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However Left for Dead 2 has given everything a facelift and a retrofit. There are zombies, they want to kill you. The premise behind the first Left for Dead remains largely unchanged.

Together you set off to make your way through infested malls, carnival theme parks, rock stadiums and all manner of dark and creepy places as you unendingly try to find a way out of the infected and back into the safety of civilization.

Blonde from Reservoir Dogs, which was well creepy), Ellis the hillbilly (who has a useful knowledge of Dukes of Hazard-esque cars), the feisty Rochelle, who is never afraid of speaking her mind, or as the burly giant, Coach, who can wield a fire axe with pure power and grace. YouвЂ™ll play as either the immaculately dressed Nick (his model design seemed to remind me of Mr. Gormless cadavers shuffle their way around the various campaign maps on offer and you get to bash them down, blow them away or explode them into oblivion. You play as one of four survivors of a massive (and it really is massive) zombie infestation. Unsurprisingly, both versions have the same story. Especially if they involve killing lots, and lots of Zombies. However, there is one area where the console infection will never reign as king, and thatвЂ™s first person shooters. In Versus play both the Tank and Smoker come into their own for this level, while other, new bosses shine in other levels.It seems that as every year goes by, the console market encroaches even further into the sacred realm of the Personal Computer. Weaving through the cars and fighting against the whim of the enhanced AI director is a load of fun and itвЂ™s clear that the entire location has been designed to allow specific boss infected maximum effect.

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The campaign included in the demo, The Parish, didnвЂ™t wow us from the levels that Valve gave away for free вЂ“ but it rises to an incredible crescendo when the survivors must escape New Orleans by running a zombie-packed bridge. Again, our favourite is from Dark Carnival вЂ“ the survivors must turn on the pyrotechnic show of a rock concert to signal a helicopter, making use of fireworks and the bandвЂ™s abandoned drug supply to keep themselves going.Дark Carnival is far from the only event to stand out though and each campaign boasts its own merits. Some of these events seem a little out of place but others, like Dark CarnivalвЂ™s rollercoaster event where players must run along the rails in order to shut off the alarm at the far end, feel like a natural use of the setting.Д®ven better, the finales that mark the close of each chapter have been envigoured too. Left 4 Dead 2 favours a moving climax however, where you must actually take a direct action to stem the flow of zombies. ItвЂ™s these climax events which deliver one of the best variations in pace compared to Left 4 Dead, as the original game only really had static climaxes вЂ“ where you hold a line until the zombie numbers are depleted and you can continue. Many of the new climaxes involve making a tactical retreat Each mission usually features a climax event too, which is a player-initiated zombie swarm that must be survived to reach the end of the level. The basic structure of each is still the same as it ever was you begin stranded and have to make your way to safety, stopping for level changes at the red-doored saferooms that have been reinforced to withstand a zombie assault. ThereвЂ™s now five missions to each campaign вЂ“ or four missions and a finale вЂ“ and thereвЂ™s a total of five campaigns too, an improvement over the originalвЂ™s four. The chapters of the campaign have been noticeably fleshed out too for Left 4 Dead 2, with both individual levels and entire arcs proving a lot longer.

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Rochelle, the local TV producer, stands out as perhaps the most silent of the new characters but even she has a few memorable lines вЂ“ especially in the opening levels to the first campaign. The back and forth between Ellis and Coach is particularly well done, with the diminutive mechanic forever having his stories cut short by the colossal gym teacher or being teased for his tiny stature by con-man Nick. Then again, the loss of the original characters is a small price to pay and begrudged though we were to the new crew we soon warmed up to them. The survivors are all strangers at the start of the game

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