Annoying things in games: Part 2
In an attempt to inject some variety into this website and slightly dilute the over-excited Left 4 Dead coverage, here’s another round-up of game design grumbles.
Left 4 Dead remote commander
The L4D Remote Commander allows you to remotely administer your hired dedicated server, without having to memorise a bunch of console commands. It has a console of its own, but the primary things you tend to want to do, are provided as explicit controls.
Left 4 Dead – musings from the demo
Having now played Left 4 Dead for a while, us folks at PG feel compelled to comment. Every other blog site on the planet is doing it too, which somewhat dilutes our feedback, but what the hell.
Left 4 Dead Demo – Beta or not?
I’m in two minds about the Left 4 Dead demo. On the one hand Valve are being typically community-vigilant and are responding quickly and personally to people’s well-founded gripes. On the other, Valve are yet again making up their own untrustworthy definitions to blur the public’s expectations of their deliveries.