For that, plus almost everything else about the games, Turtle Rock should absolutely be given the lion's share of recognition for L4D's success. Anybody can write a good joke, but the talent required to elicit a gut-busting reaction out of an unsuspecting player in a game is arguably even harder to come by. Hearing dialogue that puts a smile on your face instead of making you cringe is still a rare accomplishment in video games that's worth celebrating, and proper credit should go where credit is due.Įven then, a significant aspect of L4D's humor comes from the moment-to-moment gameplay, from the animation and sound effects when someone gets tackled out a window by a Charger, to your friends screaming in terror from a horde of zombies overwhelming them.
L4D and L4D2 are, without hyperbole, some of the funniest video games ever made, and that wouldn't be possible without the direction of Valve's Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw, who just one year prior gave the internet more meme material than they could handle with two more of the funniest video games ever made: Team Fortress 2 and Portal. Valve and their fans expect a certain standard of quality from all of their titles, and that includes writing.
Once they saw L4D's prototype, Valve believed in the project so strongly that they bankrolled the development and marketing, and Turtle Rock was fully acquired and re-branded as "Valve South" in early 2008.īut Valve still had more meaningful contributions to these games than just marketing money and a reputable publisher name. It just so happens that the two companies had formed an amicable working relationship since 2003 thanks to Turtle Rock's contributions on Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source. In reality, L4D is Turtle Rock's baby: The concept, the visuals, the gameplay, and the character designs are all the brainchildren of studio heads Chris Ashton, Michael Booth, and Phil Robb. Valve still owns the IP rights to this day, and we've had to endure "Valve can't count to three" jokes for over a decade now. Throughout the marketing of both games, the only instances where you'd even see or hear Turtle Rock Studios mentioned came from pre-release coverage from journalism outlets, so if you believed that L4D was a wholly Valve-original property this whole time, we can't blame you. So, welcome to the best possible starting point for that explanation: Why the Left 4 Dead games were so damn special. The newer generation will never understand why B4B is worth paying attention to without a proper explanation. Zombies have been played out for years even the Call of Duty games have them every other year. Someone who's never even heard of Left 4 Dead definitely saw that B4B trailer, rolled their eyes, and condescendingly thought to themselves, "Wow, another zombie game? How original." And you know what? They aren't even wrong. The landscape of video games and the people who consume them have changed considerably.
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There's an open beta starting very soon ( with full crossplay between every platform!), prompting several people to reminisce about all the great times they had back in the day with blasting zombie brains, running from Tanks, and of course, spamming the "Look" command at bottles of pills. If you consider yourself a Left 4 Dead fan, chances are that Back 4 Blood has caught your attention.
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