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When you think of good games, it’s generally a couple years between release titles: BioShock & BioShock 2, Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, even Gears of War and Gears of War 2. So it comes as somewhat of a surprise to me that the Left 4 Dead 2 game has already been announced and is coming out exactly one year after the first one.
It makes me wonder how much thought really needed to be put in for the sequel. I guess the tech is already completed, so there’s just new levels and perhaps monsters to create, but then doesn’t it seem more like an expansion than a full-priced sequel? It’s basically a team just creating new levels, so I can see why it would take only a year. But it does give me some feeling that Valve is selling out and perhaps adapting the Activision model of a Guitar Hero and Call of Duty game every year. Of course, I’ll be complaining about this Left 4 Dead 2 sequel being released far too soon but I’ll still be in line to buy it day 1 and end up enjoying it. After all, this E3 video looks great.
I guess I’m conflicted – it may seem contradictory that I say I enjoy the series but I don’t think the sequel should be released this soon. Does that even make sense? It sounds more like it could be an expansion that simply added in these new levels and playable characters, as opposed to a sequel that forsakes the original altogether. Apparently, I’m not the only one as there’s already a thread over 100 pages long about people not liking the fact that a sequel to Left 4 Dead 2 was already announced…
