Alright i am a huge fan of Left 4 dead so it wont be a surprise that i was waiting for L4D 2 to be released! and now it's out, i've gotten it and i have to say it totally rocks!


Left 4 Dead 2 is designed as a much more continuous story than the original game, with more tie-ins between campaigns. The team has expressed a desire to improve the storytelling without adding bulky narrative devices like a deluge of cutscenes. To do this, the Survivors will be round characters—over the course of the campaigns, their personalities and relationships will change. There will be more back-and-forth interactions and running jokes. Some lines or conversations will happen very rarely. Also, each campaign will have a brief introduction cinematic that helps to bridge the gaps.

The campaigns are set in the American Southeast, around a week after the events of the original game (and three weeks after first infection). In some places, the infection is not as pervasive as in the Northeast, and at the very beginning, Savannah, GA (the location of the first campaign) has not been completely affected yet. The Survivors do not know each other at the beginning. They meet in Savannah and make their way west to New Orleans, LA, where they attempt to reach a military outpost.

The military takes a much greater role in the new storyline. The infection has progressed past the point of CEDA’s control, so the military has decided to take more aggressive measures. There will be evidence of “humans turning on humans”—violent tension between the military and survivors who wish to enter the safe zones. In some places, Survivors may see downed helicopters or uninfected human bodies. This comes in stark contrast to the current L4D, which has a decidedly bleaker outlook with no show of a cohesive defense.

Despite this conflict, Chet has specifically said that Survivors will not be firing at other humans.



Here's the trailer:



L4d2 pretty much has everyting that l4d one has plus a lot more..

There are 4 new characters!! Aww.. i will miss zoey, bill, louise and the biker guy whose name i forgot lol.


Rochelle


Nick


Ellis


Coach

Weapon wise, they included a lot more variety such as ak, grenade launcher etc.. and also the introduction of melee weapons! its quite fun to be smashing the infected with guitars, frying pans and the kantana, just to name a few..


The electric guitar


The axe

Gameplay wise.. hmmm.. very difficult. when u are playing with 3 bots that is. its not as straight forward as l4d, where u proceed throughout the 5 maps in the campaign and the last part defeat 2 tanks and escape. now there are a lot more requirement.. for example, start at map 1, the aim is to collect the gas tank to power up the escape boat beside u and the tank is located near the 4th map. so once collecting it, have to backtrack all the way back to the first map where the finale event triggers. this was simple already!

another map i played required me to collect 16 gas tanks to power up the escape vehicle (wtf?) for the finale. they are scattered all over and its difficult to find, pick up and bring to the boat 1 at a time with so many infected attacking you!!

Special infected wise, there are more of them. the spitter, the charger, the jockey. i think these are the 3 new ones, together with the boomer, smoker, hunter and tank are out there to kill u!


The jockey


The spitter


The charger

Overall, i would say this game is great and refreshing. and a lot a lot more realistic than l4d1. as most of the buildings can be entered and are not just there as a background. very very realistic indeed =]
The pictures i get from here. So can also look up more info there!!