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It was said that there were people boycotting this game for what reason I don’t know at the moment but I will soon find out. Anyway, I saw videos for the new upcoming video game, Left 4 Dead 2. There are a lot of things I like about this game that makes it more exciting to play. The fact that the witches during the day walk around so you can turn a corner and she could be right there in your face. I also like the new infected; The Chargers. They are a lot faster than the Tank which in fact are still in the game. The Chargers though are easier to kill than the tanks. There’s an actual story this time too. How the infection started, and these guy’s have to try to get from Savannah, Georgia to New Orleans to get evacuated. Then there are infected that you can’t use fire to kill, you’ll have to use bullets. Well enough of me talking, just watch the videos.

Interview
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Trailer

Walkthrough Part I

Walkthrough Part II

Gameplays

[Stay Out]

[Bayou Cabin]

[Swamp Fever]

Plot

The plot is similar to Left 4 Dead; it involves the aftermath of the The Infection 1 week after the events of the previous game, around 3 weeks after the first infection. It is yet unknown how long the storyline in Left 4 Dead is.

The story of Left 4 Dead 2 spans five new long campaigns, taking place during the daylight and night (possibly meaning that the Survivors’ travels to the eventual rescue vehicle take even longer than before), and is set in the Southern United States, starting in Savannah, Georgia and ending up in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to Valve employee Chet Faliszek, the Savannah area hasn’t yet been hit by the Infection. The daylight causes some Infected to act differently, especially the Wandering Witch.

Four new Survivors replace the original Survivors in their quest to find a safe area where the infection hasn’t reached yet: Coach, a high school football coach; Ellis, a teenage boy who used to be a mechanic; Nick, a gambler and conman; and Rochelle, a news reporter. The Survivors will encounter new Infected behavior, such as a Wandering Witch, and completely new Infected altogether, like The Charger and The Spitter. There will also be new variants of the Common Infected.

Valve has also said that they intend on providing more exposition about what may have caused the zombie apocalypse and to try and connect the narratives of the two Left 4 Dead games. One of the E3 reviews of L4D2 said the army is a threat.

What pisses me off though is how some how, Blacks always end up finding something racist about games that have Blacks in them. They’ll call it racist if there aren’t any blacks in the game at all. Valve or any other gaming company can’t win for losing because Blacks can’t seem to be satisfied, civilized and happy. They always want to play the victim. Well those Underground Railroad days are over and they need to realize that.

I finally found out what the boycott was about:

Boycott

Shortly after Valve’s announcement of Left 4 Dead 2, many fans were shocked of the idea due to short period time after the first Left 4 Dead. Hours after the announcement fans gathered together and formed a group called L4D2 Boycott (NO-L4D2); the group reached 10,000 members in one week and 35,000 members in three weeks. The group believes that Left 4 Dead 2 should not be a separate game in order to keep the community one, claiming that releasing a sequel would split the community. Their suggestion is to make Left 4 Dead 2 either an expansion pack that is not full-priced or free downloadable content, citing a lack of new content and also voicing their preference to keep the original Survivors and maps. Many fans were also disappointed that Valve never came through with it’s promises for free DLC which it went on record for.

Valve has informed the fans that they have been tracking their comments ever since the first announcement on 1st June 2009, and their response were that Left 4 Dead will continue to be supported with downloadable content. This announcement caused some fans to believe that Valve saw the fans of Left 4 Dead as boycotting the sequel only get more free updates and to save money. Valve has also said that they are discussing the matter and are considering importing the original maps into Left 4 Dead 2; nothing regarding the original Survivors was mentioned.

Valve has also noted that the boycott was entirely ineffective, ironically doubling pre-order sales of Left 4 Dead 2.

Trivia

One can argue that Valve has not changed the Survivors’ personalities to a great degree; they have what resembles a caring, elderly man (Coach), an interested female (Rochelle), a rebellious motorist who comments on everything (Ellis), and a casual, rich man (Nick). If organized alphabet by name, both sets of Survivors from Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are in the same position.

Zombies seem to be able to have missing limbs as seen in the trailer, whereas in Left 4 Dead, they die when their limbs are blown off. This could mean that the virus has begun to strengthen its victims to a degree.

The game takes place in the fall as seen in a banner in the beginning of the trailer.

In the trailer, one can see what appears to be the Army bombing the Infected. Infected can also be seen breaking through fenced barriers, implying Valve’s statement that New Orleans had been relatively safe from the infection before the events of Left 4 Dead 2.

Hazmat-suit wearing zombies seem to indicate that scientists are trying to work on a cure or tried to prevent getting infected. It has been confirmed by Valve at an interview that these are CEDA workers from posters in the Left 4 Dead.

The Infected seem to be smarter and more aware of their surroundings, as in the trailer they seem to take notice of the jets and appear to be actively running away from explosions.

Valve seems to have reused the baseball bat hitting sound from the sound used in Team Fortress 2. (which was also used in Half life 2)

According to the 50^th Issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, Valve “decided not to give the game an elaborate sequel name because the title is so straightforward. However, the team did consider calling it Back 4 More.”