There is no story in Left 4 Dead 2. And it's lame.

[Tighty-Whitey]

So i'm sure everyone is aware that gameplay is the main premise of the game one of the main reasons behind it's success. It's a weak title reminiscent of boomer shooters but with coop. The story, however, is almost non-existent, which was noted by Gabe Newell himself once when talking to the so-called "writer" of l4d telling him that he would come up with a story if he doesn't. At the end, neither Gabe or an intern writer actually came up with anything noteworthy. It ended up being narratively based with chunks of dialogue thrown here and there, but it's not a real story, it's rather just narrative. So where is the story in l4d? The game could have spent way more time in the oven rather than just 1 year after the release of the first experimental l4d title. The game would have had a full story with more campaigns and more places, but instead you are playing something immensely boring, just shooting zombies with almost no context. This is not very good and i'm sure some people in the community might understand that, but i have my doubts tbh.

[Honnes G.]

Didn't you just recently make a discussion post about how you didn't like the game, on the l4d forums? For someone who doesn't like it you sure are obsessed with it.

[dmmuy ×‿×]

The story is not the priority of this game, but their conversations in-game are enough to shape the decent storylines.



Btw i just saw other users comments on your profile and a lot of ppl are upset with you, Bruh you dont get enough attention in real life so you troll random people?

Conclusion: A weirdo

[fnv]

Originally posted by Scaramooozz:

The story is not the priority of this game, but their conversations in-game are enough to shape the decent storylines.



Btw i just saw other users comments on your profile and a lot of ppl are upset with you, Bruh you dont get enough attention in real life so you troll random people?

Conclusion: A weirdo

nah he prob does it for points

[Selfinflictedcumshotwound]

This is a multiplayer game and such games tend to not have a story. Other huge popular games with no story are Team Fortress Classic, Teams Fortress 2, Quake 3 Arena.
I think Quake 3 Arena was the first in this class.

Wow, you sure have a lot of games. You play them all?

[moemeo]

Originally posted by CockBall BaconMan:

This is a multiplayer game and such games tend to not have a story. Other huge popular games with no story are Team Fortress Classic, Teams Fortress 2, Quake 3 Arena.
I think Quake 3 Arena was the first in this class.

Wow, you sure have a lot of games. You play them all?

This game does have a story, its being told throughout players voice lines. Very unique way but people tend to not care or even notice, so they miss a lot of critical points.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by moemeo:

Originally posted by CockBall BaconMan:

This is a multiplayer game and such games tend to not have a story. Other huge popular games with no story are Team Fortress Classic, Teams Fortress 2, Quake 3 Arena.
I think Quake 3 Arena was the first in this class.

Wow, you sure have a lot of games. You play them all?

This game does have a story, its being told throughout players voice lines. Very unique way but people tend to not care or even notice, so they miss a lot of critical points.

its not a story and it's not coherent or wide enough to be called one.

[Zadkiel]

Originally posted by <|MLG|> Tighty-Whitey_pro90:

Originally posted by moemeo:

This game does have a story, its being told throughout players voice lines. Very unique way but people tend to not care or even notice, so they miss a lot of critical points.

its not a story and it's not coherent or wide enough to be called one.

Don't play a Valve game then if you want the story to be spoon fed to you like a baby. Valve uses the environment to tell the story.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by Ketor:

Originally posted by <|MLG|> Tighty-Whitey_pro90:

its not a story and it's not coherent or wide enough to be called one.

Don't play a Valve game then if you want the story to be spoon fed to you like a baby. Valve uses the environment to tell the story.

its a poor excuse for a story and "usage of environment" to tell a story can be said about any game. don't speak so confidently about things you don't understand and interpret based off of nothing.

[kurochama]

Not all games with detailed stories are good, & at the same time not all games with simple stories are bad. For me, what I see on this game is replayability & how I'm not bored when I play custom campaigns again & again. I rarely play official campaigns as I've played them so many times in the past that I remember the paths & survivors' talks well. Compared to some games with detailed stories & missions like COD series that I played only few times & then I left them until I felt like playing them again, this game has much better replayability in which I can play again tomorrow & the day after tomorrow, & I don't get bored.

So in short, if you only see stories as something to decide whether the game is good or bad, that's not valid enough. Well, again, it's your own opinion, so it's fine if you think that way

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by kurochama:

Not all games with detailed stories are good, & at the same time not all games with simple stories are bad. For me, what I see on this game is replayability & how I'm not bored when I play custom campaigns again & again. I rarely play official campaigns as I've played them so many times in the past that I remember the paths & survivors' talks well. Compared to some games with detailed stories & missions like COD series that I played only few times & then I left them until I felt like playing them again, this game has much better replayability in which I can play again tomorrow & the day after tomorrow, & I don't get bored.

So in short, if you only see stories as something to decide whether the game is good or bad, that's not valid enough. Well, again, it's your own opinion, so it's fine if you think that way

lack of story in this game is lame.

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a clown thread, jester for you

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by CockBall BaconMan:

This is a multiplayer game and such games tend to not have a story. Other huge popular games with no story are Team Fortress Classic, Teams Fortress 2, Quake 3 Arena.
I think Quake 3 Arena was the first in this class.

Wow, you sure have a lot of games. You play them all?

its a coop game with characters and the story would make it way better than that excuse of a story they have rn.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by <|MLG|> Tighty-Whitey_pro90:

Originally posted by Ketor:

Don't play a Valve game then if you want the story to be spoon fed to you like a baby. Valve uses the environment to tell the story.

its a poor excuse for a story and "usage of environment" to tell a story can be said about any game. don't speak so confidently about things you don't understand and interpret based off of nothing.

Then you never actually PLAYED a game from Valve because environmental story telling was their bread and butter for ALL of their games, even the Black Mesa fan-made remake of HL1 kept that environmental story telling integrity! Games that you know full well about having because you have them in your own library, if you wanna try get Reddit points for spouting nonsense, try not making yourself look stupid in the process!

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by <|MLG|> Tighty-Whitey_pro90:

its a poor excuse for a story and "usage of environment" to tell a story can be said about any game. don't speak so confidently about things you don't understand and interpret based off of nothing.

Then you never actually PLAYED a game from Valve because environmental story telling was their bread and butter for ALL of their games, even the Black Mesa fan-made remake of HL1 kept that environmental story telling integrity! Games that you know full well about having because you have them in your own library, if you wanna try get Reddit points for spouting nonsense, try not making yourself look stupid in the process!

environmental storytelling was never bread and butter. no kind of storytelling was their game's defining aspect. literally not a single game.

[Zadkiel]

Originally posted by <|MLG|> Tighty-Whitey_pro90:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Then you never actually PLAYED a game from Valve because environmental story telling was their bread and butter for ALL of their games, even the Black Mesa fan-made remake of HL1 kept that environmental story telling integrity! Games that you know full well about having because you have them in your own library, if you wanna try get Reddit points for spouting nonsense, try not making yourself look stupid in the process!

environmental storytelling was never bread and butter. no kind of storytelling was their game's defining aspect. literally not a single game.

Stop denying facts for the sake of getting jester awards, come on man. Tell me why you think Valve games were successful in the first place.