The Left 4 Dead We Almost Got 

Left 4 Dead will be 15 years old next month for this year and let me tell ya, this game is amazing.

Valve: *wanted to encourage players to change weapons* Also Valve: *added laser sight upgrade*

Okay I love that at 12:38, the CEDA worker's other two iterations were Dwight Schrute (The Office) and Maurice Moss (IT Crowd).

Hey, I'm a developer on the project Terror Strike. We're thankful for the time Richter gave us in the video as a spot, and overall we're pretty happy on how the video turned out. Hopefully this can spark some interest in our project.

just saying but the fact we didn't get the cabin in the woods dlc is such a shame, especially since it was like 80% complete

seeing Dwight from The Office and Ross from IT Crowd as concept art for a survivor in Left 4 Dead 2 took me so heavily off guard you have no idea

I really like that common infected sitting animation, gives the impression there's a tiny bit of humanity still in there.

Another fact you missed in this video is that Left 4 Dead was inspired by the Bill's hat in Team Fortress 2

1 Minute and 6 Seconds in and I can confirm this is a Richter Overtime classic.

I'd like to also say that my little brother would be so scared by the witch to the point where he was scared of his sister who had blonde hair at the time.

Fun fact about the Cabin in the Woods promotion, it went actually went both ways, and if you pay attention in the movie can see some of the Special Infected make a cameo in the movie.

Fun fact that you might know from either the developer commentary, or the Back 4 Blood comparison video. Bill’s original designs looked way older and the developers thought he looked too old and fragile to be killing zombies. So they tweaked his design more and more until they got the one we know today, which while being older, can still excel at combat.

Left 4 Dead 2 was THE video game I played with no internet at 13 years old. I put so many offline hours into just playing through the game with bots. 10/10 masterpiece. The best part was that they gave me the game for free in 2014-2015 for Christmas!

The Cabon in the Woods tie-in is also fun because you can actually see a Witch, Hunter, Smoker, and Tank IN THE FILM. In that big zoom-out scene where you see all the monsters, those four are right there in their own boxes. I showed this to someone on the DVD just last week!

Wow hearing "Your Brains" sent me through a wild nostalgia trip in my head.

hearing "byeah" at 6:22 just unlocked a core memory

Kinda wish we had that Ceda worker as a survivor I would be interested in the dialog even if he was just a intern

Beta Louis looks like a character straight out of TTG's The Walking Dead

Man both l4d games are masterpieces. I cant believe that the first one turns 15 next month

I remember Left 4 Dead 3 files being found and rumored waaaay before Alyx. Can't believe it died.

Perhaps one of the best l4d beta coverage videos I've seen. Well done my dude

12:38 thats literally richard ayoade. he plays moss in IT Crowd, and a lot of other british stuff. weird that he just comes up and isnt mentioned in this video. he was also supposed to voice act Wheatley in portal 2, but he was busy that week so they got someone else. im kinda sad he didnt make it into either of these games

Genuinely a fantastic video, nothing but excellence for the entire 18:02

Finally, a Richter Overtime video on Left 4 Dead. I've been waiting for this!

Left 4 Dead is one of my favourite games of all time I swear

I really hope we get a Source 2 port of L4D2 at some point

The “CEDA worker” concept art… that’s just Dwight from the Office and Moss from The IT Crowd. Someone at Valve is a fan of British office comedies as well as 50 Cent!

I guess you could say we almost got left for dead

Richter might not be pregnant but he he never fails to deliver fire content 💀

Excellent video, Richter! I love hearing about more Valve cut content stuff (even if I've never actually played any L4D).

14:57 Some special infected actually made it into the movie "The Cabin In The Woods". During the presentation of the monsters you can actually spot the: Witch, tank, Boomer, i think theres 1 more i don't really remember but they are there.

I thought I had seen most of the concept art for the L4D games, but the ones of Rochelle with her first hairstyle (super cute) and the infected filled with rats (super GROSS) are totally new to me!! Same with the really early L4D2 survivors.

Richter never fails to twist our nuts counter clockwise.

Left 4 dead is a cult classic , i remember my cousin playing it when i was 16 we played Co op and it was the most fun ive had playing a game to this date , I played as Bill because of his signature lines such as " Reloading " and he looked like a badass. We got scared facing the witch , we enjoyed the lore and came up with all sorts of theories surrounding the green flu , i remember sacrificing myself during the " sacrifice campaign " knowing full well it was the end of bill. Emotional stuff , in the second game i played as ellis as he was a joker and had funny lines , we played the dead centre campaign and got the rare spawn of Jimmy gibbs junior and we thought it was the best thing ever. I love the franchise and even now at age 31 i am skeptical and yet hopeful of a third game in the not so distant future.

God damn vampires

I love L4D/L4D2 content! not many makes good videos about them. But i really liked this one. Great video.

That "Byeah" at 6:22 got me so hard xD! Really well done RO

Its kinda cool how most of the cut content like the extra healables and the cut asian nurse, made it into back for blood

Good video man, I really enjoyed watching this and learning about the cut concepts of Left 4 Dead

this is a great vid, I keep goin back for rewatches. good stuff

its crazy to see bill basically never changed that much

I played Dam It, loved that short but crazy map, the crescendo horde events are all insane, but there is a good amount of items in the way to help players. Really like the event where the dam fills with water, and you have to stay near the door before it closes (or your charatche and any zombies, even witches or tanks, automatically dies). Also it finishes right at the start of Blood harvest, a nice way to perfectly chain the two campaigns!

Great video. I learned a lot about one of my favorite games!

12:38 That design in the middle looks exactly like Richard Ayoade's Moss character from IT Crowd.

Another interesting thing about the cabin in the woods crossover is you can actually see some of the special infected from left 4 dead in the elevator scene. Cabin in the woods was originally supposed to release in 2009 so I definitely think it was a possibility or at least talked about

Turtle rock studios are great at coming up with good ideas but they suck at executing it. we’re lucky that valve stepped in

Awesome video on Left 4 Dead! Left 4 Dead is one of my favorite games and I'm glad you're giving it some spotlight.

I've been waiting for this ever since u joined TS! Thanks for the shout out man.

17:04 I totally agree with the need for a Source 2 port of Left 4 Dead 2!! It would breath so much new life into this game, I hope that Valve will do it 🤞

Richter always makes videos about something I asked myself long time ago but no video was there to answer it, truly it’s my pleasure to support this channel and the videos 😄

Holy moly another great video by richter overtime can this day get better? Keep up the great work❤

12:38 lol the ceda worker on the left looks like Dwight from the office.

12:38 hey i dont know if you noticed but the guy in the middle is actually identical to a character called "Moss" from the IT crowd, a british comedy. just stood out to me instantly as a brit @RichterOvertime

You're telling me we could've had Dwight from the Office in L4D2??? I'm glad they made the changes they did to the characters. They're incredibly iconic despite looking (for the most part) like average ppl. The other ones felt like they leaned into tropes/stereotypes quite a bit.

14:20 best charger design I have ever seen, the one we got is great but I would've loved this charging ape looking guy

Funny thing about the Cabin in the woods crossover: in the film itself there's a scene where the main character is in a glass cube and as it zooms out you can see (if I remember correctly, it's been a number of years since I watched that film) a witch, a boomer and a tank in their own cubes.

unlike the half life 2 beta, i am actually glad we didn't get the l4d original survival design. also come to think about it. there's no way to us to know if the hl2 beta would've been a smashing hit just like hl2 we got today. maybe everyone would hate it and think it was another dark grim post 90s 2000s generic dystopian future game (like every other fps at that time look like that description)

This game is more than 10 years old, but people still interested every time new video about Left 4 Dead 2 comes out. Proof how great this zombie game is

Dang, that was really cool man. Bravo!

12:38 is fucking hilarious cause it’s got Dwight from the office and the dude from the IT crowd

12:39 So the survivors would originally be joined by Dwight Schrute, Maurice Moss and Dr. Steve Brule?

12:37 ok but how did richter not mention that those are literally moss and roy from the IT crowd and Dwight Schrute

I think I saw some of the early concept survivors on the workshop before. Excellent work!

5:25 +1 for unlocking a decade old forgotten memory of mine by featuring this Louis clip

Fun fact: Another one of L4D's scrapped names was "Dead Run" according to a TRS dev.

I actually really, really, really like these old designs. More than release ones if I'm being honest. They look more worn, ragged, and perfectly fit more in line with what you'd expect from post-apocalyptic survivors making it in the North-Eastcoast of the United States. They're not nearly as iconic, sure, but they have a particular charm that I can't get over.

Great video, man! You're gonna be big one day, I know it.

Thank you for the informative video, kind sir

The old character designs look nice honestly

13:19 I can already see the Source engine would STRUGGLE to render out all the rats, more especially with 2007-2009 hardware.

love your vids man

Re: Your Brains at the end is a nice touch haha

15:04 Didn’t the movie still feature six of the special infected?

Still love Bill's old design, also surprised that I've never seen L4D workshoppers make some of the concept art survivors playable (would probs be a lot of effort, but still, would be cool)

The CEDA worker concept art is clearly just Dwight from The Office, Maurice from The IT Crowd, and Dr. Steve Brule from Tim & Eric's Awesome Show

17:14 Najbardziej satysfakcjonujące I needed jakie słyszałem do tej pory.

How come no body is talking about the message that popped up in the top left corner right before 16:00

I don't know if there's enough info on it for a full video, but a video on the Japanese exclusive L4D2 arcade game would be really cool.

I remember seeing those early concept characters for L4D in game magazine years ago. Man it’s been a minute

12:14 -Bill -That one chick from Jurrassic World -Chick from Scott Pilgrim wannabe -Weird guy with a guitar at a party -Your neighbor two doors down -Lucinda Williams -Roshelle (FatnSassy style) -Dude from Disney's Radio -Grey's Anatomy Cosplayer/Superfan -Chick from Scream -Dwight (the office) -Can't remember his name -Dr Steve Brule -Jennifer's Body Background Character -Laurie Fucking Strode

i think "DAM IT" was cut not because of its difficulty, as its fairly easily could be fixed, but because of its idea being a bit weird and valve having not enough time to finish it. Still could be a visualy good compaing with some game-design changes, my guess is thats what valve was struggling with.

So basically in the L4D beta: Louis: Dirtier + hairier Francis: Dirtier + hairier Bill: Even dirtier + even hairier Zoey: HOODIE + HOTTER!!

12:38 that's definitely Rainn Wilson and Richard ayode 100%. 3rd guy looks like John C reilly

Glad this Fire dropped on my recommendation dropping a sub.

HDTF is so good it left Valve speechless

Richter never fails to clap my cheeks

I couldn't help but comment about the Cabin in the Woods crossover that you mentioned. Even though the game content itself was scrapped, there is a scene in the movie where if you look closely enough you can actually see a Tank in one of the cascading glass prison cells with all the other horrible things they had locked up. I even think there were more infected from the L4D series there too but to me the Tank was the one that stood out the most. Edited: Yeah, this was pointed out a few days ago in another comment. Sorry for the redundancy!

Dude I totally forgot about those original images, but memories came back as soon as I saw em.

One small thing, Zoey and Francis were supposed to be a couple in some early drafts of the scripts.

The left 4 dead beta looks more finished than any todays beta

Thank you for talking about this. I love the beta and want to play this so bad lol

Song at the end is a nostalgic trip

15 years later, this is still the best game ever made. I cannot and will not stop playing

13:11 me after getting vac banned for no good damn reason

Fun fact: In the movie Cabin in the woods, near the end you can see the Boomer in one of the cells!

6:22 I had forgotten that video for decades omg, amazing reference

zoey is hot in either reality of these concepts

I just wish Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 had more modability for additional weapons and special infected. I feel like this would have prolonged both games lifespans even more. Never understood why it wasn't as moddable as Gmod and some of the earlier titles. Seemed like a step back in that regard, while a lot of things were an obvious step forward. Excellent video by the way.

9:47 Is that zombie clone wars palpatine

The song at the end is Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains