Could Left 4 Dead 2 content work in Left 4 Dead 1?

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Could Left 4 Dead 2 content work in Left 4 Dead 1?

Posted Aug 7th 2009 3:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Left 4 Dead Series

Despite the announcement this week that the original Left 4 Dead would be getting the new Crash Course campaign in September, many gamers are still not happy that developer Valve is pressing on with releasing Left 4 Dead 2 in November, a year after the original game came out. Many folks have wondered if the content in Left 4 Dead 2 could in fact work in the original game.

Edge Online chatted with Valve's Chet Faliszek about the subject and he states, 'We're still struggling with how interoperability is going to work, right now." Part of the problem is that each game has a different set of characters and settings. Faliszek states, "There's a lot of back-and-forth. We haven't fixed on what we're doing yet, so we don't want to talk about it and make people think something is going to happen when we don't know ourselves." If they don't you can bet mod makers will put in Left 4 Dead 1 maps and characters into Left 4 Dead 2 on their own.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The maps in Left 4 Dead 2 are going to have different paths every time you play, so I'd say no, it can't.Posted at 3:36PM on Aug 7th 2009 by Clyde Cash

"The maps in Left 4 Dead 2 are going to have different paths every time you play, so I'd say no, it can't."

The title is not worded properly. It should say, "Will Left 4 Dead 1 maps, work with Left 4 Dead 2".

As for the dynamic pathways system, the director can control part of the enviromental layout, in certain parts of some of the maps. He can't control 100% of the path, in 100% of the maps.

For example, there is a level that has a cementary. The level is always the same, before and after the cementary. But the director dynamically decides the layout of the gravestones in the cementary. Allowing it to create different paths. But not every level, has a location that utilizes this. Every campaign is likely to have atleast one level, that does however.Posted at 4:29PM on Aug 7th 2009 by Ghostbuddy

Does it matter if both games suck?Posted at 7:10PM on Aug 14th 2009 by neon6