[quote name='Chase']The lack of dialogue and story is what made the demo feel like an arcade game. For my interest's sake, I hope there's a story. Otherwise, I feel Left 4 Dead may wind up a quickly tiring experience.[/quote]
Yes, I think the game would be great if the survivors talked to eachother when the action was on break, like in the safehouses, sharing stories of how they got there or speculating on various things like how it all started. Or if you had CB radios on desks in the safehouses with news reports on a loop, a la the Romero movies where you have updates on what the government is doing to solve the problem. But, sadly, it seems the game was designed solely for a storyless multiplayer and singleplayer is just modified offline multiplayer. Missed opportunity that could have boosted the game even higher than it already is on the radar.