Left 4 Dead 2 Playable at Penny Arcade Expo

Who doesn't love shooting zombies as they try to eat your brains? I recently completed playing the original Left 4 Dead game, and news of an upcoming sequel caught my eye. Our team escaped four separate situations in the first game, what could be next?!

More weapons, more items, and more monsters of course! Valve has been hard at work getting ready to have the third campaign, "Dark Carnival" ready to be played at the Valve and Microsoft booths during the Penny Arcade Expo next weekend. The game will be available as both PC and Xbox 360 versions. Who wouldn't want to go slaughter some maniac clown zombies? Just don't forget the cotton candy!

Left 4 Dead 2 will have five available campaigns, as well as new weapons, boss types, and campaign-specific monsters. The AI will also change around some of the layout of the level each time you play, to add some replay points to the score. Some of the new weapons displayed so far include an assault rifle, charger and for those who love melee slaughter, the axe. You can check out a few preview videos of these new weapons over at 1UP's site.

I love the random messages written on the walls of each safe room, as well as the comic sound bytes from the main characters. Hopefully the second game will not be a let down.

Posted in Gaming by Locke on August 28th 2009 at 9:41am