Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.  That’s how I feel about the upcoming sequel Left 4 Dead 2.  With a $50 price tag I feel as though Valve is taking gamers for a ride, again.

Last year I wrote about how I thought the original Left 4 Dead was overpriced, calling it “ a glorified Source Mod” and I feel no different about Left 4 Dead 2.  L4D2 promises 5 new maps, 20 new weapons/items and a few new zombie types.  Is that really worth $50?  If anything L4D2 is more like an expansion then a completely new game and should be priced as such.

One of the selling points on the L4D2 website states “New story“.  Um, did I miss something, what was the old story?

I’m not one of those gamers that are boycotting L4D2 because I feel Valve is not delivering on its promises for free DLC (downloadable content), I’m not buying it because its not a full game and way overpriced.  Although it seems I’m in the minority on this one as it was recently reported that pre-order sales for L4D2 are the highest Valve has ever had.

Regardless, I will not be buying L4D2.  Don’t get me wrong, I do like L4D and will probably pick up the sequel eventually, but I’ll wait until Steam has one of those 50% off sales before I do.