Left for Dead 2 is left for dead?

There seems to be a brawl brewing over the Left for Dead 2 release planned for later this soon… too soon apparently. Fans of the original are claiming the sequel is more of an update, and the individual gaming components being sold are not enough to justify an entirely new title. What’s more, they’ve ‘organized.’ Yup gamers are going political, and they’ve getting together.

Over 19 thousand gamers have declared a boycott of the game, leaving developers valve with a lot of steam to get rid of. The gamers claim the content being released now should only considered additional content for the game, and that it doesn’t warrant the price tag, both qualitatively and quantitatively of a new title on its own.

They claim that Valve hasn’t yet delivered on its promise to provide free or ‘otherwise’ updates for its game, and that by releasing the sequel, Valve will in fact bifurcate the multiplayer community between the two games, and so reduce gaming quality. Also as the game releases to soon after its predecessor, it will render the first game obsolete too soon after its release.

The gamer demand for compensation, including releasing the sequel as additional content, or discounted prices for owners of the first game.