Assignment 1

The above video is of a portion of the final level of one of the campaigns in Left 4 Dead 2. The objective of this level is to survive through a horde of zombies until a helicopter comes to save you. You choose one of four survivors to play as and play as a team with friends or AI controlling the other three survivors.

The loading screen for this campaign

At the start of the video I start the event, prompting the horde to charge the stage. Early on in the video a smoker attempts to grab me but is unsuccessful. Smokers have a long thin tongue that they shoot at one of the survivors in an attempt to drag them away from their team.

The Smoker

Immediately after you see the smoker tongue drop, a spitter hits my location. The spitter shoots a toxic green acid at the survivors, covering the ground and causing damage to anyone standing in it. This damage increases the longer you stand on it so I try to get out of it fast but I get blocked by zombies. I desperately try to shoot and melee my way out to safety when a hunter grabs Nick but is quickly knocked off by the other survivors.

The Spitter

The hunter is a special zombie that jumps onto one of the survivors and pins them down, tearing into their chest until he is knocked off or killed by another surivor. We get a short relief before another wave of zombies charges. At the start of the wave, Rochelle is grabbed by a smoker so I throw a bottle of boomer bile to distract the horde while she gets to safety.

The Hunter

The boomer is another special zombie that spits vomit on survivors, limiting their vision and attracting the entire horde to the vomit. The vomit can also be found in vials like the one I threw to attract the horde to a chosen location, a very useful tactic in chaotic situations.

The Boomer

Almost out of ammo, I seek out the ammo pile during a short reprieve. My team mates follow me back as I am grabbed my a smoker that reduces me to 0 health as Rochelle is pounced by a hunter. When you reach 0 health in Left 4 Dead 2, you are incapacitated. While in this state, you must wait for a team mate to help you up while you use your pistol to protect yourself. If you are attacked while incapacitated or are left incapacitated for too long, you health will reach 0 again and you will die.

After being revived, I use my adrenaline, increasing my action speed. I run towards the health packs and use my reserve one on myself, restoring my health. At the end of this wave, a tank zombie comes.

The tank zombie is the strongest zombie, requiring a large amount of focus fire to bring down. The effects of the adrenaline allow me to outrun him as we bring him down. At this point, your team is given another short break before the next wave starts.