Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | 08:24 BST
Valve: Left 4 Dead sequel is a “special case”
In an interview with GamingShogun at E3, Valve’s Doug Lombardi has said the now controversial Left 4 Dead sequel was a “special case” as the team had so many good ideas.
“It’s a special case of the team came off the project with a head full of ideas for what to do next,” said Doug.
“They got a lot more feedback when the game went out and basically they sat down, did a whiteboard exercise and put a plan together for the sequel.
“The pitched the game to a bunch of us [Valve] and it seemed like a great idea.”
So that’s that.
Watch the full interview after the break.
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Posted in: E3 2009, Hot, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: doug lombardi, Left 4 Dead 2
2 comments
#1
John Caboose
08/06/09, 9:18 am
“We made this really bare-bone shooter and after release the team had so many good ideas for DLC so we figured we’d just make a new game instead.”
It just seems a bit too un-Valve-ish to me.
#2
Morrius
08/06/09, 9:27 am
Yeah, if it’s so easy to make new content due to everything being procedural, why not bang out some more content for the existing platform as well? I’d happily pay a £5 a pop for individual new scenarios for L4D1 AND still buy L4D2. At least not playing the gimped 360 version means I can run mods etc.