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    Left 4 Dead

    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Nov 18, 2008

    Left 4 Dead puts players in the role of one of four survivors during a zombie apocalypse. Survivors will depend on co-operation to get from one safe house to another, while facing hordes of "Infected", four of which can be controlled by human players in certain game modes.

    Wasn't there a demo on the 360 marketplace?

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    #1  Edited By OneEyedNinja7

    I heard from some friends that there was a multiplayer/co-op demo on the Xbox Live Market place a few weeks ago. I didn't have a Gold subscription then so I figured that I would wait until I did before I downloaded it. Now I do, but when I go to Left 4 Dead on the Marketplace there is like no content (other than one video). Does anybody know what happened?

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    #2  Edited By weltal

    It was a limited time demo.

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    #3  Edited By OneEyedNinja7

    Hmm. I didn't even know of such a thing. Did any other games have demos that were "limited time"?

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    #4  Edited By weltal
    OneEyedNinja7 said:
    "Hmm. I didn't even know of such a thing. Did any other games have demos that were "limited time"?"
    None that I'm aware of. I think the reasoning behind it was the A.I. director would give too much replayablity to the demo. Or it could be another reason, I don't know.
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    #5  Edited By brukaoru

    I've heard of multi-player portions of demo being taken down, such as Burnout Paradise. It makes sense to do that because if they don't take it down, people will just keep on playing the demo and never purchase the full game (in some cases). Plus those demo servers can be used for people who actually bought the game.

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    #6  Edited By SmugDarkLoser
    Weltal said:
    "OneEyedNinja7 said:
    "Hmm. I didn't even know of such a thing. Did any other games have demos that were "limited time"?"
    None that I'm aware of. I think the reasoning behind it was the A.I. director would give too much replayablity to the demo. Or it could be another reason, I don't know."

    Am I the only one who doesn't even notice what this is?
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    #7  Edited By Vinchenzo
    SmugDarkLoser said:
    "Weltal said:
    "OneEyedNinja7 said:
    "Hmm. I didn't even know of such a thing. Did any other games have demos that were "limited time"?"
    None that I'm aware of. I think the reasoning behind it was the A.I. director would give too much replayablity to the demo. Or it could be another reason, I don't know."

    Am I the only one who doesn't even notice what this is?"
    What? The A.I director? That's just what they call the programming that caters the experience to how you play. (i.e. if you suck, less zombies)

    Other than that, the A.I. director isn't as amazing as everyone makes it sound. It does not add infinite replayability, but changes small factors around that slightly alter the experience. I think it's just because they wanted people to try out the game for a limited time before they took it off. Happens all the time.
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    #8  Edited By Babble
    OneEyedNinja7 said:
    "Hmm. I didn't even know of such a thing. Did any other games have demos that were "limited time"?"
    They did this on Steam as well. People began modding the demo, which is probably a dual reason with the A.I. Director.
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