All Left 4 Dead 2 Maps Soloed On Expert By Crazy Person

[GoldenShadow]

As a veteran with +1000 hours in L4D2, it was pretty boring watching him hiding in a corner for the horde events. I was expecting more from a "crazy person" like running around the map during the events and finale head shotting hunters in midair and last second smoker kills that grab you. He played it way too safe for this to be entertaining.

Dang, major props. How does he manage to avoid smokers, jockies and hunters though?

Basically, he did played the maps over and over until he beat the level, then doesn't mention how many times he failed. It's not impressive at all when you know the maps aren't being played consecutively. Each one starts at 100 health too.

 

[BakedZnake]

As a veteran with +1000 hours in L4D2, it was pretty boring watching him hiding in a corner for the horde events. This is not impressive to watch, I was expecting more from a "crazy person" like running around the map during the events and finale head shotting hunters in midair and last second smoker kills that grab you. He played it way too safe for this to be entertaining.

Lol according to steam I too have clocked around +1000 hours, but most of which is spent waiting in the lobby as the other side rage quit during Vs

 

[Bindal]

I'll be honest, stuff like this makes me agree with those people. No I'm not insulting anybody, but I really hope this guy feels great about himself, cause getting to this level must have taken a whole LOT of hours.

Considering that it's L4D2 (and apparently not even a legit playthrough), I say no, it didn't.

 

[barbzilla]

Don't want to rain on his parade but he has edited the weapon configs. You can tell from the crosshairs that there's next to no weapon spread. You'll also notice he uses shotguns a lot, with the high damage output and pin point accuracy over a long distance does give him a massive advantage when using a shotgun with no weapon spread. Here's the weapon config tutorial http://l4d2.gamebanana.com/tuts/9280. Compare his shotugn gun gameplay with this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9wve5ZTA0 you can tell easily the difference

The guy is quite good, but he has cheated.

Not only that but I highly doubt that these were A: his hairiest moments , nor B: his first time playing through the campaigns (as the achievement unlock Midnight Riders suggests) This guy is full of it and not worthy of praise. Now if this is just a highlight reel from his youtube channel, and not indicative of his actually run, that is something different. I will have to take a look at his actual run before I make a final judgement on him. That being said, if we are right, then shame on him and he will likely be called out for it.'

Edit: Yeah, after watching the videos, he isn't even doing a full successful playthrough. He is only doing it one map at a time. This means that he is able to fail a map and not have to restart the entire campaign. So basically this is all just an exercise in patience more than a show of skill.

 

[Aikayai]

Show this to 5/8's and he'd save it under "comedy". Certainly seen more impressive feats than this.

 

[Kross]

Soo... he played a piss-easy-game on his own? Woopdi-freaking-do... Others did that already. Heck, I finished some of these campaigns solo on expert. IT'S NOT HARD IN THE SEQUEL! BECAUSE THE SEQUEL IS NOT HARD ITSELF! (which is one of the gazillion reasons why the sequel sucks in every way imaginable)

Not only that but I highly doubt that these were A: his hairiest moments , nor B: his first time playing through the campaigns (as the achievement unlock Midnight Riders suggests) This guy is full of it and not worthy of praise. Now if this is just a highlight reel from his youtube channel, and not indicative of his actually run, that is something different. I will have to take a look at his actual run before I make a final judgement on him. That being said, if we are right, then shame on him and he will likely be called out for it.'

Edit: Yeah, after watching the videos, he isn't even doing a full successful playthrough. He is only doing it one map at a time. This means that he is able to fail a map and not have to restart the entire campaign. So basically this is all just an exercise in patience more than a show of skill.

Show this to 5/8's and he'd save it under "comedy". Certainly seen more impressive feats than this.

Ugh it's so terrible why do people even put videos of their lazy videogaming on the Internet.

I'm gonna go watch a Walking Dead LP vid to get that boring and horribly misrepresented video out of my brain.

Buncha noobs wasting my time with their hacked guns that auto target everything in front of the barrel and lock in on all the special infected without any effort other then aiming before they stun him.

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

nice feat, but technically there is no way to solo and win The Sacrifice DLC

 

[Bindal]

But there are shortcuts and whatnot?

No, but tons of ammo and first aid. At least in the sequel. First game? Good luck finding that stuff outside of saverooms, finales.
Yeah, L4D2 isn't exactly hard - biggest challenge is getting yourself killed, actually (and then STAYING dead is a challenge in of itself because someone at Valve thought, allowing you to revive your teammates is a GREAT idea. Hint: It's not.)

 

[barbzilla]

Show this to 5/8's and he'd save it under "comedy". Certainly seen more impressive feats than this.

Agreed, I may not be the best player online, but I do have over 2k hours logged and managed a nice solid 89% win ratio without rage quitting (excepting troll games). This is just trash play. I mean he does play cautiously and tries to be smart about it, but there isn't anything especially exceptional about his play style. I do applaud him for trying it, even more so without being a top tier player, but without concurrent chapter runs, it isn't something I'd praise him for.

 

[The Funslinger]

Still waiting for [user]Fijiman[/user], [user]T0ad of Truth[/user] and [user]staika[/user] to get Left 4 Dead 2 so we can play it online -_-

I can barely do expert on solo past the first zone, so this guy has skill.

He's got all the skillage in the village.

What'cha playing L4D2 on? PC or 360?

 

[CaptainThom]

How the pissflaps did he do that?

 

[kortin]

Good for him, I haven't really played it in a while as it's not too much fun alone, with bots, or online.

But there are shortcuts and whatnot?

No, but tons of ammo and first aid. At least in the sequel. First game? Good luck finding that stuff outside of saverooms, finales.
Yeah, L4D2 isn't exactly hard - biggest challenge is getting yourself killed, actually (and then STAYING dead is a challenge in of itself because someone at Valve thought, allowing you to revive your teammates is a GREAT idea. Hint: It's not.)

Dear god, give it a rest.

 

[Vigormortis]

While I can't say (and I hate to be "that guy") that I'm impressed with the feat, I will give credit where it's due. It's not many that can solo realism expert.

Though, he is certainly not the only one. Not by a long shot.

Admittedly, though, Realism Expert is certainly a lot harder than any mode Left 4 Dead 1 had.

But I do have a question...if he was doing true solo (so no bots, as the article said) and he beat ALL the campaigns......how'd he finish The Sacrifice? Don't you need at least one person on the bridge and one person to become The Sacrifice? o.o

Technically, he couldn't. Once the map loads it leads to an auto-fail seconds later.

Don't want to rain on his parade but he has edited the weapon configs. You can tell from the crosshairs that there's next to no weapon spread. You'll also notice he uses shotguns a lot, with the high damage output and pin point accuracy over a long distance does give him a massive advantage when using a shotgun with no weapon spread. Here's the weapon config tutorial http://l4d2.gamebanana.com/tuts/9280. Compare his shotugn gun gameplay with this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9wve5ZTA0 you can tell easily the difference

The guy is quite good, but he has cheated.

Egh, I wouldn't jump to that conclusion so quickly.

After watching the vid, it looks like he simply adjusted the crosshair behavior and not the actual pellet spread.

There are a number of people I regularly play Realism Versus with and quite a few of them changed their crosshairs to static instead of the default adaptive. So, the pellets still spread like they should, but the crosshair stays small.

Question from something I just noticed. Once the tank is aflame, he seems to stay that way indefinitely. Is that the case? Presumably then, he will eventually die from the constant flame damage? He cleverly avoids him, and the flames don't seem to go out. Will the tank eventually die without the addition of any bullets?

Yes. The tank will burn out once set ablaze with a molly or a gas can. Incendiary ammo, however, is temporary.

Also, until recently, incendiary ammo would actually extinguish a Tank that was initially set aflame with a molotov.

What I don't understand is how one escapes from the hunter, charger or jockey in particular. And startling even one witch (admittedly, avoidable) and it's straight down.

EDIT: Well credit where it's due, he is good but won't have a high kill count. Which ultimately is secondary to surviving. The worst mistake one can make in L4D2 is trying to stand your ground, to stand still. The trick is to always be moving in the right direction. But to do it solo is amazing.

Once you understand how hunters, jockies, etc, attack; as in their animation and timings; it becomes semi-easy to dead-stop them or skeet them out of the air. (or just dodge) Especially with the AI special infected. They can be pretty predictable.

Also, standing your ground isn't always a bad idea. Sometimes you're only option when facing a colossal horde rush, and no molly is in sight, is to sit in a corner and whip out the melee weapon.

'Course, spitters will be an issue. As well, you'll want a spot with a decent choke point so smokers, chargers, etc, have a harder time getting to you.

 

[ungothicdove]

Yeah...I still play on normal mostly and still struggle clearing some levels. Some people are just better than others, and then there's this guys.

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, impressive, to say the least. When i saw the headline of this, i thought "Hey, it's not that difficult, i mean, going solo, as in, with bots, realism expert is still doable.". And then saw that he did it completely solo, without bots or anything.

So, yeah. Impressive. I mean, I play Realism Expert very often with friends, and we rarely have to restart a map, but damn. Doing it solo... Oh god. Those goddamn jockeys. I can handle all the other special infected, but i find it impossible to handle jockeys with a bash before they head-hump me. Not to mention handling the normal infected.So, yeah. Good job, person who did it.

 

[RJ 17]

While I can't say (and I hate to be "that guy") that I'm impressed with the feat, I will give credit where it's due. It's not many that can solo realism expert.

Though, he is certainly not the only one. Not by a long shot.

Admittedly, though, Realism Expert is certainly a lot harder than any mode Left 4 Dead 1 had.

But I do have a question...if he was doing true solo (so no bots, as the article said) and he beat ALL the campaigns......how'd he finish The Sacrifice? Don't you need at least one person on the bridge and one person to become The Sacrifice? o.o

Technically, he couldn't. Once the map loads it leads to an auto-fail seconds later..

Ah-ha! See that's what I would have though. I saw this article right before going to work so I haven't watched any of his vids. But just to be a douche, I still wanted to point out that he couldn't solo EVERY map.

On an unrelated note: Come on Escapist staff, you've GOTTA do something towards fixing these roll-over video ads. Now we've got "Behind The Craft" doing the same text-box eating as The Sub. xP

 

[5mj7R7yf4Dwr3gdZyyu9PeGNwYjlNrjzuh3iTXQG]

Question from something I just noticed. Once the tank is aflame, he seems to stay that way indefinitely. Is that the case?

Yes, if hit by real fire (e.g not incindiary bullets which will burn out). Also the tank gets extinguished if he moves through water (e.g. in a swamp) If there's no water, than yes the tank will burn to death, but will typically have enough time to pummel you soundly.

Minor correction for Steven Bogos Realism mode commons can be killed with enough damage to the body or legs, but yes, non-head damage is reduced enough that the hordes of commons become a greater threat than the specials. Most of the Realism rule changes are engineered to encourage tighter play between the survivors (e.g. staying within sight of each other), so the addition of realism was probably not much of a difficulty ramp for Mr. Titsonabull who was already eschewing teammates.

Also, one body, leg or headshot from the Magnum (Desert Cobra) will kill a common, period. Special Type-Z bullets.

My preferred mode is realism on normal with team members, often who do stupid things and get us all killed. I have gotten the Still Something To Prove cheevo by way of Last Man On Earth. Never got The Real Deal.

Titsonabull has earned a tip of my hat and an internet.

238U

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

I already did this on realism expert mode. Is this supposed to be impressive? Because I didn't think so.