One Left 4 Dead Survivor Won't Survive The Passing

John Funk

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One Left 4 Dead Survivor Won't Survive The Passing



Looks like we're down to Left 3 Dead now: One of the original quartet of Survivors - Bill, Louis, Francis and Zoey - won't make it to the DLC.

If you care about spoilers, time to leave this topic. Like, right now. Okay, consider yourselves warned.

Valve has had a knack for wordplay and double meanings when it comes to the titles of the Left 4 Dead 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Left-4-Dead-Game-Xbox-360/dp/B0025KZV7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278963620&sr=1-1] cast - and it does - it also carries a far more sobering connotation: Someone ain't making it through alive.

The tagline for The Passing is "No One Survives Forever," and as L4D writer Chet Faliszek told GameTrailers [http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/88?ch=1&sd=1_hd], by the time the Left 4 Dead 2 zombie-crunchers run into the group from the first game, that quartet will be down to three.

Interestingly enough, the death will play out in two ways. There will be a section in the upcoming L4D1 DLC (bridging the gap to explain how the cast got down South to meet with the other four for The Passing) where one of the players must sacrifice themselves in order to proceed. We're not talking about the sort of moment where you stay behind to cover your injured teammate as they hobble towards the boat on Hard Rain and get clobbered by a Tank, either - this is a 100% required death. However, the players will be able to decide who dies and who lives as far as the playthrough is concerned.

There will be a canon version of the death, however, as illustrated in a comic book - this is the "idealized version of how it works out," according to Faliszek.

Now, the only question is: Which of the foursome will be making their last stand? Is it the old veteran Bill, weary of life and ready to give the younger generation a chance? Is it Louis - thanks to the long and proud tradition where the black guy always dies? Is it Francis, who admits to the other three, "Y'know, I don't hate you guys" before riding off in a blaze of glory? Or is it Z--okay, let's be honest here. It's not going to be Zoey, and we all know it.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Let's hope Valve gives them a true Dying Moment of Awesome [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DyingMomentOfAwesome].

(Via G4 TV [http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703369/New-Left-4-Dead-DLC-Will-Have-A-Major-Plot-Twist.html])

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Sparrow

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Oof. I really hope it is Zoey. I like the others more.

And it better NOT be Louis.
 

delta46

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I'm sorry to say that i think louis will kick the bucket, he is the least intersting one =(
 

hazabaza1

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It'll probably be Bill, unfortunately. Louis is black, Zoey's the girl, and Bill is more noble and old than Francis, is what I gather from the personality. Also, it's said that Elis develops a crush on Zoey in the passing, so yeah, it's not her.
 

Internet Kraken

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It seems somewhat pointless to put a warning about spoilers in this article when the spoiler was revealed in the title.

On-topic: I'm really surprised that Valve is going to kill off one of the original L4D characters. Though this is a zombie apocalypse, and considering how often they've been thrown into the fire it only makes sense that one of them is finally going to die. They have had ridiculous luck up until now. My guess that it will be Bill in the cannon version. I just don't see him letting the other survivors sacrifice themselves when he can. He will die a noble and heroic death.
 

StarStruckStrumpets

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Why couldn't they do this to the other survivors? None of them have any flare whatsoever!

Damn, I'm sad to say it, but I'll have to go with Francis. I don't really find him as awesome as Bill, who refuses to stop smoking, even after his death.
 

AkJay

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In true horror movie schtick, the black man must die for the greater good.
 

The Infinite

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I better not be Francis, that guy was just too awesome. But to me it makes most sense for Bill to go out being a war veteran, a the old mentor figure it should be epic seeing his finale.
 

Distorted Stu

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It would proberly be zoey for me, or Louis. Its a hard hard choice! I like playing as Bill shoutign "Zoey..." for some reason.
 

Rednog

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I hope the next addon campaign will involve the remaining survivors using a demonic sacrifice by killing off Rochelle to bring back their lost companion. Seriously Vavle you couldn't off a L4D2 survivor? Instead you picked one of the L4D cast? My hate for thee knows no bounds! How will you redeem yourself this time Gabe?!

*Crosses Fingers for the impossible*
Maybe the survivor won't actually die, but instead just be left behind to come back later. Or maybe he or she will come back as a sentient zombie version.