Since my news article was pulled (which I have zero understanding on why or who even did it) I'm going to start a thread on the topic and show my general support for the cause.
Here is the direct thread post on the steam forums discussing gamers issues.
The few people here who defend the decision to make L4D2 seem to not understand what everyone is upset about. I've tried to summarise the most common issues I've heard people having in hopes that it clears things up:
- Significant content for L4D1 was promised, and never delivered
- Valve put little faith in L4D1 since they almost certainly started working on L4D2 right after release
- The fact that L4D2 is nearly identical to L4D1 will decimate the community for both games
- The announced date is not nearly enough time to polish content or make significant gameplay changes
- The new character designs seem bland and unappealing so far
- L4D2 is too colourful to fit in with L4D1's visual aesthetic
- The fiddle-based horde music is extremely disliked, though the differently orchestrated music is otherwise welcome
- L4D2's release will result in a drop in quality and frequency for L4D1 content, even compared to before
- The community has lost faith in Valve's former reputation for commitment to their games post-release
I do completely agree. Why is L4D2 being made so early when L4D has already become pretty boring on the 1st party front. Why is it that Valve is leaving the mod community to do what they should be doing? which is adding new content to the game. Everything in L4D2 should be in a L4D add-on.
Even Counter Strike Source received content updates for a few years after release and even now it still gets bug and glitch fixes.
If your disappointed in Valve join our steam group L4D2 Boycott (NO-L4D2).
