Left 4 Dead 2 will arrive on the scene with the characters Nick (a gambler), Rochelle (cable news reporter), Coach (a coach), and Ellis (a mechanic). While they don't yet have the appear of Francis, Zoey, Bill, and Louis they may still yet find a place in your heart.
There were two character choices that the team had in mind that didn't quite make the cut.
According to the rest of the Kotaku article, Nick is looking to cash in on the Infected outbreak. How this might play into the story of Left 4 Dead 2 is anybody's guess at this point.
Faliszek said that he's not particularly worried about fan apprehension over a bunch of new humans strolling in and taking on zombie slaying duties. The Left 4 Dead team has spent a considerable amount of time concepting, body casting and voice casting the new stars(...).
Valve has tapped some better known voice talent for the sequel, highlighting the vocal appearance from two established actors: Chad "Cutty" Coleman from The Wire, who plays Coach, and Eric Ladin from Generation Kill, the voice of Ellis.
Valve has tapped some better known voice talent for the sequel, highlighting the vocal appearance from two established actors: Chad "Cutty" Coleman from The Wire, who plays Coach, and Eric Ladin from Generation Kill, the voice of Ellis.
There were two character choices that the team had in mind that didn't quite make the cut.
Two characters that didn't make it into the final version were a female DMV worker—amiable, not stereotypically surly—and a fireman, someone who would know how to expertly use those axes players can now pick up for melee attacks.
But the scrapped DMV employee just wasn't turn out to be as interesting as originally hoped, dashing Faliszek's dreams of being able to appeal to real-life DMV workers that he "was the guy who put a nice DMV employee into our game."
That firefighter just didn't seem to fit into the world of Left 4 Dead, Faliszek said, not like the new cast, a group of Survivors who will have a more noticeable arc. Expect characters to change as they progress through the game's five announced scenarios.
But the scrapped DMV employee just wasn't turn out to be as interesting as originally hoped, dashing Faliszek's dreams of being able to appeal to real-life DMV workers that he "was the guy who put a nice DMV employee into our game."
That firefighter just didn't seem to fit into the world of Left 4 Dead, Faliszek said, not like the new cast, a group of Survivors who will have a more noticeable arc. Expect characters to change as they progress through the game's five announced scenarios.
According to the rest of the Kotaku article, Nick is looking to cash in on the Infected outbreak. How this might play into the story of Left 4 Dead 2 is anybody's guess at this point.