Edit :- Brilliant, noticed typo in music - FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
So i was really unsure as to whether i was going to enjoy left 4 dead 2 - having bought the first on both platforms and played em to death i was incredibly pessimistic about the Prospect of paying for what could end up being underwhelming.
From the 2 campaign chapters they give you- i was totally wrong.
The graphics have had a significant improvement, probably most noticeable is the fact that the zombies now take a lot of punishment on expert mode, thus you are able to blow chunk after chunk off of their bodies in a gloriously gory fashion and as long as the skeleton remains intact - they will still keep on a clawing. But when you eventually blow a zombies gut open with a magnum and see straight through him and watch as he falls to his knees clawing at his stomach, whilst you see the contents of his gut spewing out- it's awesome!
Also the addition of the new special infected - which by the way, are complete bitches - and even sub specials, like zombies wearing body armour that are immune to gunfire as such (but not guitars- heheh) made each encounter radically different. The charger seemed to pop up too frequently however, every damn corner i turned resulted in me being pounded,
I played through the opening chapters multiple times and each one - true to their claims- played out differently, even so much as the weapons available at the start of each mission - no longer is it a case of starting gun -> better gun based on type.
I counted a total of four or five types of shotgun alone whilst playing, each feeling and handling different, and most of the time only one or two types would appear in a level, as well as several different assault rifles, only found one sniper rifle - the starting pistols and laser sights are awesome, and the replacement magnum you get the option to take (although i only found it once)- makes beautiful holes in heads.
A cool variety of sub items were found, each playthrough seeming to generate a different mix, picking up adrenaline at one point allowed me too outrun a horde - whereas a tub of boomer vile was used to fuck with one of the armour wearing zombies- he got mobbed heavily and then a grenade into the middle no longer resulted in a red mist, but a mangled pile of corpses and half skeletons
And the mini finale they threw in halfway through was awesome too - really changed the pace of the level and forced us to make split decisions, especially when one of us went down and round the next corner were defibrilators i could use to bring em back- press on and shut off the horde alarm? or turn back and try to save? This kind of stuff looks like it could vary it pretty well.
The highlight in all was a small cafe we found, in which as we were horded, a juke box set off and began playing 'when the saints...' it was both surreal and hilarious at the same time, in consequent playthroughs - it was found it played different songs - including one written for the game, in which a lonely zombie is singing to his old work colleague about his desire to eat his brains - which climaxes into an awesome choir based chorus, and solo midway through.
Incidentally, upon further inspection i found all of the jukebox songs on my hard drive after searching in :-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2 demo\left4dead2\sound\music\flu\jukebox
May vary for you guys but 'Re_your brains' is now in my ipod playlist :D
Theres a lot i've left out here 'mainly due to being in a rush' - and a lot i never even experienced such as the ammo types, grenade launchers etc - but man im enjoying this game a lot more than i thought was possible and have no problems with paying what i have for it
Oh and also by the way? Dying in the doorway of the safehouse at the end on expert? still sucks.
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