Why Left 4 Dead Fans Should Calm Down About Left 4 Dead 2

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It's pretty clear that a lot of Left 4 Dead fans are very upset about Valve's surprise reveal during E3 2009 about Left 4 Dead 2.

The game's new official message boards are full of comments saying basically, "Valve's releasing a sequel too quickly for us; this should be a free content update for the original game."

To quote: As Valve's Doug Lombardi told us during our play time with a build of the game this past week, "This is something new for us." By "new" he meant that this time Valve is not waiting for years to release a commercial follow-up to one of their major games. (Half-Life 2: Episode 3, hello?)

Many fans are not happy because they feel the original game (still a top 10 best selling PC game in retail stores months after release) will be forgotten now with Left 4 Dead 2's announcement.

Again, Lombardi assured us at E3 that is not the case, promising that the first game will still be getting updates and new content (although exactly what they have planned is still a mystery). Lombardi also told Rock Paper Shotgun that any maps made for Left 4 Dead's SDK will work for Left 4 Dead 2.

Finally there's the fact that Valve has made purchasing Left 4 Dead pretty easy since its October launch. It has has had three major Steam sales that have reduced its price by between 25 to 40 percent during those sales times.

Valve also made the decision to make a permanent price cut for the game (from $49.99 to $39.99) a few months after its release. Oh, and we didn't mention that Valve has made the full game available for free for a few days.

And all that for a game that has and will continue to receive new updates and content, most likely even after the sequel is released. Most PC games don't get nearly that much post-release support for a developer.

So to all of you folks who think that you are getting ripped because Valve wants to get a sequel to Left 4 Dead out quickly we say, "Fine.. we will just play both games. Wish you were here."

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