New L4D2 and L4D1 Info leaked/released

[Sekh765]

At least Kotaku is reporting on two interesting stories.

One is that Dead before Dawn, the Mod for L4D original will be released by Halloween. For those unaware, its a mod that is supposed to faithfully recreate the mall from Dawn of the Dead. Also appears the modders have found a way to introduce a 5th character, according to their site. Dunno if this means 5 people can play at once, or if there are just 5 character choices.

http://kotaku.com/5379192/dead-before-d ... -halloween

http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo14 ... WN_v13.jpg

Also, The final two campaign names and posters have been released. Hard Rain looks awesome. Inclement Weather always makes stuff way cooler.

http://kotaku.com/5379068/last-two-left ... gns-leaked

All in all, lookin cool.

[Jinx]

Oooh very nice, can't wait. Dead Center looks like a mall level while Hard Rain is... an industrial plant during bad weather I guess? Either way both look awesome.

[Sekh765]

All the L4D campaigns usually end up with like, the focal point poster map being map 4, finale being map 5, and 1 - 3 lead up maps so we can assume that the Industrial plant looking thing will be 3 - 4, finale around 5. I think the mall will be maps 3, 4 with 5 being a rooftop escape ala no mercy though, with 1 - 2 being leadups/city maps.

Either way, they look great. I looooooooooove stormy weather maps.

[Pythonthesnake]

Id kindof like a mall set in a suburban area rather than a factory district. but a mall is nice none the less ;3. the 5th character thing reminds me of the rumors back during i think it was the survival update when people said there would be a dog character.

[Sekh765]

Now I am confused.

Does this mean they are giving us 5 campaigns? Something seems fishy here...

The Parish

Swamp Fever

Dark Carnival

Dead Center

Hard Rain

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According to L4D2 wiki, this is correct, valve is putting 5 campaigns into this one instead of 4. More reason why it is awesome and not the stuff people have been complaining about.

[Jinx]

Yeah, I believe Valve has said L4D2 will include 5 campaigns on release, they just haven't confirmed Dead Center and Hard Rain yet. For anybody who hasn't seen it, www.zombicidal.com has A LOT of information about L4D2, even some possible spoilers in the campaign section so be sure to watch that.

[Nocturnefoxx]

Sonofabitch, Valve. I wanted a mall campaign for L4D, but noooo. You had to go and keep it for L4D2, you bastards.

[SilverWolf]

I wanted a mall campaign for L4D, but noooo.

Dead Before Dawn custom campaign is apparently going to be released 31st October, which is pretty much a mall campaign, would be interesting if VALVe released custom user campaigns for Left 4 Dead as "official" like Team Fortress 2 does with the Community Maps, as there are pretty good ones (i.e. Death Aboard)

[Jinx]

Information about L4D2's realism mode has been released. Looks like it removes the auras around players and items (unless you're "right on top of them") and also makes any non-headshot hit less effective.

[Sekh765]

I think we can assume shotguns will be god in this mode, with their ability to completely cut people in half