One of my most favorite PC games that I’ve been often playing is Left 4 Dead. The game centers around 4 survivors managing their way thru a zombie apocalypse setting trying to reach evacution sites set up for them. You can have up to 4 various online players (whether they are your friends or random folks) for campaigns, 4 for the newly Survival mode (where you are challenged to see how long you can survivor zombies and infected attacking you) and the Versus mode which allows up to 8 players (4 play survivors, 4 play infected).
The game is simply wonderful. If you’re into zombies or the horror genre, it’s a must own game. The company that created the game, Valve, is letting users download the full game today using Steam so newcomers can get a taste. Better hurry though, the deal for the free download and play ends 7:59 PM EDT / 4:59 PM PDT today FREE FRIDAY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SATURDAY, THAT’S RIGHT, PLAY THE GAME FOR FREE UNTIL Saturday 5:00pm GMT (Saturday 10:00am PDT)!
Not only that, but this weekend the game is on sale – 40% off of retail price. You can download it off of Steam Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $23.99). A fantastic deal – even the full price is well worth it! Hopefully this post will encourage a few new people to join up. I’m usually up for a game, so if you’d like to join me in a session, just add Judhudson to your Steam buddy list!
Awesome, thanks for the heads up. I play it on the PC I built for my brother, but under his Steam account. I don’t own it on mine — 2002 era Dell simply can’t handle it. I might buy it this weekend though, so I have it when I build my own computer in a couple weeks.
Just shoot me an email/msg if you’re willing to play!
By the way…Do I still show up invisible for you on the IM programs Sid?
I’ll download this for sure at £16.19! I love horror movies, so I’m sure I’ll love this game. Thanks for telling us about it 🙂 I’ll even try to get some of my friends to get it!
I’m downing now, I already have the game for my 360 though so I’m just playing with my steam buddies today, they see me in TF2 enough :p
Freaky Free Friday has been extended! Play FREE until Saturday 5:00pm GMT (Saturday 10:00am PDT). Play it now!.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/500/
They’ve extended the time. I was going to rent it for the 360 eventually but it might be worth a try on the PC. I’m sure I can probably configure my 360 controller to work with it since it works with many non-360 games.
Oh snap, that is so full of win. Valve is a fantastic company! Come on people, join in the fun and add me! 😀
Looks like that’s out the window. It’s going to take me more time to download than I will actually spend playing. Oh well. I can always rent it for 360 and see if I like it enough to buy it for the PC.
I will probably add you soon Jud. Just completed one of the chapters in single player mode. It’s good fun! 😀 And the best thing is, is that I haven’t even paid a penny, and it only took about 2 1/2 hours to download! This is the first time I’ve properly used Steam and I have to say it’s pretty good 🙂
Hey Jud, I’m able to see you on IM now (though not literally at this moment). I’ll look you up on Steam too. You ever play Garry’s Mod?
I know absolutely zero on Garry’s Mod. Love the various machinima videos created by them though with the Half Life 2 Characters. Does it work for L4D?
Hey Jud. As I’ve never used Steam before I don’t really know the answer to this. Basically, the time for the ‘freaky free friday’ is up, yet I can still play the game at no cost. Only thing is, is that the multiplayer mode doesn’t work. Am I supposed to be allowed to continue playing single player normally for free? lol.
Good question, I’m not exactly sure. I’d think it would stop working too. Although the key point of the game is multiplayer, perhaps it’ll let you keep the single player until the 40% is over with in hopes you’d buy the full version.
Jud, I’m unsure if L4D is integrated with Garry’s Mod. GM is a sandbox that adds props and effects from most Steam games. Half Life, Team Fortress, Counter Strike, etc. Not sure about L4D. Great game though, because of its sandbox nature. You can do traditional deathmatch or mess around with the Source engine’s physics and design all kinds of crazy stuff. At $10 it’s a great value.
Ack, let me clarify that.
“Jud, I’m unsure if L4D is integrated with Garry’s Mod. GM is a sandbox that adds props and effects from most Steam games. Half Life, Team Fortress, Counter Strike, etc.”
Should be:
Jud, I’m unsure if L4D is integrated with Garry’s Mod. GM is a sandbox that INCLUDES props and effects from most Steam games. Half Life, Team Fortress, Counter Strike, etc.