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Left for Dead 2

Started by Cranewings, March 18, 2011, 05:05:15 PM

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Daedalus

#15
April 24, 2011, 11:41:06 AM
Quote from: Peregrin;453279I've done the Xboxes + Two TVs for the split-screen play, and it's hella fun.

yeah.  I like the people in my group and with it so difficult because of schedules to find time together to play a rpg this would be a good way to hang out and talk and social

Lawbag

#16
April 24, 2011, 02:45:17 PM
I tend not to use the MIC, even though a headset came with my XBox. Dont need to chat, but I do enjoy the "chatter" of other players...the stories I could tell...
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Peregrin

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April 24, 2011, 05:54:06 PM
How do you communicate with your team, then?
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

Doom

#18
April 24, 2011, 07:03:37 PM
I type when I need to chat. A simple "yo" is enough to let folks know I'm in trouble.

L4D uses MANY sound cues; a human team that's talking is at a huge disadvantage. Other than "1, 2, 3, GO!", there's nothing that should be said outside of the safe house.

The monsters have a bit more leeway, but, here individuals also have more downtime, making typing quite easy...past "1, 2, 3, GO!" to synchronize an attack, there really shouldn't be much to say that needs to be said immediately.
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Peregrin

#19
April 24, 2011, 07:14:02 PM
Mmm, I disagree.  I think you can "riff" off of other players like you can in any game, but formulating or modifying strategies mid-level has improved my play immensely.  This was one of the advantages of playing with split-screen with everyone in the same room.

It's also pretty easy to adjust the mic volume so people don't overwhelm the in-game audio (and it's gotten better since Valve has updated their audio-in codec.)
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

Daedalus

#20
April 29, 2011, 01:48:45 PM
Well there are two postive things going on.  It looks like some of the members of my group will be playing Left for Dead 2 online and it looks like we may be able to get a once a month tabletop game going.

Things are looking up

thedungeondelver

#21
April 29, 2011, 05:44:35 PM
Man I totally forgot about this thread.

Yeah, I'm not buying an xbox.  Dpad/yoke/whatever-you-call-it controllers and FPSs don't work for me.  Mouse & Keyboard 4 life yo.
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