The editors at Shacknews recently got to play the latest build of Left 4 Dead. This time they got to meet one of the boss levels. Find out how they got on:
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In our last batch of first hands-on impressions with Valve and Turtle Rock's cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, fellow Shacknews editor Chris Faylor and I were introduced to thousands of bloodthirsty new friends. Returning to Valve's offices last week to play the latest build of the game, I finally met the belle of the ball: the witch.
When you first encounter her, Left 4 Dead's fifth and unplayable boss infected is a peculiar sight. The notion of a plainly-dressed and raven-haired young woman sitting in the middle of an urban sidewalk might even be plausible, had the city not been teeming with the hungry dead. But perhaps most unsettling is the quiet weeping; the witch is most often heard before she's seen.
I turned to Valve writer Chet Faliszek, my guide through the latest build of the game. "Even if we're going to die," I asked, "Can I request we take her on anyway?"
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Faliszek agreed, perhaps with a bit of trepidation. Even with the witch's inclusion in the game's normal difficulty—previously seen only in hard mode and above—she's no pushover, and the game goes to great lengths to make you aware of the danger she presents. Your companions' spoken dialogue, procedurally prompted by the events unfolding around you, warns you to move quietly and turn off the flashlights. There's a friggin' witch around here somewhere.
When you first encounter her, Left 4 Dead's fifth and unplayable boss infected is a peculiar sight. The notion of a plainly-dressed and raven-haired young woman sitting in the middle of an urban sidewalk might even be plausible, had the city not been teeming with the hungry dead. But perhaps most unsettling is the quiet weeping; the witch is most often heard before she's seen.
I turned to Valve writer Chet Faliszek, my guide through the latest build of the game. "Even if we're going to die," I asked, "Can I request we take her on anyway?"
<center><a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/witch-francis-600.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_witch-francis-600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/PCG185.pre_left.open--article_image.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_PCG185.pre_left.open--article_image.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/left4dead4.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_left4dead4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></center>
Faliszek agreed, perhaps with a bit of trepidation. Even with the witch's inclusion in the game's normal difficulty—previously seen only in hard mode and above—she's no pushover, and the game goes to great lengths to make you aware of the danger she presents. Your companions' spoken dialogue, procedurally prompted by the events unfolding around you, warns you to move quietly and turn off the flashlights. There's a friggin' witch around here somewhere.
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