14 DAY TRIAL // Zombies have always been an integral part of the gaming industry, despite the fact that they were almost always at the receiving end of a high-power weapon wielded by the main characters of a lot of video games. But Valve's recent Left 4 Dead brought something new, with the ability of actually playing as the zombies in the Versus mode of the title.
The game went on to become very popular, thanks to its seamless interaction with Valve's Steam online service, which provided a solid multiplayer and sold extremely well, on the PC and on the Xbox 360. A few weeks ago, PC users of Left 4 Dead received a patch that addressed a lot of issues and solved some balance problems between various weapons or characters.
Now, Xbox 360 users will also receive said patch for their console version of the game as Valve announced that the download notice would appear as soon as they would start up the game. This is great news for console gamers who have been plagued by quite a few glitches and problems in their zombie-shooting experience since the game launched.
Here are some of the major issues that the patch will solve, as found on Kotaku:
General
Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises Fixed mini-gun physics exploit Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators Fixed rare achievement bug issues Fixed several map exploits
Versus Changes
Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health Players can only change teams once per map Players can't change teams while other players are still loading Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch
Hunter
Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does
Smoker
Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break Survivors cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors
Tank
Bashable objects now appear with a red glow Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks
Witch
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors
All in all, it seems that Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead users will certainly have a much more balanced experience from now on. All that's left for them to do is start up the game and start shredding some zombies or survivors.