Left 4 Dead (zombies!!)

Play Left 4 Dead free today:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/gamers-get-free-day-of-left-4-dead-this-friday.ars

Finally upgraded, plan to try this out.  Are there any deals on Steam?

edit- soke too soon:

L4D 23.99 on steam till may 4th. They one upped amazon

OK we played again over the weekend, and we had four human players this time. We go a silver medal on No Mercy, so I guess we\'re improving.
 
It\'s too bad there are no new achievements for this add on.  Of course that only applies to the Xbox version.  I guess there is no equivalent in the PC version?

on the PC version there are 6 achievements for Survival mode.

1 for the time you earn a Bronze
1 for your first Silver
and 1 for your first gold

The last 3 are for getting all 16 of each medal

so far i\'ve got 14 bronze - 9 Silver - 7 Gold. I find it fun to still do the levels where I got gold so thats a plus. My longest game was 16 minutes 9 seconds on Dead Air - The Terminal.

The Terminal is an easy gold, you put your back up against the fence facing towards the escalator and that way you only have to fire in 1 direction. Ammo is close by and molotovs (sp?) are to your left on at the check in terminal.

IMO these are the easiest gold i\'ve found so far
No Mercy - The Hospital
No Mercy - The Street
Dead Air - The Terminal

they all involve setting up in a spot where you generally only have to cover 1 direction.

Last Stand is pretty tough it seems. Haven\'t even got silver on that one yet.

Overall, great patch.

I didn\'t set up the game session, so I didn\'t realize there were so many different survival maps available for each campaign.  We got our silver on No Mercy - The Hospital (I think... it\'s the one inside the hospital ward, where you\'re waiting for the elevator in campaign mode)
 
We also played the lighthouse map, and the No Mercy - rooftop, and both were complete nightmares.
 
On these survival maps they took away some of the little rooms and closets that were present on the campaign map.  We noticed that in the farmhouse in Blood Harvest.  BTW that one was the hardest.

Yeah Farmhouse is brutal >_< best i\'ve done in Farmhouse was almost a silver. We set up camp inside the barn outside the house. We had more success in there but everyone was tired of trying and started to quit.

The Rooftop of hospital was pretty rough aswell. But the best spot for that one is essentially right where you start

1 player on mini gun
1 on left side
1 on right
and 1 watching the back stairs

Ammo, pills, health packs are all right at your feet and the pipes and mollys are to your left and right platforms. They are close enough to get to by yourself if you need one,  and your team can shoot off a hunter if you get pounced or something.

Worst part about that spot is the smokers pulling members down to the ground in the middle of a rush (usually the mini gun guy it seems) but if everyone is on the ball, gold is attainable from that spot

also its relatively safe from the Tank punting you off the rooftop entirely. The only direction he can do that in is by the stairs, and even then you still have a decent chance of hitting a generator to stop  you from flying

Best spot in hospital which is actually my favorite map is a room I really like that is closed until the game starts. Once the horde breaks the doors down you can get in. Its a double door room so its got a nice wide view of the entire main hall and its only a short run directly in front of you to ammo and health packs.  Plus its sealed off, so the walls never break, all your enemies will come from in front of you. Its also got some pills, some pipe bombs and some mollys in there too.

The lighthouse has been the most challenging for me so far. I don\'t think I have even 5 min on that one.

Man I wish PC players and xbox players could game together. I regret selling my xbox, but this is a shooter game so I would of ended up buying it for the PC anyways. Maybe by xbox 720 it\'ll happen.

Best spot in hospital which is actually my favorite map is a room I really like that is closed until the game starts. Once the horde breaks the doors down you can get in. Its a double door room so its got a nice wide view of the entire main hall and its only a short run directly in front of you to ammo and health packs. Plus its sealed off, so the walls never break, all your enemies will come from in front of you. Its also got some pills, some pipe bombs and some mollys in there too.

I know that room.  That\'s where we camped on our best performance.  On the 360 you can break into the room before you trigger the hoard, but you have to keep shooting and beating on one door until it breaks open.  It\'s nice to hide in the room off-axis so the smokers can\'t get a clear shot at you.

Yup its an awesome spot. On the PC tho we can shoot it until theres a huge hole in the doors but can\'t break it entirely.

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It\'s a shame, as much as I love zombies and anything by Valve, I just can\'t get into this game. Maybe its because no one I know plays it, but I always end up on crap teams where people shoot each other.

With that said, I quit playing TF2 for a long time (was pissed about the achievements / unlock system). Now, I\'m back to playing it and once again, I friggin\' adore it.

Loving this game.  Online campaign is sooo much more fun

Heya THX add Tinybit on steam - we can get some games in some time

Cool, added you several days ago.  You still play this game?  Trying to get better at survival

Yup I still play hehe the day I made that post I think I went out and bought my 360 a day later lol. So i\'ve been on that thing for the past week. I\'ll defintley be back on steam tho. Just accepted the invite now,

#2 is lookin good:

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/143/14352245/vids_1.html