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Left 4 Dead 2 - $24.99

About the Game

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008.

This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

You'll play as one of four new survivors armed with a wide and devastating array of classic and upgraded weapons. In addition to firearms, you'll also get a chance to take out some aggression on infected with a variety of carnage-creating melee weapons, from chainsaws to axes and even the deadly frying pan.

You'll be putting these weapons to the test against (or playing as in Versus) three horrific and formidable new Special Infected. You'll also encounter five new “uncommon” common infected, including the terrifying Mudmen.

Helping to take L4D's frantic, action-packed gameplay to the next level is AI Director 2.0. This improved Director has the ability to procedurally change the weather you'll fight through and the pathways you'll take, in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match your performance. L4D2 promises a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience every time the game is played, custom-fitted to your style of play.
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It's hard to explain. For me I think it has divided the community. All the people I met whilst playing L4D1 no longer game or don't play as often. Some of them only play L4D2 now. Other than that it just feels like it's missing something, I don't know what it is, but before I couldn't wait to get home after a long day and fire up L4D and play for a few hours with people online. Now I don't even fire up either of them anymore. :(
 
Sounds like burn out, the novelty ran out for you maybe?

I bought L4D on special a while ago, but no one plays, which is why I'm considering L4D2.
 
Yeah, maybe the novelty has run out. When it was big I didn't have a proper PC working, so I couldn't play it all the time. Now I have a proper PC but not many people play the old one. I also have a 5870 which makes me realise that I can play everything out there so L4D has taken a back seat to all the other games I missed out on like Bioshock, The Witcher and Mass Effect for example.
 
The specials on steam are always very tempting! But at the moment it is just a problem with the price of the capped internet I have. The total cost and time waiting for the downloads are almost not worth the amount you save on the specials
 
Assassin said:
The specials on steam are always very tempting! But at the moment it is just a problem with the price of the capped internet I have. The total cost and time waiting for the downloads are almost not worth the amount you save on the specials
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wage when it finally gets it's s*** sorted will make that a problem of the past, however there is also the cheap "uncapped" that is now being sold by mweb, vox and openweb and afrihost which to use for this. ex R290 for 10 gig via afrihost VS R219 uncapped for 384 or R500 uncapped for 4meg...

...seriously you do have other things to do while it download, it's not like you have to sit and watch the bits and bytes trickle in unless you have one of those pc's where as steam run on background you can't do anything else.
 
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Torchlight - $5.00 USD, ±R38


About the Game
Behold Torchlight, a fresh new Action RPG franchise developed by Runic Games. Torchlight is being developed in Seattle by a veteran team composed of the designers and leads of projects like Diablo, Diablo II, Mythos, and Fate. Our team has spent many years honing and evolving this unique style of gameplay.

The adventure is set in the mining settlement of Torchlight, a boomtown founded on the discovery of rich veins of Ember - a rare and mysterious ore with the power to enchant or corrupt all that it contacts. This corruptive power may have dire consequences however, and players set out into the nearby mountains and depths below to discover the full extent of Ember’s influence on the civilizations that have come before.

Runic Games will initially release Torchlight as a standalone Single Player game, Torchlight will be released in the latter part of 2009 as a download or in box. Following the single player release, work will commence on a fully-featured MMO version.

Single Player Version
Players will choose from among three character classes, and venture from the safety of the town of Torchlight into randomly generated dungeon levels, with a huge variety of creepy monsters, endless variations of loot to find, and quests to complete. The endless randomization ensures a long-lived gameplay experience.

* Randomization - Our level layouts are randomly created, so each adventure is unique. Monsters, treasures, puzzles, and items are also different each time you embark on an adventure
* Easy, approachable interface - Torchlight is designed to be easy to play right from the beginning. The intuitive interface gives players easy access to a rich and varied world
* Retirement System - Once characters are sufficiently leveled up, they can “retire” and bestow specific benefits and perks to new characters
* Pets - Players will choose a pet to accompany them. Pets can level up along with the player, and will help in battle, carry items, and perform a variety of helpful services
* Character Classes - Players will create and customize a character from one of three classes available, and choose an animal companion. Through cosmetic choices, skill path decisions, and the treasures they acquire, each character will be custom-tailored and different
* Fishing - Players can take a break from the high-energy pace of adventuring to visit one of the fishing holes and relax and see what they can catch. Fish have interesting benefits for the player and pet, and other rewards can also be discovered
* Included Editor - Runic Games is embracing our modding community by including an editor so our players can create and design their own content
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Necuno said:
wage when it finally gets it's s*** sorted will make that a problem of the past, however there is also the cheap "uncapped" that is now being sold by mweb, vox, openweb and webafrica which to use for this. ex R290 for 10 gig via afrihost VS R219 uncapped for 384 or R500 uncapped for 4meg...

...seriously you do have other things to do while it download, it's not like you have to sit and watch the bits and bytes trickle in unless you have one of those pc's where as steam run on background you can't do anything else.
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What affordable uncapped offer from webafrica are you talking about?? The only uncapped they have on their site is R1659 per month. In fact they have claimed mweb,openweb,vox and afrihost's uncapped to be unsustainable. Webafrica is a non entity in the cheap uncapped game currently.
 
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What affordable uncapped offer from webafrica are you talking about?? The only uncapped they have on their site is R1659 per month. In fact they have claimed mweb,openweb,vox and afrihost's uncapped to be unsustainable. Webafrica is a non entity in the cheap uncapped game currently.
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typo, but corrected. blame wishful thinking...
 
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