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Left 4 Dead Demo Hits the Marketplace

Left 4 Dead Demo Hits the Marketplace
Written Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by James Parkin

Good news everyone, the Left 4 Dead demo is officially on the marketplace! The demo clocks in at 1.2 GB, so be prepared to download for a bit depending on your internet speed.

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. 

Give the demo a shot, and let us know what you think of it via comments.



User Comments
Comment #1 by iburns08
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:32:39 PM

already downloading it

Comment #2 by ssmaster69er
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:32:51 PM

1st

Comment #3 by ssmaster69er
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:33:10 PM

damn missed by 12 seconds. This first thing is really childish anyway :) just wanted to do it once in my life.

Comment #4 by nateredish
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:33:15 PM

this game is gonna kick some serious ass

Comment #5 by dementedlullaby
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:33:17 PM

Haha @ number 2

I've played this last week (early demo key)and it's great. Looking forward to the full game.

Comment #6 by Infomouse
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:35:35 PM

VALVe comes through once again, demo was very short but extremely awesome. Nice pace and fun with friends

Comment #7 by ii br00tal ii
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:35:55 PM

finally! i'll download it asap

Comment #8 by EOU Findub
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:36:37 PM

Do you get to play the Demo by yourself or with three others?

Comment #9 by Caliboyjosh10
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:38:13 PM

played it already. Good game but the zombies die to quickly and shooting them in the arm kills them? I'll buy when it gets cheaper.

Comment #10 by fetapumba
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:38:22 PM

nice, cant wait until it comes out

Comment #11 by Hoebagger
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:38:52 PM

I just plain love zombies

Comment #12 by Little Fat Hobo
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:41:21 PM

TO THE MARKETPLACE!

Comment #13 by xgonscm2
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:42:53 PM

this game will rock!

Comment #14 by Brigadier Badge
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:46:13 PM

nice

Comment #15 by Hells Zargon
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:46:42 PM

About time! Now I can finally get a first hand opinion on whether to get this game or not.

Some factors look fantastic, others not so. I can imagine that the first time you face a swarm of zombies with three other capable team-mates will be awesome though.

That reminds me, is the demo online?

Comment #16 by x_Silxx_x
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:47:06 PM

Just played it... Think it's abit amateurish. Seems more like a PS1 game than a Next-Gen game. Might be abit of fun with coop, but that's about it. I doubt i'd pay full price for it.

Comment #17 by Bleeding Star
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:50:42 PM

played it earlier on PC, controls suck on PC no matter what you say! Am downloading the 360 version now

Comment #18 by Medaking
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:51:17 PM

Its an interesting little (compared to the more hyped ones) game... Not what I expected for some weird reason. A few more plays will see that sorted ;D

Comment #19 by voorhees88
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 01:58:33 PM

Never thought i'd say it but, i'm liking this more than gears!

Comment #20 by Mr KILLJOYs
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:00:31 PM

Sucks have to wait till tommorrow to play the demo (Luckies)!

Comment #21 by Atarii
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:23:14 PM

LOL @ 2 - I love seeing people look stupid, and idc if you just wanted to do it once in your life, it's dumb and I hope you get an infraction for it, diaf

on topic, I hate my current Internet connection, this 1.21 gigs will take at least an hour if not more :*(
Still can't wait to try this

Comment #22 by TESTUBE BABY 82
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:23:16 PM

i cant wait im skipping COD 5 for this

Comment #23 by callofdutyachievements
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:35:14 PM

I'm getting this crap

Comment #24 by Ricardini
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:38:57 PM

Actually not a real fan of the game , kinda disapointing :/ , can be fun if u have 3 friends tho :)

Comment #25 by MG6490
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:46:12 PM

This game is freakin sweet! played it with some mates and we were proper gettin into it it is actually genuinely pant browning when u see 20 zombies bursting through a door and sprinting at you! lol. Makes a welcome change to the slow zombies of Dead Rising.

Comment #26 by MrBubbles89
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:50:01 PM

Everyone's gonna unload massive amounts of ammo trying to get the Zombie Genocidest achievement with pistols since they have infinite ammo. =D


Comment #27 by Mullock94
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 02:56:46 PM

fuck sake my xbox broke 2day!!! i was looking froward to this as well

Comment #28 by Outline
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:03:41 PM

I don't really 'get' this game...

Wasn't as fun as I expected.
I could see it being a laugh, but nothing's scary when it takes a single bullet (of 500-odd) to kill it.

Comment #29 by wigidywaxa
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:06:17 PM

downloading as i type

Comment #30 by Octobox
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:08:43 PM

omggggggggggggggggggggggg

Comment #31 by Blue Thunder28
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:10:10 PM

Great demo. Definitely getting this.

Comment #32 by Tussell
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:16:37 PM

I heard it sucks, but I won't believe it until I see it, seeing as this is my most anticipated... I'm currently at 28%. :) Can't wait!

Comment #33 by Metalbrian2
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:19:31 PM

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment #34 by Deathsoul92
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:33:08 PM

sounds great espacially the co-op

Comment #35 by n00bcheese
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:36:17 PM

already finished the demo on the hardest difficulty with my mates

BRING ON THE ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment #36 by Frozenghost001
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 03:58:57 PM

lol finally they put it up for the public. had mine for a week now (thank god for pre-orders)! it's amazing. i recommend everyone to download this demo and BUY THE GAME! Best zombie game of 2008 right here!

Comment #37 by Greg0fTheDead
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:11:36 PM

who doesnt love a good zombie game

Comment #38 by Lloyd Xmas82
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:15:10 PM

hmmm not sure about this.even with the imense amouth of zombies hurtlin towards me i never got the sense of.oh poo i`m goin 2 die.u can kill them so easily not matter where ur bullets actually hit.mite av a rent tho as online could kick ass

Comment #39 by SkYlyn3
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:24:22 PM

Expert is waaaaaaaay too much fun.

Comment #40 by Untitled1
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:31:57 PM

this game is amazing, been playing the demo on pc since last week.

Comment #41 by Link0913
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:34:57 PM

great game love how molotov fire spreads, but did anyone else find it bit hmm... odd finding a few piles of pipe bombs lying in the subway, i kinda get people makng molotovs quicklyand dying before they could use them but bombs take time?

Comment #42 by Link0913
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:34:57 PM

great game love how molotov fire spreads, but did anyone else find it bit hmm... odd finding a few piles of pipe bombs lying in the subway, i kinda get people makng molotovs quickly and dying before they could use them but bombs take time?

Comment #43 by neoxbomb
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:36:39 PM

oooooh crap im dling now!!! YATTA!!

Comment #44 by Poisonheadcrab
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:41:47 PM

Oh, that's BS: You guys on 360 have 1.2GB, but PC users have 3.2GB D:(

Comment #45 by Link0913
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:45:18 PM

sorry about the second post i accidentaly pressed the button twice

Comment #46 by L0nni3
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 04:56:36 PM

I have had this for about a week and it is oh so enjoyable

Comment #47 by G_Ghoul
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 05:49:12 PM

I preordere it but the Gamestop I got it at is a p.o.s. one cuz they didn't have the early access key to play it. I know someone who works at that store and he said they just got them in today, pssh, like it fucking matters now.

Comment #48 by Danteveli
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:34:02 PM

A lot of my friends decided to drop it of to buy asap list after playing this demo. I was hoping for something better. Now it will be hard to decide if its worth money.

Comment #49 by Akatsuki Sw1tch
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:38:52 PM

Brilliant game, Must buy! (So Many good games this year)

Comment #50 by SaNch3Z
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:40:01 PM

Great game!

Comment #51 by Io Haze oI
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:43:10 PM

@21
Only an hour. Jeez it took me like 4 hours to download the CoD 5 beta

Comment #52 by LAClennell
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:45:44 PM

It sucks how its not on the PS3, as I was hoping to get it. Oh well, at least I can get it

Comment #53 by death525
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:50:55 PM

this is hands done going to be one of the best games of the year

Comment #54 by death525
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:52:11 PM

i mean down not done

Comment #55 by Caboose 1534
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 06:54:34 PM

Is there co-op in the demo?

Comment #56 by D12 Raven
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 07:04:39 PM

For those who keep asking, the demo has 4-player co-op over Live. And I must say, this game is amazingly fun, probably the most fun I've had with friends since I got my 360 a couple years ago.

Comment #57 by zorrofox
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 07:54:13 PM

I played it and was none too impressed. Hopefully, they will tweak the difficulty (1 hit kills!! WTF??) and tighten up the graphics. They are kinda shit.

And where are the guy's legs/feet?? I hate being a floating head, arm and gun with nothing to support me. It's upsetting for my fragile little mind.

Comment #58 by S3R0
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 07:58:24 PM

Sweet, bout to DL right now.

Comment #59 by naked rampage
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 07:59:23 PM

This is awesome..I wish valve would do something with Microsoft to allow Gamerscore =/

Comment #60 by naked rampage
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 08:00:49 PM

***on the pc version that is...

Comment #61 by Keizer Godzilla
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 09:20:21 PM

does the demo include multiplayer?

Comment #62 by prowlerdante
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 10:40:06 PM

On my Xmas list with Fallout 3 and GH:WT. Can't wait.

Comment #63 by sasuke uchiha
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:10:06 PM

this game is funny

Comment #64 by BigApple3AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:28:17 PM

This is so fun. And it's great that the demo has so many multiplayer options. This is going to be the best game of the year.

Comment #65 by BigApple3AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:30:29 PM

Running zombies are really unrealistic though.

Comment #66 by eGEORGE
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:40:55 PM

really...running zombies are unrealistic...it's the running that makes it unbelievable?

Comment #67 by Absolut Vampic
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:19:36 AM

Downloaded it yesterday.
Great game, great AI, great gameplay.
And for the furfag "BigApple3AM", quit your whining, it would be no fun to kill walking stupid zombies.

Comment #68 by BAD BLOOD BIGGY
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:37:20 AM

Just totally awesome. Highly recommend.

Comment #69 by Grod Box
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:37:28 AM

This demo rocks!

Comment #70 by crunchb3rry
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 02:16:24 AM

"damn missed by 12 seconds. This first thing is really childish anyway :) just wanted to do it once in my life."

I say go for it. Comment sections are cesspools anyway. I don't see why people insist on turning them into makeshift forums. Er...I think I just did that.

Comment #71 by only1skingle
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 03:49:41 AM

i don't truly see me investing alot of time into this game, with fallout 3, gears 2 and cod5 on my 360 at mo, plus my uni will be getting pc version off steam so i can always play it at uni, instead of work!!!

:)

Comment #72 by Hells Zargon
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 06:28:55 AM

That was freaking awesome! Had a couple of very memorable multiplayer co-op games last night, definately getting this!

Comment #73 by Maerl1d
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 07:46:01 AM

Yay! I downloaded it this night, gonna play it today.. :)

Comment #74 by HyperChondriacMusic
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 07:52:34 AM

BigApple3AM, i suppose you have studied zombies then, theyre behaviour, eating, migration, mating patterns? for you to know enough that zombies cant run.

And, this game is awesome, killing zombies is a favourite pastime and ive been waiting since Dead Rising to do it again (cocks a shotgun).

Comment #75 by ManicMangoiow
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 09:29:44 AM

Yes i cant wait for this game as it is :)

PLay it wen it downloads

Comment #76 by mbraucher
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 10:36:08 AM

@ #73 - smoke another one

I'm pumped for this, overall it sounds like everyone is enjoying it. I downloaded it, but only had time to watch the intro. Pretty intense looking. co-op is going to rock!

Comment #77 by My BR Is Evil
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 10:56:03 AM

This game is intense and I enjoyed it can't wait till full game online co op mode. Gonna be great

Comment #78 by cassetto
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:30:54 PM

OMG!!!!! I WANT IT! This game is great, i love valve...

Comment #79 by Hedgoo
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:49:53 PM

Cool, i've started downloading now, hopefully be done soon. Can't wait to play it =)

Comment #80 by BigApple3AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:51:25 PM

@74: Romero rules state that zombies don't run. And they certainly don't mate.

Dead Rising is my favorite 360 game, but this one might just take the cake.

Comment #81 by ugoindownsaka
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:44:31 PM

i think the running zombies are a lot better, they seem more realistic as they are not halted by fatigue, they not using oxygen as theyre (un)dead obviously, as stated in the zombie survival guide(highly recommended). they are reminicent of i am legend and 28days/weeks later zombie which are much better than the crawling flesh deviod beasts of yester year i feel.

Comment #82 by ryanczajka
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:46:38 PM

suck my ball europe

Comment #83 by PalmettoPanda
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:53:26 PM

The demo was awesome with 4-player and slightly less awesome single player.

Comment #84 by [Waggly Bean]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:58:02 PM

Dead Rising was such a big let down, finally the great zonbie game that the 360 deserves!

I just played my first game on Advanced. It was bloody brilliant! I love it! Although I'm a bit sceptical about the replay value of it if there's only 4 campaign levels....

Comment #85 by SC Defective
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 07:41:47 PM

@ 81
The Zombie Survival Guide rocks, but you dont.

This game calls their "zombies" infected, not zombies.
28 Days/Weeks later were not zombies either, they were humans infected with rage.
The kicker here is that I Am Legend was full of vampires, not zombies.

But onto the demo.
I think this has to be my favorite game ever. EVER.
I played it on the easiest setting just to run through it quickly before heading to the movies, and I had a blast.
I assume because I had it on easy that the computer AI helped more than they normally would because more times than not the special infecteds were killed before I even saw them.
The tank was a badass though.
Cant wait to play the retail version though.

Comment #86 by Cranbaby Sauce
Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 01:52:10 AM

I can't believe these guys were discussing the science of zombies. What hairy peckers. Demo was sweet, gonna be fun. Hail Satan.


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