* This entry does not cater to general public, by which I meant folks who don't know what L4D2 is. If you are still not sure where you stand, just ask yourself this - do I know how to change my nickname in the game? Of course this is not to deter laymen to read this entry entirely, just a kind reminder that the lingo might be unfamiliar and weird.
* For fans, spoliers ahead.
We have waited 4 months for The Passing to come out. Remember the days where rumors fly on whether it could be 8 persons co-op (in our dreams!) or can Midnight Riders be NPC or even playable characters, since there are 4 of them and they wield guitars?
Truth is finally out. L4D2 four leads, Nick, Ellis, Coach and Rochelle after escaping the mall at Dead Center in their trusty Jimmy Gibbs Jr stock car, their journey to the amusement park came to a halt in portside nighttown where they will meet Francis, Zoey and Louis, characters from L4D. Bill has sacrificed himself to allow Francis and gang to ascend a link bridge where they are trying to patch up an injured Louis.
Poor Bill. I'm pretty upset actually. We all are. I have never had a playable character kill off in a game before. Sure NPC die all the time, but knowing that someone you choose to stick with for months will not be around anymore, instead rotting away with the thousands of zombie you slaughtered, is unnerving. Despite the alarms screaming for us to fill the generators with 16 cans of gasoline and zombies rushing from all directions, the 4 of us gathered around Bill to have a last look before David (my bro) snatched away Bill's M16.
In the short 2 hour span, David and I completed the campaign twice - Normal and Advanced mode. We managed to see all of the Easter eggs and improvements of this DLC. We saw the bride witch and zombified waiters (which David thought it was a riot). Killing the bride witch, we thought of looking for the groom next, but it was massively messy.
Golf club was awesome. Swift, light and inflicts mass damages. It's like using Katana or Machete, with a metallic click sound. I wonder if the meele is a tribute to Tiger Woods' wife?
M60, or known to Counterstrike as Para is disappointing. With around 150 rounds, it will be barely emptied after a tussle with a Tank. Though I heard it will be best powered with incendiary ammo.
Suitcases of hand guns, crates of pills and Molotovs though a riot of laughs became meaningless after a while. Complete with items from Fallen Survivors, there is an overwhelming supply of items in the game.
The best part of the campaign was that of the three maps and one finale, it incorporated the essence of L4D2.
- X2 Tank Rush from Swamp Fever's Plantation House
- Dash gameplay from Parish's Bridge
- Storm from Hardrain
- Scavenger Hunt of gasoline from Dead Center's Atrium
Gameplay was disrupted by lags on several occasions and hopefully would be resolved soon.
Oh ya, I saw Midnight Rider's tour bus sped right through from the fence by the giant drain. Woot!
Overall I would give four stars out of five and hope to get more people to complete this campaign in Advanced mode. Any takers?
Well, I don't know some of the terms this is easy enough for someone like to understand :>
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