Pre-ordered mine, got the demo today.. Valve has done it again! IMO, Team Fortress 2 is the ultimate online team fps.. and this game is the ultimate co-op fps!

Reminds me of playing DOOM coop on lan years ago.. you start each level at a small room with ammo and supplies, open the door and a horde of zombies comes after you and your friends, you just have to shoot everything that moves (the way I like it!), if you stand still for too much time, more zombies come, so you gotta keep moving.. sometimes zombies can jump on you, or some special zombies (smokers) can entangle you with their tentacle tongues and another player has to rescue you, also if you take too much damage you stay on the floor, you can still shoot to protect yourself, but can't move while no one comes to heal you.. that kind of stuff enforces the team work on the game, also, you can get killed, and if all four players die, you have to restart the level.. the numbers of zombies is impressive, and they can run.. and some can jump!

Game is very fun, but not perfect, I have two complains.. first, the demo is too short

second, I played the game once on single player mode and then online.. for those with no friends out there, the single player experience is almost as good as the online one, the AI is very well done, the CPU helps a lot and even take some items if they find it first (bastards!), anyway, my other complaint is that on the two times I've played, I played on the exact same levels.. and first time is awesome, second time is cool.. third time.. ok.. and I really don't see this having the lasting appeal of something like TF2.. I see this getting very repetitive after some weeks.. I hope Valve and the community supports this game like they're supporting TF2 with big updates and new maps every now and then, if that happens.. no complains then.

So, anyone else got the demo!?

 

Farcry2, Fallout 3, mirrors edge, dead space... etc etc I really don't need another game to tempt me right now.

 

I pre-ordered it two days ago and fired through the demo twice. Loving it so far and the demo is only a tiny taste.

I can see the reason behind choosing matchmaking as bringing up a server browser for 4 player games is kind of pointless. Not to mention hosting for the average player may be a tad more complicated than they want it to be.

Still, I agree that there should be a server browser that is easily accessible from the menus. I am sure if it is demanded it will be added as Valve tends to make those necessary corrections.

Also, if no one has noticed...

$2.50 for AudioSurf. I am sold on that. Also used that as an excuse to toss Beyond Good and Evil in as it was a game I always heard good about but never got around to playing.

 

Lighting and effects sure look nicer, the number of enemies is also way higher, but overall it looks like Half Life 2.

And the boys at Valve are fast:

 

Why does the graphics style remind me more of TF2 than a more serious game like Counter Strike Source, Half Life 2, Fallout 3, or things of that nature?

TF2-style semicellshading does not fit a zombie apocalypse game.

 

The game looks pretty interesting and if I had the choice, I would get it for the 360.
But... Is it worth 45$ or even 55$ for the 360?

 

Not really.. the graphic style is not as serious as Counter Strike, but also not as cartoony as TF2.. they fit the game very well IMO. I think you'll understand it better once you play it.