BD Horror Video Game News - E3: 'Left 4 Dead 2' Hands On Thoughts

Left 4 Dead 2 takes place in the bayou during the earlier days of the infection. It will feature 5 new campaigns with four new survivors. The AI Director has been reworked to make the infected even more unpredictable. If you have played the first Left 4 Dead you will be able to jump right into the sequel and feel right at home.

The visuals have been greatly improved and the controls have been tightened up. One of the first things I noticed was the amount of detail that went into visible damage on the infected. Dismembered infected will continue to pursue you until you put them down for good.

The controls feel much tighter than original. There were a few new features we were able to try out in the demo. One was the introduction of melee weapons. I grabbed a frying pan and Reset grabbed the fire axe. The fire axe was pretty effective at chopping through the infected, but it swings slowly, whereas the frying pan was fast, but didn't really do any damage. All the guns we were able to use were the same as the original but with redesigned look.

One new feature for the weapons is incendiary ammo. These bullets will light the infected on fire. You will have a very limited amount of incendiary ammo, but it will definitely give you an edge over the infected. A new special infected was introduced in the demo as well, the Charger. It looks an underdeveloped Tank in overalls. This guy is fast. True to his name, he will charge full force at you and knock you to the ground giving the rest of the infected a chance to gang up on you. The Witch now walks around while she is crying making it even more difficult to sneak around her.

Bottom line is L4D2 is fun. They took everything you loved about the original and improved upon it. The new content fits right in and doesn't feel out of place. I loved every moment of it. Words really can't do it justice, it is something that just has to be experienced. L4D2 will be hitting stores this year Nov. 17 and I will be counting down the minutes until I get chance to play it again.

Video Games | Left 4 Dead 2 | E3 09: Debut Teaser

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16 User Comments

	=AuTI_tAkahashi= 7:51am, June 4, 2009 Well, l4d is alot of fun, but mainly in versus mode. Single player gets boring after a few weeks. The "improvements" sounds cool.. hope it fits in the game. Overall, i think l4d is overrated for a shooting game. Who knows? Maybe the sequel could change all that...
	SukMyBoomStik 10:02am, June 4, 2009 I gotta get back into L4D. It's a zombie lover's dream and the I'm sure the sequel will be nuts. Valve is pretty much synonymous with quality in my mind.
	Martyr-X 1:45pm, June 4, 2009 oooh shit!!! the one thing that got me sayin "oh fuck" is the WALKING witch?!?! damn it, the witch was crazy enough, specially when the game put her RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORS YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH MAKIN SURE U HAD TO MESS WITH HER!!! but now she's walkin around?!?! god damn lol i can not wait for this!!! Left 4 Dead was my fav game and now Left 4 Dead 2 might take its spot ^_^ cant wait
	BlooDSuckkkA!! 4:39pm, June 4, 2009 Im so excited for this game to come out! I love the the first L4D! This looks awesome!
	jeffrey apocolypse 5:48pm, June 4, 2009 l4d is so awesome!!l4d 2 looks even more awesome!!cant wait!!!
	ReplicA 6:56pm, June 4, 2009 I'm glad to see I'm not the only that likes L4D. There's not nearly as much love for it the circles I run in. I still love the game, including single player. I got day one, and still play single player. the sequel is looking S I C K!! Can not wait for it! Oh, and thank you valve, for giving PC gamers some love. It was getting awful depressing seeing all those games for consoles only...
	turtlenipple 6:56pm, June 5, 2009 This looks really awesome.. Better than I thought it would that's for sure.
	JTJ10 8:23pm, June 5, 2009 HOLY SHIT!!!!! this is gnna be awesome!!! I didnt even know they were makin a new one! Excited!
	theprinceofallsiayans 1:13am, June 6, 2009 Five campaigns huh? VAlve... tis better be good. I don't much like paying another 50 for a game that may seem more like an expansion. You guys didn't update the original much at all. Still,,,, im there. Better be good gosh darnit.
	horrorking95 5:08am, June 6, 2009 wow! Looks nice and gory, if I had a ps3 or Xbox360 I would love this!
	Zombifried Beans 12:30pm, June 6, 2009 Five Campaigns? Now my social life is in danger!
	violent_reaction 12:33pm, June 6, 2009 I still play L4D a lot and its easy one of my favourite x box games, looking foward to this lots.
	sleestak 1:37pm, June 6, 2009 Kind of a letdown to see that the first Left 4 Dead isn't getting as much DLC love as we expected.
	stewietantrum 5:16pm, June 7, 2009 I can't wait. The first is easily one of my favorite games ever... and this one looks like it could be even better.
	bloodnguts313 6:30pm, June 7, 2009 Hope its better than the first one.
	Ollie G 1:17pm, June 8, 2009 L4D2 has got a lot to live up to. L4D had simply awesome online play and acceptable offline play, with good zombies, sick gore, frantic battles and creative special zombies (the Witch was an excellent member to the 5). I would like to see more background info given in L4D2 as well as more guns. Maybe online could be expanded further too. Otherwise the current additions in the new game sound great. For know, we can shake with excitement as the second in a so far totally amazing series of games is prepared for release. Im sure the new one will raise the bar of zombie-shooter/horror games even higher.

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