 1 but after that disappointment you can't expect me to buy more of your garbage, especially when it's overpriced.
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