Valve Teases New Gameplay Modes for L4D2

[John Funk]

Valve Teases New Gameplay Modes for L4D2

The upcoming The Passing DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Left-4-Dead-2-Xbox-360/dp/B002BRZ852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278961384&sr=1-1] might only feature three original L4D Survivors, but it'll make up for that with more gameplay modes. Yes, plural.

There's been quite a hubbub surrounding the upcoming DLC planned for Valve's zombie-killing Left 4 Dead 2, first around the initial news that it would would be kicking the bucket [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96856-Valve-Announces-First-L4D2-DLC-Featuring-Original-Survivors].

In a post to the because it's awesome [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3634] - Valve offered some teasers as to what fans could expect from The Passing:

[blockquote]A Wicked Witch Bride!
A Gargantuan M60!
A Slashing Golf Club!
And Introducing The Fallen Survivor!
Meet 3 Left 4 Dead 1 Survivors!
New Game Modes!

Was that a typo? Game Modes? Didn't we mean Game MODE? Did we mean to include that "S"?!?!?

YES WE DID![/blockquote]

There's some interesting information there: Unsurprisingly, The Passing will introduce a new melee weapon (the golf club) and a new gun (the M60 - I'm assuming they mean the machine gun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_machine_gun]?), but it will also introduce "a wicked Witch bride," "the fallen Survivor," and "new Game Modes" - with emphasis on the plural.

That's all very intriguing. Who's marrying a Witch? Will the slain L4D Survivor return as an Infected? And what new gameplay modes could there possibly be - Capture the Cure, perhaps?

We'll find out soon enough, but it's fun to speculate.

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[Onyx Oblivion]

Should keep Valve fans happy.

Never really liked Left 4 Dead myself. It's just killing zombies while running from A to B...With no effort at a story. I'll take a REALLY BAD story over no story, anyday.

That, and zombies bore me to death.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

This seems very interesting. I have no idea what new modes they could possibly introduce.

 

[IamQ]

"The fallen survivor"? Could that mean we could get Francis as a smoker, going "I hate you guys."

 

[Kollega]

I'm still upset because of original game's obsolescence. Because of that i didn't get around to buying L4D2 and don't really care about whatever stuff they're adding to it.

Which kind of makes this comment unnessecary, but i just wanted to say: if they'd allow integration of original L4D into the second one if you have both or something like that, i'd buy the second one.

 

[SteakHeart]

I'm betting the "Wicked Witch Bride" is Coach's former wife. In an issue of OXM, it said that Coach hates the Witch, so...

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

Maybe we get a new zombie type: The charmer?

Lures a survivor away and then converts them! XD

I'm looking forward to paying this new dlc with my buddy Keith Scott.

 

[Shockolate]

I remember seeing an unofficial name for one of the gameplay modes but I don't remember what is was or where I saw it. FML

Also http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Fallen_Survivor#Fallen_Survivor

 

[Joe Deadman]

"The fallen survivor"? Could that mean we could get Francis as a smoker, going "I hate you guys."

The fallen survivor was an uncommon common infected (like clowns and the guys in hazard suits) that got cut. The whole idea is that as it was once a survivor it still has a molotov cocktail strapped to its belt so when it dies... well *FWOOSH*.

I'm really wondering what the witch bit is about and can't wait to try out the M60.

 

[Doc Cannon]

M60 makes me happy.

But... only 3 of them? Crap. That doesn't sound good. And I sure as hell hope they don't kill off Francis or I'll hate them.

 

[theownerer]

Isnt it suppose to be out already...

 

[VGFreak1225]

I'm looking forward to it.

And we know that the survivors are immune, so there's no reason to speculate that they will end up as infected, save screwing around.

 

[Retardinator]

[blockquote]
Meet 3 Left 4 Dead 1 Survivors!
[/blockquote]

ummm yeah... anyone else worried about this?

 

[Richard Allen]

I'm still waiting on my promised dlc for the first...good thing we got a survival mode and map....

 

[CoverYourHead]

I bet Lewis took too many peels.

Now I hate myself.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Oh man... what would really be bad ass was if you had the fight the 4th survivor has a final boss of the level... And have them like a random type of special infected, but beefed up more and still recognizable as one of the former survivors. Or even better... if they were really awesome, the dead survivor is randomly chosen at the beginning of the campaign, making the "boss" at the end different, and each survivor could be a different type of special infected at the end. So, one time you fight Bill as a smoker, another time Francis as a hunter, etc. If only that were what they did... :/

Oh well, back to doing homework...

 

[DazZ.]

I'm still waiting on my promised dlc for the first...good thing we got a survival mode and map....

And the SDK, albeit quite late but still, they can't give you anything bigger than the SDK.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

I'm cooing already. This seems really awesome. I hope they have something really cool planned for the fallen protagonist since it'd be awesome to see him/her tankified or something. Maybe make him/her their own kind of infected.

Also I can't wait too here what these game modes are. They managed to get me psyched up for this BIG TIME!