The folks over at CVG had a chance to sit down with Valve's Doug Lombardi to discuss Left 4 Dead and Valve's other upcoming plans for this year. Check it out:
Be sure to read on here. :thumbsup:
CVG:You said that Left 4 Dead does for co-op what Counter-Strike did for multiplayer. Can you expand on that?
Doug Lombardi: At the time, Counter-Strike really brought people together to do team-play. It was one of the first times that people did more than things like Team Deathmatch. The bomb and hostage-rescue scenarios seem sort of prehistoric now, but at the time they were revolutionary.
In a similar way, L4D is trying to innovate in the co-op space, which really does need something new now. L4D is multiplayer gaming that is tailored to playing alongside a friend. What we're really doing here is trying to create something like a Half Life-style experience for you to have with your friends.
Doug Lombardi: At the time, Counter-Strike really brought people together to do team-play. It was one of the first times that people did more than things like Team Deathmatch. The bomb and hostage-rescue scenarios seem sort of prehistoric now, but at the time they were revolutionary.
In a similar way, L4D is trying to innovate in the co-op space, which really does need something new now. L4D is multiplayer gaming that is tailored to playing alongside a friend. What we're really doing here is trying to create something like a Half Life-style experience for you to have with your friends.
Be sure to read on here. :thumbsup: