originally it was going to have a full story line.
How the survivors met up, information about them, how and why everyone's infected, dialogue throughout the game complete with cut scenes, explanation of why the f**k there's a helicopter meeting you somewhere, who owns the helicopter, where it's taking you, and then the helicopter crashing which leads into the next level... etc etc etc... And at the end, there was going to be a resolution.
They were lazy when they removed the story. It was originally going to be basically a playable movie, which is evident by the movie poster loading screens that they left in even though they removed every single storyline aspect from the game.
they removed it because they thought a storyline would hurt replay value.....
well, i'm playing ghostbusters through for the 3rd time now... I plan on playing it more, I cant wait for the sequel, and it's got a HEAVY storyline.
I played a few hours of left4dead... have no intentions of ever playing it again, will not buy the sequel, etc etc etc... and a big part is because it has no storyline. Also, it has a small selection of shitty weapons and stilted game play
even though I am a fan of all that is zombie, this game was a gigantic dissapointment.
I'm now eagerly awaiting Dead Rising 2
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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/976/976785p1.html
http://www.deadrising2.net/