Left 4 Dead Adds Legacy, Equals Love From Valve
Written by SAKY // Filed in SAKY's Picks, Xbox 360 // Viewed 1,364 times
[April 22, 2009]
After playing through the new versus maps and Survival Mode last night, I went to bed feeling quite satisfied with all the new content Valve has added to Left 4 Dead.
I awoke this morning and recalled that a certain Valve employee had suggested that Alt-controls’ members would be quite happy with the next update. It would be a shame if this was implemented two months ago only for us to notice now but better late than never as they say. We requested it and Valve delivered.
Although there is still no option to map the button layouts, I would like to thank Valve on behalf of us all for taking the time to add some more controller options for us, the often overlooked segment of the gaming population. Screen shot and an explanation after the jump.
So looking at the screen shot (below) you will notice the Normal and Southpaw options plus the newly added “Turn Legacy On/Off” button. Simply select Southpaw or Default and then turn on Legacy which can give you either Standard Legacy or Southpaw Legacy. Nice!
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13 Responses to “Left 4 Dead Adds Legacy, Equals Love From Valve”
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David says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 amAlthought I never checked because I recently converted due to this magnificent game, I think in the PC version you can button map and maybe even use legacy (i’d have to check). I’ve removed the 360 turn for a mic on/off toggle. with the upper R bumper.
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xDark007x says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 amFinally, I have been waiting for this since the day I found out it didn’t have Legacy. I can finally play another Zombie game with my friends, thank you for the good news!
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graphikill says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:15 amlooks like i will be buying L4D, well done Valve
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mitch82cc says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 amThank you little baby Jesus! I’ll be picking this up tonight
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mclovin says:
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:38 amThat is awesome!!! They didnt name it after you did they? (SAKY) in the picture above is just ur gamertag yeah???
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SAKY says:
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:44 am@mclovin
ha ha, no that’s just my gamertag.
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Nillaz says:
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmI bought this day 1 and after a couple months of waiting for the legacy update I assumed it was vaporware and got rid of the game. Guess I have to head out to the store and pick this up again now. Way to go Valve!
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wurdizbawnd says:
April 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pmi will buy this game tomorrow.
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Frame says:
April 27th, 2009 at 11:55 amThank goodness! …off to Wal-Mart.
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mitch82cc says:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmNow if only they would do the same for The Orange Box. Was the addition of Legacy credited to someone here pleading? Or was it from the story I ran a while back about a guy named Stuart who asked for Legacy? A combination of both maybe?
Anyway…what will it take to get them to patch Orange Box, and (HOPEFULLY) make this the standard for future Valve games?
Thoughts?
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unreal3x says:
May 13th, 2009 at 7:19 amThey do need to add this to The Orange Box. Does not make since that they would only support one game when they all use the same Source Engine. Legacy controls are what I consider first before buying a game. If they support one simple thing that does not cost them money, they will make more off us.
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Mike says:
June 25th, 2009 at 10:17 amSweet, I’m going to buy this today, so hard to find games that support legacy these days.
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Hypo3 says:
November 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pmOMFG!!!!! This is amazing news. I am definetly buying this now!!!!! I just saw the demo at my friends house, and it looks unreal. It looks like a movie, with the great intro video, I cant wait to buy it. Thanks for the update ^_^