It was just yesterday that we brought you a preview from Rock, Paper, Shotgun's hands-on time with Left 4 Dead. Little did we know that their preview had multiple parts!
Yes, part two of their hands-on time with the game that's going to blow the minds of Zombies everywhere is now ready for your eyes to read. This time, they're playing through as the boss Infected.
Yes, part two of their hands-on time with the game that's going to blow the minds of Zombies everywhere is now ready for your eyes to read. This time, they're playing through as the boss Infected.
I definitely found myself preferring the moments of being the Infected. Each time you spawn (there’s generally around 20 seconds down time between each spawn) you are given a blue-and-white vision of the world, and the freedom to find yourself an appropriate place to appear, far enough from the Survivors to prevent camping. Then you get to mess things up. It’s like griefing! It’s a game that gives you full permission to screw up a team’s experience.There is plenty more where that came from.
The Hunter and the Smoker are the more athletic beasties. But I was surprised to find myself loving the Boomer best. One shot kills him, but if you can get yourself close enough to the Survivors, that one shot can be ruinous for them, as you explode covering them in Horde-attracting bile. Or you can even make the lumbering sack of vomit be sneaky, vomiting on the team from an upstairs window, backing off, and watching dozens of Horde pour in on top of them. So marvellously satisfying.