Left 4 Dead 2

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First Person Shooter
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Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter game. It is the sequel to Valve Corporation’s award-winning Left 4 Dead. The game launched on November 17, 2009, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in the United States and November 20 in Europe; in 2010, Left 4 Dead 2 was made available to the Steam client for Mac OS X.8 It builds upon the cooperatively-focused gameplay of the original and uses Valve’s proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in Left 4 Dead. The game made its world premiere at E3 2009 with a trailer during the Microsoft press event.9

Like the original, Left 4 Dead 2 is set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic, and focuses on four survivors fighting against hordes of the infected. The survivors must fight their way through levels, interspersed with safe houses that act as checkpoints, with the goal of reaching a rescue vehicle at the campaign’s finale. The gameplay is procedurally altered by an artificial intelligence engine dubbed the “Director” that monitors the players’ performance and adjust the scenario to provide a dynamic challenge. Several new features have been introduced: new types of infected, melee weapons, and a story-arc that connects the game’s five campaigns together.10

When it was announced, it received a combination of positive and negative critical and community reactions. It also attracted an unusually high volume of pre-release controversy about the game’s graphic content. In response, alterations were made to the cover art11 and both Australia (due to having no R18+ rating) and Germany refused to rate the unmodified edition.12

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First Played: 
Thu, 12/11/2009 - 13:00

Campaign and Map Names

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Campaign 1: Dead Center

Tagline: “Prices Aren’t the Only Things Getting Slashed”
c1m1_hotel.bsp
c1m2_streets.bsp
c1m3_mall.bsp
c1m4_atrium.bsp

Campaign 2: Dark Carnival

Tagline: “You must be this tall…TO DIE!”
c2m1_highway.bsp
c2m2_fairgrounds.bsp
c2m3_coaster.bsp
c2m4_barns.bsp
c2m5_concert.bsp

Campaign 3: Swamp Fever

Tagline: “The only cure is dying.”
c3m1_plankcountry.bsp
c3m2_swamp.bsp
c3m3_shantytown.bsp
c3m4_plantation.bsp

Campaign 4: Hard Rain

Tagline: “Come Hell and High Water.”
c4m1_milltown_a.bsp
c4m2_sugarmill_a.bsp
c4m3_sugarmill_b.bsp
c4m4_milltown_b.bsp
c4m5_milltown_escape.bsp

Campaign 5: The Parish

Tagline: “This time it all goes south.”
c5m1_waterfront.bsp
c5m2_park.bsp
c5m3_cemetary.bsp
c5m4_quarter.bsp
c5m5_bridge.bsp