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I have never come across a map with changes without having to re-download the entire map on the Console, PC however is another story.

Also depends on how the game is created, how it loads the maps etc. Some games have a complete map file with others allow you to 'inject' patched data into the map when loading.

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I have never come across a map with changes without having to re-download the entire map on the Console, PC however is another story.

Also depends on how the game is created, how it loads the maps etc. Some games have a complete map file with others allow you to 'inject' patched data into the map when loading.

Source games use individual map files, no patching while loading.

Even though there might only be 0.1MB of difference, you'll still end up with two 12MB files (or such)

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About the online gaming experience:

It's only fun with friends on a friends-only game. For games on public servers, I noticed this stuff happens:

- Stacked teams. One team whips ass and the other team's left with people who drop out in rage, leaving two or three players with a dumbass bot or two.

- HAAHH HA HAHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHH... okay shut up :pinch:

- Randomly getting kicked out by three ******** for no good reason. I just joined no more than two minutes ago, then all three voted to kick me out. :angry:

That being said, I still suck at Hunter. How do you quickly pounce at someone if they're right in front of you? Because by the time the meter fills up from crouching I'll be gunned down.

Oh and the tank. Many times they spawn immediately after the survivors leave the safe room.

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- Randomly getting kicked out by three ******** for no good reason. I just joined no more than two minutes ago, then all three voted to kick me out. :angry:

This happened to me several times as well. A few times it was half way through a campaign and boom, they decide to kick me.

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This happened to me several times as well. A few times it was half way through a campaign and boom, they decide to kick me.

More than likely they're waiting for a friend to get on.

I can't wait for some of the cheapness/exploits to be fixed.

1. The no mercy exploit, by melee'ing the gate.

2. The closet by the elevator. I hate that damn closet.

3. The corner under the pipes in the room on the last map of no mercy.

What I don't understand is why people bother with these cheap/exploiting tactics. It sucks the fun out of the game. Who cares about winning all the time? Jesus, sometimes it's more fun having your ass handed to you by a better team. Get over it! You can't win'em all.

They need to tone down the melee spam too. It's overpowered. It's one thing to shove away an infected to get them off you. It's another to just melee spam them to death. This would also fix the cheapness of just staying in a corner and spamming everything to death.

/rant ;)

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The end of no mercy bugs me....

It isn't an exploit, but on the roof top you can go under the stair way and the zombies can only attack from one side...so you can just sit there and hold down the trigger....Makes an easy win even on expert. :p

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There's an exploit you can do in vs. to pretty much get an instant win.

Type this in the console, bind x "spectate; jointeam 3" Then when you're in vs. mode spawn somewhere, then hit X, you'll jump to spectators and back to infected, but your previous spawned infected becomes a bot, there's no limit to this. You can spawn 6 hunters (and smokers I think) or so very quickly.

The best way to get an exploit fixed, is to exploit it, if it's out there and known it'll get abused, but then quickly patched.

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The best way to get an exploit fixed, is to exploit it, if it's out there and known it'll get abused, but then quickly patched.

Somehow I think an email to Valve would be a better way to go about it.

The exploit is already wellknown, the reason it is not patched is because Valve is enjoying its holiday.

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Doli

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Bored of the game already. It was fun while it lasted, but the only thing in the game is shooting zombies, it got old fast.

I am bored of the game also. I tried different ways to play like using the pistol only but still after one campaign I am ready to leave.

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I am bored of the game also. I tried different ways to play like using the pistol only but still after one campaign I am ready to leave.

I'm starting to feel the same way. I'm probably going to take a little break from and play the game from time to time when I'm bored.

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neoadorable

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well finally went and got this, and the four single player campaigns were a hoot. great action, nice backstory with the safe houses and more. versus i'm not a huge fan of, it's too crazed, plus i get kicked from a lot of matches for some reason. the co-op is OK but more of the same as the single player - honestly the bots were really good.

overall my main concern seems to have been justified - this is a really, really short game. four hours and that's it for the most part. the MP doesn't seem to have much appeal, for me at least. strangely i don't regret buying this, though!

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